My parents hurry in as soon as I break free from his grasp, and he turns away from me.

"Seems like you're making good headway." My dad is always trying to reassure me that things will turn out well, even if they don't now. When they start worrying, I swat their hands away.

"The packhouse is available to you during your stay. I'll arrange a personal showing of your new home for tomorrow so you can see it all for yourself. Matthew would be there if you need anything, I will have a monthly checkup there to see if daily necessities are ok. "

"As of this morning, Katrina is officially enrolled in school, so tomorrow is free to focus on getting settled in and unpacking. We need to get her pack training started on Monday, so I'd appreciate it if you and her could attend the pack training on Friday and come see me at the office and early on Monday. "

"Pack training? " I ask in astonishement.

When my mother gently elbows me to remind me to be quiet, the Alpha takes notice.

"You must go for trainings with the rest of the pack. I just don't see how it could be an issue at all. "I try to avoid making eye contact by looking away when he asks a question.

My mom wraps his arm around me and extends his hand to the Alpha, saying, "No issue, at all."

"I'm interested in your experience educating teenagers. " Alpha Antony turns to my mom.

"Although I have mostly trained with my daughter and more experienced she-wolves, I am always up for trying anything new. "

"Interesting. If you're available, helping out at the high school would be very appreciated. "When he told my mom, "That way you can also care Katrina,"

He looks at me and then at my dad and nods his approval.

"My Beta will show you where you are resting for the night."

We complied with Beta Mathew's instructions and followed him as he took us to the outskirts of the quaint small village in where we planned to make our home. A gravel driveway can be seen leading up to the quaint cottage, which has a sizable terrace.

This lovely and cozy home was tucked away from both the Pack and the city, providing complete seclusion. My dad and I got out of the car and walked into the house together. When my dad would open the white wooden door, Beta Mathew would always reach his hand out with the keys and wait for my dad to unlock the door.

"There are a few resorts and other accommodations in town that have vacancies, and it's possible that one of them may be a good fit for you if you think the place is remote and not convenient. "

"This is actually very wonderful. It seems like everything is in order, Beta Mathew."

I wait at the bottom of the stairs with the expectation that my father would come outside and join me in sitting on the grass.

Mathew looks at me with an inquisitive expression and offers a quick sniff as though he is trying to figure out what's going on.

"You smell different from most wolves,"

I feel myself tensing up.

"Please forgive me, but I'm not following what you're saying."

"Your wolf scent is distinctive, yet it isn't overpowering. "Thereafter, he cocks an eyebrow and says, "You smell familiar."

"Let me let you settle in for the time being, but remember that every Friday night at 5:00 o'clock, there will be mandatory Pack training. If you're not available this week, that's ok. I still want to introduce you to the pack."Mathew assured my father, "the rest of the Pack will feel more at comfortable with newcomers to attend since we're a close-knit pack."

My father nods, "Sure, we will be surely there on time. "

I quickly take the package and run up the stairs.

My chamber smelt musty, and it seemed to be closed up completely when I did a quick check of it, so I decided to leave it alone for the time being. The carpet in the living room was such a deep brown that it was practically black, and the big fireplace filled up one whole wall of the room. Even though it has crystal dandelization on the roof, the light coming from it isn't very bright. My mother threw wide the windows and drew back the curtains in an attempt to ease the oppressive affects that the heat and humidity were having on the house.

My father, with the aid of a couple of the people working for Mathew, unloaded the furniture, while Beta Mathew provided detailed instructions for each particular room. Because the area that houses my bedroom is at the other end of the house from the rest of the living space, it is necessary for me to get the package to that location before I can go to bed. Within the restroom was a window that provided a glimpse of the surrounding woodland and lack. Even so, it was rather lovely.

When I finally got around to setting up my bed frame, the truck had already pulled away and the movers had already carried in the rest of my stuff. The remainder of the day was taken up with chores like tidying up and unpacking.

It was a wise choice to go from a house that was located on a busy road to a home that is located in this quiet suburb. At this more remote location, I enjoyed the peace and quiet as well as the absence of any curious neighbors.

The following three days went by quickly as I got back into my normal routine.

On Monday, I got up, put on my pants and a white T-shirt, grabbed my backpack, and crammed as many textbooks as I could into it. Today was the first day of school.

My stomach is doing somersaults with fear as I make my way toward the entrance gates of my brand-new school. My mother kept an eye on me via the rearview mirror the whole time she was driving.

