The rising sun shines through the tree lining of the forest. I walk through the dense trees stepping over branches here and there. After a few minutes I exit the woods and step onto the black paved road. I walk down the street till I reach the small town of Branwell. It has a population of 2,003 and everyone knows everyone.
Except for me of course, I don't associate with mundanes. I only come to town every now and then to get supplies for the pack. I'm Jace by the way, Alpha of the Herondale pack. Are camp is a few miles south from this shitty little town.
I enter the dirty run down corner store. The little bell at the top of the door rings when I open it. The only person in the store is the cashier which makes sense since it's only six A.M. I head to the back where the medical supplies are. I get gauges, bandages, and hydrogen peroxide. Wolves heal fairly quickly but large injuries sometimes need gauges and bandages. We can still get infected too that's what's the hydrogen peroxide is for.
I remember that Max wanted me to get him a chocolate bar while I was here as well. I go into aisle with the candy to look for it. I hear the bell above the door ring and then I smell the sweetest scent ever. It smelled like vanilla, strawberries, and something citric-y all rolled into one. And god did it smell good. I looked up to see a small girl walk in.
Her hooded black jacket covered her face but her long bright red curly hair was hanging out of the front of the hood. I had no idea why but her scent was slowly driving me crazy for some reason.
The girl walked to the aisle in front of mine and started browsing the other side of the shelf. They were short enough where you could see over them. I was able to to now see her pale smooth porcelain skin. Then it happened, she looked up at me and I saw the most beautiful emerald green eyes I'd ever laid eyes on. Gold met green for a few seconds before she looked away shyly.
That's interesting most mundie girls flash me a smile and start flirting. It's always the same questions as well. I haven't seen you around are you new in town? So do you have a girlfriend are you free tonight? I usually ignore their advances and keep walking. Like I said earlier I don't associate with mundies, except for when I want an easy lay that is.
I grab Max's chocolate bar before heading to the register. The cashier is an old lady with long silver gray hair pulled into a bun at the nape of her neck. She gave me a toothless smile which I didn't return. She rings up the items and puts them in a white plastic. "Your a very handsome young man" she croaks out smiling again. I give her a tight smile before I turn to leave.
I didn't even notice the red head girl walking to the register before I ran straight into her making her drop all of her items. She let out a puff of frustration as she bent down to pick everything up. I also bent down to help her. She had grabbed most of her stuff already. I picked up the last item which was a map of town. She snatched it out my hand and glared at me. "Watch where your going" she said angrily.
Now that pissed me off who was she to show me such disrespect, I'm alpha and I don't get disrespected. On a regular basis I would sock the person in the face. But I'm pretty sure there's that unwritten mundane rule where you can't hit girls or whatever. "What did you just say to me"
"I said watch where your going" she repeats.
She gets up and continues to the register. I also get up and hurriedly leave the store. I start walking back the way I came. I walk down the road out of town till I reach the forest. Camp is only about five miles out.
Once I enter camp Max comes running up to me. He runs into me full force and hugs my legs since he's so short he's only seven after all.
"Jace your back". After a few seconds he pulls away.
"Did you get the chocolate" he asks excitedly. I give him a smile before reaching into the bag and handing it to him. "Share it with the other cubs" I say before ruffling his hair instinctively. He nods before running off. The camp is constructed of a few small log cabins fire pits here and there. Little patches of land being used to grow fruit and vegetables. And many large teepee like tents. The Alpha and the Betas lived in the cabins. They were the hunters and protectors of the pack. The omegas lived in the tents and took care of the crops, did the cooking, and watched the beta pups when their parents went out hunting.
I walked to my cabin which was the largest since I was Alpha. It consisted of three rooms. A sitting room, a bedroom, and a eating room. The sitting room had a couch and table. The eating room was basically empty, it only had a few cushions on the floor and a large sheet of wood that laid flat on the floor. Wolves typically ate on the ground. The bedroom had a wooden dresser and a queen sized bed will pillows and a sheets made of fur.
A knock sounded at the door. I open it to see Izzy with her long legs and silky black hair. She's basically my sister, we grew up together and are parents were close. And Alec my second command was her brother.
"Max said to tell you thank you for the chocolate" she say while leaning on the door frame.
"It was no problem" I say.
"Are you guys still going hunting tonight" Izzy says
"Of course someone's gotta bring in meat for the pack" I say stating the obvious.
"I was just making sure, so I would know if I had to get one of the omegas to watch Max tonight" she says. You would think that it would be the parents job to find a babysitter but when Max was three their parents died in battle. Sixteen year old Alec then had to step up and take care of thirteen year old Izzy and little Max. Now that Izzy was older she mostly cared for Max.
"Who said you were going in the first place" I ask?
"Well I don't see why not I'm almost seventeen I can take care of myself" she says confidently.
"And what does Alec think about this" I ask?
"I can make my own decisions" she says.
"Well who am I to stop you then, just promise to be careful". She nods thankfully. She then scrunches up her nose and starts smelling the air.
"What is that" she questions. "It's like really sweet". She then leans in and smells my shirt. "Who is that" she says.
"Oh just some scent left over from a mundie I ran into earlier". I say trying to brush off the topic.
"Was this mundie a girl, do tell" she says crossing her arms.
"Yes it was a girl, but like I said just a random mundane" I say trying to play it off cool.
"Well she smells good whoever she is" she says before walking away.
If I'm being honest I haven't gotten my mind off her since I left the store. She made me feel all tingly and strange inside. She was feisty to and I liked that. They say that when you feel this way about someone that you've found your mate. But I quickly through that idea out of my head she was a mundane. Wolfs don't mate with mundane stuff at least often anyway. Plus I was Alpha which made me basically destined to end up with a strong mate. Which would most likely be a wolf not a weak mundie.