Carina

During my ninety first birthday, I was gifted with a teleportation flute and a weird golden compass, these are the only navigation tools I have aside my keen senses. I also came with my 12 stringed guitar, native to my people and my bow and it’s unbreakable arrows. These were the only things I managed to bring with me here, in this foreign land where I know not where to go.

My only hope is that I landed somewhere close to where my mate is. I decide to take a pathway on my left and see where it leads me.

After walking for three hours straight, I feel tired, annoyed and hungry. Although I could have covered more ground in my wolf form, I’d rather keep that part of me hidden. As an alpha’s daughter, my wolf is likely to draw unwanted attention. It’s unusual color would certainly cause me some trouble as well if I’m not careful in this foreign land, I’d prefer to be underestimated and overlooked, rather than show off and get myself in big trouble. I sit under a tree to take a short nap. Soon after I closed my eyes however, I heard rustling sounds. Still with my eyes closed, I inhale deeply and decipher the scents in the air. I also listen closely and hear three distinct heartbeats, moving closer and closer to me. Thanks to my heightened senses I’m able to tell three people are coming my way, trying to be as stealthy as possible, but failing miserably, not because they’re bad, but because of how sharp and incredibly good my senses are.

I decided to keep pretending to be sleeping, making sure my heartbeat is steady to fool them into thinking I’m asleep. This is important because I also realized they’re werewolves by their scent. They get close enough to me and I’m roughly shaken awake. I pretend to be extremely frightened and act submissive. There are two males and one female. They look at me in slight apprehension and awe. The female on the other hand looks threatened and slightly disgusted by me. The look on her face is one I’m all too familiar with, jealousy. My beauty is one of my powerful traits as an enchantress especially since I’m of royal blood and many females mirror this look when they gaze upon me, for almost all males and some females, my beauty is captivating and with the effect of my enchanting voice, very little people are unable to escape my trap. They only realize it when it’s too late. Right now though, I need help finding my bearings and I need to look as defenseless as possible.

” Who are you and what are you doing on this land?”. One of the males manages to ask, very rudely despite being captivated by my looks.

“ I’m Carina and I mean no harm, I’m just looking for a place to rest and I have no place to go”. I lie. The female scoffs in annoyance and the males look at me in doubt and slight sympathy.

“ well you have trespassed into our lands and we’ll be taking you in for questioning”. They led me away towards what I would assume is their pack. I don’t fail to notice others hidden and watching from afar, probably ready to attack if I prove to be dangerous.

I could see some vehicles parked away some few miles ahead and I’m ushered in and driven away when we got there. Since my parents and I used to visit my dad’s pack through the lupine portal, I learnt a lot of things from this world so I’m not overly worried about being driven in a vehicle.

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I was immediately sent to the pack house, unable to admire the beauty of the place, as I was roughly being mishandled by the female who sent me to the office of a man. He was young and really handsome. He has a powerful aura and for a moment, I was waiting to feel some connection of a sort to show he’s my mate. I sighed in disappointment and looked down as my wolf wasn’t even roused or curious to see who he was, there was no connection. He on the other hand was stunned silly when he finally raised his head and looked at me, but I probably wouldn’t have caught his surprised look if I was studying him as well since he almost immediately had a blank look on his face. His eyes conveyed his intrigue though.

“ Who is this?” He asked in a slightly haughty tone.

” Beta, she’s a rogue we found today claiming to have no place to go”. He studied me quietly and asked the female to go. It was a great feat restraining myself from looking into his eyes to show my dominance as well, I could feel him trying to suppress me with his somewhat oppressive aura which had no effect on me.

“ what are you doing roaming about on this pack’s land?” .

“ I was hoping for a place to stay as I have no where to go, I ran away from where I used to be and after a series of events, I ended up here”.

well it was not a complete lie, I did run away from home.

” So you’re hoping to join this pack?”. I nodded my head in response.

” Use your words”. He said in annoyance.

” Yes Sir”. I’m a bit surprised how he’s managed to brush off the effects of my looks.... or he’s trying to.

“ well then, you’ll be taken to the west parts of the pack where you be monitored and trialed to see if you’re worthy enough to join this pack. The Alpha would have the final say.”

His eyes glazed over as he mind-linked someone. Soon after, the female from before came to fetch me away. On our way though, I bumped into a woman who looked to be in her 30s and the female besides me bowed and apologized claiming I’m a rogue who only appeared today. She only looked at me very strangely for a long time before nodding and moving on.

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I was sent to a dormitory on the outskirts of the pack lands where rogues like myself were also kept. I was also informed to be on my best behavior throughout this week in particular because members of the council and some high ranking wolves are going to be here for a meeting. Some are also going to try and find their mates which means, we’ll also have to be lined up for them in case we happened to be mated to one of them. After a bath and an evening meal, I drifted off to sleep.