Chapter 2

Storm's Pov

"What are you talking about? What do you mean by leaving?" She pushed me back and asked confused. I looked up at the woman who gave birth to me, knowing I was about to break her heart.

"Mom, I need to leave this town, I need to leave this pack, I can't do it anymore. Everyone here already knows me as the wolfless girl, soon the news about my behavior around Zachary is going to spread and I'll be known as the crazy wolfless girl. I don't think I'll be able to take it. Please help me." I begged. Mom was now sobbing and so was I.

"But where will you go? You've never lived anywhere but here, how will you survive?" She asked, her eyes filled with emotions.

"I don't know, maybe I could leave with Summer and her mate for a while before finding my feet." Summer was my elder sister, I also had a brother named Rain, yes, my parents had a thing for the weather.

"But Summer leaves in Red moon pack which is so far away, how will you cope?"

"Mom, I'll be fine, I promise," I reassured her, and luckily for me, she agreed, before my dad came home, I had packed my things. Mom and Dad were sad to see me go but they didn't stop me.

I left the next day and arrived at my sister's pack, she and her mate welcomed me and made me feel at home. I stayed there for a few months before moving to the city. I didn't feel like one of the pack members since I couldn't shift. I got a masking potion from a witch that helped to cloak my wolf scent and kept me away from rogues.

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"Princess, if you don't stop moving so much I'm going to have to punish you." He growled and pulled me closer to him, nuzzling his face against my shoulder which was my tickle spot.

"You're the one who's tickling me so don't blame me for moving." I giggled and shifted against him.

"That does it, you're getting punished." He lifted me and tossed me over his shoulder and started climbing up the stairs.

"Come on, let me down, stop it." I squealed as I felt a slap on my buttocks. The bastard had spanked me.

"Keep protesting and I'll keep spanking you." He growled and I couldn't help but push him. He smacked me again.

"You've been a very naughty girl, Storm." He dropped me on the bed and climbed over me, his sky-blue eyes crinkled wickedly.

"Good, naughty for you, nice for others." I licked my lips feeling the temperature of the room drop drastically. His eyes darkened and he pulled his shirt off.

"Damn Storm, you're really pushing for a punishment. I'm going to make you regret your words."

"Good, I expect nothing less." He grinned wickedly and leaned in closer to me, our lips less than a centimeter away from each other.

The screeching of the alarm clock halted my dream as usual. I woke up in a pool of sweat like I do every night. I was already used to it. I never made it to the end of the dreams, they were always caught in the middle, just when it was starting to get good. I dragged myself out of my bed and stretched, I felt the sting on my buttocks. One strange thing about my dreams was that they were weirdly real, If I was smacked in my dream, I would feel it in real life, one time I got a hickey in my dream, and when I woke up, it was right there and another was that they were always with the same guy, a guy I could swear I've never met before. I tried not to dwell too much on the dreams because I know if I did I would run mad and besides I wasn't complaining about the things he was doing to me in my dreams.

I worked as a barista in a coffee shop close to my apartment, it was decent work and paid well then I bartended at a bar downtown, it wasn't the best but it paid twice as much as the cafe did so there was no way I was leaving there anytime soon.

The energy at the bar was off, I could feel it but I couldn't pinpoint what was going on then I smelt him, fresh pine and mint. The smell has hunted me for almost two years. I turned and followed the smell and my eyes stopped on a group of four men who had their backs turned to me, they were werewolves, no, they were something stronger. One of them turned and locked gazes with me but I quickly looked away.

"Hey, lady, I don't plan on wasting all my time here, when am I getting that gin and tonic that I ordered?" The burly customer in front of me shouted. Shit, I had forgotten.

"I'm so sorry, I'll get you your drink." I prepared his drink and slid it down the counter. I didn't look over to where the men were again and decided to focus on my customers. As I wiped down the counter surface, the bar stools moved and I raised my head to see my nightmare staring back at me. College boys, there wasn't a group of men I hated more than college boys, they were rowdy, had no respect for women, were terrible drunks, and horrible tippers. From what I could see and smell, they were already drunk, this was going to be a long night.

I put on my fakest smile and made my voice very preppy. "Howdy, boys, enjoying your night out?" The group of four guffawed and ran their eyes over my body. I took an unconscious step backward and crossed my arms across my chest.

"Our night just got better, didn't it guys?" A brunette asked with a lopsided grin, he was the tallest and most ripped and it was obvious he was the leader of their group.

"Hell yeah!"

"Sure did!"

"Yep."

I took in deep breaths and prayed to the moon goddess for strength.

"What can I get you, boys?" I tried really hard to keep the smile on my face.

"Are you on the list, because if you are then I want a tall glass of you." Their leader asked cheekily. The smile dropped immediately and turned into a grimace.

"Sorry boys but I'm not. Why don't you guys order something that we have?"

"But it's you we want." The redhead next to him said and racked his eyes over me hungrily.

"Well, I said I'm not on the list. Pick a drink or don't." I walked away to the other side of the counter and started attending to the other customers. The boys didn't give up, instead, they were pissed.

"Hey, we were still ordering! " Their leader said but I ignored him and smiled at one of my regular customers when he dropped my tip in the jar. I had a system with rowdy college boys, they usually shout and cause a scene while I ignore them, and then when they are tired they leave. This would be no different.

"You bitch, what gives you the right to ignore us? It's like you don't like your job. Is this how to behave around customers?" The redhead said. I rolled my eyes and kept ignoring them.

"You slut, you must think you're all that huh? I'm talking to you!" Their leader said, I pitied them, they were wasting away their lives.

One of them grabbed a bottle of vodka and smashed it on the ground close to where I stood, it was a miracle the bottle didn't hit me. That was the height of it all, I turned around to give them a piece of my mind and force them to pay but Alex, the bouncer had gotten hold of them and was dragging them out of the bar. Alex come back to see how I was doing and I said I was fine.

The bar closed and I grabbed my things and left refusing Alex's offer to walk me to get a cab. As I walked down the walkway, hands grabbed me and dragged me into an alley, I thrashed against them and tried to scream but my mouth was covered as well. They threw me to the ground and laughed as I groaned in pain. The college boys were back.

"Hey bitch, how does the ground feel? It seems like it is where you belong." Their leader said and his minions laughed.

"What happened, cat got your tongue? Why aren't you saying anything? Are you scared? Good, you should be." The redhead kicked me in the stomach, the pain was excruciating and I clutched my abdomen. I didn't retaliate or say anything because I was still trying to figure out how to take them down. With my werewolf strength, I could probably take out two or three but all four were too much for me especially since I couldn't shift. I decided I didn't need to take out all four, just the leader and the redhead, especially the redhead, he had pissed me off.

I waited for him to attack again and he did but before I could grab him, he was gone and I heard the sound of bones crushing. I looked up and I couldn't believe my eyes. What the actual fuck?