"It'll all work out in the end. " My mother tells me,"Just keep your head down and behave, everything will be OK," and I sigh as I unlock the back door and slip away. Thinking about how dreadful it would be if they found out I didn't have a wolf, I stare up at the brick structure.

I am met by a nice lady in her mid-thirties as soon as I walk in the door of the office, which I visit as soon as I get there. She wore a pair of enormous oval spectacles that were set on the bridge of her flawlessly straight nose, and her jet black hair stretched down to her shoulders. In contrast to my prior dean, she had a more compassionate demeanor and had cherry lips. She has a tall and thin build. As I entered the room, our black eyes locked gazes with one other. When I looked up, I was greeted with a warm grin.

"You are, without a doubt, Katrina, "

She scans my identity files and hands me my schedule, my student card, and the key to my locker was presented to me. Additionally, the card included the combination to my locker. I open it up to have a look at what the rest of the day will bring. When I learned that they trained every single day, my stomach did a complete flip.

I wasn't sure whether my mother knew or not that the students also trained.

"Each week, we devote two hours to classroom instruction and one hour to hands-on wolf training. "

I won't be able to hide here for more than a day before others see me don't have a wolf and force me to go. I'm not sure whether I'll be able to skip the first week or not.

After thanking her, I went to my locker.

When the proper code was entered, the door swung open. The other students were staring at the new student with mild interest, but happily none was being rude.

After placing my belongings into my locker, I go to get my books. It caught me off guard when a girl's eyes locked into mine as I was shutting the door to my locker. Her short black hair, nose ring, and heavy eye makeup set her apart.

"Greetings, and welcome. " She grabs my agenda after introducing herself as "Ella."

"Ah, Katrina."

"Our curriculum is quite uniform. If you're interested in coming along, I can show you around. "Seemingly, she was kind.

I tell her that idea sounds great.

"You're apparently part of Alpha Nkosi's pack, "she continues. That rumor has already been spread it.

"Beta Mathew and Alpha Antony were having a conversation, and you must have Beta DNA." She grins.

"I was shocked to hear that Alpha Mathew had approved a transfer, since he clearly despises Alpha Nkosi. Your parents must have high status. No new pupils have enrolled in the previous many years," she says, stopping at an opened classroom door. Mr. Swift, our English teacher, is a kind person. "

I saw that, in contrast to the classes I had seen during my previous Pack, the students in this one were carrying on quiet conversations while they awaited the arrival of their instructor. I was really shocked by how polite everyone was, especially after my past experience with guys in my previous Pack.

I join Ella at the table she's currently at. She gets a lot of young people talking together to look at her.

"Hey," She says, smiling brightly, her smile was contagious.

"That lot over there are nerds; they won't do anything but study," indicating a group of students who are quietly conversing between themselves. You should maintain a safe distance from such community. The ugliest blonde female is Nina. Keep away from her as far as you can. " Ella tells me.

As a new student, I was not singled out by the instructor, which was a relief. While Ella and I were eating, the students and teachers were getting the training fields ready. Seeing my mom and Alpha Antony approach the field made me feel sick to my stomach.

"Does our Alpha often help students train? " I ask Ella

"If not in meetings, he is here every day to teach us something new." Nina is sprinting across the field and clinging to the Alpha like a leech.

That Nina likes the Alpha is a fact that can't be ignored. Just like Ella predicted, "She appears to think she will be his mate." For some reason, seeing her so close to him always made me nervous, but I tried to suppress those feelings. Since it's plausible that Nina is as nasty as Ella portrays her to be, I refrained from questioning her.

"The age difference between this new Alpha and my previous one, who was in his sixties, was striking. "

"At 31, he's an excellent Alpha, both harsh and fair. Thankfully, he's not nearly as bad as his jerk of a father. "

"After his father's retirement, so he took over as alpha, huh?"

"No, at the early age of seventeen, Alpha Antony had him slain and seized his command. "

"Despite this, the death of old Alpha was met with widespread relief. He treated women like animals and he used to slay everyone who fell out of line, he even slaughtered his own mate and his chosen ones," Hearing this, my stomach sunk.

I tell her I'm sad, and she just nods her head.

"He really did inspire revulsion from all packs. The tides changed when Alpha became leader. He made it possible for women and girls everywhere to take self-defense courses. Maybe that's why he wanted you and your family to join our Pack so badly. Your parents' Beta gene status is a double bonus for you. "

"Perhaps."

