Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter - Chapter 7: Chapter 9

Alpha Sullivan’s POV
“sh!t! How could this have gone so fvcking wrong?” I yelled out as I shove all the paperwork off my desk in my fury.
I stood in silence and watched as the pages all fluttered around, down to the floor. I really wish I hadn’t done that now, I am not wanting to have to straighten that up.
But I am pissed, and I need to take my anger out on something, or someone. I looked at Cassandra, and I could tell by the tears in her eyes that she was waiting on me to start screaming at her.
After all, it is all her fault that this even happened. “Graham, calm down. It is not all my fault, remember?
You were the one who approached me, not vice versa” my mate tells me, and that does not calm me down at all. “How could I have possibly known, Cassandra? I mean seriously, I am not a mind reader.
I don’t have visions, because if I did have them, we would not be together” I told her, and she gasped at the hateful comment. I acknowledge that it was a cold thing to say, but what else could I say?
It was the truth, like it or not. She ended up being much more trouble than she was worth. I mean don’t get me wrong, she is really hot, and still has a great body to this day.
If I am being honest, Cassandra has always been one of the most beautiful she-wolves that I have ever seen in my life. That is the main reason that I chose her to be my mate.
But I have to say, our being together was a mistake, a big mistake, and the Goddess has surely punished us for it, for over the last 18 years.
If I had it to do all over again, knowing what I know now. I would not make the same choice again. “Graham, you a*****e. Why do you lay this at my feet every single time?
WE made the decision, you approached me, not the other way around” Cassandra said, and I watched her as she keeps motioning between us.
Yes, I am just as culpable as she is in this, but I already know that the penalty and punishment that is coming, won’t be even distributed between us.
I know that when the hammer finally does drop, the full weight of it will probably fall on me, and it wasn’t totally my fault.
I did not have the full story or information that I needed to make a wise decision. I will remind him of that when he does come to us to hash this out.
I will make sure that my chosen mate is right there with me, as she knew the whole story, and never once thought to tell me anything before she took me up on my offer.
FLASHBACK
I am at the Werewolf Fall Ball for the 6th time in a row, and frankly, at 22, I am getting sick of coming to them.
I have been trying to politely excuse myself from all the unmated she-wolves who wanted to touch me to see if there were sparks between us, in hopes that I am their mate.
I cannot keep the disgust off my face. I already know how these women are not mated, they are either sluts, or unattractive.
I already know that after this drink, I am getting the hell out of here, and never returning. There is no point in it.
These women are the bottom of the barrel, and I would have more luck visiting allied packs and seeing if I cannot find a mate there.
None of the women that I have seen tonight are acceptable to me at all. I put my drink down on the bar and turned to head out to my car when I saw a beauty sitting all alone at a table.
She looked upset, and I couldn’t get over to her fast enough.
I picked up her hand and gently kissed the inside of her wrist, and although I knew we were not true mates, I was good with us being chosen mates.
I would not mind waking up next to this stunner for the rest of my life. “My name is Graham Sullivan, Alpha of the Silver Blade pack, why are you all alone over her in the corner?
You look like you are upset, why are you crying? Did someone do something to you?
I will take it upon myself to defend you and your honor if you need help” I told her and she gave me a smile, but it didn’t quite go to her eyes. “I don’t want to accept my true mate.
I just met him tonight, but he isn’t what I wanted. I don’t want to be tied down in a broke pack. I want to be able to go on trips and be able to fully enjoy my life.
Not have to work hard my whole life until I fall out and die from it” she told me, and my smile grew bigger. I glanced down at her neck and saw that she wasn’t marked yet.
I can kill two birds with one stone for this one and was glad to be able to do it. I didn’t care who her mate was, she was mine now. “Well then, I have good news for you beautiful.
I happen to be looking for my mate. If you are OK with being my chosen mate, I will mark you right now. He has not marked you yet, correct?” I asked her, and she shook her head no.
