The Rejected Wolf

    Wolf

As promised training with Jackson was the hardest thing she had ever done, she had wanted to give up every second of training but her wolf wouldn’t let her. 

 It was the second week of training, she was only twenty minutes in, sweat was rolling off her body, and every muscle was screaming at her in agony.

 “You can take the pain Liliana, you have taken worse every day, I have seen it.” Her wolf Tula screamed at her.

 “No I haven’t, I can’t do this, just make it stop!” She screamed at both her wolf and Jackson.

 “Yes you can! You are better than this!” Jackson screamed back, who was also right behind her.

 “Prove them all wrong Liliana, prove your father that you are not weak and lazy, or a liar. That you can take the pain, and channel it.” Jackson coached her. She screamed out, continued on with the old-fashioned yolk, each side containing twenty pound weights. The yolk itself had to be at least fifty pounds, but that weight could be distorted from exhaustion. She crossed the marker that Jackson indicated she was finished and promptly collapsed.

 “I did it.” She whispered in disbelief.

 “I’m proud of you human!” Lili let out out a little laugh, “thanks for not giving up on me Tula.” She thought,

 “Never.” Her wolf responded. Jackson walked up to her with a big smile on his face, he looked every bit the trainer that she saw him on the training fields from time to time over the years, she just never saw the look directed at her. It made her feel nice inside, proud. Jackson handed her a bottle of water, and she drank it quickly. 

 “So can I ask why you are doing this all of a sudden? I mean from what I hear you won’t need it?” Jackson asked her out of the blue.

 “What do you mean?” She asked confused.

 “Well your mother tells me you plan on going to college in the fall, and you’ve never trained before it doesn’t sound like you need it.”

 “Can’t a werewolf be interested in training?” Lili stated trying to dodge the question. Jackson gave her a look, stating he knew better.

 “Can we trust him?” She asked her wolf.

 “I think so, I get a good feeling from him, I think he would protect us.”

 “Protect us, why?”

 “He lost his mate.”

 “That doesn’t explain why he would protect us.”

 “He’s searching too, his son is grown. He moved away from the pack to be in the councils guard, Jackson is proud of him but lonely.” Liliana nodded, and then proceeded to tell Jackson everything she knew about her upcoming shift. Jackson didn’t say anything which worried her at first, but he continued on training if nothing had happened. She honestly was flabbergasted but continued on her training as instructed.

 

 Delta Jackson POV

 

 Jackson has always been a bit envious of Gamma Dave, not because he coveted his wife or anything like that. Jackson had a mate who he loved with his whole being. No, Jackson has always wanted a daughter, a princess to love and spoil and Dave got three beautiful daughters.

 He loved his son Brad more than anything don’t get him wrong. However, most men especially werewolf’s always want a mini version of their mate, and the moon goddess didn’t bless them with another child before he lost his mate. 

When Jackson saw Dave berate his youngest daughter in public it was everything he could do not to shift and rip his throat out. He knew that Liliana wasn’t necessarily up to most other werewolf standards, but she was beautiful inside and out. She had a heart of gold, who genuinely cared about people. Liliana must of found out about his sweet tooth because she brought him sweets every day, at first it was to butter him up to train her, but now he could tell it was something she enjoyed to do.

 He knew he wasn’t the only one who felt the same way about the way Dave treated his daughter. The alpha reprehended him in private several times, but if anything it may have made it worse. Dave only doted on his eldest daughter Olivia, while she was a good warrior, there were several other she-wolves who were just as good and far less pretentious and arrogant. Then when Olivia met her mate Adam she started to match him in his cruelty. 

 Jackson has heard that there have been some complaints from the omegas about how the future gammas are treating them. That is not how the gamma couple are to be, the gamma couple are to be protectors yes, but they are often connected to the Luna who is the heart of the pack. The gamma is to stand up for those who are weak, whether that be in battle against rogues or against bullies in school. The fact that the gamma couple have been nothing but bullies for this generation and the next can seriously damage this pack. 

 Jackson has several meetings to go to they can not be out of any longer, he will not betray Liliana’s trust but what she and her wolf have shared. However, he has a feeling that she may have let the witch Svetlana know as well. He need to have a quick brainstorming session about what her wolf could be, and what the next actions should be taken for Lili’s safety. However, he needed to to make an appointment with his alpha about the gamma issue to see what should be done.

 

 Liliana POV

 

 Liliana was woke up so excited for her birthday today, she was excited to shift. She had worked hard for the past four months and now her hard work was going to pay off. She wouldn’t lie and say she wasn’t worried about the pain, but she was used to the pain. 

 

 She was walking to school the morning, and thought about the previous night. They celebrated her birthday last night with dinner and a small cake. It was just her and her parents. Most ranked members of the pack have big parties for their children’s eighteenth birthday. Hell Killian’s birthday was treated like some Royal event. Olivia’s and Seth’s (the future beta and Killian’s best friend) was similar. All for the hope of meeting their mate, and Olivia was the only one that did of the three high ranked pack members. It is definitely her loss, Adam is definitely no prize.

Lili still had nightmares from their meeting several months ago. Nat urged her to go to the alpha, but Lili didn’t know if she could take not being believed.

 All Lili had for her birthday was, She had her mom make her a cake, her dad gave her fifty dollars and look at her oddly during the whole event. Which was an improvement over yelling at me the whole time, I’m guessing it’s because I’ve lost weight. While I haven’t lost a huge amount of weight, only about twenty pounds or so, it is mainly in the stomach area; I still have my amazing boobs which is all that matters. It also could be that since he has sat down and had to look at me he noticed that lili hasn’t had to go to the pack infirmary for a migraine for the past few months (thanks to Tula). I’m not sure what it is, he could be preoccupied with pack matters, there have been an increased number sightings of rogues.

 “That’s not good Liliana.” Her wolf told her.

 “Why not?”

 “They could be looking for me,” her wolf replied. “We need to go to Natasha’s before we shift tonight.” She finally got to the school, she went through the double doors not really paying attention. 

 “We go to Natasha’s every night, why are you worried about it?” She continued on to her locker weaving around the students. She wasn’t really bothered anymore, she wasn’t sure whether it was because her wolf let out a strong aura or whether it was because of the loss of weight and new clothes she bought. Either way she didn’t care, she wanted nothing to do with these shallow people. Tula started to whine in her head.

 “Tula what’s wrong.” Then she said one word that would ruin everything.

Chapter 7 - The Rejected Wolf