Chapter One: Bonfire

"Bella. Benji. Breakfast!" Mom yelled from the top of her lungs.

"Mom, we have supernatural senses. Don't yell," Benji said from his room. I just shook my head and walked out of my room. "Every morning."

We walked downstairs to the kitchen and saw our dad already there. "Morning, Dad," I said. I kissed his cheek and sat down.

"Morning, pups," he said with a smirk.

Benji threw his head back. "Dad, I'm 20. I am not pup anymore." Benji looked at me. "Bella is."

I scoffed and threw a piece of bacon at him. "Isabella. Benjamin. Stop it."

"Yes, Dad." Benji just shook at me. "Is there any pack business tonight?"

My parents shared a look. "The Olympian Pack leaders are coming."

Benji dropped his fork. "Is everything okay? Are we in trouble?"

The Olympian Pack is the most feared pack. They don't take anyone's shit. Alpha Carlisle is very protective of his territory and his family. I have only met him once when I was 5. Rumor is that his three sons are as bad as him. If you don't do him or his pack wrong, you are fine.

Dad shook his head. "We are not in trouble. The dance is coming up in a month. Alpha Carlisle, Luna Esme, Beta Eleazar, and Beta Luna Carmen are coming to meet with us, Mark, and Delilah to plan it all out."

I sighed. The dance is where singles, 18 and older, meet at a dance to find your mate. You go every year until you find your mate. There is no cut off age. I never understood the point of these dances. I believe love will find me when I least expect it.

Unfortunately, I turn 18 next weekend. I have to go this year.

"I'm hoping that you two get mated this year," Mom said dreamily.

"Don't get your hopes up, Mom," I said. "No girl will want to mate with Benji. Have you seen the state of his bedroom?"

It was Benji's turn to throw a piece of bacon at me. "Benjamin, don't start that. Go get ready for patrol. Isabella, get ready for school."

"Yes, Dad." Benji and I left the table and went upstairs.

I went to my room, showered, and started to get dressed. I threw my hair up in a nice bun and put on makeup. "Bella! Alice and Angela are here," my mom said.

"Almost ready." I threw on skinny jeans, black shirt, and converse.

My head started to hurt. I sighed and pushed down my mind shield.

"Bella! You better wear something other than converse!" Alice exclaimed.

I shook my head at one of my best friends. I quickly changed out of my converse to black booties and added an army green kimono. I grabbed my stuff and walked to the car.

"Good," Alice said.

"Shut up," I said and shook my head.

Alice drove toward school. "Bella, do you know why my dad is on edge? He just mumbled the words meeting and dance."

I nodded. "The Olympian pack Alpha and Beta are coming sometime this weekend to plan the mating dance."

Angela perked up. "I wonder if it will be here in time for my birthday. Alice, you are 18. Bella, you are turning 18 next weekend. I don't want to go alone next year."

I shrugged. "You might not even have to go. I'm hoping that you and my brother will mate up." Angela shrunk into her seat and blushed.

Since we were about 10, Angela had a little crush on my brother.

"I just hope that Connor finds someone. I am tired of hearing different names of girls when I walk by his room or when our parents are not home," Alice said.

"Connor sleeps around?" Angela asked. "That doesn't sound like him."

"He is not sleeping around. I would feel better if it was actual females." Alice shook her head. "He has given his hand or whatever he masterbates with names! Last night, her name was Kim. As in Kim Kardashian."

I let out a loud belly laugh. "Oh that sucks. I'm so lucky that Benji does that when no one is home. Not once have I heard anything of that nature."

Alice looked at me. "How do you know he even does it?"

"He has lotion, Kleenex, and a nude magazine in his bedside table. Mom found it." It was Alice's turn to laugh. Angela veered off. "Ange, I want you two together. I don't want a naughty visual."

Alice pulled up to school. "Welcome to hell."

The three of us walked to our group of friends. "Hey, Bella. Are we running after school?" Jessica asked.

At the mention of going to a run, my wolf was up and clawing to come out.

"Can we?" Alice asked.

"Yes." The bell rang. "Let's get to class." The school day went on at a snails pace. Once the bell rang, my group of friends walked to the changing huts that were at the edge of the school yard.

I went into a stall and locked my belongings into the locker. I quickly changed into my wolf. I'm not usually vain, but my wolf was stunning. I had reddish-brown fur. A shade darker than auburn.

I walked out of my stall and ran out to my group. They all looked at me and waited. I nodded, and we started to run off.

Since no one could communicate by talking, we put down our mental shields to mind link.

"The last one to the meadow has to do the stupidest dare tonight," Mike called out as we started running.

That was my cue to turn my shield back on. For the next couple of hours, my friends and I played in the meadow.

Once it started to get dark, we went back to the little huts. "All right. Everyone go home for a bit," I said.

