After about 5 more days of walking, I finally entered their territory, so I had to make them know I was no threat. I howled at the sky, in wolf language it meant 'I am a wolf who entered your territory, but I mean no harm and want to become one of yall.' After a minute I heard a howl back saying 'OK, we will make sure you are a safe person when you get here.' Once I got there, they told me to follow them to the alpha, as we walked there, people's eyes glared at me. Once I got to the alpha's office, I sat down and looked at him, he had silky brown hair and memorizing green eyes. I took a deep breath and took my jacket off and showed them my mark. "I've been traveling here my entire life, my mother had accompanied me here for 13 of them before she died, once she gave birth to me and saw my mark, she knew we had to be with a pack, or at least I did. I have never been safe so I've never seen my powers." The alpha nodded "then you may live here and grow, and unlock your power, I will have personal guards for you to choose from do you feel safe, you will also learn to fight and protect my pack as your repayment for living here." I nodded, I already knew how to fight, but it usually wasn't worth the work. If I could run away, and it wouldn't cause harm, I would. A guard escorted me to the elder, and the man had me sit down in a chair beside a desk, "may I see your mark" he said in a fragile voice. I took off my jacket and turned my neck so he could see my mark. When I turned back, he was going through a book, that from what I could see, had markings of different marks and info about them. About 3/4 in the book, I saw my mark, "ah, your mark is a mark that happens every thousand years. A rare mark too, it gives you every power you can think of, which is why when you unlock your power, your original mark will disappear, and you will have all of the other marks on your body. I will give you a copy of this book for when you unlock your power, keep the book safe, whatever you do, don't lose it. I will also give you 1000 dollars for your new life here, make your body look more beautiful, it will help you find love and feel safe. I am guessing the alpha has asked you to become a warrior along with others that had come here, I wish you the best of luck, come back when you unlock your power." I nodded and smiled, the elder was a kind man, I could see us becoming like father and daughter. The guard that came with me led me to my new home, the house was empty, and lonely. I found a lonely hair tie in the house and put up my hair. I put it in a messy bun so it looked better. I went out in the town without my jacket because it was hot outside. I got a few stairs but it wasn't that bad. I looked around for stuff. I first saw a hairdresser's place and went in. A lady looked at me and my mark. "My, I've never seen a mark like that, you look like you have seen better days. So you need your hair done, let it down so I can see, I'm sure it's not that bad." I let my hair down and she pursed her lips. "Well it's truly not that bad, it will need a trim and then brushed to get the knots out, then trimmed again. I have to give discounts to those with a mark to make sure it's real. I got a mixture in the back that will get anything off if it's not part of the skin." She took me to a chair and began her work. My brown hair was curly and fluffy.
She got out the mixture and got out a cotton swab. She put a bit of the liquid on the swap and rubbed it on my neck. "Real, well you were a sweetheart, maybe want to get coffee sometime." She said in a happy-go-lucky voice. I smiled and said "sure, I'd love to, I live ********** Dr if you want to hang out." I walked out and a few guys smirked at me, I didn't mind, or care for that matter. They could do want they want, I saw a clothing store and went there, there were a lot of clothes. I first picked out some cute clothes, two sweaters, and 5 towels. I keep looking around the town, and I eventually found an appliance store, when I walked in I decided to have a countertop dishwasher. the only thing apart from furniture missing in my house is a dishwasher, and there was no place for one, so this would work out perfectly. I paid and left to go home, once I got there I put my stuff down, and left to go get more stuff.
I got home again with soap, dishes, skincare products, and a sleeping bag. I still had about 200 dollars left to buy food, but that will have to wait for tomorrow, but I was hungry so I left my house again and went to a local food store and bought a sandwich. It had some turkey, ham, cheese, and lettuce. I also bought a water bottle for a drink. I went home and ate my meal and drank a bit of the water. Soon afterwards I went to bed.
I woke up to a knock on my door the next morning. I got out of my sleeping bag and went to the door. It was the guard I meet yesterday that showed me to my house. "Ah, good morning Ms., I came here to tell you that the alpha has decided to buy all the furniture you need, and appliances will be up to you., and also your uniform will be in your dresser. I would like for you to not be here when this happens and work will be tomorrow at 6am. Your welcome." I nodded and shut the door. I grabbed some clothes and a towel and got a shower. Once I was done I dried myself off and got some clothes. I still had about 195 dollars leftover so I would probably buy more clothes and then see the elder. I went to the clothes store and bought 120 dollars worth of clothes. I went home to see them already putting furniture in my house so I asked one of them to put my clothes in there. I then went to the elder. "Hello, Mr., I just want to talk." I said in a kind voice. "Come in, come in, I was just having some tea." He said as I went in side. "Do you want a glass, it's lavender flavor," he said calmly. "Sure, I'll have a cup, I just came here to talk about my powers." I said as he handed me a cup. "Ah, your powers, well, your will earn them a different way than most people, you have to find comfort in others to unlock it. So you have to find friends. I can't be your only friend, you have to find more than one friend, and maybe a lover." I was a bit shocked by his explanation. I was told it would be when I was truly safe. I thought of the Barbour, she could be one of my friends. I took a sip of the tea, "that taste wonderful, and smells it too." Once I finished my tea, I got up, and left with a small "goodbye." I walked to the place she worked and went in, she was at the counter, and when she saw me she simply smiled. "Hey girl, it's nice to see you, I was wondering about you." She said happily. I smiled, "want to get some coffee, on me." I said back, "hold on, my shift ends in like five minutes, we can go when it's done." Once her shift was done, we left the shop, and she showed me to the coffee shop. We took a set and I began to look at what they had. The caramel coffee took my eye, I decided to put two pumps of milk with it, and three cubes of sugar. We ordered what we wanted, she wanted a pumpkin spice coffee, with a pump of caramel, and two sugar cubes. Once we got our coffees we headed out. "Want to go to your place, my place is getting furniture put in, and they don't want me home." I said quietly. "She looked at me and smiled, "I don't mind taking you to my house, I'll take you home around 6, ok." I nodded, she was to kind, to kind.