“I have money, and I would love for you to be my mate. Just tell me if you are accepting to becoming chosen mates, and being faithful to me.
We will need to act as a true mate couple, and I will take you from here, and you can have whatever you want in life.
Cars, jewels, designer clothes, whatever your heart desires, I will fulfill all your needs. All you have to do is say yes, and I will mark you, and then you can mark me back.
We will be together until death takes us” I told her with my patented smile, which has worked every time I have used it.
Her smile was brilliant, and I knew I had her before she said, “Yes, please mark me.
I will be your chosen, and I will make sure that you are happy for the rest of your life.” She leaned her head over and I sank my teeth into her marking spot, and she groaned before it turned into a small moan.
I could hear a howl of pain coming from outside, and I knew we had to move fast because her true mate could mark her over mine and it would take away my mark from her neck.
Time was of the essence, so I tore open the top of my button-down tuxedo shirt to expose my marking spot to her, and she immediately sank her teeth into me, marking me as hers.
I was blissfully happy about this turn of events. I have a gorgeous mate, and my only thoughts now were to get her out of here, so we could complete this fully and mate her.
This will complete our acceptance of each other, and we would be completely bound together from now on. Oh yeah, and she was going to have to find her loser mate and tell him that he was rejected.
I was almost laughing about it because I was the strongest Alpha here tonight. There were only three other Alphas here tonight, and I have sparred with them all.
I am sure that she got a Beta or a Gamma, there were plenty of them in this place, and that explained why he was broke.
With as beautiful as she is with her long blonde hair and her big blue eyes, she truly looked like a living doll.
I am quite sure he will be furious at losing her, but he should have marked her when he found her. That is on him for being an idiot. He should have valued his mate, but now he lost her.
I am sure if he gets blessed with a second chance mate, if he is lucky enough to get one, then he will seal the deal quickly and not give them time to find another mate.
We are heading for the door of the venue when I see an Alpha from a neighboring pack hit the door frame and have to grab it for support.
I recognized him from a distance, and I now have a really bad feeling about this. Cole Walker is not weak, and I cannot beat him. I am the idiot. Why didn’t I ask?
Hell, I didn’t even ask her for her name I was so excited about getting her to agree with me and trying to get her to accept me quickly, I skipped getting any background.
I do not want to go to war with him over this. sh!t, why didn’t I ask her WHO her mate was?
We might be able to escape here with our lives only because he is severely weakened from his mate being marked by another, while they are still bound. We need to get the hell out of here, right now.
I mindlinked my Beta and told him to bring the SUV around. I also told him to have the two warriors th at we brought with us to be ready for anything.
My Beta, Randolph Evans, was immediately on alert, and as we passed Cole at the door. He tried to reach out for her, and I jerked her away from him.
I pushed her towards the exit doors, and then kicked him after he fell to the ground. He was already off balance from reaching out for her and trying to stop her from leaving.
I wasn’t thinking about anything else but getting us out of there before Cole recovered.
I wasn’t able to beat him in a fair fight, and I was worried about him killing us, and wanted to leave, and quickly. It was a done deal. I had marked her, and she had marked me.
Nothing but death would be separating us. He showed up at the gates to Silver Blade the next day, demanding that she come out and accept his rejection.
I thought about turning him down, but the fewer people who knew about what happened last night was for the best.
I knew that I was going to introduce her to my pack as my true mate, as they valued true mates for their Alpha. Everyone knew that having them makes you stronger for it.
We become better versions of ourselves. We get smarter, markedly stronger, and able to effectively take better care of our pack. Each pack wanted its Alpha to find their true mate.
It just made sense and would be a comfort to the pack. So, I didn’t mind lying to them about it. I sent the gate guards away as I wanted to do this with as little company as we could get.
I could always Alpha command them, but it would just be better for the whole pack to just believe that we were true mates.
Cole was furious, and after the rejection was done, he looked at me and said, “If she is pregnant with my child. I WILL want my child. I refuse to let you two raise them.
