Rori-POV
"Are you excited for Monday?"
Harke Czar asked as he swang himself upside down from a tree branch. I look up at the fourteen year old pup who happens to be Adalwolfs' younger brother, my besti and the biggest gossip to ever live. I hear ever pack has one of his kind. You know, the ones' who can't stop the flow of words coming out of their mouth.

I had to babysit him when ever Adalwolf had that duty and he wanted to go out and party instead of looking after his annoying little brother. This little devil made a good friend of me and we had been tight ever since.
He didn't have any friends outside of Adalwolf and me so he was mostly in my company.
"What kind of a lunaitic would ever be excited for a monday?"
I stared back at the book on my lap and pretended like i had no idea what he was talking about. If i had a super sence like everyone else, i would have probably heard his eyes rolling.
"You know what i'm talking about!" He sighed before dropping down infront of me. "I'm talking about your birthday and you know it..."
When i decide to ignore him, Harke snached the book off my lap and closed it before giving me his mini glare.

I sighed before leaning my back against the tree Harke was swinging from and closed my eyes.
"No...i'm not excited. Why would i be?"
"Cuz, your turning eighteen. Coming of age means you might find your mate that very day..."
Harke stops talking when he sees my face turn upside down in a hard frown.

"What?" He questions the sudden loss of spark we had as he was telling me about school gossipe.
I shook my head before looking up at him. His blue eyes looked back at me with concern and his chubby cheeks were flushed from the moment he was hanging upside down.
"I...I don't know how to feel about finding a mate. I don't even know if i would feel the bond with another wolf. You know i am basically human. What if i can't sence it? What if i do sence it but he rejects me? What if he doesn't reject me but keeps me around just to torment me even more?"
"WoW!" Harke chuckls "you she-wolves could overthink sometimes. How would you know that he would reject you? And how could you possibly know it's a 'he'? You never know how the moody goddess works."
I looked back at him like i was ready to pounc and kick the hell out of him.
"Come on, i'm just trying to lighten up the mood." When i stare at him with out moving a muscle, he sighs before dropping next to me.
"Don't worry about it too much. I'm sure you'll have someone who cares for you and would do anything to protect you..."
Weird enough, Adalwolf popped in my head as Harke spoke about someone who would protect me. If only he was my mate...
"And..." Harke continued "even if you do get rejected, all you have to do is wait a couple of year until i grow up and then i'll marry you."
His sweet voice made me smile as he quite literally blushed. I couldn't help but reach out to pinch his fluffy cheeks between my thumb and forefinger. I can't wait to see what his wolf would look like. I bet his wolf would be as cute and chubby as he is.
Even though a lot of people tease and treat him differently because he is a chubby wolf, what they don't know is how sweet and big hearted he trully is. In the past couple of year i hung out with him and his brother had been the only moments that i was never judged for being different.
"I'm sure you would buddy." I laughed as his cheek deepen in a blush.
****
I was getting ready to sleep when a 'ping' came from my phone. I pressed the home button to see that adalwolf had sent me a text.
"Meet me up behind the pack house at eleven. Got something 4 u.'
A simple instruction that shall not be ignore. Since it was still nine, i made my way downstairs to the dining room for dinner.
I walked in to find my mother sitting next to my father while she clenched his hand real tight. It looked like she was trying to calm him down or something.
From the looks of the room, it is quite obvious that i missed dinner but it's not like they ever enjoy dining with me in the first place.
"Sit."
My father commands in a harsh tone.
As the beta to the current alpha of our pack, father had a lot of hopes and dreams for his childern. He is a fifth generation Dash to sit as Beta of Rage wolf pack and his successor was supposed to be his heir. The only problem is that i was born human and since i nearly killed my mother at childbirth, they haven't been able to have another child. The disappointment my father shows me every single day had been getting to me lately in the worse way possible.
I have failed him and our familys' name. So, in his eyes, i wasn't even his daughter. I was just someone he had to live with.
I stole a glance at my mother and i see the same sad look she always wears. I know the kind of problem i have caused in my parents life. I have even heard my father once accuse my mother that she had cheated with a human to give birth to me. That no child of a beta would be born human. If shifters couldn't smell lies, these two would have gone their supparet ways long ago.
I slowly took the seat from across them.
"How was school?" Mom asked in a soft tone but father cuts me off before i could even think to answer.
