Chapter 2

I woke up with a massive headache. I try getting up from my bed, but I can’t because I feel my body twitching on its own. I feel my bones crack and my head is splitting itself from me to something. It hurts so much.

This pain has me screaming, “AAAAAAAAHHH!!!!”

It hurts so much, and I don’t hear anyone. I have my eyes closed, no way to see my surroundings. Praying to the moon goddess my pain leaves me soon. I finally feel my body rearranging, but it feels like it’s being put together much differently. I am shifting and it's my birthday. I can agree this is the worst feeling ever. When I see Ree again, I will ask her what is the worst first shift or giving birth? That should be an exciting debate.

Setting aside the idea that I am being beaten with a hammer only to be put together like clashing my flesh with a taser gun and a brick of a hit that comes with it. It is so much worse than when I saw it from others.

My skin feels like someone took hot metal and poured it all over my body. It is so painful and I feel something growing out of me like when you sneeze and that big relief of losing that bugger after blowing your nose? That is how it feels, but it feels even worse because it’s not just my nose it’s my entire body. My head, I can feel it as I have an inner conversation.

‘Hello?’ Says a voice I have never heard before in my head.

‘Hello?’ I answer, terrified and in pain.

‘My name is David, and I’m your wolf. Sorry for the pain, you tried to make it horrible to shift. It seems we are in a good place for a run.’ He says, a bit more calmed than I am. Which is leaving me dumbfounded.

“Uh? I don’t know where we are, can I see?

Before I can react to this inner conversation, it ends as I look out through my wolf’s eyes and see we are on the beach. I look behind me to see the Beta. I don’t feel comfortable with him. After what I went through, it is not okay to be doing these things.

I mean, I am technically an adult and am 18 now. Even though on the island, one has to be 21 to do other grown-up stuff. So I move to the side where the Beta is and he proceeds to see me. I see my two friends looking at me happily, they already have their wolves. They were born in the early months. My birthday is October 31. Yeah, happy Halloween to me.

Philip says, “I knew it. You are no average wolf. Your wolf is an Alpha, a pure-blooded one. So it seems we have a case to deal with.” Annoyed at me and from that, he is mind linking.

‘You need to run?’ Phill asks me.

David growls at Phillip, “Why are you treating Iniko so rude?’

Phillip laughs at David. ‘Rude? You and Iniko are cursed and we can’t allow harm to come to our pack. So, for now, you will move with Iniko to the Lycan homes. We have a vacant home. You will be there with the Lycans' rest until your father returns here.’

“You say I am Alpha?’ His cold voice asks the Beta.

As Phillip walks around David, he answers him again. ‘Yes, you are pure-blooded Alpha.’

My wolf is in complete control as he asks, “Where is my pack?’

‘Later, you will know. Go and run. The warriors and I will follow. Tonight is your last night in the packhouse, understood?’ He informs us sternly.

“Alright.” Says my wolf as he then ends the mind linking

Just like that? I am kicked out for being something I had no idea about and I was never told about the curse either. I don't even know what the curse is about. I go back to the back of my wolf's brain and I am conflicted with all of this. Does that mean I won't see Ree or Kealan and Chase? No, what if I never get to tell Anvi how much I like her? So many questions and I'm not allowed to know their answers.

David must have run a marathon and rolled on the sand like a dog instead of a wolf, but before we leave. I can feel him getting to where I am, so I am close to him. I am in no mood for more of the Beta. Clearly, my friends would rather have me submit than make a big deal. I never answer violence with more violence unless I am left with no choice.

‘Look at your wolf through my eyes Iniko, for you to see what I look like.’ So says David in my head.

I take control of my new body only to see a white wolf. It's an odd dog because I only have a rose on the middle of my forehead. My eyes are like my own, brown and I look big, like an Alpha. I see that this is the only time I will see myself in the water. I move to the side of my body to see black swirls around me.

I turn my body and grab my tail to see it clearly, but the water shows nothing. I look straight to see the swirls going up and there's a line with dots going up on my tail. I let go of my bottom and moved to my other side to see the same thing.

I look down, trying to see my belly, but thankfully I see no lines. I hear running, so I look on my side to see Kealan and Chase. They shift to their wolves and I look up. I am not interested in what the girls are like. I move back to looking in the water. Someone whistles, so I look behind me to see them fully dressed.

‘Guess it's time to go, furry pal.’ I tell David.

We walked back behind a palm tree. I put my old clothes on, so I see that the Beta has arrived. I walk back to the ocean. I won’t be able to come back here. The Lycans hate the water, but love the heat. So we have them in the center of the island, far from water, but in the middle to where the sun is.

Rebbeca speaks to me, “Oh my! You finally shifted!!! I saw you looking at the water, but never thought you would be so different, never saw a wolf with your marks.”

“I think that's the curse. Don’t ask about the curse, please. That is all I know. Ugh, what a horrible birthday. So much for enjoying it. Before you leave now, I can’t ever come back here, Ree.” I told her.

“Why not? I don’t let anyone see me when I am here and neither do you?” She asks, concerned.

“The Beta, apparently the Alpha along with the with Luna, agrees to have me move in with them.” My broken voice comes out.

“I can’t get there undetected...Hmmmm, will you have a house? If you do, I can pop there. My friend Marving can take me there, but I will be there with two more friends.” She says, hopeful and thinking of ways that smile at me, a sad one.

“Okay? Well, I will see you later. Meet me in my room, the usual.” I tell her, a bit confused.

“Okay!” She says with a joyful tone.

I get back to walk back and see the Beta waiting. I wanted my first shift to be this good celebration because I have worked so hard for it, but no. I ended up being monitored as if I did anything to deserve this. I walk back to them and we walk to a Jeep. I got on the back in between Chase and Kealan. The drive was in awkward silence, so we arrived at the front of the house.

When I walk in, there's a man with long white-colored french braided hair. He has earrings on his pointy ears with makeup on like liner on his eyes, black lipstick, in an all-black suit, including his fancy shoes. A woman with almost white, really light pink-colored hair, wearing a tight magenta sparkling dress, turns around and I see her overdone makeup with long magenta-colored nails, that have a rose tattoo in her chest just like the one David has in his front head.

I don’t feel good about this. I walk to my room, there I get in what was supposed to be my room, but I see my posters, my bed and even what was my desk is all gone, as if someone came in and took everything off. I didn't think much of it, so I hit the bed like a rock. I am so tired from the run that I sleep with a nightmare. It was only that lady, but she was dancing in a white gown with a man in a white tux.