The Goddess will not be able to help you if you keep them from me.” He then turned and left us, and I couldn’t help but look at Cassandra who looked guilty, and then shrugged like she forgot to pick up bread at the store.
This was not some small, oops, this was serious. I was stunned, Cassandra never mentioned the first thing about having slept with him last night. I AM an idiot.
That would have been another good question to ask.
Like “Hey I remember you said you met your mate tonight, did he happen to trip, and his d!ck fly up in you” is now at the top of the list of questions to ask, if only I could get a redo on that fateful day.
I had slept with her as soon as we got home. I was happy with my choice, and we fit together nicely. I had been thrilled about finding her, even with the shadow of Cole looming over my head.
After I just found out that she had had s*x with him last night after finding him, I was furious with her. She never mentioned that either.
I didn’t speak to her for a month, right up until I found out that she was pregnant. I was so proud that my mate was about to bear the heir to the pack. I could not be happier.
The following month we found out that we were having twins. I got even happier, I really was happy that I managed to give her twins right off the bat.
They do not run in my family, so I really felt virile for having given my mate twins. I felt like the Goddess was blessing our union.
They were both girls, but I felt sure that the next pregnancy would indeed result in a boy. That way if the girls left the pack to become Luna’s, or Beta females, my son could take over.
We were very happy throughout the pregnancy. Everything was absolutely perfect until she gave birth. I remember seeing that dark head of hair and my stomach sank.
I knew before she even opened her eyes what had happened. Sure enough, those piercing green eyes stared up at me, and I was furious.
Furious at Cole, furious at Cassandra, and furious at this new bane of my existence. I never once thought of giving her to him.
Since I had to suffer from just seeing her every day, she would be suffering too. I even named her Raven, for her black hair.
I was going to give myself reminders of why I hated her, each and every day. Our second child was definitely mine, and I could scent that, even before I saw her sparkling blue eyes that matched mine.
I was very happy with her. It was love at first sight. I gave her anything, and everything that she ever wanted, and was glad to dote on her. We tried and tried for another child.
Cassandra was never able to get pregnant again. I tried with other women too, just trying to get a son, but I could not get anyone pregnant.
I felt the Goddess was cursing us, for Cassandra rejecting her true mate, for me stealing someone else’s mate, and probably for allowing Raven to be mistreated in my pack.
I knew this was the case because Cassandra and I have gone to different doctors several times. There was nothing wrong with either of us. Everything was normal after we had been thoroughly tested.
But still, I could not get her, or anyone else, pregnant. Cole on the other hand found his second chance mate two months later at a Winter Ball held up in another region.
His mate’s name was Olivia, and she gave him two strong male pups. This fact only made me madder.
I had toyed with the idea of giving Raven back to him on her 1st birthday, but just knowing that he had been blessed with two male pups during their first year together, angered me.
He already had two sons, he didn’t need this daughter. Why should he get to be blissfully happy when I couldn’t? I didn’t think that it was fair, so I kept his child here.
Making her pay the price for him sleeping with my chosen mate, made me less angry about the whole thing. I couldn’t take it out on them, so I found a way to make it work out for me.
It comforted me to know that I had his child here and that he had no idea she even existed. Then I could take my anger on the whole situation out on her.
I realized that it was not actually Raven’s fault. Cassandra and Cole were true mates, and it is natural to want your mate.
The passion and desire are there, and we as wolves have a natural animal instinct. We enjoy sx a lot and cannot resist the call of our true mates.
The bottom line was that I should have asked Cassandra something, anything.
At the very least her name, who her mate was, and most importantly for me to ask if she had already mated with her true mate after she found him.
Cassandra should have told me, but she honestly didn’t think that the first time she had sx would result in her getting pregnant. A lot of mistakes were made in one night to get us here.
But the blame truly lay with Cassandra and me. But how could I punish me or her about? I didn’t care enough to ask, as long as I got the prize I wanted.
