Picture - Lilith
Lilith -
" Happy birthday you piece of shit" I fluttered my eyes open to see Caspian hovering above me, I rolled my eyes. Trust him to give me the best birthday wake up call. " Caspian don't be a dick" I recognised the voice as Caius. Caspian and Caius are twins, and Caius is definitely the nicer one. " Thank you Caspian, I really appreciate that" I once again rolled my eyes and sat up from my bed, the smell of waffles hit my nose and my mouth watered. Waffles are my favourite. " You're welcome my British sister"
" Whatever" I said whilst pushing the twins out of my room. Today is my eighteenth birthday, which in the werewolf world means that I will find my mate. I took a quick a shower and got dressed, I didn't bother with make up as I nor my family need it. I skipped down the stairs and into the kitchen where Noah, our chef, was making waffles from scratch. "Noah sometimes I wish you was my mate" I jokingly laugh whilst taking a seat at the large dining table, the rest of my family are down here already.
Caius and Caspian are sat on either side of me and we are the only mateless weres here. Caius and Caspian are twin brothers who can become quite a hassle to handle with but they're definitely the most fun out of the rest. Opposite me is sat Arria, Arria is the most recent addition to the family, we found her in California when we were on vacation, she wasn't treated very well by her pack so she joined us. She's also Demetrius' mate. Demetrius is sat next to her, he's the oldest and definitely the most wisest and very very protective of his mate. Viviana is sat next to Arria, she is a tough cookie, very hard to get accepted by but once she likes you she is the nicest person you will ever meet, she's like a mother to us all. Maximus is Viviana's mate, also very protective of her and quite wise.
" Lily, if cooking you a nice meal gets in your pants then I'm up for it" I punched Caspian in the arm and dug into my waffles. " You? Cook a nice meal?" Caius burst out laughing receiving a death glare from Caspian. " Says the one" He mumbled but we all heard it.
" So today is the day" Maximus wiggled his eyebrows which made me roll my eyes again, I've rolled my eyes way too many times today. " I doubt I'll find him, besides I don't get all the mate stuff yet" a year is definitely not enough to learn about the supernatural world.
" Enough about mates" Everyone snapped their attention to Viviana who was now holding a perfectly wrapped box. " Happy birthday lil" she said whilst passing me the gift.
"Vivi I said I didn't want any gifts" I said to her whilst smiling.
" I know you did" She smirked at me playfully. I opened the box to see some pointed black Louboutin heels. " Oh my goodness" I gasped at the beautiful, and expensive shoes in front of me. " How did you know I wanted these?" I asked picking up the black stilettos from the gift wrapping. " I've seen you eyeing them, I know they literally ran out of your size all over the world but I managed to get in contact with a few people and got them" Viviana smiled at me, something that she does not do often. I stood up from my seat, making sure to place the shoes carefully on the seat and hugged her. " You're the best" I said to her.
" Sit back down because we all have pressies" I looked up to find everyone holding some kind of gift which made my eyes water, I love my family. I obeyed them regardless and accepted everyone's gifts. The last present was from Demetrius, it was a small silver box with a black bow on top. I slowly opened the lid to the box to see a single car key on a small plush pillow. I was staring at the car key for a good few minutes before I looked up at Demetrius with teary eyes. " You didn't" I whispered to him on the verge of tears. He nodded towards the garages direction, I was speechless. I got up and ran to the garage, everyone hot on my trail.
I opened the inside shutter, immediately spotting the black Bentley positioned in the middle of all the cars. A few stray tears escaped my eyes whilst I slowly walked over to the car. " The exact one you said they were going to buy you" Demetrius murmured to me. I turned around and hugged him, he got me the car that my parents wanted to get me for my eighteenth birthday. " Thank you so much" I whispered to him whilst hugging him.
" Hate to break it to you both but we need to leave for school" I rolled my eyes, of course Caspian would interrupt this meaningful moment. "I call shotgun in the Bentley" Caspian yelled whilst running inside. " Hey who said I wanted you in my car" I shouted whilst running after him.
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We pulled up to the school in three cars, three very expensive cars. Demetrius and Arria were in his black Aston Martin, Viviana and Maximus were in her black Mercedes and me, Caspian and Caius were in my Bentley. We parked in our normal spots, turning many heads as we did everyday and got out.
" Caius I'm telling you, she's going to find her mate today"
" Caspian, the last time you was right about something was when we sprinkled red glitter all over Dem's and Arria's bedroom floor" I snapped my head towards them.
