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Chapter 1
Dear Lily
I have to admit your last email got me mad as hell. They have no right treating you like they do and the fact that your brother isn't sticking up for you is really sick. I'm sorry I know you've told me a million times not to talk about your pack and your brother but I can't help it. You're too nice Lily and don't believe a word they say you're beautiful, don't protest you've sent me pictures remember? Look my offer still stands, the whole pack agrees you should come from what I've told them about you. And they don't mind you living with us and becoming one of us. Just leave that stupid place with the stupid people that don't care and come here, no one will treat you badly I won't allow it. Future Alpha remember? ;)
Sincerely, your pen pal
Xavier.
I looked at the email wondering what to write back. I first started emailing Xavier two years ago and we've been best friends ever since. We know everything about each other, and I love him to death. Recently he's been telling me to run away and live with him and his pack but I just couldn't do that. They may all be mean to me but I couldn't help but think that maybe they cared, plus I couldn't just abandon them, thats wrong.
I shut my laptop and decided to answer him later. It was about 6:30 AM and I had half an hour to get dressed and go to school. I put some baggy clothes and tied my blonde hair in a ponytail. I looked in the mirror and sighed. As good as it gets, I thought to myself.
I didn't consider myself pretty, not at all. I had blond hair and blue eyes, which would look great on most girls but on me just weird, and I was sort of fat. Not like obese but fat nonetheless.
"Come on Lily we need to go," my brother Keith yelled obviously irritated from behind my door.
"Why so early?" I yelled back
"Did you forget Ethan turns sixteen today? He'll find his mate, so he wants to go early and see all the girls." My heart did a flip at the mention of Ethan. Ethan was my crush for so long and the future alpha of the pack; he'd be the official alpha at seventeen. Every wolf finds his mate at sixteen. He just looks at her and his wolf tells him that she's his mate, as for her she has to actually touch him to know. If she feels like an electric shock went through her when she frst touches a peron, then she knows he's her mate.
I was fifteen, a year younger than Ethan and Keith but because I was smart I was in the same level as them and had the same classes.
"I'll be right there," I checked myself in the mirror once more before I got out and followed my brother to his car, I couldn't help but wonder who would be Ethan's mate. I knew she had to be pretty and couldn't help feeling a bit jealous knowing she'd have him. Ethan and I used to be friends before we ended up in highschool and he turned mean. But it was the memory of him being nice to me that made me like him, Ethan used to always cheer me up whenever I was sad.
"Why do you take so long, it's not like you're going to get pretty anytime soon," my brother said driving to school. I just ignored him and stared out the window. It was normal for my brother to insult me, he became mean as soon as he reached highschool too. To be popular you couldn't be nice with the fat nerd of the pack.
"We're here," he parked the car right next to Ethan's car and I saw Ethan leaning on the hood of his car watching the parking lo,t looking for his mate eagerly.
"Have you found her, man?" my brother asked coming up behind him.
"No but I swear I can smell her scent, it's amazing," he said not even turning around. I stood there awkwardly thinking about leaving; I still had time before my first class so that meant I could hang out at the library.
"I'm just going to head inside," I said making Keith and Ethan turn around. When Ethan looked at me his eyes grew wide and he stared at me for a moment before flashing me the disgusted look I was so used to. I just ignored him and walked to the school, all the while feeling his eyes on my back.
The rest of the day went by as normal, I got constant remarks about my weight and how ugly I am from everyone including my pack members. Yeah that's right, even my pack members hate me and wish I was never in their pack. They think I'm weak and chubby but it's not my fault they never paid me enough attention to help me train the way they do with everyone else.
It wasn't until I was heading to my brother's car that I saw all the guys from the pack crowded around Ethan's car, hence making it impossible to get to Keith's car. I started pushing past some people but when my shoulder brushed someone else's I felt an electric shock course through my body. I gasped and looked to see who it was and my eyes widened when I saw it was Ethan.
"Oh my god," I said and he looked at me like he wanted to kill me, "You're my mate." I was sure everyone heard me because suddenly everyone stopped talking and looked at me and Ethan.
"What are you talking about?" Ethan snapped at me. I was confused, how couldn’t he know I was his mate?
Chapter 2
"I'm your mate Ethan, didn't you notice?" I thought of the way his eyes widened when he saw me in the morning he must have known.