Once a year had passed without us giving Raven up, it was best for us if Cole never found out about Raven.
So we were trapped, we decided then and there that she could never be seen outside of the pack.
Cole would not take it well, and I think that he always suspected that one of the twins might have been his.
For the whole 18 years, only one of them has ever been seen, and we have only claimed Reagan as ours. But he didn’t know for sure as Raven was never allowed to leave the pack.
I didn’t need a local seeing her and Cole finding out that I had a child that happened to look just like him.
There would be too much to explain, so I kept her hidden away all these years here at Silver Blade. When Reagan tried to kill her, I did have to have a talk with her.
I warned her that she could never do it again, and Raven made very sure to never be alone with her twin ever again either.
But since no one important had even seen her, and the pack couldn’t stand her, I let the werewolf council know that one of my twins died from an accident that day before Raven even left the hospital.
That way only Reagan was recognized as the heir to my pack. I was not going to let Cole’s daughter be allowed to take my pack over.
She was not my daughter, and I was not going to just hand my pack over like that. My pack was always going to go to Reagan, no matter what I have told Silver Blade throughout the years.
FLASHBACK ENDS
“Graham, we are in this together honey. We can explain it if it gets found out. They have no way of knowing who she is. We never told.
Just calm down, we will wait and see what happens. I don’t think that there is a reason to panic just yet. We will get our stories straight on it, remember my father had black hair.
We can say that we thought she got her hair from him. It isn’t over, just calm down” Cassandra put her arms around me and gave me a hug. I take a deep breath and hugged her back.
I do love her, and she loves me. What started out as just being a good deal between us, became a lot more in our almost 19 years together. I will stay calm and see how this plays out.
I will not let our reputations be tarnished. I will not let her leaving the pack be a bad thing.
I have been waiting for years to get rid of her, and I am actually glad that I won’t have to see her face again. I chose wrong all those years ago.
I would have had a much happier life if I had just done what Cole said and just given him his child. Chapter 10
Raven’s POV
I have never met a nicer girl in my life.
Stella can totally run a conversation all by herself. She was so excited about the “sleepover” that we were going to have, and she doesn’t even know me.
How could she be this happy at having me sleep in her room? I was still trying to make plans to get away when we got to the elevator to go up to the fifth floor.
I gave up hope of escaping when I saw that the top two floors could only be accessed by thumbprints.
I would not be able to use the elevator as even coming down the elevator or the stairs, you still had to scan your finger to gain access.
This was a security measure that was installed in case someone did manage to get up to the 5th or 6th floor, they might be able to get up there, but they won’t be coming down unless they have a ranked wolf with them.
Stella seems to be very happy at me coming up to her room. I have to say it was as bright and cheerful as she was. I was also very jealous of her room. My room was painted white.
I had a bed, a desk, and a chair. That was it, and my attached bathroom was also white with only the basics inside it. I had shampoo, conditioner, and body wash in the shower.
I had my hairbrush, toothbrush, and toothpaste, as well as my hair ties in there. I didn’t have a blow dryer or curling iron. Dad said that was a want, not a need.
I knew that Reagan has painted walls, and a ton of furniture as I had seen a little of her room when she left the door open, and I couldn’t resist looking in to see what the room looked like.
She even had a really pretty comforter in her room. I tried to not be jealous of all that Reagan had been given throughout the years, but it was impossible. Great, now I am upset again.
I just want my shower and to go to bed. I am fighting off tears, and Stella is calling to me from inside her closet as she is finding clothes for me.
I looked up when she stopped talking, and I look up to see her right in front of me with an armful of clothes. She is 5’11”, and we are about the same size, so I should be able to wear her clothes.
I am only an inch taller than her. I see her eyes soften up as she turns to look at me after putting the clothes on the bed for us to go through. “Don’t cry, Raven.
