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~*~ Something Is Beginning ~*~

~*~ Changing…Part 1 ~*~

Sophia told herself that she wanted her father, wanted him to kiss it and make it better…make it go away… like when she was little. But this time it wasn't a skinned knee, her entire body hurt. She couldn't stop the thought that Luke could kiss her everywhere and make it better from intruding into her mind. It made her skin warm and tingle, the pain dulled to almost a nonexistent ache. She turned to run back to him, to let him take the pain away, to let him finish what he started but stopped herself. She had just remembered his smile after he hit his car's windshield. He thought she would come to him …be his. He had tried to claim her as his tonight. To make her submit to his right to govern her not only as her alpha but as… …well maybe his mate… she wasn't sure… but it had made her angry enough to start the change.

She couldn't control her body enough to stop it now, but she could control how she flipped. She knew everyone thought she would not only give into Luke; let him flip her… but that she would more then likely die…trying. And if by some small chance she made it, he would lose interest in her just like every other woman he had been with. However they were wrong, She would make it, survive and then rub it into the faces of everyone who had ever called her a half breed, zoo bate. Everyone who had ever called her shameful or weak… her father's family… the clan. She knew her fathers blood line and it's strength. Sherman had told her once she would be special and she still believed him. She didn't know what she would be yet but she would welcome it…happily. She felt as if the world…their world was opening up to her not closing off like her father feared. Her father's fears were the only thing she had to face tonight that scared her but she needed his help and comfort.

As for Luke…he would be hers as well. The fact that she was the first girl he sniffed around that turned him down was bound to knock him back to earth. She knew his behavior was that of an alpha male. But a little humbling was just what he needed to turn him into a man. A good man, like her father. Her father had been destined to be alpha, Behaved like Luke until he had met her mother and had to learn to control his baser instincts. Luke would as well, even if it killed him. He would plead for forgiveness in the end and would be richly rewarded for it. However until then, he was going to regret everything he had ever done to her. She may believe he was going to be her mate one day but unfortunately for him that was a while off… …every time she thought about what he did…namely Presley… and his excuse… …"I just wanted to let you know that the only reason I hooked up with Presley in the first place is because you decided you didn't want to have sex. So, you see, I was simply respecting your decision"…what bull ****… she wanted to strangle him. Her future mate or not he would have to learn a lesson… he would have to pay. She couldn't help but smile at the thought. She had a feeling it was going to be fun. She was starting to imagine ways to extract her revenge…when her daydreaming was ended by his sent.

It was getting stronger as he was getting closer. She started to run as fast as she could. She couldn't see him, knew with one look all her plans would be ruined, all her strength gone. That she would fall into his arms and do all the pleading. She was only a block away from the police station, from safety, from her father's arms. She rounded the corner and threw open the door. She sat down in the first chair she saw while trying to calm her heart beat. She knew Luke was waiting for her out side. She could not only smell him but also feel his presents, his arousal. It made her skin feel as if it were on fire but it did not help the pain this time…it was starting to return. Her own arousal had ended only to be replaced by the anger she had felt. Then with the fear she now feels… the fear of her father's reaction. Until she knew how he would respond she was helpless to end it. She instinctively knew passion, happiness, anger; strong emotions would stop the pain. Speed up the change but weak emotions sadness; fear would slow it down. Cause her inner wolf to fight to escape instead of it coming to the surface peacefully. But how would her father react. When he finally reached her side… he was asking her to tell him what was wrong. She slowly looked up at him and let her eyes plead with him, felt them start to glow gold while she whispered… "Daddy, you've got to help me"…As soon as the words left her mouth she heard a wolf bay in pain.

Luke had heard her plea, knew he had lost her… the one person he wanted so badly. She had chose not to be with him, to go on with her change alone and it was completely at fault. His cry and the one that followed… a howl that had not been heard in sixteen years… that of Matthew Donner…set Wolf Lake on its ears. Caused pain in the hearts of some and relief in that of others.

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