Chapter 1

I don't hear my mother running away from her because all she says is my nightmare. "Ada, my dear, I know you are not interested about it, but it is what you need to do. It's our tradition!" My parents have been talking about millions reasons to me so it will be reasonable for me and my wolf to join in this ridiculous tradition. In total, all is for the tradition, all the stuff. But they ignore what I really want, what I really care about, gosh sometimes I even want to ask someone are they even my family, it is one thing stuck in my mind. To be honest, my mother is a nice person who is gorgeous inside and out as all the people said. My hair color, dimples and facial features as long as you see, but my skin color is not inheriting hers, mine is caramel, which is the most obvious different from hers pale, so they always say I am almost a spitting image of my mother. And I guess my skin color is from my aunt who I never see except in an old family photography, no one mention her including my mom and my grandparents like she never existed. All I know is that she was my mother's twin sister, you know it is rarely happened in the werewolf community. Her name is like a taboo, so I never questioned further. "Ada honey begging you...." I was pulled to reality thanks to her voice that I am desperately trying to avoid. I know how much I love her, but I swear this is only one thing I can't compromise. I turn around and look into her dull brown eyes with my ocean blue ones. "Come on Eartha save your shit words for someone who cares, I mean it." I wanted to shout to her, but this is not allowed because she is a freaking Luna of the pack. Everyone should show respect to her. My father comes in dressing in a suit when I am about to blame her, and I know this is the end of this conversation. " This is not fair dad, I am your only daughter. Why Haley doesn't have to go through this bullshi-" "Ada Miller! Stop! The very first, watch your language, I have been tired of your attitude in my home. You have to and this is what we decide." I am already accustomed to his screaming, I've been living with it for the past 19 years. I intend to defend myself but the look in his face shows he knows what I am about to do. His Alpha command-the ace, rolling my eyes I know I lost. Just huffing and storming out of the house into the forest. My wolf is my only best friend whose name is Keith. To me, she is my precious treasure, our fur is quite different from other wolves, for example, my father's wolf is deep grey and my mothers are dark brown, but our fur is rarely moon silver which is not normal compared with others. I assume it is one in the whole world. Besides, her size is not common too, it is as big as any male Alpha's wolf. And the reason why I never shift in public is that Keith is even bigger than my father's wolf, yeah, she is even bigger than a male Alpha's wolf. I think it's good for me to keep this in secret. Anyway, the way my parents treat me makes me confirm that we should be silent about that. I and Keith are crazy about running, it is the best feeling when the wind through my fur, when the grass under my paws, all the thing I can feel is free. We keep running like until the end of the world so that we could take a deep breath as we are not in the prison home anymore. I can't believe this lingering question, just because I am an Alpha's daughter, so I have to being hunted? We are wolves’ animals, but we are human obviously, I have the right to be anyone I want to be, I am not a prey and they are not a hunter. The hunt is an annual festival to gather all the wolves who are unmated, and it is hold by different packs each year. I cannot believe we need to get together for mating, and all are enjoy it. The hunt lasts about 3 days. Day 1, they need to be accommodated. According to their ranks they are placed in different cabins, of course separated from each other in gender. Day 2 the hunt is starting. The females need to leave from their cabins early in the morning and go to a secret place waiting the males to find whether their mate is present by sniffing around the cabins. If there is no mate, they need to come back home and come next year or been alone, or sometimes take a chosen mate, but in this way the bond between them is not that strong compared to the true mate. Day 3 is only for high ranking wolves who are going to be a new leader, they will attend a ceremony and have dinner with the pack elders, announce some treaties and allies with other packs. Once everything is getting ready, the game is start. The male must find their mate in 2 hour or wait the next year. Being hunted is really a shudder because I heard about some females were marked reluctantly. And there is a bonfire for newly mated males, but one thing is for sure, nothing can cover this cruel fact.