Alpha Antony's focus shifts to us. When the lunchtime chime finally rings, I return to the locker area to change into our training clothes with Ella. We hurriedly changed and walked over to the prepared ovals training court.

"You want to see how they train, Katrina? "I agree and nod my head.

Alpha Antony encourages me to come sit with him in the stands so we can watch together. I have been watching everyone at the gym. On several times, Alpha gives assistance and provides feedback. But when he comes back, he mocks me. "What are your impressions of school so far?"

Even though I'm uncomfortable in his presence, I manage to reassure him everything is OK. My mom's worried looks at me just made me more nervous about him. "I'm curious as to how often you work out with your mom. "

"My mother doesn't want me to miss training," I tell him. His head nods to indicate his agreement.

"Good, so you may rest today and tomorrow, but on Monday you'll join the rest of the team in training". As I glance up, Nina is standing just in front of me, staring at me intently.

"You, Nina, need to give your attention to training. Get back on the field," Antony yells at her.

Meowing at him, she murmured, "I was merely checking whether you can come and help me, alpha." She clearly cares for him and wants to be with him. After giving me the narrowed-eye treatment, she walks away calmly. I knew from the moment we met that she would make my life a living misery.

"Well, I had to go back out there, Katrina, I'll see you around." He remarked as he stormed toward my mother, who was reprimanding Nina for leaving the field.

My mother insists that I return home immediately after the end of the school day. When she realizes I'm coming closer, she takes my arm and quickly pulls me away from the onlookers.

"Katrina, you have a remarkable ability to stand out and be noticed by the Alpha when it would be in your best interest to remain inconspicuous. Avoid him and his Beta at all costs. " Mom admonishes.

"Not that I went looking for him, rather, he came to me. "

"Just because you're my daughter doesn't give you license to be lazy, Katrina, go out there and start running. "

"What? You've got to be joking, mom. "

Beta Mathew came up and paused next to me. "There must be something wrong, right?"

She lowers her head.

"Yes, Beta." While pointing to the field's edge, she tells, "There you go, Katrina."

As a result, I decide to remove my sweater and fling it at her. I was at a loss to explain her odd behavior.

"Make that thirty lapses, " she shouts out. I moan but proceed to the edge of the field, loathing her.

"Keep going, Katrina. " I roll my eyes and start completing laps. My legs burned by the time I finished twenty, and my lungs felt like they were about to burst. Stopping, I brace my hands on my knees, striving to regain my breath. My mother blows her whistle, attracting my attention, and I peek over at her.

"Ten more Katrina, I didn't say stop, "

"This is bullshit, " I mumble under my breath.

"You want me to add more? "

My mum calls out. I shake my head and continue racing around the oval. Alpha Antony, I saw, was in the stands observing, and by the expression on his face, something had made him upset.

By the time I was done, my face was flaming red, and my breathing was coming in short gasps as I sank on my back on the grass near my mother.

She appears to be staring at the earth around my feet.

"Keep it in mind, Katrina. That which I am going to undertake is for your own benefit. While I may be lenient with you, the rest of the pack will not be".

In an effort to reduce my heart rate and settle my breathing, I placed my arms over my head and poured bottle of water on my body.

My pain is so bad that I had to whine about it. When alpha came up to me, though, I did nothing.

"I'd want to have a quick word with you, Dianna." When I turn my head slightly, I can see him walking up to her.

"Of course, Alpha." When Alpha Antony focuses his dying eyes on me, I avert my eyes out of embarrassment for how weak I must seem. After Ella brings me a water bottle, I squirt some in my mouth and sit up.

It was difficult to get to the building due to the gelatinous legs. When school let out, I headed to my locker when I suddenly ran into Nina. It had been over an hour since school had let out. Her brown eyes gleamed, and the blonde highlights in her hair were very stunning. As soon as I comprehended her allure, I was able to comprehend the reason behind why she was so well-liked. Her harsh features belied the fact that she was not a kind person despite the fact that she had a gorgeous beauty.

I try to get anything out of my locker, I end up being pressed up against the wall by it. In spite of my best efforts to keep my shirt on, Nina is able to take it off of me by grasping the front collar and pulling it off.

She warns me, "Don't mess with the Alpha or I'll make your life awful,".

"You stayed an additional hour after school just to tell me that. That's amazing, thanks so much! "

As I struggle away from her embrace and start to get my baggage, I murmured to her.

