Hated By My Mate Series novel Chapter 1

Book 1 Hated By My Mate

----Aurora's POV ----

Mating... Imprint... Significant other... True love...

Growing in a wolf society you hear that a lot in our village. Yeah, you read that right... Wolf society.

I am a werewolf and believe it or not, we do exist, in fact, we live amongst humans, unknown by them. We usually walk around in our human form, in fact, we are born with a human form, and develop the capability of transforming into wolves once we become of age. And when that happens, we find our mate.

You see, the moon goddess designed our significant other for each and every one of us, and once we find them, you love no other than that single person for the rest of your life. Not many have that chance though. It is rare for a wolf in this time to find a mate. Mostly because we are fewer and fewer every day due to the constant hunting we are facing from human hunters and rogue trackers.

My parents we're one of the lucky few to marry to their mate. My father met my mother while at a gathering of neighboring villages and fell deeply in love right away, but unfortunately my mother died while having me, Aurora Craton.

My father remarried some years after, and his second wife, who became my stepmother took over the reins of the Craton household. My father was the gamma for our pack but died in duty five years ago.

Now, I'm a couple of days away of turning eighteen and I'm nervous of finally meeting my wolf and most importantly, my mate.

"Aurora!! Are you done with the laundry?! Dinner's ready you know?!" My stepmother shouted from inside the house.

"I'm coming Montana!" I shouted back as I hung the last piece of garment on the line. I looked up at the sky and enjoyed the warmth the sun offered.

It was a rare sight, you see, we live in a little village named Iliamna in Alaska, most commonly known for its great lake.

As I mentioned before, our pack, The Blood moon pack, lives amongst humans without their knowledge of our existence.

As I stepped into the house, I was greeted with my stepmother's mocking sneer.

"What took you so long Aurora! I'm starving!" She said.

"You could've started without me Montana." I said as I sat at the table and begun eating. I gotta give it to Montana. Her cooking was number one.

"So, Rory... In a couple of days, you'll become of age, right?" My stepmother said making me look up from my plate of food.

"Huh? Oh... Yeah" I mumbled as I placed my attention back on my meal.

"You know... It's about time you started making your own money. Rodrick's pension is kind of going low now." I looked up at her once again, almost choking on my food.

"Excuse me?" I asked her.

"Yeah. It wasn't enough to begin with dear and having to share it between to two of us has cost a huge toll on it. Your college funds are still intact though, but with the growing necessities around here, we might have to use it. That is, if your still keen on the idea of traveling before getting your degree." She said and I couldn't help to roll my eyes.

I just graduated from high school not long ago and I decided id take a year before heading off for college to roam around a bit. If you asked me what I wanted to major in, I'd have no answer. I really never thought about it. All I've always wanted to do is go to my mothers home town but I wasn't allowed because I'd risk missing class. But now that I've finished with school I'd take the opportunity. It was already rare for a wolf to finish high school and not drop out, since most of us find our mates before graduating and well, the females usually get knocked up before time.

"If I'm not mistaken Emma, your friend got into law school, didn't she? When is she leaving?" Montana asked.

"I don't know. August, I guess" I answered not really caring for this conversation. Emma was my best friend in school. The only one to be exact. Like me, she is one of the lucky few that turns eighteen after graduation, and because she's such a brainy, she got into Harvard law school and leaving Alaska in a few weeks.

She continued to say. "Anyways, I decided I'd postulate your name for the leaders house. They were in desperate need for housemaids since it's the alpha's birthday celebration."

"You did what?!" I shouted as I stood up abruptly, chair falling behind. "How could you?!"

"Now, now Rory! It's high time now that you cooperate with the expenses around here." She said as she folded her arms over her chest. "The alpha's party is one of the biggest events and they needed all the hands that could offer. Think about it! Maybe you'll meet your mate that night." She said as she wiggled her eyebrows at me.

I couldn't believe this woman. I huffed in annoyance and stomp up to my room. I couldn't bare being close to her any longer. It's not that she was a bad person. She practically raised me after my father died. But she was so annoying sometimes assuming that what she decides for me are the right choices for me.

Questions after questions kept replaying in my head until sleep took me over.

I woke up a couple of hours later. I got out of bed and headed downstairs to find that I was alone in the house.

"Montana must have gone out." I thought out loud before heading back up to my room. I didn't feel like eating so I didn't bother to prepare something for dinner, and as usual, my stepmother was out so I didn't have to worry about her either, but her stupid words kept replaying in my mind.

What if I do meet my mate that night? Would I leave with him right away? Will he even like me? Will I like him?

"Uuhhg! This is so annoying!" I huffed as I squeezed into my pillow.

The next day I woke to a hammering sound at my room door.

"Gah! I'm up, I'm up!" I shouted as I rolled over and fell from my bed. I stumbled my way to the door and opened it to reveal my stepmother.

"What do you want?" I asked her.

"Sweetie, you should be dressed by now. You have to be at the leaders house in an hour." She said grinning her stupid teeth at me.

"Why?" I asked exasperated.

"What do you mean why? We already talked about this Aurora." She said.

"No, we didn't! You made your decisions for me and just told me!" I fired back. "You know what? I will go, and hopefully I do find my mate, so he can take me away from this place and from you!" I screamed as I slammed the door shut in her face.

An hour later I was dressed and on my way to the leaders' house mumbling on how miserable my life was... Little did I know.

I should probably apologize to Montana when I get back home later.