Delinquent (Book 1 of The Athens Wolves Series) [complete]

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"I - I don't know what to say." I whispered looking around. For the past three years I have had two options, green jumpsuit or sweats. There were so many shoes and a lot of makeup and hair accessories and stuff I didn't even know what it was.

"We don't just want you here for Gene... we want you to stay here, and hopefully now that you are 18 you will find your mate."

"I don't want a mate Ms. Luna."

"Rebecca." She told me and came towards me. "Why don't you want a mate dear?"

"You know my story, if my mate is anything like my father... why would I need him?" I asked her almost silently.

"Not every mate is the same. Greg would do anything to save me, to take away my past pain, but there is nothing he can do about it... your father and mother's mating will not be what yours will be. You might end up with a mate that never lets you wear half the things in this closet, or maybe he will never let you leave his side around unmated males, or maybe he won't care because he trusts you so much... but maybe he will kill any male that dares touches you like mine basically did until I let him claim me... I don't want you to think that nothing good comes from having a mate. I have had two wonderful children and such a happy life." She cupped my cheek and smiled at me and then moved some of my hair out of my face and smiled at me.

"Rebecca, we have that thing to do remember!" I heard Greg shout and she smiled at me.

"You can have a shower, nap if you want. But I will come back up here for you in about 3 hours, okay?" She asked and I nodded.

She seems to really care... my mother never seemed to care, she was too depressed. Luna Rebecca hugged me one more time before leaving me in the huge closet. I grabbed a pair of dark blue jeans and a black and grey long sleeve before a change of underwear.

I walked into the bathroom smiling, this would be my first shower in three years without other around and without guards just outside the see through curtains.

I turned on the hot water and realized I would rather take a hot bath. I plugged the drain and waited for it to all fill up before stripping and stepping in. I saw the scars on my legs and felt the ones on my back as I washed myself.

I drained the tub before filling it back up with water as hot as I could stand it. I leaned back and relaxed and got out once it was cold. I dried off and wrapped my hair in a tight braid before going to lay on the bed. I could smell that they were new, no one had ever spend the night in these soft sheets and they had never been washed.

I didn't get in though, that would be saved for when I actually went to sleep tonight. I laid down though, and I napped.

I woke up before Luna Rebecca came for me so I started to look around the room again. I opened a dresser and saw a wrapped box and put it on top. I guess they didn't know something was in here. I decided to just hand it over to Rebecca when she got here.

I went back into the closet and slipped on some socks and a new pair of vans before hearing a knock on the door. I grabbed the box and opened the door. "Hi Luna, I think someone left this in the dresser... I don't know who it belongs to." I tired to hand it over but she pushed it into my hands.

"It's yours Reese, a birthday gift, sort of." She told me and smiled. "Go on, open it." She urged and then linked her arm with mine.

I undid the bow and lifted the top and saw a phone. I pulled it out and saw a few numbers already programmed into it and saw that it was the Alpha families names. "I don't think I will really need this." I told her and she shook her head.

"You don't have any rules here. You don't have to just come home after school each day, you can find a job, or explore the towns, or go into the city... you'll make a few friends here, I know it and you'll want to talk to them all the time. It's a gift and the Alpha and I are not going to take it back."

"Thank you Luna." I bowed my head and turned my neck, showing her the most powerful form of gratitude.

"It's Rebecca unless we are in the presence of another pack, okay?" She told me and I nodded. "Good, now just wait here and when I know everything in the dinning room is set up I will call for you to open the door okay?" She asked leaving me in front of a double door entrance. I nodded as she walked away.

I could smell the entire pack on this floor, of course they must have all ate at different times so all scents are still strong and lingering. I heard a faint call of my name and opened the left door only and then saw some lights on a table. I heard faint singing and started to back away but the door behind me closed and the lights turned on dimly and I saw the room packed with other wolves all singing and smiling.

I smiled slightly seeing the Alpha and Luna both smiling and waving me forward. I walked closer as the singing stopped and blew out the 1 and 8 hearing the loud cheering around me. "So you are Reese right?" I heard a female and saw that she was at least 17 or 18.

"Yeah."

"I'm Milly." She held out her hand and I shook it.

I shook a lot of hands that night, and I realized none of them belonged to Genevieve.

What Reese changes into above!