Chapter 2. Day Before (2)

Emma’s POV

I was unpleasantly surprised when I came downstairs. Sienna was standing in my kitchen, looking at me like she wanted to kill me.

She was my brother’s and Alpha’s best friend. She was 25, just like them, and she had been hanging out with them since childhood. Now, she was clinging to them like they were a lifeboat. She had been devastated when she found out that neither my brother nor Alpha was her mate. That didn’t stop her from trying to become Luna. She was always around Alpha, proving herself and trying to convince him to take her as his chosen mate.

Werewolves can do that. If their mate dies or they don’t find their true mate, they can take a chosen one. It’s frowned upon, especially in our pack, because we take mates very seriously. Most packs do, actually, but some have a milder attitude toward chosen mates.

Sienna was tall, blonde, and perfect. Her makeup was always on point. Her hair was always combed and styled to perfection. But she ruined all of that with the way she behaved. She was bitchy, mean, and disrespectful. She hated me and treated me like I was trash—but only when we were alone. When we were around my brother or Alpha, she was a totally different person. She was nice to me, and she once told my brother that I was like a little sister to her. Yuck. I tried telling my brother about her, but he didn’t believe me. He told me I was jealous of her and how much time they spent together.

“Sienna,” I said coldly and grabbed a mug from the cupboard.

“Good morning, ugly,” she said with a smirk. “It must be nice to sleep as long as you do.”

“Maybe you should try it too,” I said as I poured coffee into my mug. “You need as much beauty sleep as you can get.”

I turned toward her with a smirk on my face. She was pissed.

“You little bitch,” she said through gritted teeth. “I will become Luna soon, and I will exile you so fast you won’t even have time to blink.”

She always did this—she threatened to exile me once she became Luna. I knew she actually would, and I could only hope she never got the chance.

I wanted to say something back, but I heard the front door open. My brother and our Alpha walked into the kitchen. Sienna quickly put on the biggest fake smile I had ever seen.

I rolled my eyes. How did nobody see how fake she was?

“Good morning, little one,” my brother said, kissing my forehead.

That was his favorite nickname for me. I was small—smaller than any wolf my age—and he liked to point that out. Especially because he was huge. Six-foot-four, with muscles all over his body, just like Alpha.

We looked a lot alike. We both had brown hair and bright blue eyes. He was more tanned than me, though. I had inherited my mom’s pale complexion. I was out in the sun all the time, but I never seemed to tan.

“Good morning, Andrew. Good morning, Logan,” I said with a smile.

I was allowed to call Alpha by his first name only in the privacy of our homes. In any other setting, I had to refer to him as Alpha—or Alpha Logan.

Sienna didn’t like that. She gave me an I will kill you look over their shoulders.

“Good morning, Emma,” Logan said as he sat at our kitchen table.

“What are your plans today, Em?” Andrew asked as he poured coffee for himself and Logan.

“Nothing much,” I responded. “I have a training session in an hour, and then I’ll just hang out with Amy and Jacob.”

“Tomorrow is your first shift. Are you excited?” Logan asked, taking the coffee mug from my brother.

“Yes,” I said, smiling brightly. “I can’t wait to meet my wolf.”

“Maybe you’ll find your mate, Emma,” Sienna said coldly. “And maybe we’ll lose you to him tomorrow.”

She gave my brother a fake, sad look. Goddess, they were so blind if they didn’t see through her act.

“Don’t worry, Sienna,” my brother said. “She will always be our little sister. No mate will take that away from us.”

I wanted to scream and throw up. She was not my sister! She was a fake bitch who couldn’t wait to get rid of me! But I couldn’t say anything, so I just forced a smile.

“After your shift, you can start working at the pack house,” Logan said. “You went to high school to work in the pack office, right?”

“I did,” I said, smiling. “I can’t wait to start working.”

“Good,” Logan said with a nod.

He was handsome—even more so when he smiled. And that was rare. He was usually very serious, focused only on his duties as Alpha. He always did what was best for the pack. That’s why he was so successful.

He was as tall and muscular as my brother—maybe even more. The Alpha and Beta of a pack were always the strongest wolves, and it showed. You could always tell who the Alpha and Beta were. He had dark blonde hair and green eyes. His jaw and nose were chiseled perfectly, and his lips looked soft. He was hot. No wonder Sienna was all over him.

She drooled over my brother as well, but being the Beta’s mate wasn’t good enough for her. Although, if my brother took her as his chosen mate, she would accept it. She was only after the title and power.

Too bad they couldn’t see that.

The doorbell interrupted my thoughts.

Jacob was here.