I would prefer drowning in the sea or the well or even under legos but not this!
"Clara! Clara!! Where the heck are you?" My best friend, Jace opened the door to the laundry room, searching for me frantically.
I have been trying to sort the pairs of socks which made me go deep in the pile of laundry. Yes, I am dirty and smelly now.
I hate laundering.
I took a deep breath and pushed myself out of the pile, "What is it? I'm trying to survive laundry games here."
Jace stared at me wide-eyed and burst to laugh. Best Friends Right? Worst best friend ever.
He dragged his feet to where I stood, removing a sock over my head and shoulder. "What?" I glared hard at him, though it was pretty useless.
Why? I got a baby face, making me look younger than even my age and what's my age? Hold on... I forgot.
"When will you stop pranking everyone in the packhouse? Don't glare at me, you brought this upon yourself." He laughed, pulling me out from the disaster.
"Yeah yeah. I just wanted to have a tiny bit of fun. You know how I'm trying to do everything on my bucket list before I die." He pushed me back in the pile, pissed at my reply.
I use the term death as a normal term because I'm not a werewolf to live for a century or whatever. But my best friend always hates it when I do it. He doesn't accept I'm normal, which I quite agree to since I do very risky things all the time. I've even been mistaken as a hunter by a new packhouse member. I don't blame them though. It's just in my nature.
It also gets a bit brutal at times.
"Stop that. You know hearing that will kill me before you." He glared at me as I tried myself up. "Anyways, alpha told me to fetch you for another mate search lineup."
"Again? Oh, com'on! I don't have a mate. Will they stop lining me up whenever another pack of alpha comes to search theirs?" I grabbed Jace's shirt and pulled myself up, ripping it a bit. "Hey! Get your hands off my shirt." He swatted my hands like I was some kind of disease. But then, I have been ripping his clothes all the time. He's like a supporting pole for whenever I trip.
"Shall we go?" I grinned, wiping my hands at my apron.
He nodded, taking me out the door but then halted in his steps making me collide with his back. "Please put up a red signal before you stop." I rubbed my nose.
"Wait. Are you going to go in that?" He eyed me, scrunching his nose in disgust.
"I don't have time to take a shower and change, also I have to get back to this laundry again. So too lazy." I smiled sheepishly, giving him a thumbs up.
He rolled his eyes at me, ignoring my comment and walking ahead before muttering, "I hope the others don't die because of the smell you're giving away."
I mocked him behind his back and moved my legs to grudgingly follow to the place I've known very well for the past years.
The session of sightseeing mates (that's what I call it) was somewhere away from the packhouse, deep in the woods.
Werewolves love forests, I do too but when I'm alone, no thank you. I would rather stay in bed and binge-watch old shows and laugh like a maniac.
"Alpha Gray will kill me if you're not on time there."
"That will be a sight to see." I laughed.
We went deeper, passing the headquarters for special meetings. Usually, anybody with a lower rank doesn't know this but I killed a cat out of curiosity.
"Alright, go stand there. Hurry before you make a scene of yourself." He nudged me forward, pushing towards the beeline of unmated people.
They all stood by this ancient tree which is the signature of our landmark. It's been known to bring good luck, that's why the mate search session happens there.
I stepped forward but slammed my face on the tree. "Owwie!" I exclaimed, pressing my nose.
"Freak! Go now." He pushed me towards the end of the line. I rubbed my nose, standing in the queue of mate dating.
Okay, I exaggerate a lot.
The girls beside me pinched their noses in disgust. "You could've at least taken a quick shower." Brunette, grey eyes, and petite figure, Janice taunted me.
She's my other best friend.
"Too lazy-"
"Your laziness will drive the alpha away. Remember we have a strong smelling sense?" Janice said, gagging at the smell.
"Oh yeah! Pfft, I forgot. Jace was fine with the smell though, he didn't comment anything." I said, standing proud.
"He probably blocked his nose before coming to you." She squeaked, fixing her already perfect style. "The alpha is here. Stand straight and bold."
"The chant I have been learning since I don't know how many years," I mumbled, purposely slumping.
"Shoulders back, Clara." She corrected me and I unwillingly listened to her.
