Chapter 4: The Truth

Rose's P.O.V.

I start laughing at her. "Seriously a werewolf and I am going to turn on the next full moon. Good joke." She looks at me seriously, not saying anything. I stop laughing. "Wait? You are serious."

She shakes her head yes. "As serious as I can be." I stand up. "But that is impossible, werewolves are not real." She stands up putting her hand on my shoulder. "They are." "Then I am going to turn into some bloodthirsty monster and go around biting people?" I ramble on scared walking in circles.

"Rose, it is going to be okay. The wolf that attacked you is what we call a rogue. They were kicked out of their pack either because they couldn't control their wolf or they lost their mate and went mad. Werewolves usually have good control over their wolves."

I stop walking and back away from Lily. "We?" She backs up, giving me a little more space. "Yes we. I am a werewolf too but I was born one not bitten." I sit down starting to feel dizzy. "So what does this mean?" Lily sits back down next to me. "Well for starters you have to make it through your first shift. Once you do that it should be easy."

I look at her. "I want to see." "See what?" I gesture towards her. "You or you in your wolf form." She stands up and heads for the back door. She stops and turns around. "Well are you coming?" I get up and follow her and we walk over to the waterfall.

She starts undressing and I quickly turn around. "You need to watch Rose, I won't fully strip." I slowly turn back around as she takes off her shirt leaving her in her underwear. It only took seconds but I watched as her bones broke and realigned till Lily was no longer standing in front of me but a dirty blonde wolf.

"Well at least I now know when you said James likes to take pictures of you. You were serious." She sits down and looks at me. I slowly walk around her studying her. "Magnificent." Lily shifts back and puts back on her clothes. I stand there looking at her dumbfounded.

She takes my hand and leads me back inside. She takes the lasagna out of the oven and sets it on the stove. "Now we need to get you ready for the full moon and let you meet the pack." "The pack?" I question her.

"Yes, the pack. It is our family. It is led by an alpha pair." She gets out two plates. "Will I meet the alpha pair?" She giggles. "You will meet the alpha. He has not found his mate yet." "Mate?"

"Our mate is our other half. You are able to find them after you turn 18." "So is James your mate?" "Yes he is." "Will I have a mate?" "I presume that you would." She points at the lasagna. "Want some still?" "Sure." She puts three spoon fulls on the plate and hands it to me.

"That is way too much. I can only eat one." "You will eat it all. Your appetite has been growing ever since you were bit. Right?" I think about it for a second and grab the plate. "Yeah it has been." I take a bite and swallow. "Oh my gosh this is by far the best lasagna I have ever had."

We sit in silence and just eat our food. I notice that Lily has been watching me for a while. "Is everything okay?" She nods her head, "Yeah you are just taking this better than I thought you were going to." "I took this okay. I literally was having a panic attack earlier."

She laughs. "That was nothing. In my old pack when I was a kid. There was a guy a grade above me. His family was attacked and he was bitten and my dad had to tell him, and I was there and he ran away and locked himself in his house for weeks." I look at her in shock.

"What happened to the boy?" "He finally came around, and made it through the turn and last I heard had found his mate and was living a normal life." "Is there a chance I won't make it through the shift?" Lily's smile fades. "There is a chance you might not, but with mine and Noah's help you will make it through."

"Noah? As in your friend from earlier?" She nods her head. "Yeah he is my alpha and soon to be yours." I eat another bite. "Is he a nice alpha?" She spoke fast. "Yes of course he is." We finished our food. I stand up. "Well I should probably be getting home."

"Okay Let's meet back here tomorrow at 7." "In the morning?" "Yes in the morning. You need all the help you can get before the next full moon." I sigh. "Okay 7." I grab my camera and head to my jeep.

When I get home I put my camera up and go get a shower. When I get out I head down stairs to the living room. I turn on the t.v. and sit down on the couch. I am in the middle of Forrest Gump when I hear a knock at my door. I pause the movie and get up going to the door looking at the clock on the way.

I mumble to myself. "Who could be knocking on my door at 9 p.m.?" I open the door to see the guy I ran into at the diner on my porch. "Who are you? And how did you find my house?" He scratches his neck. "Did Lily tell you?"

I think for a second oh my gosh this must be Noah. "Are you Noah?" He looks me in the eyes. "Yes. My name is Noah Hunt. I am the alpha of The Shadow Pack." I put my hand out. He just looks at it then takes it into his much bigger one and shakes it.

When his skin touches mine it feels like electricity is running through my hand. I look at our hands then back at him. He takes his hand away. He doesn't seem to want to talk about it, so I don't question it. "Do you want to come in?"

He hesitates for a minute. "No I shouldn't. I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself before tomorrow." He just stands there watching me. He speaks. "Well I should be going. It was nice to meet you…" "Rose." He smiles. "Rose. I will see you at 7." "Okay see you at 7. Have a good night Noah." "You too."

I watch as he walks off my porch and towards the woods. "Did he run here?" I say to myself. I go back inside and finish my movie then head to bed.