Chapter 1

Alley POV:

It was another day at the White Crest pack. The second biggest pack in our area. Our pack may only be the second largest but we are the most respected. My dad has made allies with the packs closest to us to ensure everyone's safety from the rogues. It's always better to work together in larger numbers than it is to work alone and be outnumbered. Here lately the number of attacks has been higher than usual and no one has been able to figure out why. They weren’t always so vile, most of them were born into it and don’t really know anything other than that, while the others turned rogue when they lost their mates or were banned from their packs. Once that happens, they turn farrell, crazed and demented. Some say it’s because they barely have a soul left.

They finally figured out that they move better in packs but no one knows who is in charge of them. Every pack has an Alpha Beta and Delta. They attack for power and to make other people suffer the way they have, it's never worked. No one wants their mate killed or be abused but they are too far gone to think otherwise but, we can't stop living our lives and constantly be scared. If we did that then we would give them exactly what they wanted. Everyone is as miserable as them. We make our warriors train everyday so that we are always prepared. Some of our neighboring packs have gotten attacked but they've never needed assistance. So far the rogue pack is very small compared to ours but they could always grow and even though the alphas in each pack didn’t want to admit it, they were nervous. We still moved on with our day to day lives though.

Each year a pack holds a "Wolf Ball" where everyone who attends can mingle with one another and some do meet their mates. I have always dreamed of finding my mate, I just turned 18 a couple of months ago and I have yet to see any sign of my mate. We have always heard about the good mates and the bad mates and I pray to the moon goddess that my mate will love me for me. I've often dreamed about what he would look like, what his wolf would look like and how he would treat me. We've been taught since we were pups that when mates meet it's normal to mate and mark that same night and that we as women need to save ourselves for them, most didn't listen to that but I have and I wouldn't mate or mark the first night. I've always said they need to deserve it mate or not. I need time to get to know my mate and not just give it up because he would want it.

This year it is our pack that is hosting the wolf ball so my family and I have been running around when we are not training to make sure everything is perfect for the event. Yes, even the Alphas daughter trains even if it is against my fathers wishes. I never want my pack to think that I could not protect them in any case if a war were to break out. They trust us to protect them and respect me for training alongside them. They look up to us to do the right thing. My mother isn't much of a fighter but she is a perfect Luna, in any case she has made sure every woman and child were safe, she's always told me "Without the pack we are nothing" and it's very true.

Since we are hosting this year my mother has been in charge of literally everything and she is the true definition of a perfectionist. She's up before anyone and goes to bed after everyone. I've never seen someone who had such talent in doing the things that she's done and no one is exempt from helping in setting everything up no matter how hard some of us may try to hide. Between training and helping her I've been truly exhausted.

I just got back home from shopping with my best friend Leia, we had to get our dresses for the ball and I didn't want to go last minute because I had training to do during the week and I'm sure my parents want me to help get everything ready. I knew my mom would want to see my outfit as soon as I got home and my brothers and dad would have to approve of it. They tend to be a little overprotective but I've never minded it. I was the only daughter of the alpha in any pack which doesn't happen very often from what I was told. I was like a rarity and so was my wolf.

When I got up to my room i hung my dress in the bathroom and placed my shoes under it.

"Alley, open your door and let me see your gown!" my mother yelled. As I opened my door my mother along with my two older brothers came barging in.

"It better be appropriate Alley or so help me I will make you return it". Jackson, my eldest brother, huffed.

"It's just a dress" I replied back with my typical eye roll. Jackson will take the Alpha position when our father steps down.

"You are our little sister and no little pervy wolf will use you as eye candy." Tye my second eldest brother said.

"Could you two not start today." I huffed glaring at them and in return they glared right back.

"Boys I am sure she has a beautifully appropriate dress, besides your father would not let her step out in anything less than what he approves of, especially on such a big night." My mother replied back to my brothers.

I ran to my bathroom and put on my beautiful light pink maxi dress. The top was a halter top that went around my neck leaving my back a little exposed but the front went into a small V that stopped just before my breasts. It hugged my waste but flowed at the bottom. It had two layers, the bottom was silk while the top layer was lace. Truth be told, it made me feel like a princess. I had picked light pink shoes to match with the diamond necklace that my father gave to me on my 18th birthday.