Ethan snorted, "I'm not your mate Lily."
My wolf growled, confirming to me that he was and that I wasn't mistaken. My wolf wouldn't react like that to just some guy.
"Yes, you are," I said getting irritated. What was his problem?
"Like I'd have some fat ugly loser as a mate. In your dreams, Lily. Look I've been nice to you and ignored your stupid crush all this time because your Keith's sister but pretending to be my mate now that's a new low for you." I stared at him, hurt and close to tears. But more than anything I was pissed. BEING NICE? He was the person who bullied me the most and my brother never stopped him.
He was rejecting me as his mate. He was ashamed of me. Suddenly I felt someone grab my arm and lead me to the passenger side of Keith's car. I got in but was still in a daze, my own mate… the person who as supposed to love me, rejected me. Why did I expect anything different? Why did I think having a mate would change everything?
I didn't even notice Keith get in the car and drive us home until my door was opened and Keith got me in the house.
“What the hell Lily?" Keith asked anger in his eyes.
"What?" I asked confused.
"Why did you lie and say you were Ethan's mate? Now I'm never going to hear the end of it with the pack." He ran a hand through his hair and pinched the bridge of his nose trying to control his anger.
"WHAT?!" I yelled and I knew my eyes were now turning black like they always did when a wolf was mad, "HE IS MY MATE!"
"That's enough," he punched the wall beside me, "I am so sick of your pathetic ass bothering me all the time. You’re a waste of air Lily. No one like you in the pack or even in school you lard butt and now you’re some freaking stalker after Ethan. Cut it out Lily." I looked at my brother and shook my head lightly in disbelief.
"You don't believe me," I whispered more to myself than to myself. His words sunk in and I realized he was right. No one wants me here. No one really cares no matter what I hoped.
I ran up to my room and threw myself on the bed crying my eyes off. How could this happen? How could I fool myself into thinking anyone cares here? My own mate rejected me.
After I was done crying I sat in bed and my eyes drifted to my laptop. Someone did care and I would be stupid not to leave this place.
I quickly opened my laptop and opened Xavier's email. I hit reply and wrote:
Dear Xavier,
I'm taking you up on your offer. I'll be at your door in about a day or two. I'll explain why the change of mind later, for now all I can say is that you were right, and it hurts like hell. By the time you read this I'll be on my way. Can't wait to see you!
With love,
Lily
I sent the email and got a bag out of the closet and threw some clothes in it along with my iPod, Laptop, cellphone, books and a couple of stuff I needed. I decided to write a note so I got a pen and paper and wrote down quickly:
Leaving for good, I can tell when I'm not wanted. Don't worry, none of you will ever see my face again. And rest assured that means I'm leaving the pack as well. Bye!
Lily
I saw Keith's car leave the house and knew he must be going to the pack house where all the pack got together after school, except me.
I put the note in the kitchen where I knew someone would find it; werewolves eat a lot and Keith would definitely go in the kitchen as soon as he got home.
I got my bag and called a cab to take me to the train station. I used the money my parents always kept for us to use for emergencies to call a cab, and grabbed the money I've been saving up hoping it would be enough to get to Xavier's pack
I looked one last time back and said a silent 'goodbye' but I didn't cry and I didn't look back again. I was numb by then.
Keith's P.O.V.
I couldn't believe Lily would lie like that, didn't she know how much that lie could've cost me? Being the future Beta of the pack was important and I had a certain reputation to keep. I was more than mad as I went to Ethan's house, all the guys were there already when I walked into the living.
"So I see you dropped your sister by the mental institution" Alan, one of the pack members, said making the others laugh except Ethan who was obviously not concentrating. I sat next to him and nudged him.
"Sorry for my sister. I don't know where she got the idea you were mates" he nodded grimly and I listened to the chatter of the guys.
"Rogues were sited a while ago around the borders" Alan told me "We didn't catch them and Ethan said if we smell their scent again to capture them instantly okay?" I nodded and reached for my phone to text Lily and tell her not to go out of the house. Rogues were dangerous and she wasn't exactly a strong wolf.
I didn't find my phone and realized that I must have forgot it at home. I groaned and started to get up.
"Where are you going man?" Peter asked.
