Chapter 7 - The Institute

* * * Eve’s POV * * *

* * * Aged 10 * * *

I wake up and rub the sleep from my eyes, my body is programmed to wake at this time now. A year of waking up at the crack of dawn and I no longer need an alarm, or for Rose to knock on my door.

I had the same dream again last night, the one where I’m an Alpha and I stop Alpha Charles treating his pack so badly. I was wielding fire and I was flying. It felt so real that it has to be more than a dream. How can something that feels so real, only be a dream?

I climb from my mattress and straighten my blankets. I throw on my clothes and tie my hair back. It’s time for the day to begin.

“Morning, Eve. Are you ready?” Rose greets me.

“Of course,” I say as I turn to face her.

“Oh dear. Come to my room so we can wash your hands and face. We’re in the kitchen today and the Alpha won’t like how dirty you look,” she says kindly.

I follow Rose to her room and let her wash me. We change my clothes and use a belt to make her clothes fit. I realise how