Independent She-wolf novel Chapter 8

"Of course you do," I said with a hint of sarcasm. "Well, I met the alpha," I said.

Katie rolled her eyes. "Well, I know that. It's all the pack has been whispering about. I mean the freshmen pack members really need to work on their whispering skills. Boy were they loud! Anyway, the word is that they found your scent on him." She paused and raised her eyebrows. Dramatic effect, as she put it. "What was that about?"

"Nothing went on between the alpha and me," I protested. "He happened to catch me while I was out for my run. You act like we slept together. Let me say this one thing. Never in my life would I sleep with a guy that I just met."

"Then what went on, Dani," she asked. "Come on! I'm your best friend. I've got to know!" I wanted to laugh. It was hilarious seeing her beg like this.

I sighed. "Well, if you really want to know, I threatened him again. Growled and warned him, as usual. He followed me and touched me. Though it was only to stop me. He was lucky that I let him live." Okay, I was being smug, but what did I care? Stupid alpha that just so happens to be my mate.

"Oh," Katie said. "Because there are apparently rumors that your his mate."

My reaction would've fooled anyone, but Katie. Part of me was seriously surprised though. I gaped at her and she just shook her head. "It's true, isn't it?" All I did was look away. "Oh, Dani," she gushed. "That's amazing. Now you can be in love and part of a pack, and-"

"No," I growled. "No pack and no mate. You and I both know it's not for me!"

Her eyebrows furrowed. "Oh come on, Danielle," she said using my full name. She only did that when she wanted things or when she was angry at me. In this case it was both. "Just give it a chance. This could be good for you."

The only thing I could do was stare out the window. My wolf wouldn't allow me to tell her no. They were both on the same side. I sighed. "I don't want to," I said.

Katie looked at me until I looked back at her. "Part of you does," she said. "I know you, Dani. Better than I know myself. You can't give this up. It's a chance at a good life for you."

We were at this kind of night club place. It was seven already and we were just about to go on stage. I've never been this nervous about singing in front of all these people, but I could feel some of the other wolves presence. It was all it took to make me wonder if Jace was out there.

Jace. Alpha of the new pack. My mate. I didn't even know what he called his pack. Honestly, did I care? My wolf did, but I didn't. I knew next to nothing about my mate, but all of me cared about that. What was wrong with my life. A lot of things, Danielle. A lot of thing, my conscience told me. I rolled my eyes. Perfect.

The club went by the name of The Night Club. Nice, huh? I wonder who, in the whole world, could've thought up that name. It was dark inside with a bunch of colorful lights illuminating it. So, it wasn't too dark after all. To me, it was actually pretty light, but that was only because of my wolf senses.

Our plan was to start strong and end strong. That way it would give the audience something to notice. It was Keith's idea. He was in charge of basically everything when it came to booking gigs, managing the equipment, and whatever little money we made. The band thing didn't happen a lot anyway. We only met up once a week to practice together and usually had only one gig every two months or so.

It was decided that we were going to start with Katy Perry's, Firework. We usual started with something familiar to the people listening. My opinion on the song wasn't that strong. It was okay, put not really my style. Apparently, I sang it amazing, though, according to the guys and Katie. She came to all the gigs and most of the practices.