True Luna Chapter 1: Day before part one

I woke up early in the morning and got up right away. I was excited. Really, really excited. Tomorrow is my birthday. Tomorrow I will be eighteen and I will meet my wolf. I couldn’t wait to shift for the first time. They say it is painful, but I didn’t care about that part. It is just for a little while, and it gets easier later. I can survive a little bit of pain.

I just wished that my parents were here to see me shift for the first time. It had been eight years since they died, and it hadn’t gotten any easier.

They were killed in a rogue attack.

and live like rogues. That is rare, though. We wolves are pack animals. We don’t like being alone. When a wolf chooses to become a rogue, it is mostly because something bad has happened to them in their pack or they have lost their mate, gone crazy and left the pack.

at there is a rogue wolf who has gathered other rogues to attack various packs. They call him the Rogue King. The attacks haven’t stopped since. They attacked our and other packs multiple times.

shift. He was supposed to start his training to become a new Alpha and take over the pack.

the strongest ones.

lpha, Luna, and their son. That was their job.

est friends since childhood, and now they run our pack together.

e. He never complained. He took those responsibilities and did the best he could. And he did great. He always made sure I was safe and taken care of. He still does.

s, my brother and our Alpha decided that all pack members must train to be able to defend ourselves.

ore about running the pack. If a wolf is interested in agriculture, he or she will learn about plants and our crops to help sustain our food supplies. If a wolf is interested in defending the pack, he or she will learn about defense techniques, attack formations, and they will have to spend more time training than the rest of us. I chose to help the Alpha run our pack. It was natural to me. My brother is the Beta and I wanted to help him as much as I could. So, I learned all about pack laws and everything else needed to successfully run our p

s for about a year.

rother when he left, but I knew it was something he had to do.

because it is my birthday and my first shift. It is a special occasion. The first shift is important because you get to meet you

ess. It is the connection of two souls. Your mate becomes the most important thing to you. You love them instantly. You want and need to be with the

id our Alpha. So, until he does, his mother, Gloria, still has the Luna title and does the Luna duties.

didn’t make it. She didn’t eat, sleep or do anything. That is what happens when you lose your mate. Your will to live goes away. However, she recovered, and she is an amazing Luna. I love her a lot. She helped me and my brother after our parents died, and she and I have a special relationship. She is like a mother to me.

nt for my first shift. She accepted and

and excited for me.

I will be luckier than my brother and meet my mate soon.

ining bra, grey hoodie and my black Nike sneakers. I tied my long brown hair into a ponytail and went downstairs.