Chapter 2

Once we had headed inside the house she had made me comfortable in the living room. I had settled down on the couch, legs pulled up and arms wrapped around them.

Trying to comfort myself. The separation from the pack was still fresh. Even though you would think, that after a 6 hour long drive, the uneasy feeling would have disappeared, but it had not.

"I could feel it," I suddenly blurted out when my grandmother entered the living room with two mugs of hot chocolate. She placed them on the small table in front of the couch and joined me.

"The separation..." I continued. Watching down at my knees. To ashamed to even look up. I should feel strong, but I didn't. Still felt vulnerable. She placed her hand on one of my knees, making me look up.

"What did you feel?" she carefully asked. Probably not wanting that I would close up now.

"I... I felt how the cord was broken. How it slowly began to disappear. How the uneasy and lonely feeling began to appear. I felt vulnerable and I still feel like it..." A lonely tear found its way out. My grandmother squeezed my knee for a moment of giving some comfort.

"It feels like I have to always stay on the lookout. Watch every single move of every single being. Afraid of being attacked. Not being able to protect myself..." more tears began to appear and my grandmother pulled me in to another hug. The second one she gave me this day.

"The worst... I feel so vulnerable. So empty. As if there is nothing to hold on to anymore," I began to sob uncontrollably. My shoulders began to shake and all my grandmother did, was holding me. Not saying anything. Just holding me.

We did not say anything for quite a while until I felt the tears slowly coming to an end and I pulled back from my grandmothers hug. She reluctantly let go, probably not sure if I was going to have another break down.

"You might feel like this for a while sweetheart, I won't lie about it. But you're strong and independent and I for once know that you will be able to pull yourself through all of this." a soft smile appeared on her face as she put my hand in hers. "Being a lone wolf isn't going to be easy. You'll have to face everything on your own. You'll have to learn your lessons out of this, but, I know this as well, that you can face what is ahead of you and that once the right moment is there, you'll be able to fight back. You can do it sweetheart and I believe in you!" without hesitating, it was me, to pull my grandmother in to a hug.

"Thank you," I whispered. "You're welcome sweetheart." my grandmother said, pulling herself back, looking at me.

"The chief had no right to banish you. But he will, one day, face the consequences of what he did." All I could hope that one day he indeed would face the consequences. Banishing a wolf surely wouldn't go without consequences.

"Now, how about you freshen up a bit upstairs. I'll prepare dinner for us and after that, you head to bed. School starts early tomorrow morning," she suggested while standing up. When I looked down at our mugs, I could tell that both of us had not drink any from it.

As I stood up, she gave me the directions to the bathroom and my own room. With her words still in my mind, I went upstairs. Taking my bags with me. Could she be right? Was I really strong enough to get through all of this? Yet, on the other hand, I also know I'll remember the words she said about me.

When I opened the door to my bedroom, a very small smile appeared on my lips.

The walls were light brown and the floor had a little bit of a dark brown colour. The bed was made of wood as well. The closest and desk in the room were a light brown colour too. Every single thing did remind me of the forest and that's when I looked out the window and dropped my bags on the ground.

I quickly strode towards it and watched out over the magnificent view of the forest behind the house.

The urge to run and stretch my legs suddenly appeared and sadly, had to hold it back. How would it be safe for a lone wolf to run in an unknown forest? A vampire could hunt right now and not hesitate to kill a wolf who would be in its way.

A howl in the distance made me alert. It didn't sound like a howl of a regular wolf. More of a wolf who called out to his pack mates for help. Could it be... another pack of shape-shifters? Much like Blake's pack?

Weren't they really the only one? Were there more? I wasn't sure what to think about it. It still could be a regular wolf.

For one more moment I looked out over the forest, before stepping back from the window, knowing that, if I kept looking longer and longer at it, I wouldn't be able to resist the urge to take a run.

"Luna, dinner is ready!" grandma called out from the bottom of the stairs. "Coming!" I shouted back. Gave the forest one last look through the window, before leaving my new room. As I walked down the stairs, I felt myself being alert. That's when my eyes fell on a picture. A picture that existed out of my parents, my brother and I.

I stared at it. Even though it had been just this morning when I had said my goodbyes to them, it already felt like eternity. A century. Our family was broken apart, due to me.

"Luna, what's taking... oh," my grandmother had appeared at the bottom of the stairs again, only to find me still staring at our family picture that was taking during our visit here. With a sigh I headed to the bottom of the stairs.

"You'll see them again one day, I can promise you that," she whispered, before guiding me to the kitchen. I sure hope I would see them again one day. They were still my family. Despite everything that has happened. And I would miss them every day of my life.

We ate dinner in silence. Nothing much was said. And it we didn't need to talk right now. The uneasy feeling had not left me, but I was okay with this silence. It was peaceful. Quiet. The complete opposite of how my life was and to be honest, I felt okay with this peaceful and quiet dinner.

It even made sure I wasn't thinking about school tomorrow. Grandma had mentioned it earlier this evening and I had not given it much thought yet, all I hope was to get through the day tomorrow and the next day and the day after, and the day after that...

To just be able to survive every day as a lone wolf.


Authors note: THANK YOU SO MUCH everyone for all your nice reviews! Whenever I read them, I just feel happy and a huge smile appears on my face :D Thank you! It means a lot to me!
This chapter was hard for me to write. It had to show her emotions on how she really felt during the separation of the pack and it took a lot in me to keep her in character and even now it feels like that, at moments, she is out of it, but writing this kind of scenes is a real challenge for me!
But I love a challenge and I love how this chapter has turned out!
Luna finally has noticed a sign of a wolf pack out there :D and it wouldn't be long before she meets a few of the pack! It will actually be in the next chapter! Stay tuned!

And if you all would like, you may leave suggestions and ideas on how Jacob and Luna will meet! Have a few ideas in my head, but would love to hear yours as well!
Note: This story takes place 2 years after Breaking Dawn, meaning, Jacob has already graduated from high school, but still lives in La Push. Seth, Brady and Collin and a few other young wolves are attending school :)

Another note. I'm Dutch. English isn't my native language, therefore, I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes!

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