"That's not what we're here to discuss." He glares at me like i have done him a huge harm " i spoke with Alpha Czar this morning. It seems we might be able to know what your problem is. He is willing to call in a few favours from the witchs to bring someone to see you. He is kind enough to do it for free. We will be expecting the witch to come in a couple of days. She will see you after your birthday."
"Lucky me." I couldn't help but snarl at him. "There is nothing wrong with me. I was born this way. When are you going to accept that?"
His fist slams aginst the table between us causing it to crack. Even though he has never gone far enough to raise his hands on me, i always thought there would be a point where he wouldn't hesitate to beat me until i admit that i was just a pathetic excuse of existance.
"Duck..." my mom tried to calm him but it was in vein. He snached his hand away from hers and glared at me once more.
"You will be cooperative when that witch gets here. And you better pray that she can do something with you or else..."
"OR ELSE WHAT?" The words wripped out from my lips befor i could even stop them. "Or else what, huu? You're going to disown me? News flash dad, you already did. I'm so over this."
I pushed out of my seat and walked up the stairs without turning to see or hear my father growl at me.
"That was not necessary, Duck." I heard my mothers voice before i slammed the door shut.
My head strated to throbe as i dropped myself on my bed. No more tears. I'v long promissed myself that i wouldn't cry for anyone. Especially for the reason of me being born without a wolf.
The moon goddess didn't believe in me enough to give me a beast like everyone else. And i already know that a witch can do absolutely nothing to fix me.
Because i wasn't born broken. I was born different.
***
Just as Adalwolf had told me too, i went to the back of the main pack house at eleven and found him leaning against his car.
He took one look at my face and he already knew that something had happened. He sighed but didn't ask what was wrong. Instead, he streched his hand out for me to take it.
I placed my hand in his without a hint of hesitation and he pulled me over to the direction of the southern border.
Our walk was filled with a comfortable silence as he leads me through the thick forest. The tiny pond at the edge of the border looked as pure as always.
As we got closer, i saw a basket ontop of a folded blanket.
"What is all of this?"
I asked as he tugged on out interlocked hand.
"A little birdy told me that you are worried about monday." He lets my hand go to unfold the blanket.
"Uhh...Harke that little gossipe." I mumbled and Adalwolf howls a laugh.
"He didn't gossipe... i might have bribed him with food. He was out till 8:30. I needed to know if he was okay and he told me he was with you. All i had to do was order a cheez pizza and he started to sing like a little bird."
That's one of the many things i love about my friend. He always protects his little brother.
Adlawolf took his shoes off and laid on the blanket. Following his moves, i laid down next to him and stared up at the quite night sky.
We stayed in silence before Adal spoke again. "Don't worry about your birthday. Your mate won't reject you."
I turned my head to look at his side profile. "How would you know?" I asked as i watched him slowly turn his head over to look at ne.
"Because, mates are supposed to take care of each other. And, any wolf would be blessed and lucky to you as his mate."
He whispered the words and i might have imagened it, but i saw his gaze land on my lips for a couple of seconds before he looked back at the sky as he pressed his lips together.
My eyes traveled from his lips to his neck and i could help but think of some other womans' mark on his skin.
I have no idea what i'm feeling right now. Pain? The sudden ache through my heart takes me by surprise and i moved my eyes away from him.
"I'm just a human. Who would want me as their mate?" The words slipped in a weak whisper and i felt Adal tence next to me.
"You'd be surprised. You know about the largest pack down south?" He asked "The silver fang pack. Their first ever female alpha is mated to a human. I was there 3 years ago when they got married. They are a weird yet happy couple. The world is changing." He chuckled before going silent.
"What about you? You're my birthday twin. Monday is your day too." I asked to hear him sigh.
"Don't worry about me, Rori. But, i want you to know that no matter what happes on our birthday, i'll always protect you."
I nodded my head as my insides melt at his words. I couldn't help but smile to myself.
"Can i ask you a question?" He hummed for me to continue. "What's in the basket?"
Adalwolf chuckles before pulling the basket between us and opened it. Just like that, i got to have dinner and talk with my friend for the of the night.
Monday will come. But it is not here yet. I will deal with what ever is thrown at me as long as i have Adalwolf and Harke by my side.
But for tonight, i just want to enjoy my time with this boy right here, for i fear our days might be numbered.