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~DA2014

Meet Me In The Moonlight

Chapter 8

After waking the following morning, Rose spent the next few months trying to ignore the fact that Stan kept watching her and hunting with Alberta. Rose felt a good distraction was needed at this point. So, she ran through the woods, Alberta by her side, and listened as the wind rushed through her fur coat. She watched her surroundings diligently, all her focus going into ignoring anything Dimitri. She couldn't believe him! That's probably why the family left the pack. He had to at least have had an inkling or overheard something. They had been meeting for months, and it had supposedly been in talks that Aleksandor was going to do something like this since the day she was born. She couldn't believe that something like this would have never crossed his mind, seeing as he would return home to that pack every night, just before dawn.

Rose slowed herself to a trot, before slinking down to the ground after spotting a doe in the distance. She crept along on her belly until she was only a few feet away... Then she pounced. By the time the doe realized what was happening, it was too late. Rose used her snout to cover the doe's nose, effectively suffocating it. Rose had grown rather fast in the past nine months, and now being the same size as Alberta, if not bigger, she hauled the female deer onto her back and began the trek home.

As she approached the den, she dropped the doe down in the middle of the pack's primary campground and let the elderly and youngest pups eat from it. Rose wasn't hungry, even though her last meal was the yesterday. She couldn't find it in herself to eat anything. If she did, that would give her energy. If she had energy, her brothers would want to wrestle, and wrestling made her think of Dimitri. This was odd behavior for her, yes, but she couldn't figure out why Dimitri hadn't said anything to her, even if it had been months ago.

Without another thought, or before someone could stop her, she rose to her feet and ran. She ran all the way to her special meeting place with Dimitri. He wasn't there, so she kept going until she was in unfamiliar territory. And even then, she kept running. Until someone crashed into her and held her to the ground. The sheer force of the impact unbalanced her, and she flew to the ground with a very loud yelp. Looking up to see who her attacker was, as they held her pinned to the ground, she saw a large male with a dark brown fur and eyes to match out of the corner of her eye. His teeth were bared to her, and he looked ready to snap at her neck. Instinct got the best of Rose, as she quickly rolled onto her back. The attacker, whoever he may be, took this as a sign of submission and eased off of Rose enough for her to turn her head and face him.

Who are you and why are you in our territory bitch?

Rose, never one to be obedient, shot off a remark that might have gotten her in more trouble, but luckily didn't.

I'm Rose, you asshole. Get the hell off of me and I'll be on my way.

Unbeknownst to Rose before, she now found herself surrounded by her attacker, two additional males, and two females. Looking to the right, she saw one of the other males, and he reminded her so much of Dimitri. He had the same reddish brown coat and the deep soulfully filled chocolate eyes. The morning after she discovered Aleksandor's threat, she threw herself into training. She worked hard to be the best of everything, as was expected of the alpha's daughter. She was the best huntress in the pack, having brought much food home from her frequent hunts. She did all she could to feed the pack, or help the elderly with any of their needs. She did whatever it took to forget Dimitri. However, the one thing she would not do was agree to the arranged union between herself and Andre. Any male reminded her of the love she once shared, the love she had lost all those months and moons ago. She did not go to meet him the next night, or the next. On the night that Dimitri's family was set to leave, she made Alberta sleep over her so she couldn't leave the cave without waking someone who could stop her. She had not seen Dimitri since that last night they spent together, and her heart had hardened. Since that night, her mother and father had tried on countless occasions to arrange a union for Rose, but she never consented. She had a feeling that they were to the point of not giving her a choice any longer. At a full year old, Rose was not of age to mate, and her father expected it of her. But Rose had decided long ago that if she couldn't be with him, she would be one of the bare souls, the ones who could not or would not bear children.

Instead, one of the many tasks Rose had been working on was the transformations. She would do it in secret, with Alberta to teach her. Alberta was very old, and werewolves lived until they are killed, so Alberta knew of Alexandra and had lived with her once upon a time. That was how she knew the tales. The last Alberta had heard, Alexandra had transformed and never returned to her pack. Instead, she had become a queen, and a magnificent one at that. Alexandra had led her country in a long, happy, healthy reign. The country had prospered for many centuries after her murder. Though, why someone would want to kill someone like Alexandra had baffled Alberta.

Rose was progressing nicely in her transforming. After that fateful night, Rose had been practicing daily. About 3 months ago, Rose had progressed so much that she felt her bones beginning to shift. She didn't complete the shift, but she had come a long way from when she began. Rose had already discussed a plan with Alberta, and as soon as she completed the shift, Alberta was going to call in a wolf who had shifted for the first time long before Alberta's birth. She kept in contact with him frequently and it was agreed that he would help Rose settle in and adjust to life in the human world when she completed her change.

I asked you a question!

The voice of her attacker snapped her mind back to the present, where she was surrounded by unfamiliar wolves.

I'm sorry, what?

I said, where do you come from?

That way. Rose stated evasively. She gave no indication as to which direction, and she did it for a purpose.

Alright loves! I've left you with a cliffy, hoping you'll leave me a review stating who you think it is that is surrounding her... Just tell me what you think of it all! Don't forget to donate to Frostbite! And, if you get me to say, 80 reviews, I just might give that reviewer a special sneak peak of chapter 9! But, you can't be a guest... Seeing as I can't contact you.

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~DA2014