"Nina, stop it."

Hissing, As Tina tightens her grasp on my hair, I can feel the tiny strands being yanked out of my skull. I knocked some sense into her by punching her in the back of the head. She screams and puts her hands up to her face in an effort to cover it.

The use of fists was another piece of advice that I received from my mother. I brought my fists up, and one of them hit on her face, which immediately became inflamed.

She wiped her lip and snarled, "You fucking whore," as blood flowed down her chin.

"What the heck is going on? " When I hear a voice behind me, I turn around to see Beta Mathew heading down the hallway towards us.

"The prostitute attacked me!" Tina cries at him.

Ella explains to him, "She pulled on Katrina's hair and threatened her," which was what the woman did. I bite my lip and make sure not to utter a sound when Mom and Alpha Antony approach around.

"No, it's not my fault, I swear to you. I have to deal with this crazy person, ". Tina tries desperately to get to him, but he sidesteps her at the last second.

"She assaulted me, your daughter struck me," Tina said to my mother. Although I was expecting my mother to get enraged and yell at her for her response, I restrained a chuckle.

Then, my mother says to her, "I guess you deserve it. Behave well, or you will eat your own fruit at my training class." Even when we're not at the game, Mom is a stickler for the rules, but I still love and respect her as my mother.

My mother finally broke the silence, and although I first felt awful for Tina as I saw her run away wiping the tears from her eyes, I quickly got over it. She had evolved into more of a mentor than a nurturing parent.

My mother shook her head and said, "Katrina, troubles on your first day, goodness," but it wasn't meant as a reprimand, rather, it was her way of expressing her frustration with me being the focus of attention.

Ella said, "Tina attacked her first, she was protecting herself," my already favorable impression of her changed for the better.

Alpha Antony continues by saying, "Katrina, tomorrow I will be giving us both detentions." Although I can't understand a word that my mother could be saying, I can see that she is pursing her lips. Ella craning her neck, she looks down to the ground below.

" Beta Mathew will handle Tina," Alpha said, fixing his gaze on Mathew, who nodded.

After hearing Alpha Antony remark, "You may go," I gather my belongings and go. My mother was rushing down the hall, and I had to keep up with her.

She gives me the angry face and says, "Always calling attention to yourself," but I try not to notice her.

She has stopped staring at me, I answer back, "But you instructed me defend myself."

"Katrina, I mean what I said. Without this pack, we had nowhere else to go. Our alpha, Nkosi, took measures to ensure that we would never be taken in by another pack. "She strokes my arms softly, takes a deep breath, and walks away, saying, "It was a miracle that Alpha Antony took us in."

On the way back to the house, my mother did not utter a single word, nonetheless, because of the aggressive method in which her fingers banged on the steering wheel and the persistent manner in which she stepped on the pedal, I was able to discern that she was dissatisfied.

The following day, I had to face Alpha Antony and carry out our detention. I didn't want this person's attention.

When I got home, my dad stopped me on the way to my room.

"Hey there, how was your first day at school going?"

My mom allegedly told him that I was fighting with another student and distracting the Alpha when I should have been practicing.

"Did you win?" My father's most concern is always me.

I just had to grin.

"My daughter's Alpha has already criticized me, saying, what sort of a parent are you?"

My father turned to her, "What did you do to my daughter?"

"We arrived home late because I had her run laps. "

"Yes, thirty lapse. it was rather sad being scolded and thirty laps on my first day." and I proceed to slip out. "Tomorrow, Katrina will have detention with the alpha, alone." My mom said to my dad.

My father swiveled his head as I attempted to slip out the back door and said, "Detention?"

"We can't afford to offend the Alpha. Imagine if he found out you don't have a wolf before we proved to him how vital you are to the pack. "

This wouldn't be a problem if they were telling the truth to the alpha and not lying to him in the first place.

If starting over at a new school and getting to know new people weren't frightening enough, the fact that all eyes will be on me in case we were expelled from this one is even more so. I had been doing my best to disappear into the throng anyhow, maybe it would be for the best if I just disappeared entirely. Worrying that I might become a burden on my loved ones was weighing heavily on my mind.

"Can I go now?"

"Katrina, we made a mistake, and even if you're free to go, you should be aware that packs don't appreciate it when they have pack members who don't have wolves."

I found that being under the watchful eye of my parents was too much for me to handle, so I went to bed early.