I am so sorry that you have had such a hard night. You will be safe here. I heard dad tell you that and my father does not lie. You are safe here, you don’t have to worry about anything.
Come with me” Stella tells me and pulls me to her bathroom. I look around in amazement. Her bathroom is huge, and she has a tub in here as well.
My room only has a shower and I have never taken a bath, but I have seen pictures of them in decorating magazines, and I would love to take a bath before I leave.
Stella sees me looking at her bath, and smiles at me as she waited for me to ask to use her bathtub, but I didn’t want to ask. I don’t want to bother her, and a shower is great too.
After a minute she couldn’t stand it any longer. “Would you prefer a bath, instead of a shower Raven? My tub is great, it is deep and helps with my sore muscles after training.
I got the one with the shower head on it so if I wanted to wash and condition my hair, I could do it a lot easier than putting my head under the faucet like when I was a kid.
I will get it started for you.” Stella starts the water and then has me come over to test it after it heated up. I made it a little hotter and stepped back.
I was going to stay in the water for as long as I could, so I made it hotter than usual, she actually had the perfect temperature going when she asked for my input.
Stella was grabbing all kinds of stuff from her shower and putting them on the little stand next to the tub. She was happy to bring all of it, even if I didn’t know what most of it was.
I started looking at each one and reading the labels to see what all she had. Stella then asked me, “Do you need a razor, Raven?
Or are you good for tonight?”
“What?” I asked her, turning around to look at her.
She has her arms inside a small closet in the bathroom and pulls two fluffy white towels out, and then repeats her question, “Do you need a razor for your legs or underarms?”
“I don’t know.
I have never used one before” I told her. I have no idea how to even use one.
I see Stella frown, and then ask, “Um, Raven, how old are you?”
“I turned 18 over two months ago,” I told her and continued to read the directions on the bubble bath that I am holding.
I wished that I had read it earlier. the tub is almost full, and this smells so good. I would have liked to use it, maybe I will for the next bath.
“Raven, can you show me which of these products you know how to use in this bathroom?
Just put them here on this stool” Stella asks me and slides another little stool up to the stand that she had put the items from the shower on.
I wander around looking at her stuff, and then put the 6 things: shampoo, conditioner, body wash, brush, toothbrush, and toothpaste onto the stool. I heard Stella ask softly, “Is that all?
No hair dryer? Or anything else?”
I looked around again and grabbed the bar of soap out of her shower and said, “I know what this is too.
I also know that I can use my shampoo as a body wash if they forget to give me another body wash after I run out of it.”
“OK, that is great Raven,” Stella tells me and then starts to back out of the room.
“I will give you your privacy, and you can take your time in the bath. This end of the floor belongs to the Beta family.
No one else is allowed to come up here, starting with the 4th floor, for the Gamma and his family, so we are in a secure area. I will give you a full tour tomorrow after breakfast.
Mom said she was making you a sandwich and I will have her put it in a baggie, so it doesn’t get hard. So, go ahead and take your time, I will see you when you come out.
Call me if you need anything, Raven. I will be on the other side of the door, in my room.”
The door closed and I walked over and set the lock in place. I breathe a sigh of relief for some solitude.
I am not used to dealing with or speaking to people. Most people don’t want to speak to me, and teachers didn’t call on me. I was just kind of ignored like I was invisible for the most part.
It was a little overwhelming with Stella, but I know that she was trying to keep my mind off of tonight, or actually this morning. I quickly strip down and put my leg over the side of the tub.
I guess I got in it wrong. I wanted to be facing away from the shower. There is nothing to look at in that direction. I turned around and eased into the tub.
I was sitting straight up, and it took me a few minutes to realize that I could lean back, as the hot water made the tub very comfortable, and not cold to touch.
I can’t stop the sigh that escapes as this is really nice. A happy memory for me to think back on.
I grab the soap and start cleaning myself after lying there enjoying being surrounded by the warm water for 5 minutes. There was just something comforting about it that really relaxed me.
