Chapter 1:

I stood at the edge of town looking down at the tiny town Timber. "I finally made it to Timber. Now, to find the Alpha of the town." I got back into my black mustang and started the car up and drove into the tiny town to hopefully call home. As I pulled into town I started to get hungry and seen a diner to my left. I pulled up to the diner in town and parked my car behind a really big truck.

"Someone likes to go mud bogging" I said to myself as I parked my car behind the big truck. I got out of my car and walked into the diner where I was greeted by a woman in her early 40's who had light blonde hair.

"Hey there, go on ahead and take a seat and I'll be with you in a minute." she said from behind the counter takin care of another customer. I nodded my head and moved over to a booth by the window looking out to the main street of the town. As I was sitting at my booth I could hear the group behind me chatting away but they were talking about something strange. I could make out bits and pieces of them saying something about fixing up a camp and then going for a Pack run together.

(Guess I should tell you all about myself. I stand at 5'11", 154lbs. built athletically. I'm gay and have known for sometime now. Oh yeah im also the last tiger shifter in all of North America.)

I then heard them getting up from their table and making their way to the exit and as they passed me I realized that they are all wolf shifter. Thankfully, I'm able to mask my scent so they couldn't pick up on my scent. As they passed me, I got a good look at one of them and he was pretty cute looking and judging by the way he stood he must be the Alphas Enforcer. I also seen another person that stood next to him who was native american decent and he had a nature that made him the Alphas Beta.

As I was watching them leave the waitress finally got to me. "Sorry about taking so long, my names Dottie and what can i get you sugar?" she asked me as she pulled out a pad a paper and pen. "Slice of apple pie and cup of coffee please." I said as i took off my sunglasses. Dottie seen my eyes and were amazed at how beautiful they were. They were the purest Arctic blue eyes she had ever seen. "My word, you have beautiful eyes their sugar." she said "Thank you, my names Elijah. Can I ask you something Dottie?" i asked her.

"Sure thing Elijah, what would you like to ask."

"The group that just left, who were they if you don't mind me asking?" I asked

"Well, those are some of my frequent visitors. The one that drives that big old' mudslinger is Jed, sweet heart he is, really should think about finding himself a boyfriend. The others that were with him were Shell, Curtis, Trey and Parker." Dottie said to me and hearing that comment about Jed finding a boyfriend really got my heart going for some reason. "Thanks Dottie." I said back to her. "No problem. Now, here you go a slice of my homemade apple pie." she said as she set the plate down in front me.

As I sat there taking bites fo the my pie I let my senses spread out to get a feel of the area. I then picked up the scent of two more shifters that were here in town and not to far away either. I left a tip for Dottie and downed the rest of my coffee and left the diner and heading in the direction of where I picked up the two other scents. My senses brought me to what looked the town general store, so wanting to find some answers I went into the general store and seen a big burly man staring at me as soon as I came through the door. "Can I help you with something stranger?" he said to me and judging from his scent he was a bear shifter. I could also see another person behind him who looked about my age only a little less muscular and timid and judging from him scent he was also another wolf shifter but what really caught my attention was that the bears scent was all over the wolf. It then dawned on me that these two are mates.

"Yeah, I'm looking for a place to stay. Any idea where a stray shifter can stay?" I asked him which must have caught him off guard. "So you're a shifter as well. Well you came to the right place." he said and stuck out his hand for me to shake. " Names Buck and this cub of mine if Jake." The little guy looked at me and waved. "Pleasure to meet you both, names Elijah." I said to Buck. "Great to meet you Elijah, so what brings you to Timber?" Buck asked me. "I'm trying to find a pack who will accept me in for you see I'm one of those rare shifters out there." I said to Buck and Jake.

"Well, that's interesting. I think I may know someone who will definitely take you in. Hang-on for a few minutes while I go make a quick phone call." Buck said then moved into the back room. I could hear Buck talking to someone on the phone in the backroom as I waited out in the front part of the store. I got pulled out of hearing the phone conversation when Jake had asked me something. "Huh, sorry, did you say something?" I said a little embarrassed "Would you like something to drink? Jake asked me again. "Water would be fine thank you." I said and Jake went off and came back with a bottle of water for me just as Buck was coming out from the back.

He wrote something down on a piece of paper and then handed it to me. "Follow these directions to this place. There will be someone there waiting for you." Buck said to me. "Thank you so much Buck and thanks again for everything." I said as I got ready to leave. "No problem Elijah, hope to see you around here more." he said as I headed for the door. As I was about to head out the door Buck stopped me. "By the way you said you are a rare shifter. What kind of shifter are you Elijah?" Buck asked me. I turned around and smiled to him "I'm a tiger shifter" I said then headed out the door.

Hey everyone hope you all will enjoy this story was somthing I wrote last summer and i finally wanted people to see. so hopefully everyone likes it and if you do leave a comment. Thanks :)