The Rejected Link

st swelled with excitement, and I couldn't help but smoot

. One hour left until my twentieth bir

ime" Mother called from the

the living room where she was, each

d with her back to me at the dinner table, and

assured, sounding almost l

ns out like last time?" I asked, look

moon goddess has a reason for everything," she says, a small smile playing

ant? I am the only person mom, the only one in this

ck. Some were bold enough to spill their vile words to my fac

t my mate. The perfect person that wa

per

ing me?" I say to her silently praying

eed to do alone" She said as she held my hands in hers. She sq

out the door. I felt nervous and

hat led to my house, I am

unning towards me, exci

than I am," I tell her as s

iend to me. My only friend. She was there with me while I wallowed in self-pity abou

of the pack. The spot where the moon goddess b

ning to break free. My nervousness spikes up, and my hands begin to sweat. My senses are heightened

presence. The atmosphere changes and a chilly feeling fills m

the air.

this time inhaling the night's air an

l no

surge through me. I can feel the burn at the back o

m," I say, barely

h. I feel the constraints of my heart tightening, it physically

hur

ut in multitudes, and I do not attempt to stop them. Cla

ays words to me, but I can't register them as the

sce

smell

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ring at my reflection; it takes

eel heavy

he room; I hear voices coming from the kitchen. I see Cl

he always

you feel now?" She a

. I should hav

o many emotions. Sadness, pity, and som

me home, but did

y

me completely. First, I don't feel m

hrough me, and the tears threate

to acce

o something

y mother, who calmly watched me; she

ncern because she always knew. I twis

erted path. I'm stuck with the

ust be like e

moon goddess

ly

s and only when I'm face to fac

, using his body as a shiel

fidence they exude, their ever-brooding aura, and the

ha Hert!" I respond looki

and I wasn't going to le

e packhouse before. The

an in the pack, one of the qualities he

to have some answers

ng to appear tough. I stand my ground, matching his stance, but the sw

e to enter. I release a brea

e threshold of the packhous

fled voice, but as I scan the room, I realize I'm the only one standing

s clear as day, the

at