I know that I need to get going as they will be waiting on me, and I don’t want to upset them.
They have been so nice to me and I want to be a good guest, and not make them sorry for taking me in for the night.
I scrubbed up quickly and then turned on the handheld nozzle like Stella showed me and got it to a warm setting so I could wash my hair. It was just like in my shower.
Her shampoo and conditioner smelled great, and I was really enjoying being able to use her stuff. I was rinsing my hair when I realized I was crying.
I had kind of zoned out while leaving the conditioner in, and the next thing I know there was a tear running down my cheek. Stella has been nicer to me than anyone I have met in the last 8 years.
I hope she doesn’t hear about what happened at the border and then decides that she doesn’t want to be my friend in the morning. I really liked her and wanted to be friends with her.
After rinsing out the conditioner from my hair, I then rinsed my face off with water to try to cover up the fact that I had been crying. It is no big deal.
Maybe I can get her address or phone number to keep in contact after I leave here. That thought brings me joy, and I contain the tears. I didn’t want her to worry about me.
I dried my hair with the towel, and then dried myself off, before wrapping the towel around me and unlocking the door. I only had that t-shirt to wear, and I had put it in the hamper before my bath.
I will be sure to tell them that it belongs near the border. I stepped into Stella’s room and stop when I see Beta female Amanda sitting there speaking to her daughter.
I didn’t want to interrupt but needed some night clothes. They stopped speaking and Stella grinned at me and got up from her bed. “Mom brought you a sandwich, a bag of chips, and a drink.
Let me grab you some nightclothes, and mom had a new pack of underwear that she had picked up for me.
I shower twice a day, and I go through a lot of clothes, so whenever there is a sale, mom grabs a pack.”
“I call it frugal, not cheap” Beta female Amanda said to me and gave me a wink, making me smile at her.
“I appreciate it. Thank you” I told her and looked at the folded clothes on the bed. It looks like they were out here folding the clothes that Stella had pulled out to give me.
There were several outfits together from all the stuff that Stella pulled from her closet. That was really thoughtful of them, and they were some nice clothes.
There were two boxes of shoes laying on the bed, and when Amanda saw me looking at them, she motioned towards them, “One is a size 10, and the other is an 11” I know with being tall our feet are usually longer.
We are tall too, and these were the new pairs that we have. What size do you wear honey?”
“I wear a 10 and a half, but you don’t have to do all this for me.
I will apologize to the Alpha for trespassing when he comes back, I was planning on going to live in a human city. I will not go back to the Silver Blade pack.
I don’t want to cause any problems here for your pack. I just want a chance at a peaceful life” I told them, and I see Amanda get up and give me a light hug.
She turns away from me, but I saw tears in her eyes. She tried to hide it by crossing the room to a dresser and then coming back with a pair of socks.
She is looking down at the bed at the clothes and then started moving the piles out of the way. It is about 230 in the morning, and we are all tired. Stella comes up with about three night outfits.
Two nightgowns, and one camisole set. I grabbed one of the nightgowns and headed back into the bathroom. They were speaking quietly between them when I came back out.
Amanda gave me my plate, and I unwrapped my sandwich quickly. I didn’t get much at dinner last night, and I was starving.
It could also be from the extra exercise that I got letting Emerald out last night too. I drank my drink and left the bag of chips. I haven’t had chips before, and I was full anyway.
“Raven, I will hope you would give this pack a chance. I think you will fit in perfectly here. Don’t get in a hurry to leave. You can always get a job and stay here, work for our pack.
You would not be protected in the human world. It is a dangerous place, especially for a woman alone. Just rest tonight, and we can talk about it tomorrow when we get up.
Don’t worry about setting an alarm. Stella can sleep in with you as well, I am giving her tomorrow off of training to help get you acclimated to Blood Walker.
We can talk later on today after you get up. I can tell that you are exhausted, so get some sleep girls.
