From Rougue To Luna novel Chapter 2

I walked through the door and off of the front porch and forced my legs to move. The sun was hiding behind the thick sheet of gray clouds as I walked across the field and into the woods leading to the southern border. If I was going out on my own, then I was heading somewhere warm and sunny.

I walked deeper into the woods, and with every step, I felt lighter and lighter. Tears threatened to crest over my eyelashes, but I forced them back, not allowing myself to grieve. She wouldn't want me to shed any tears, and I had to focus on my task ahead.

I crossed the border and felt the weight lift from my shoulders. I was free. No longer the outcast of a pack who'd never understood me. Who never wanted to love me. The further I moved away from our home, the more hope began to build inside of me. I could do this. I could make this work. I had lived on my own with my mother for so long. How different could it be?

Present

I never imagined I'd be walking back through these woods. Back to a pack who'd been forced to shun me. How would they respond to my return? How was I going to...

"What the hell!" I slammed into something hard and felt myself knocked off balance before falling backwards, hitting the ground hard onto my butt. "Ow!"

Did I seriously just walk into a tree?! Really Lili?

My eyes widened in shock as I looked up to see a gigantic male towering over me, his jaw clenched shut and a growl escaped from his lips as he stepped back and brushed himself off.

"Dude, seriously? Watch where you're walking!" My irritation surged through me as I did an inventory over my limbs and belongings before moving to stand back onto my feet.

"Me? You literally just walked straight into me. Who do you think you are crossing into our lands and then yelling at me for being in your way?" His voice was low and boomed with authority and irritation at the clumsy intruder in front of him.

I rolled my eyes and stood, swiping my hands over my sore butt to brush the dirt away from my jean shorts before reaching down to yank my bag up off of the ground. My eyes shot up as I tore into my next irrational sentence, the anger building at his accusation that I didn't belong here. I wouldn't be the outcast again. I was no longer that girl. "Listen buddy, I..." I stopped short, my words catching hard in my throat as I looked up to meet the piercing blue gaze staring down into mine.

His eyebrows shot up as our eyes met and he froze. His entire body had become rigid and I felt my own mirror his. I felt completely frozen, like I couldn't move. His eyes captured me in a cloud of complete stillness, like if either of us moved, we'd break the spell slowly surrounding us. My entire body began to tingle as warmth radiated from within me. My brain felt like it was under water, floating uselessly in my head.

What the hell is happening right now?

His brow furrowed into a scowl and his jaw tightened once more before he responded shortly. "Alpha now. My father died several years ago."

My heart jolted as he spoke. He was the new Alpha. Maybe this was exactly what I needed. Maybe he would reconsider my position and let me back into the pack. His father never would have been open to it, but maybe he would.

"I'm sorry about your father."

He nodded curtly and straightened fully, crossing his thick arms across his broad chest. He certainly had grown into Alpha. He was no longer the lean figured boy I'd known from a distance before I left. He was huge now, at least 6′4" and towering over my 5′6" frame. I broke the piercing blue gaze holding me captive and stepped back slightly, trying to regain some form of control over my brain. I could now see that his body matched his stature, covered with thick, corded muscle. He truly looked like an Alpha to be feared and respected.

I felt his eyes move down my body and take in my thin but curvy appearance in my own cutoff shorts and form fitting tank top. I tapped a booted toe on the ground and crossed my arms across my chest as he inspected me before quickly spitting out, "You done?"

Even as the words left my mouth, it felt wrong. I didn't want to snap at him, but I couldn't let whatever this was hanging over us distract from my purpose here. I wasn't a piece of meat to be contained anymore. He narrowed his eyes at me and the familiar haze threatened to creep back into my brain. I looked away quickly, trying to break the spell infecting my thoughts.