" You absolute arseholes, I got in the shit for that" I glared at them, Dem made me hoover the room up, it took three hours. " Well we weren't going to own up to it were we" I rolled my eyes at them and shut my door. " I love how you are both talking about my life, right in front of me but yet won't allow me to be involved in the conversation" They both looked at me as if I had three heads. " Well it wouldn't be very interesting would it?"
" Is he here?" We turned around to see a very excited Arria running towards us. I shook my head no. " You sure?" She asked me with hope in her eyes, Arria wants me to find my mate the most out of the rest. "I'm positive, no scent, no pull, nothing out of the ordinary" I ticked off the list she gave me everyday for the past three months. Her smile deflated a little. " Arria, she'll find her mate don't worry" Viviana said walking up to us. Viviana is still a little cold to Arria but she's definitely getting there.
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" I wish Noah could come and cook here" Caspian complained about the school food every single day. " If you think this is bad, go to a British high school" I replied to him biting into my apple.
As soon as I did, I could smell a scent I've never smelt before, this scent was absolutely amazing. I could feel my wolf surface despite me trying my hardest to control her.
Mate.
As soon as I heard those words in my head I understood.
" Lily" I heard concerned voices around me but I didn't listen, I started frantically looking around from my chair. " Guys, it's him" I heard someone gleefully shout but that still didn't take me out of my trance. I got up and followed the scent, I'm sure people were looking at me weirdly but I couldn't care less. I stood in front of the scent, me towering over him.
" Mate" I heard his wolf growl, my wolf replied with the same words. I was no longer towering over the male, he was towering over me. I heard gasps around us but I didn't look around, I just kept staring into his hazelnut eyes, I watched the different emotions flicker throughout them. " Honey, what's this about?" I heard the source of the voice but I didn't look away, I was angry that the female behind my mate was calling him honey. " My mate" he whispered to her not looking away from my ocean blue eyes, which I'm sure were gold by now. " What" she screeched making me wince at the loudness of her high pitched voice.
" But me and you" she made me growl, I was new to these emotions but them simple words made me want to rip her head off. Me and my family have very short tempers due to the type of werewolves that we are. " Don't worry" he said to her which made me pale, I knew what he was going to do. He was going to do what Arria told me kills wolves.
" I, Alexander Stone, reject you..." he trailed off, he doesn't even know my name. " as my mate, my soul and the luna of this pack" as soon as those words were said I felt an excruciating pain in my whole entire body. It felt like someone was setting my body a light, whilst shredding my skin off my body and taking my limbs a part one by one. The pain however was something that I could deal with and he did not expect that because his smirk faltered when my eyes started glowing. I could feel my wolf howling in pain and in anger and she was beginning to surface even more.
" Why" I managed to growl out, my voice was still my own which meant that I still had some control of the situation. " You're asking why? Just a year ago you was a feeble human, you're too weak for this. I don't want a weak mate, I need a strong mate, someone that can lead a pack not someone who doesn't even know what a pack is" His words were like daggers to my heart but the disrespect hurt me the most. He shouldn't disrespect me like that, he doesn't even know who I am. " Pathetic, scatter to your little freak family and stop polluting this area" I snapped me eyes away from my so called mate to the source of the voice. It was no other Emma MqQuay, the queen bee of the school and my mates toy. By the time she said those words I was very close to my wolf taking control and partially for what I did next was due to her.
In no speed I was holding the girl by her neck, I slammed her down on the table where all the populars were sitting, I slammed her down right next to my mate who coldly rejected me. " You will not disrespect me" I boomed at her using my authority, the authority that I never knew I had until a year ago. " If you ever, and I mean ever, speak to me or about my family in such a way I will personally end your life" I looked at her with my glowing gold eyes " Are we clear?" I asked her, fear was evident in her face and everyone could see it. The cafeteria was extremely quiet. " I said, ARE WE CLEAR?" I boomed the last part again making sure everyone heard my anger. She weakly nodded her head, instead of letting go I shoved her off the table. My force was quite strong so she skidded across the floor.
I looked up finally to meet the eyes of many fearful stares, awestruck stares and envious stares.
" Lil" I turned my head to see Caspian with the rest of my family, they had murderous looks on their faces, everyone's wolf was surfacing and taking control. That moment I knew everyone knew, knew that I wasn't just some werewolf to mess around with. Knew that I wasn't a normal werewolf. Knew where I really come from.
" Let's go" I whispered to them, so in a group we all stalked out of the cafeteria.
Feeble human being, I'll show him the strong wolf that I am.
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