Chapter One

The injured black wolf snarled at it's opponent, not willing to give up. He approached the golden brown furred wolf, limping mildly, he attacked again, using his claws to pin his opponent down, trying to dig his teeth into his opponent's unguarded shoulder. His attack was countered immediately as the strong wolf sent him flying into the air. He hit a tree and fell down whimpering. 

The golden brown werewolf stared at him, gnarling and growling at him, the injured wolf couldn't go on anymore so he found his way, limping away into the thick woods. The golden brown wolf pranced off in the opposite direction to reunite with his pack.

Logan was now in his human form, but the angry expression on his face was still there. He met his pack members outside their den, all staring at him, knowing that he was disappointed in them.

"So? What happened? What happened!?" He barked at them, his eyes moving from the one person to the other. They bowed their heads, with no idea what to say to the raging alpha.

"An honest mistake Logan." Cornor, the black haired beta werewolf spoke up. He was Logan's closest friend and the only one he would actually listen to at this point. 

"Mistake? You didn't protect the pack! That fool attacked us and you just scuried away?" Logan questioned, sounding disappointed that they would run. Why should they run? His father didn't train any of them to be weak!

"We're sorry but we were taken by surprise and mislead." Cornor answered, lifting his hand to his head, he passed his fingers through his hair and took a glance at Logan. 

They were busy patrolling that night, just three of them, Cornor and two gammas. They were taken by surprise when a rival pack alpha and his pack members took them by surprise, giving them injuries before they could fight back. The injuries were all gone now anyway. 

"Listen to me, all of you, I want you to make sure that this is the very last time that this happens. I want that foolish alpha and his pack monitored, I promise he won't get away with this." He sounded to them, his glaring eyes still watching every single one of them. After discussing a few things with them, he turned and raced off into the darkness.

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"I like this one, it's beautiful." Zoey cooed, peeping over her mother's shoulder, staring into the phone. Luna Diane smiled and nodded, she also found it attractive.

"Yes, it's really beautiful. What do you think Bella?" She asked. Bella shrugged, her attention wasn't even there, she was thinking of something else.

"If you both like it, then we'll go with it." She answered and Zoey grinned at her.

"What's the matter? Missing your prince charming already?" She teased, Bella's cheeks flushed immediately as she had been caught in the act. She was thinking about her boyfriend, the man she would soon be engaged to, Aiden Parker. A dashing, young alpha who she had been head over heels in love with for three years now.

Bella belonged to the claw pack of which her parents, alpha Darren and Luna Diane were the leaders. She was strong, fearless and brave, but all that didn't overshadow her effortless beauty. Bella has been so in love with Aiden after they met at the fresher's party in their school. Finding out he was a werewolf too only made things better. She finally told her parents about their relationship a few months ago and they gave their full support, now they are getting engaged.

"Be quiet, would you?" Bella rolled her eyes at her younger sister, Zoey.

"You know she's telling the truth, it's written all over you!" Luna Diane teased her even more, making her cheeks flush again.

"Mother!" Bella drawled and moved away, feeling uncomfortable with all the teasing. Her mother and sister had a good time laughing at her reaction but she didn't care about that. She was busy trying to get to Aiden with a mind link. She wanted to see him so badly, it's been days but it felt like years to her. 

"Where are you?" She sent another mind link and luckily, she was answered.

"Outside." Was Aiden's reply. Bella's face immediately lit up.

"Uh.. mom, I'll be right back." She said and excused herself, dashing out of the house. 

"Aiden!" Bella couldn't resist running into his open arms, hugging him like he was about to disappear. He hugged her back passionately, taking in the sweet, strawberry scent of her hair that he had missed.

"I'm happy to see you too." He chuckled, her excitement brought joy to him. Being with her had been both beautiful and adventurous, he couldn't have asked for better.

"Tell me, what kept you? Mother and Zoey have been teasing me all day. I have so much to tell you about the engagement.." she paused when she noticed the scar on his arm. Aiden looked down to see what she was staring at and scoffed.

"It's nothing, you don't have to worry about it." He assured.

"Really? Did you get into a fight?" Bella questioned, gently brushing her thumb against the fading scar. Aiden withdrew his hand slowly and shrugged.

"I was just running around and got stabbed by a branch, it's nothing to worry about like I said." He answered and she sighed, taking his hand again. She smiled and stared into his eyes.

"You have no idea how much I missed you." She confessed, her cheeks flushing. He was the one single thing that made her happy.

"I missed you too Bella." He pulled her closer by her waist until their faces were barely inches apart, he lowered his head to claim her lips when they were disrupted by loud footsteps. They broke apart and turned to see who it was and it turned out to be Zoey. She had a grin on her face and gave Aiden an awkward look.

"You lovebirds have the rest of your lives to spend together, but right now, I want you to come with me Aiden!" Zoey went over to Aiden's side and grabbed his hand immediately, pulling her along with him while Bella watched, confused.

"Where to?" She finally asked.

"I want him to look at some suit designs that I think will fit him perfectly." Zoey answered, smiling widely. Bella rolled her eyes, she really wanted to spend more time with Aiden but it looked like she'd have to wait until after their engagement to finally have him all to herself.

"You two can go ahead with that, I'm going to run around, it's been a long time since I did that." She said and started walking towards the direction of the woods. From walking, she started to run until she transformed and ran into the woods, going as fast as she could. It had been long she felt so free and in tune with her wolf, she needed it since she had been so tied up with other things.

Bella stopped running when she noticed that she had crossed into another territory, she knew she would be in trouble if the owners of the territory found her and had the wrong idea. She decided to turn and go back when a golden brown wolf suddenly jumped out in front of her, looking angry.

Bella purred gently, trying to signal that she meant no harm. The big wolf circled her, sniffing and taking in her scent, she lowered her head, again, trying to show that she was harmless. When she noticed that the big wolf was getting too interested in her, she ran off. Unfortunately for her, he followed.