Luciana's p. o. v

The past nineteen years of being a member of the one of the mightiest pack in the region. Not just a member... but being part of the inner circle. Or being near it.

Canine Pack has been home for as long as I can remember. Alpha Hugo or Hitler as some members nicknamed him. Yeah... I can bear witness that he deserved the name. He's my dad but sometimes I think he's the brother of the devil if not the devil himself.

Blood... the very sight of it especially if it's from his enemy. It gives him peace of mind. I pity those who have traverse his lanes and have to face his wrath.

For as long as I have known him. Finding yourself in his hands you are as dead as piece of paper in damn shredder. He's merciless and ruthless. Every one bows down to him in respect and fear.

Aurelio is my sister. We have done everything together though am bit older than her. I can't say she's my best friend because she's sometimes skeptical and mysterious. She's the ideal shadow of Scarlet Jene, our mum.

The Luna who runs the pack from the interior. He's my dad's greatest advisor and he has never dissapointed her.

Aurelio shifted when she was fifteen. It was on her birthday. A grand party was held to celebrate her shifting and mum was the happiest person ever.

And then there was me. It would be an understatement to say I wasn't jealous. I was anxious and nervous at the same time. But I had to tug my worries behind the beautiful mask of smile.

I know they expected me to shift earlier but I had failed... I had failed myself as well. I began to get more worried when months went by and I couldn't shift.

"May be your wolf is anyway dead," it's the least I expected from her. I knew she was cynical at a times but it was now turning to disrespect. "Or let's say you are under a curse, you are just a human," Aurelio jeered on me.

Her words pierced my soul and broke me down to pieces. I was two years older than her. My nights became longer and boring. I would spent hours staring into the dark ceiling with tears wetting my silk pillows.

All my peers had shifted and I was the odd one out. They didn't have to tell me to exclude myself, I had to.

"You have to wait a little bit longer," dad assured me as I glanced into his crimson red eyes. I wouldn't look at his scary face for a minute... Not me.

"Are you worried?" he asked in deep voice. I rarely talked to him. I was scared and I would always be shaking from head to toe in his presence. "Yes... I am," I replied holding my breath.

"You have to wait and be confident. Don't worry," he continued why schooling me with his deep scary eyes. Mum joined us in the office.

I could tell... All was not well. She scanned me with her monolid eyes. Her facial expression changed and I knew my presence already disgusted her.

I could feel her cold stare on my already tired back as I walked sway. Atleast dad believed in me. I could still count on him.

Aurelio had instigated all my friends against me. "I don't like her, she is wolfless," I overheard her tell her friends about me. "She ought to be ashamed of herself."

The longer I waited the more I couldn't shift. At nineteen and I had not shifted yet. The pressure kept mounting. I had no where to hide ears from the insults at school.

Dad would kill me if I stopped attending school. I had to force myself to.

"Hey bitch, aren't you ashamed of yourself!" Stella said as she roughly pushed me against the wall. I struggled under her grip as I gasped for air.

"Yes! Let's force her to shift instead!" Aurelio jeered on me. The other students made a circle us and cheered as suffocated in Stella's strong hands.

"Bitch! You gotta learn a lesson," she growled as she dropped me to the floor. I spat blood on the floor as I stared at Stella who was towering over me like a gigantic giant. Someone roughly pulled my hair.

I could feel the excruciating pain down my feeble spine. I was helpless even as anger piled in heart and sent my veins throbbing with vengeance.

"What the hell is happening here?" the soft and gentle voice was familiar. It had soothed my pains and made me relax for the few times I had heard it before.

Jayden, his Viking-gold hair and the sensuous smile. But today he got me down, blood oozing from my nose and mouth. I could tell how worried he was as he rushed to my aid.

"You are lucky he came in on time," Stella swore while clenching her jaws in anger. "Don't lie to yourself that it's over... Not yet."

Jayden had come to my rescue just on time. My enemies could have squeezed life out of me were it not for him.

I couldn't remember that last time I met him. I would be lying if I simply said I admired him... I loved him.

But he was just brother. He was my favorite person in the whole pack. He had been away in tough training and we were rarely in touch.

That evening I had to walk home for the first time. My dad's black limo always came for us without failing. I kept walking hoping dad would get me on the way.

I had just negotiated a corner when I found myself in their hands. My heart almost skipped a beat. I could feel the cold sweat trickle down my armpits. "Scum bag! Stop right there, did you think we shall spare you!" Stella yelled at me.

Her sharp voice echoed through my ears and sent shivers down my spine. "You are still wolfless, huh! " she mocked me again. I had frozen with fear but something stirred in me when she moved closer to me. Something undeniably strange.

A blow to my head sent me sprawling on the ground. Stella and her gang circled me like hungry vultures. I could not contain my anger any more.

I felt my bones crack and the pain made me more angrier. I was shifting. Fear was spelled all over their faces as they watched. I led out a loud growl before bouncing on Stella. I sunk my claws into his skull and she screamed in pain.

My wolf could not cool down yet till I attacked and injured all of them. I had never imagined that I was this strong. I disappeared into the woods leaving my oppressors reeling in pain.