Today was Romilda's sixteen birthday and just like every other year, a mating party was thrown on the full moon for everybody that turned sixteen, you get to find your mate and the best part is when you transform into a wolf for the first time in front of everyone and race in your wolf for the first time too.
Romilda's parents were the happiest people on earth, not sincerely for her but for the fact that if she finds a mate she will be out of their lives completely,
"why on earth would you think of wearing a red dress," Romilda's mom shouted at her.
she was complaining about the red dress, Lisa had given to Romilda as a secondhand.
as if she has ever bought any dress for Romilda.
"not as if the dress fit her, she still looks pretty stupid to me," Becky sneered, looking at Romilda from head to toe with so much disgust.
although she was directing it as an insult, Romilda can't help but feel that Becky was right thou.
The dress color was completely faded and she also had to patch up some parts of the dress.
Romilda and her family arrived early at the hall that is always used for occasions, they were so many wolves that attended the occasion, people that were older and didn't have mates, including wolves from different packs, all dressed in their best clothing and behaving in their best manners.
The only reason Romilda liked about today was that she get to eat what she liked.
she didn't really have people to talk with because nobody wanted to talk with her including Lisa, with the way things are going so far, she can't help but wonder if she will ever find a mate or if her mate will ever accept her.
it was time to dance and all the celebrants had a partner to dance some even found their mate except for her.
"Have you been able to find your mate yet," Romilda's mom came towards her, whispering the question into Romilda's left ear.
"not yet," Romilda responded, fluttering her eyelashes, knowing her response has angered her mom.
"well you better find one soon, cause my patience towards you is getting very slim," her mother told her narrowing her eyes before taking a sip of her wine,
"I'm trying mother, I just can't perceive or feel anything," she said with a half-hearted smile probably disappointed at the situation.
"that's because of your bad intentions towards my household," she snarled at Romilda, taking another sip from her glass, Romilda can't help but wondered if she wasn't part of the household, her mother was talking about.
"what if your mate has seen you but your bad spirit doesn't want you to see him," her mother started smiling, which made Romilda scared as she doesn't know what was going on in her mother's mind.
"what does that mean," Romilda asked looking confused.
"look behind you dummy," Romilda's mom rolled her eyes, as romilda spotted someone looking towards them.
"maybe he is the one," Romilda said to herself, waving her hands and smiling at the boy who suddenly got scared.
"is he thinking of rejecting me," Romilda said to herself.
"go and talk to him," her mother said pushing her forward.
"Hey, am I your mate," Romilda asked the boy, who seems like he was trying to get out of a situation, "this must be a mistak...," he stopped talking, staring behind Romilda's back and heaved a sigh of relief, smiling at the same time.
"no you're not," he said walking out of Romilda to talk to the girl he was staring at.
"she's his real mate," Romilda heave out a big sigh, walking back to my mom.
"maybe if you weren't so stupid, ugly, and dumb his wolf would have chosen you," Romilda's mom yelled, walking out of her.
throughout the party Romilda did nothing but sat in a corner to watch others, she started to perceive something that smelt like it just came out of the oven, no one has ever told her what the smell of mate was like so she just followed the smell which leads her to freshly baked cookies that were on the table near where she was sitting, she cried, stuffing the cookies into her mouth as she watches how others people were having the best time of their lives.
it was time for the new wolves to have their first run, everybody had to watch how the newly turned sixteen, transform into a wolf under the moon, girls had to go first.
the first girl turned into a deep black wolf as people looked at her fascinated at how beautiful she is as a wolf, some said a thing or two about her,
Lisa was next, she turned into a red wolf, it was rare to see a red wolf these days so people were also looking at her in amazement, complementing her beauty too.
the next girl turned, then the next, then another, and like always people loved and admire every one of them, finally it was time for Romilda to change into her wolf form, she felt like the ground should swallow her up.
"what if I'm not able to change or what if my wolf is ugly," Romilda's said to herself.
she stepped into the place where other girls stood to turn, all eyes were on her waiting for her transformation which was taking too long, people were already getting tired of waiting to see her transformation.
"Most wolves take hours to transform, we should wait for a while, it will happen anytime soon," Alpha Bernard said as everyone begin to groan.
"I hope her own is worth waiting for," someone from the crowd murmured.
"can't believe we are waiting for a lower-class Omega to transform," another person from the crowd muttered.
"am sorry Romilda, but we can't wait for you anymore we have to continue the next process," Lisa's father spoke out, after everybody had waited for hours for Romilda to transform.
"It's okay," Romilda said going back to the crowd,
"even her own wolf doesn't want her," Damion mocked, loud enough for everyone to hear, as they all begin to laugh.
Their laughter made Romilda's heart to ache, normally she would have smiled and shoved it off her mind but she can't help but feel this one is true, they all stopped laughing when they saw her sobbing.
Romilda couldn't stay there anymore she ran into the wild, not listening to whoever was calling her, she entered deep inside the forest, running until she couldn't run anymore she stumbled on a stone and fell on the floor, crying her heart out, what Damion said was still ringing in her ears again.
"even her own wolf doesn't want her," all the mockery from others.
"Aaah..." she screamed as the wind began to blow heavily, knocking down trees and sweeping away dried leaves her scream could be heard by everything in the forest.
wings suddenly came out from her back, with fire filling her wings, her eyes suddenly change into a different color, suddenly her wings became stronger knocking down everything that was on her path, as the fire began to surround her. she lay there sobbing until she spotted someone inside the woods.
"who's there," she said, hearing no body responds, she went closer to the tree the person was hiding but couldn't see anyone again.