The Moon of the Beta

Episode 1

It was my eighteenth birthday, the age when we are supposed to find our mate. Some find them instantly, and others can spend centuries searching for their partner destined by the Moon Goddess. It was a full moon night, and I was in the forest, by the riverbank. I had just shifted for the first time, having gone through my transformation alone, which is why I had taken all precautions. I brought a change of clothes, as what I was wearing would be torn to shreds once I shifted into my wolf form, and I had left it prepared behind a tree so I could get dressed when I returned to my human form. I was already changed, only needing to put on my shoes, when I perceived an aroma that I found exquisite. I couldn't help but breathe deeply; I needed to fill myself with that scent, it felt so good, like it completed me. My nostrils flared as much as possible trying to take in as much of that aroma as possible, and then I knew, my mate was close.

Mate.- My wolf said through our mental link, my heart raced, it felt like it was going to escape my chest. I was so happy that I couldn't handle it all. My eyes opened, searching almost desperately for the owner of that delicious scent. I looked in all directions and then I just had to follow the trail of that aroma. I started walking with some hesitation at first, and as I made my way and felt the aroma getting closer, I ran almost desperately for fear of losing him, and then I saw him. He was standing with his back to me, his gaze on the absolutely calm water of that river that bordered a large part of the forest. A smile appeared on my lips as I saw his silhouette almost drawn by the light that the moon gave off in that immense darkness among so much nature. Without hesitation, I approached him, happy, still with my smile and in such a hurry that I swear I was running.

"Mate!" Was all I managed to say as I approached, and it was right there that he, my mate, turned around and my face collided directly with a fist, which was the only thing that was waiting for me from him.

Between the darkness of the night and the happiness I was carrying, I had not paid attention to this detail, his arm extended and his fist clenched at the end, waiting for my face to impact with it. The blow made me fall seated to the floor, I could not avoid taking my hand to my mouth, that was where it hit. The surprise of that made me take a while to realize the blood that was flowing from there, the blow had cut my lip. I was stunned, there on the ground, on the earth, exactly as I had fallen, I didn't understand anything.

"Ma... mate?" I asked with doubt, that action and the fact of still being in the shadows of the night only made me doubt and feel almost afraid. And then he approached, and there I saw him, I saw his face and I understood everything. My life partner, my mate, my link to fuse my soul and be one, was none other than Alpha Kyle Kinnaman. And now yes, I understood everything. I had feared this day so much, that the happiness of having found my mate clouded my judgment for a few moments, but reality had hit me, and literally.

Kyle Kinnaman was the Alpha of the Winter Mist pack. He was a man in his thirties. He was a predator, feared and respected, more out of fear than anything else. Bloodthirsty, violent, and quick to resort to weapons. The bloodiest wars of recent years had been carried out by him, and he had emerged victorious in each one of them. He was cold and calculating and also a known womanizer, he lived in brothels and had countless lovers in all the nearby packs. The worst part is that we knew each other, and he, being older than me, was already aware of our bond, but he never claimed me. That didn't surprise me, he despised me from the first moment an oracle predicted our union. I still remember it like it was yesterday, I was twelve years old when some wise men from the pack council arrived at the house where I lived to give me that information. He arrived later, and when he was informed of this, his face transformed, it scared me. His heavy and furious aura was noticeable among everyone, his anger was so great that it seemed to suffocate you, the force of his aura seemed to crush my chest, making it difficult to breathe, I was scared, a lot, and I asked the Moon Goddess that the oracle be mistaken, and not to have any bond with that man. Unfortunately for me, it wasn't the last time I had to see him, I harbored the illusion that everything was a confusion and that he and I had nothing to do with each other.

And there he was, in front of me, with his sinister face, staring fixedly into my eyes as if he wanted to kill me with just his gaze. And I was still immobile on the floor. He approached my face and as a reaction I moved my body away a little, that brought a half smile to his face, as if my fear fed him.

"Mate you said?. What makes you think that?" He spoke to me almost in a mocking tone and I don't know why I felt fear, the words didn't come out of my mouth and then his face turned serious and then he shouted at me."Answer!!."