New Beginnings

Chapter 1

Hey guys, this is my first attempt at writing something and it will always be edited to the best of my ability... i not great at the editing part so any mistakes please point them out, i'd really appreciate comments. If i get one positive comment on this chapter i will upload another  and dedicate the next one to that very nice person. Please check out Scarymm and any of her stories, it would mean a lot :) 

P.s. Don't rate the picture of the dress to harshly, it actually was my prom dress ;)

Well then here we go...

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Chapter One

I twirl around on the spot and check out my reflection in the floor to ceiling mirror. 

My dress twirls and the silk which is like water flows across the floor. It really is beautiful, white and cream and gold, in a loose skirt that trails on the floor and shows of my curvy hips, with a tight halter neck top that accentuates my cleavage, with it I have matched a pair of gold stilettos and a pearl necklace with matching earrings. My hair has been transformed from its usual frizzy mess into elegant auburn curls and my eyes have been framed in black smokey eye shadow, eyeliner and thick mascara, which make my green eyes really pop and clear lip-gloss that gives my lips a shine. My eyes and my lips are the only part of my face on show, so I’m thankful that they look good. 

I adjust my mask and look at the clock, the party started 5 minutes ago, if I leave in another 5 most of the guests will have arrived and I can make my entrance, the butterflies in my stomach respond instantly to the thought of walking down the huge staircase, everyone's eyes on me.

Tonight my family is hosting a masquerade ball and it's in my honour.

Today is my eighteenth and that means a lot for so many different reasons. To my human friends I am now able to drink and go clubbing; however these things are trivial to me now. To my pack it means I am now of age, this to them is my coming out party, my parents are presenting me to the shifter community and well basically showing me off. I am now of age to find my mate and when I do I will be able to go through my first shift. 

There are shifters here from all across the UK. We are one of the largest packs and so Uncle Eddy, my alpha, has a lot of pull in the community, anyone who is anyone is downstairs. My mate may just be one of them.

Since I was a little girl I have dreamt of this day, finding my mate is any shifters dream, like a princess finding her prince charming. I have gone over it so many times in my head, how I will see him and just know that he's the one. When I was younger I dreamt that he would sweep me off my feet and carry me away on a white horse. I watched too many films as a child. Although the idea still holds some appeal. 

As I’ve grown up I’ve seen many shifters come and go. My dad is Beta, meaning he is second in command, and that we live in the pack house with the Alpha and his family. With each new comer I have secretly thought, could that be him? 

But, yet, in the weeks leading up to my birthday I have started to dread that moment I once desired. Do I really want to be connected to one guy for the rest of my life? There's so much out in the world to do and see. I haven't been a good girl, like some, I’ve flirted with humans, made out and well... stuff... We're meant to wait for our mates, so they can claim us, and be the only ones that ever do. However, I like to think of myself as an exception to the rule, I like to have fun and I’m no angel. God forbid my dad found out.  That's why i made a deal with my parents. If I don't find my mate tonight I get to go to University in October.