My group of friends look up at me for direction because my Dad is the Alpha of the pack. It is a respect thing.

I hate it.

During parties, I can't exactly join them on the festivities. I can't get drunk like the rest of them because I have to make sure that no one is doing something extremely stupid.

It sucks.

"Do you girls have your clothes with you?" I asked.

"When do we not?" Alice asked.

Alice parked her car, and the three of us went inside. "Hello, girls."

Angela and Alice nodded their heads. "Hello, Alpha Charlie."

My dad sighed. "There are no other pack members around besides the Betas. You can call me Charlie."

Beta Mark Brandon, Alice's Dad, walked out of the kitchen. "Hi, Daddy" Alice said. She kissed her dad's cheek. "We will be upstairs."

"Not so fast," Beta Luna Delilah, Alice's Mom, said.

The three of us sat down on the couch. "Why are you home so late after school?" My mom asked.

"We went for a run through the woods and played around with the group," I said.

"What are the plans for tonight?" Dad asked.

"There is a get together at the opening behind Mike's house. A bonfire for all of us to hang around," Alice said.

"One sign of trouble, you three are to get back here," Beta Mark said.

Angela nodded. "Yes, sir."

My dad and Beta Mark nodded to us. "Let's go," I said. The three of us walked upstairs. "Hang on. Let me check to see if they need to use their showers. If not, I will use My parents, and you two can take turns using mine."

"You can use ours," my mom said.

"Can I not have any privacy around here?" I asked my friends.

"Nope," Dad said.

I faced palmed my forehead and shook it. "Well, you guys decide who is going to shower first. I will use my parents."

I grabbed a few of my shower things and went to my parents' bathroom. When I got back, Alice was sitting at my vanity with a towel wrapped around her head. "Bella, I am picking your outfit for tonight." She stood up. "Sit."

"Bossy," I said and sat down. "I see you brought your own robe to wear."

"You know that Ange and I keep shit stashed here for times like this." She winked at me. "Can I straighten your hair?"

I started to shake my head, but I was interrupted. "Yes," Angela said. "It has been awhile since it was straight."

"Just brush it and put it up in a pony. You get to choose my outfit or hair. Not both," I said.

The two of them just stared at each other as they contemplated their choices. "Alice is choosing the outfit. I am choosing the hair."

I pouted my lips. "Damn! I should have thought that through more."

The next hour and a half, we got ready for the party. Along with having my hair straightened, Alice put a whole lot of makeup that I don't usually wear. They also dressed me in distressed shorts, white v-neck, tan kimono, and tan booties. Alice had her hair French braided, and she was wearing a green summer dress and black booties. Angela has her hair curled, and she was wearing skinny jeans, white blouse, and brown booties.

"What are we the bootie triplets?" I asked. The three of us looked at each other and laughed. "Let's get this show on the road."

When we walked back downstairs, I heard a few different voices. No one was in the living room, so we wondered into the kitchen where our elders were companied by four more people.

Shit, the Olympian pack.

"Hello," I said. We bowed our heads a little bit to show respect to the other pack.

"Alpha Carlisle and Beta Eleazar, meet my daughter, Bella, Beta Mark's daughter, Alice, and Omega John's daughter, Angela," my Dad said.

"Are you three ready to head out?" Beta Mark asked.

"Yes, Daddy," Alice said.

"Be careful, Pup," Dad said.

I didn't even respond to that. The girls and I left and went to the party. The party was in the woods behind the pack house. The pack house is built like a hotel that pack members could stay after a party. Being in the higher rank of the pack, the three of us have our own rooms that no one has the key of besides my dad.

When we got to the bonfire, Mike was drunk off his ass, "Are we very late or did Mike pre-game?" I asked.

"I am guessing that he pre-gamed," Jessica said as she walked over to us. She seemed drunk off her ass too. "He only had two beers since I got here."

I looked at Alice and Angela and pointed to my head. They nodded.

"Does something seem odd to you? They have never reacted like this to two beers."

"Uhm, can we agree to not drink tonight?" Angela asked.

"Agreed," Alice and I agreed.

The three of us walked our separate ways to check on everyone. I passed a few blacked out people when I noticed it.

"Gather up all alcohol. Fight people for their drinks. Tell them that I gave the order!" I said.

The two of them stopped and looked at me.

"I found wolfsbane."

"Get our dads!" Alice said. "We can handle these guys."

I quickly turned around and ran home. I threw the front door open. "Dad! Beta Mark!" I screamed.

The two of them shot up. "Is everything okay, Pup?"

"Something seemed off when we got there. I went around to check on people when I found wolfsbane. Angela and Alice are gathering up all the alcohol and rallying people into one area."

All of the adults stood up and followed me back to the party.