Chapter 8


    “Ready, set, go” Beta Jessica shouts.


    Emily throws her entire body at me and I simply side step her and make a roundhouse kick that hits her


    on her back and shends hard on her face. I dance away as she growls and gets up. We continued


    this game of Emily attacking me and I danced away.


    Emily’s frustration grew as she never was able to touch me and she screamed.


    “Fight back, you co ward.”


    “I never wanted this challenge, you know Emily. We were friends once and I don’t want to hurt you” I


    answer back as l once again avoid her attack.


    But Emily is very strong willed and stubborn, she keeps up with her attacks and each time I simply side


    step them. In human form I have the advantage and she knows this but this is a matter of pride. Emily’s


    pride.


    Emily rises and she takes one step back making me suspicious of her, she stands there and staring at


    me with an indecipherable expression. I studied her for a minute as she just stood there, I nced


    behind and saw Helios and Ben watching us. Ben began to stand up in a warning but I could hear


    Emily move and I ducked instinctively but I was wrong and got a knee on my nose.


    “Got you now, bit ch” Emily spat at me.


    I held my nose that had broken on impact and I bled, my wolf growled in warning and I nced at her.


    Emily’s biggest w in her fighting style is that she always shows. what kind of attack she is going to


    use. So I don’t raise my head as she tries a roundhouse kick and when I see her footing for my


    face I take it with my hands and pull with all my strength.


    Emily fell down hard with a loud “thud” and she gasped but I wasn’t done as I twisted her foot and


    effectively broke her leg. Emily screamed and I released her, she was sobbing and crying but I knew


    that her wolf would heal her in a few minutes and the tears were of anger not of pain or sadness.


    “If you really were my friend once, then why are you forcing me to live through a rejection? Why didn’t


    you stand by my side?” Emily screams at me.


    I tilt my head and look down at her in sadness, I feel so much sadness for my former friend and I really


    want to tell her that so I do, in my own way.


    “You rejected me, remember? You cast me aside the moment you learned that I didn’t have a wolf. And


    don’t me it on your dad or the pack. This was your choice and you didn’t choose me.” I answered


    her in a low voice but I knew that all the lycans present could hear me.


    I turn my back on her and walk a few meters to face the very same pack that I grew up in, all the


    people I have called friends and family to say the very words that I have repressed for so many years.


    “I, Nora, address all the pack members of the silver stream pack. I was born here and I grew up here


    beside you and I made friends but all of you turned your backs on me and shunned me because of


    something/ couldn’t control!


    My wolf didn’te to me on my 16 th birthday and I didn’ t shift on the next fullmoon but I heard her


    voice. That’s something that not even my parents know about and when I tried to tell anyone about it


    you ignored me.


    You made me feel like I was a freak when I wasn’t. I was just ate bloomer. On my 18 th birthday my


    wolf dide to me and showed herself and I was super excited and once again I was reminded that


    this pack has such a huge pride that you have no problem at all with shunning a member of your own


    pack.


    I am ashamed of this pack and to think that I was once a part of this pack. I know that a lot of you


    wonder why I turned rogue yesterday and I will tell you why.


    I was turned rogue because the pride of this pack was hurt. Miss Emily got rejected by her mate


    because of her bad attitude and actions and still she med me.


    The pride of this pack is what’s going to end it forever.” I let out all my tears and looked directly at my


    former alpha.


    My eyes met everyone’s gaze until I found Helios and I smiled. I let him heal me and I took a deep


    breath. Strangers, all the lycans were strangers but they still epted me without question. They gave


    me strength and courage to stand up for myself, I owe them so much.


    I turn my back at the pack and face Emily but as I do I can hear people protest about everything and


    some of them were even screaming in my favor.


    Emily growled and I looked at her as she started to shift, the bones were breaking and shifting into their


    new ces. The sound was gruesome and it looked rather painful as her face broke and a snout


    reced it. Her back broke and fur sprouted from her skin recing her tanned skin with gray fur and


    her eyes turned brown as her wolf presented herself.


    Anybody else would have attacked during Emily’s shift as that is a very vulnerable state and I can hear


    my dad’s voice telling me that I missed a good opportunity.


    What surprised me and probably everyone else was Emily’s wolf that suddenly bowed to me.


    *Helios? Do you know why Emily’s wolf is bowing down to me?* I mindlinked my mate.


    *Ben told me that you can mindlink anyone you have ever met but it’s still surprising. Emily’s wolf can


    sense that yours are way above and out of respect for you she is bowing. I can only guess but I think


    that Emily will have a hard time dealing with her wolf.


    It’s in a werewolf’s nature to show submission to those of higher ranking.* Helios mindlinked me back.


    *I am not in a higher rank than her. I am a rogue and your mate* I say confused.


    *Nora, you are a lycan born from two werewolf parents. You are special whether you like it or not*


    Helios closed the mindlink while I stared at Emily’s wolf.


    I nodded at her but she didn’t move so I slowly walked to her and put my hand on her head. Her eyes


    met mine and I smiled sadly at her.


    “It’s okay now, girl. I know that you don’t want to hurt me but you must also respect your human


    counterpart. It’s our secret, yours and mine but now I need you to fight me, please.” I say and she


    whines loudly. She clearly didn’t want to hurt me.


    I back away and nod at her so she will attack me. She hesitates but then half heartedly attacks me and


    I just side step her and kicks her on the side. She growls and whines, I shake my head at her. She


    must be struggling with Emily.


    Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g!


    She attacks me one more time and this time I don’t move


    and let her bite me in the arm and she flings me to the side. I could feel her sorrow and that she is


    hesitant. She really doesn’t want to hurt me, it goes against her nature but out. of duty she attacks me


    against her will.


    I get up and feel for my wolf wondering what I should do but Emily’s wolf attacks me before I get any


    answer.


    She rips into my leg and I scream as she breaks my leg and the pain wreaks havoc through my body.


    I hear Emily’s voice in my head as she releases me.


    *Thanks Nora. When you told my wolf that she must


    respect me I forced to take over and she gave up when


    your blood flooded our mouths. I wanted you to know that my wolf is gone now so now it’s just you and


    me*


    I don’t answer her but instead I re at her, she didn’t deserve her beautiful wolf and she definitely


    doesn’t deserve to be with Ben. I must win this fight.


    I check my leg and notice the bone pipe sticking out of my skin, I feel like I would vomit by the sight but


    I hold it down and I try to get up.


    But unlike me Emily doesn’t have a shred of respect


    because she attacks me again. She bites down on my other arm and starts to thrash me around


    violently like I am a rag doll that she is really trying to kill with all of her might. The pain is brutal and


    overwhelming and the darkness is threatening to take me over when I hear them.


    I could hear all my friends, all the lycans roar, telling me to get up, telling me not to give up. They give


    me hope and I blink away the darkness that threatens to consume me


    whole.


    *Ben is mine you know and soon your mate will be mine to* Emily’s voice echoes in my head.


    This makes me see red or well purple, the entity world is tinted in a purple color. My wolf wakes up and


    she is furious. I let her have control as I am exhausted, I feel her concern for me but I just smile as I


    could almost feel her licking my cheek in aforting manner.


    I take the so-called backseat in our mind and watch


    through her eyes and what a sight to behold.