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Chapter 2 - Encounter With A Stranger

Alicia please you have to fight and end his tenure, you are the only one strong enough to stop him please Alicia, please, Alicia Alicia Alicia." Alicia wake up already, training starts in one hour" yelled a masculine figure. Argh, the same weird woman's voice in my dreams and the identical annoying brother's voice in the morning, why don't I have a different life." Alicia come on "yells the same voice."Casper, please stop yelling already we have this stupid routine every day" I yell back. I finally decided to get out of bed, grabbed a black sports bra and grey leggings, and headed for the shower, After a short, while I am out and fully dressed, decided to put my hair in a high ponytail. I am almost out of my room when I see a glance of myself in the mirror, standing at the height of six feet and weighing only 50kg, my abilities are more heightened than the alpha himself making every pack member scared of me.

After some self-needed admiration, I head downstairs, good morning family."Hmm how is my favourite head pack warrior and child" a woman in her mid-thirties says."Mom what about me, you have finally forsaken me" Casper says sarcastically."Come on Casper you know you are mum's favourite" I say slightly hitting him on his left shoulder making to wince in pain." Alicia come on don't do that, you know you can't control your powers when your emotions are high" he says with an angry tone." Sorry Casper I forget that tiny little detail sometimes and only sometimes" I say while pouting to show I was really sorry, "sorry Casper but I have to go, training with 12-year-olds bye mom"."bye Alicia".

The walk to the training grounds isn't far but I am really late so I take off my clothes and shift into my wolf, I stand on the soft grass and let my claws sink into it, my wolf's fur is silver-white which is strange as only Lycans had white fur but my fur was silver-white so I couldn't be a lycan. I finally reach the training grounds and I see the alpha stretching out I walk up to him to offer my greetings, the alpha is very kind as he refuses to treat me differently because of my abilities.

"Alpha Howler what's cracking"

"Alicia how many times have I told you to call me howler"

"howler if the other pack members heard me calling you that, they would think I don't respect you"

"Alicia we have been friends since we were little" he adds, before I could respond his mate, Luna Amber wraps her arms around his and I am totally forgotten, damn this mate bond to me is all bull crap what is joy in finding someone who was supposedly your strength and other half be your biggest weakness, if I ever find mine totally rejecting him on the spot.

" Alicia how about we show these kids how we adults play," says a tall man with broad shoulders and a scar running through his left cheek stating that he was a man of war clothed in only a kilt.

"Beta Aspen you are challenging me, this should be interesting".

A referee quickly rounded us and the countdown began "3...2...1 fight". Our beta was strong and fast but not stronger or faster than me, He immediately charges at me making the first move. I sidestep him but he follows my actions and gives a blow to my lower abdomen. I slide on the dirt and try to catch my breath. He kneed my chest as I try to stand up. I grabbed his leg and kicked him in his side. He quickly grabbed my leg and pinned me down on my back, he swung his fist at my face, I barely caught it in time. The impact caused my fist to collide with his nose, thus shifting it no time was spent as he quickly lands a blow on my side." shift" the referee yells while eagerly watching me fight his beta as it was getting bloody. just the words I wanted to hear, my wolf has been eager to shift she was ready to attack, she shifted first so I sat back and let her have control for a while. She latched onto his leg with her jaw the second she turned around, he let out a growl and tried to snap at her neck, she used her body and slammed into his. He kicked her off him and stumbled back but quickly balanced himself and attacked her again, this time she was quicker took a side step and lodged her canines into his neck, bit down harder until she felt blood trickle from his neck to her side staining her shiny coat, she looked at him with anger-filled eyes for ruining her coat, using her claws she scrapes his left cheek causing him Yelp. He finally gave up and submitted to my wolf, his mate Alexia rushes over with some towels and clothes and hands them over to both of us, I quickly spot a tree and changed behind it, running out feeling victorious, the injuries sustained during the fight are already healing up if you ask me that is one sick ability." Aspen how does it feel to have your ass kicked by me for the thousandth time" I ask with a high pitch voice. "Alicia some years back when you had your butt handed over to you no one heard anything from that big mouth of yours" "besides Alicia you got lucky and that's all" he adds. Still feeling happy about my win, I pout my lips at him and started running up north to my favourite place to wash up. The Luna d'argento springs were named that because of its silver and glittering look it gives on a full moon, I found it by accident on the day I shifted, I woke up right next to the lake not remembering what had happened and saw a reflection of myself and saw myself bloodied, filled with bruises and my eyes a crimson red.

Ever since that fateful day, it has become my safe haven, quickly took off my clothes and went to the warmest part of the lake to wash off my blood and aspen's blood. Suddenly I heard a twig snap, slightly turning my head I see a shadowy figure approaching me thinking it was a rogue or something else, I grab a stone and threw it at the figure and it growled at me, my wolf kept yelling at me to go to the strange figure, she has finally lost it why would I do something that crazy, seeing it struggling in pain, I shift back and started running without looking back then my wolf started chanting the one word I detest"Mate".