I waited for him to come closer to the end of the line so I could get back to my work but lost my patience and looked to my right.
I wanted to do a mic drop right there and then because he was drop-dead handsome. That perfect jawline-
"Manners, Clara." Janice scolded me, making me stand like a robot.
Either I work as a princess or a robot. She didn’t let me gawk at him, ‘cause let’s face it, I wouldn’t get this chance again after adopting cats and living with them for my whole life. Single for life but not lonely.
I heard his footsteps closing up to me and I smiled forcibly.
He stopped right before me, widening his eyes. A smile came up to his lips, loosening the stiff expression on his face, which honestly looked hot, as he registered the words I thought were only possible in werewolf fiction.
"Mate." He growled and that's the moment I remembered my age.
"Ah yes! I'm 20. Took a while to remember it." I chuckled, getting distracted by my popping up memory.
I could practically feel Janice, Jace, and Alpha Gray facepalming.
The room was tense as nobody spoke a word. Even the elders seemed shaken by the recent information because who would've thought I'll rob McDonald’s?I clearly didn't but I did eat all those burgers on credit. Not my fault that the owner trusted me.But that wasn't the only matter which made them totally silent and not even communicating through the mind link."This is good, right? Clara finally got a mate." Janice said, breaking the silence and trying to shoo away the tension in the atmosphere.Alpha gray looked at her, signaling her to not talk. I, for the first time, felt wordless. For a fact, I hardly knew about my parents. The pack members did say a few things about them but it just didn't feel right. It felt like there was something missing even in that bit of the story.So either, they're in deep thought of unbelieving that I'll finally go from here or they are just thinking about how I ate so many burgers one at a time."If you all are thinking about how I ate those 30 dozen bur
"Think hard and tell me again," Janice said, persistent to make me say what she wanted to hear. "No. Nada. Definitely not. I didn't feel any sparks, only warmth, and sweaty hands... also how do you know what spark feels like?" I asked to which alpha gray groaned and Janice slapped her forehead at my question. "Honestly, is it some kind of electric spark or a pinch?" I continued. "Can someone please kidnap her!?" Janice cried out in exasperation. She has a way of making things way dramatic than it’s supposed to be. I don't have a problem since I always sit back and watch her go crazy around me. "How about a pull?" Alpha gray asked. "What kind of pull? The elevator one or a magnetic?" I asked, trying to get a clearer picture of it. It probably sounds annoying but I wanted to know how it feels when you're next to your mate and which can also clear the confusion that my supposed mate was telling. "Magnetic... I think. I haven't met my mate yet." Janice shrugged. "Whatever it is, I
"Whaa?" Alpha Ivan asked, shoving a berry in his mouth as I kept staring at him in astonishment.One hour ago, he was a broad intimidating handsome man and now, a cute panda. Almost a panda because that tummy got abs instead of a big bouncy belly."Are you choking to death or you're just trying to eat everything at once because it's tasty?" I asked, still surprised and idle in movement.He held up his finger, indicating to wait as he munched on the strawberries he had them squished in his mouth. About a minute later, he gulped, shoving berries in his mouth."What? I eat when I'm stressed." He murmured, turning away back to the view of the balcony.I had to l
Clara POV"Farewell, my dear." Janice said, being dramatic as always.
"This is bad, this is bad- No, This is worse. Probably, the end of the world. More like the end of my world." I blabbered, pacing in my new room that wasn't appealing.It was black and the fact I was reminiscing my moments with my mother-in-law didn't help at all. It felt like the darkness was galloping me.
"What does this mean? Getting in trouble on the first day, Luna!?" The principal shouted at me, annoyed, and wiping his sweat off. "I can explain," I said, hoping he would spare me.
It wasn't a shock that I saw a dream as strange my own unknown species specification but this one grew chills on my spine and I gasped, bolting upright. That only seemed to make my head spin. I groaned, hitting my forehead to smack away the dizziness.
So last night was horrible. I believed I would turn into pizza if I really thought about it. I tried thinking about something else and ended up with Cookies that everyone loves. After I shifted, I was feeling really uncomfortable and pleaded to my wolf to bring back my human form. Yes, I begged. I didn't know how to do any of the things my wolf knew about.