Stella, please do not talk her ear off all night, you both need the rest” Amanda told us with a smile. She walked to her daughter who was walking up to the bedroom door.
Amanda gave her a kiss on her forehead and a hug before leaving the room. I feel my eyes burn again, as I acknowledge that I want that. I want to be kissed goodnight by someone who loves me.
Who am I kidding? I just want someone, anyone, to love me. Someone to care what happens to me, and to keep me from harm. Someone I can depend on.
I have to turn away from Stella as I do not want her to see me crying. It seems like all I can do right now, and I am doing a good job of being silent when Stella steps up next to me.
I don’t usually cry, for anything, but in the last few hours, I have cried several times. I had turned away from her when my eyes started burning. I didn’t want to embarrass myself.
Stella gives me a side hug, and tells me, “You are staying with me. I am so excited to be getting to have a sleepover. I don’t get to do this much, so I am sorry that I am so excited about it.
Some of the girls try to befriend me to try to hook up with my brother, so I just stay to myself for the most part. But you are not like them. I saw how my brother, Joshua was frowning at you.
I can see you didn’t like his bad attitude, me either. He is good friends with Carter and is already his regular jerk self. You can sleep in my bed.
It is a King size, and we will both have plenty of room. I can also make up my couch, but that is less fun.
We can talk to each other about our favorite things and play 20 questions, I read a lot about fun games to play for sleepovers when I googled it while you were in the bathroom.”
“I can sleep on the couch, it is no problem.
It is your room, and I am the guest. I really don’t mind doing it” I tell her, and I realized that her going on and on got me past my pity party.
Stella is distracting me and trying to make me happy, and she is the nicest person that I think I have ever met. I am already more comfortable around her than anyone else I have ever been around.
I was jealous seeing her mother being so nice to her, wishing that I had been able to have that too.
My mother had never kissed me, or hugged me, not even when I was in the hospital after being pushed off the bridge.
My mother was very formal with me, she was even kind of formal with Reagan, that is just how she is. I couldn’t stop myself from resenting my parents even more.
Why did the Goddess allow them to be my parents? Why couldn’t I have been born into a nicer family? “No, you are my guest, and I want you to get to sleep in my bed” Stella dug in and told me.
She went to the bathroom and plugged in a nightlight before turning out the light in the bathroom. She then motioned to the bed as she turned out the light in the room and it was pretty dark in her.
Stella got in on her side and then said, “So Raven, what is your favorite color?” before she laid down and turned towards me to hear my answer. “My favorite color?
I don’t know, I have never thought about it” I told her. “Well think about it. I will tell you mine. I like emerald green the best. I have a lot of shirts in that color.
I will see if you want some of them tomorrow, as I bet that they are going to make your eyes pop” Stella tells me. I can’t even figure out what color I like still, and Stella is just going on.
“Emerald is my wolf’s name,” I tell her absentmindedly as I keep thinking about my favorite color.
“That is a beautiful name,” Stella said, and I can feel Emerald in my mind happily wagging her tail at the compliment. “I guess I like the color of that blue and green color water in the Caribbean.
I have seen a lot of pictures of it in books and magazines and there is something so calming about it. It is just beautiful and so clear it lets you can see so far down.
I don’t know the name of it, but that is the color I like the best” I told her. Stella continues on with her questions only stopping because I fell asleep on her. I am exhausted.
Stella told me about her high school, the boy that she has a crush on, the girls she doesn’t like at school, and the fake girls that hang out with her brother and Carter because they want to be chosen to be their mates.
I finally just fell asleep on her. I couldn’t keep my eyes open any longer. I needed some good rest, maybe tomorrow will be better than I think it will. I will give it a chance.
I can always just see how it goes, I might be able to learn a new trade here, one that can benefit me if I do have to leave.
I fall asleep to new possibilities on the horizon and a more positive outlook for me. No matter what, right now I am in a better place than I was, I just hope it all ends up working out for me.