2 Chapter 2

She managed to find Amy first flirting with a guy Danica vaguely remembered named Donald beside the keg. Her face was flushed from one too many drinks and she had a case of the giggles as Donald whispered something in her ear.

Moving forward she grabbed Amy by her arm and smiled at Donald. "Can I borrow her for a minute?" She asked him sweetly.

"I'll be right back." Amy assured him with a wink before allowing Danica to pull her away.

Once they were far enough away from others earshot Danica stopped and turned her attention to her drunken friend.

"What's up? Amy asked squinting. "You ok?"

Danica nodded, "I'm fine, just not feeling too well." She lied. "I think I'm going to go ahead and head home."

At her words Amy began to pout. "But this party is for you."

Danica smiled as she stopped the laugh that threatened to escape. This party definitely had nothing to do with her, almost everyone that was there didn't even really know who she was.

"I'm sure no one will miss me." Danica said instead smiling. "I will call you tomorrow ok?"

Amy opened her mouth to say something, but Danica had already begun to move.

All she could think was she needed to get home. She needed to get home and curl up in her bed.

Her home was dark when she arrived home. It seemed her adoptive mother had already headed to bed for the evening.

Thanking her lucky stars she began to make her way through the white gate that surrounded their home only to be stopped by a hand grabbing her wrist.

She didn't need to turn and see who it was due to the warmth she felt surging throughout her arm.

"Why'd you leave all on your own?" Mason's voice asked from behind her.

"Did you follow me this whole time?" She countered.

"Of course I did, what if another rogue tried to hurt you?" Mason responded.

Danica turned to look at him. "Rogue?"

"Have you not been taught anything?" He sounded truly baffled.

"I truly have no idea about anything that you are saying." She started trying to keep calm. "People shifting from wolf to human is something that should only exist in movies and books." As she said the words she even thought she was sounding crazier. "I don't want any part of whatever world you live in. I'm just a normal person."

It was Mason's turn to look confused. "Normal person?" He said the word like he couldn't quite understand it. "Danica Robinson, you are anything but a normal person."

Danica couldn't quite understand what Mason was getting at. "How am I not normal? I'm a normal soon to be college freshmen, how am I any different from anyone else out there?"

Mason furrowed his brows as he studied Danica's face as if looking for any sign that she was joking.

"Are you not aware of it?" He asked leaning closer.

Danica took an involuntary step backwards to create more distance between her and Mason. She knew if he touched her and that fire pulsed through her again she wouldn't be able to think straight.

"Not aware of what?" Danica asked crossing her arms across her chest. "What am I supposed to be aware of?"

"Danica, you are a wolf just like me." Mason said fully closing the distance between them as Danica's back connected with the white gate behind her. "How is it possible you aren't aware?"

Eyes widening Danica shook her head in refusal. "How could I possibly be a wolf? I don't shift during the full moon." She insisted a hysterical laugh escaping her once more.

"We shift for the first time during the full moon after our eighteenth birthday." Mason explained placing his hands on the gate behind Danica so she was trapped in front of him. "The next full moon is three days from now. That will be when your first change will be."

Completely losing all shreds of sanity Danica broke into hysterical laughter as Mason's words ripped her normal world into teeny tiny pieces.