Kaya POV:
Ugh... I began to wake up only to be met with a pounding headache. I start to understand my surroundings and I'm still on the floor with dried blood on the floor and on my face and hands, I begin to ponder how long I was out as I get up and stumble to my bathroom to clean myself up.
As I wash off the blood matted to my fur on my ears and tail I ponder how I'm still alive I had lost so much blood. I hurry out of the bathroom to get ready for the day, I check the time to see that it was five am, I also noted that tomorrow was the 19th of May my birthday I was finally turning 16.
My stomach was instantly filled with butterflies I was gonna meet my mate soon. When I find my mate I hope they won't reject me but if the do I will still be free from this hell, I will finally be able to leave this place and live on my own. Anyway It was still early so could take my time today. I bandaged my wounds and headed down stairs to prepare breakfast.
For today's breakfast I had made French toast with some bacon on the side, I'm not sure if I'm still on punishment or not but I won't test my luck. But suddenly an unfamiliar voice says "just one piece of bacon wouldn't hurt, right Kaya".
I instinctively freeze as my eyes franticly search the room, trying to find were the source of the voice came from.
I let out a soft hello to see if I would receive an answer, and the voice said "how are you" I have officially gone crazy, where are you I ask. The voice replied with "in your head of course" in a duh tone.
In my head? wow, I knew they had hit my head extra hard, now I'm hearing things " uhh no you're not" said the voice, I was mortified. What are you then I questioned " I'm your inner tiger, and stop calling me you I have a name ya know" I was shocked at what she had said you're my what? "My name is Autumn, and I'm your tiger. Wait if you're my tiger that means I'm a..... . "Yes you're a tiger; get over yourself" said Autumn. It didn't make any sense to me I'm a cat shifter a neko not a tiger.
Just then I heard Autumn say " Yeah I know amazed you're or whatever but I'm starving and incredibly bored I've been waiting to talk to you for three days now "I take a deep breath in and try to make sense of this all the information I'm a tiger not a neko, I've been out of it for three days and Autumn is my tiger head voice thing okay.
I take a piece of bacon and eat it just to calm Autumn and try to go back to the usual cleaning routine until the rest of the pack is awake. As they file into the dining hall a lot of them seem surprised to see me alive.
Just then Alpha Bradley came out and told me to come in his office after breakfast as he sat down to eat. I felt Autumn starting to get nervous cause she knows what he does to me. So I finished my chores around the pack house and when breakfast ended I rushed to his office to avoid being late.
He told me to come in and close the door behind me. He was looking at some important papers then suddenly looked up and started "There is going to be another Alpha and his pack coming here tomorrow for a visit, so wake up early and clean every inch of the house and make breakfast, lunch and dinner.
And this is very important I want you to make sure you stay in your room and do not be seen by him at all costs understood or else you won't wake up next time" yes Alpha I shakily replied.
Time skip~
After I finished cleaning up after dinner I set my alarm for 4:00 am so I could hurry to clean, cook and stay out of the way, I quickly re- bandage myself and head to bed for an early start tomorrow, will I find my mate in this pack? If not I could always leave and search for them myself. With head filled about thoughts of my new life with my mate, I drift into a dreamless sleep.