Chapter 3
"home, I forgot my phone and I need to tell Lily not to get out of the house because of the rogues" I said but Peter put a hand on my shoulder
"I already need to get something from the house I'll stop by yours, tell Lily, and get you your phone. Where did you put it?"
"On the counter in the kitchen thanks" he nodded and was out of the door in a second. I knew it wouldn't take long considering he was probably running at wolf speed and it was dark so no one would see him.
I noticed Ethan was quiet through the whole conversations which was unlike him.
"What's wrong?" I asked him, he had been my best friend for a long time. We practically grew up together.
"nothing just thinking" he admitted and then forced a smile.
"Um Keith" Peter came in the room with my phone in one hand and a piece of paper in the other "We have a problem"
Immediately all of us were on high alert, our thoughts instantly going to the rogues.
"Not that kind of problem" he said "It's your sister" My heart dropped, was she okay? I noticed Ethan was at my side.
"What's wrong?" he asked worry clear on his face which confused me a bit.
"Read this" he shoved a paper in front of me and I noticed Lily's handwriting almost instantly, I read it out loud
"It says 'Leaving for good. I can tell when I'm not wanted. Don't worry, none of you will ever see my face again. And rest assured that means I'm leaving the pack as well. Bye! Lily.'"
I lowered the paper and looked at the guys. They were all shocked as I was especially Ethan.
"No way she left the pack" Alan said "She can't just leave--just like that"
Lily, sis can you hear me? I said using the mind link, and I could hear the others call to her too.
"She really left" I said as it finally hit me "My sister's gone" I had to sit down
"It's okay calm down" I heard Alan say but it wasn't to me I looked up and saw Ethan shaking and I knew he had to be extremely pissed.
"Her phone" i suddenly jumped up and took my phone from Peter and dialed her number, she answered after a few rings.
"hello" she said, I put it on speaker so the guys could hear
"Lily where the hell are you?" I asked angrily. She sighed
"That's non of your business I explained everything I needed to explain in the note. you shouldn't have called"
"What the hell do you mean? Lily come back!"
"no"
"NOW" I yelled
"NO" She yelled and I shut up, Lily never yelled even when people yelled at her she was always calm "I AM TIRED OF THIS" I looked at the guys to see them just as shocked as I was. I heard her taking a deep breath "i'm tired of this" she whispered "Why should I go back to a pack that hates me and doesn't want me there? To people who don't care about me.
"I've stayed with you guys for so long and never answered you when you yelled or made fun of me. I stayed because I thought that maybe you guys care deep down. No matter what happened, I always thought you were family and made excuses for you. All of you. Because you were my pack and packs have each others backs. But today I realized that even though I would do anything for you guys, you wouldn't do the same. I'm just a waste of air for you guys."
"Lily I--"
"No don't say anything Keith. I'm throwing away my phone so don't bother calling. And tell the others that I said I love you all. Even though you don't. You were my family."
"Lily please"
"Bye Keith" and just like that the line went dead and everyone was silent. My vision was blurry as tears came down my cheek. All the guys just stared at the phone in disbelief with guilt written on their faces. Ethan was on the ground with his head in his hands whispering 'no' over and over again.
"Since when do you care about Lily?" I asked angrily "you're the one that gave her hell about everything. All of you did" I yelled
Ethan's eyes were pitch black now "Shut up your no better." he stood up and walked towards me.
"It's all your fault she left after the humiliation in the parking lot of the school" I screamed
"Well I never saw you helping her" He growled and I didn't answer as a thousand memories came back to me.
"It's all of us" I said "We treated her like shit. It's all of our fault" I looked at the guys and saw their guilty expressions. I never intended to hurt Lily but I just got carried away. Trying to be popular.
That night we had a pack meeting about the rogues that were sighted near our territory and i couldn't help but glance at the empty seat where Lily used to sit. I saw everyone glance at it, especially Ethan who seemed angrier by the second. I started thinking that maybe Lily didn't lie, but I shook the thought away because Ethan would never reject his mate, even for popularity. No one would do that
I just glared the whole meeting and didn't say a word, eventually Alan came up to me.
"Come on calm down" he said sadly "We've all been jerks when she comes back we'll just be nicer to her" I looked at him with a 'seriously?' look
"SHE'S NOT COMING BACK" I yelled and the whole room heard. "I'm outta here" I got up and went to my car.
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