Independent She-wolf novel Chapter 6

Dani's P.O.V.

Thank god he left. I didn't know how much longer I could take it. It took everything I had not to run over to him and curl up right beside him. Weird, considering I didn't even know who the hell he was. All I knew was that, first of all he was a werewolf. His fur was dark brown and there was a little patch of white on his left ear. It was cute, but I shouldn't even care. I mean, what was I saying? Shut up, Dani, I told myself. He's the alpha of a pack!

A pack! The one thing I swore to myself that I'd never get caught up in. He was the alpha of a pack and I couldn't get him out of my head. Why couldn't I do that? He shouldn't mean anything. He was just some dumb male that had taken his pack and moved them to my home. The one place I had been able to live in peace away from packs and ranks and orders. He just made my life a hundred times more screwed up. So why do I still want to be near him?

Oh, damn. There was only one explantation for this then.

The alpha was my mate.

Oh, shit. I was screwed. Why did the frickin' alpha, of the stupid, damn pack that moved to my hell hole of a town, have to be my mate? Still, I couldn't help but think about his deep, chocolate eyes. I had completely gotten lost in them.

No. No. No. I couldn't do this. I couldn't think about him like that. I didn't want a mate. I didn't want a pack. All I wanted was to be left alone. But my wolf wanted Jace. Tough luck, pup, you can't have him.

As I ran home, I tried to think of anything, but him. School tomorrow, the gig Friday night, or anything. Crap. I completely forgot about the gig. See, I was in a band. Weird, but true. It was me with three other guys. I've known them since middle school and they were great to hang out with. Katie was actually dating one of them.

"It's half an hour until midnight, Danielle," he said. "Why would you be out so late?"

I sighed. How could I get caught? I'd always been so careful. Guess what, I'm blaming that freakin alpha. It's his fault I got caught. If I wasn't distracted, then I would have been able to get in easily. I would've heard that my dad was up and waited until he went back to bed, but no. Jace just had to get inside my head. Damn him. "I have a lot on my mind, okay," I said irritated.

"It's dangerous out there, Dani. You don't know what's out there in the woods at night," he protested. Okay, now that made me want to laugh! Of course I knew what was out there. Werewolves ran out there at night. Mostly me, but that was my point. Right now, I was the most dangerous predator in my town, well other than the pack.

"Just leave me alone," I said angrily. I didn't give him a chance to respond. He was probably pissed that I had talked to him right now, but I didn't care. My dad didn't know what was going on with my life. It's not like he wanted a daughter anyway. All he cared about was sports. Since I was a girl, apparently, that made me weaker than my brothers. That's why he always focused on them.