For hundreds of years the humans ruled the world until one day magic was reviled. The first sighting of magic was July 11th 20 years ago, when the vampires revolted. They where the first to declare war on the human world.

This war changed the entire world, the war was called the uprising. My kind, the werewolfs, rose to the aid of humans in return we earned equality as we vanquished our enemies. There are some who believe that the war isn't over that the king of vampires will rise again more powerful than anyone could ever imagine.

We have 4 werewolf kingdoms and 4 levels of monarchs, each have special abilities. Fire wolfs,earth wolfs,water wolfs,and air wolfs. We are placed in a kingdom based on the ability we inherit from our parents. The four kingdoms are divided up in four equal parts on our half of the world, the humans occupy the other half it is also where half breeds live because they tend to be more human than wolf since we are originally half human anyway. Half breeds can't become a wolf, there are a few humans who live in the werewolf world but we try to keep our kind together we are very social creatures and if we abandoned our packs or Kingdoms we be come what our kind calls feral.

The wolfs who become feral lose the human part of themselfs, they lose thier minds and by the end they are hell bent on destruction and chaos. A pack of ferals means war they will stop at nothing to kill all who follow an alpha. Luckly they tend to be clumbsy and unintelligent so we can wipe them out before they become a bigger problem.

The first level is the alphas from each kingdom, they make general rules and keeping the peace. The second is the elders, The elders are royal alphas that have two powers there are six Elders. They vote on our laws and determine the fate of prisoners or law breakers. On big decisions like when to go to war or not we all turn to the High Priestess, she is our level 3 monarch, she is the one who makes our way of life possible she is one of great wisdom.

The Highest level of our monarch is the Alpha King, he is the final decision maker he has all the abilities and is the closest to the moon goddess being direct lineage to her. The moon goddess created our kind but she only had one child. The two highest powers are only alowed to have one child to pass the lineage on when they die if they have more than one historically they have to kill the child before adulthood. Morbid I know but it is the way of the people you follow rules or die here.

We go through some thing our people call the Awakining. In which we are given many tests to see where we belong, in the kingdoms. The Awakining happens at age 18, we get our abilities at about the same ages as our parents. The more powerful the bloodline the sooner you get the abilities.

You are considered a cub if you are under 18, all children before they change are more or less human it is the most fragile stage of our species. As long as a parent can get their kid to when they get their wolf, they will live a long and happy life of 200 years if they are lucky.

We choose our wolfs at about 16, we also are able to feel our mates by then. We have two Mates but only if our first dies or has been rejected, the moon goddess made it this way so we would always have another chance at happiness it was her gift to our kind after the great war.

There are storys of wolfs who forcibly mark thier wolfs who are not thier mates, but the relationship is doomed from the start and is greatly frowned upon in our kingdoms.

I don't remember either of my parents, my adopted family told me the only thing they know about them is, 15 years ago they left a newborn baby me on the steps of the water wolfs church. The note that was left with me read "her name is Audrey, raise our princess well".

My adoptive parents Jena Malone and Henry Malone adopted me when I was 3 months old, my adoptive mother died when I was 13. The 2 years without my mom has been the worst of my family's life. It hit my father the worst she was his second chance mate. When you lose your second chance mate things happen to your mind. Both his mates died in child birth, my big brother Danny is 20 and has moved to the earth kingdom, My little sister Willow is 2.

My father started drinking after my mom's death, he sliped into a dark place. I've had to protect and raise my little sister. I've always stood in front of his fits of rage, I will protect willow no matter what.

Danny and I had always been close even with the seven years that separate us, I looked up to him all my life he was always such a good person. Before Danny left he had done something to me that would forever change our friendship.

It was right after our mom's funeral Danny was taking me and the newborn Willow home, Dad had gone to the bar instead of her funeral.

We pulled up in the drive way he turned the engine off, he hadnt slept all night his brown eyes where dead and empty he fisted his hands and started hitting the steering wheel with so much force the car shook slightly.

In that moment the ruckus Danny had caused woke Willow up she started wailing throwing her tiny fists from side to side her face turning red. Her crys made him more angry, "shut up you little shit!" He bellowed "shes just upset Danny" I say my voice shaking his hate filled gaze turned to me "you are no better you bastard no one ever loved you, not even mom" he sneared

Fresh tears ran down my face, no one had ever talked to me like that especially not Danny. He shoved the door open and slamed it shut, willow was hysterical at this point. He threw my door open and yanked me out of the car "I should kill you!" He yelled, my shoulder felt like it was being ripped from its socket. I screamed in pain as He shoved me to the grass, he looked down at me with so much hate in his eyes. He spit on my face "trash" he turned to the car and got willow's car seat out and dropped it and her diaper bag on the ground next to me, "knock on the door once and it will be the end of you both" he said and turned to go in the house he slammed and locked the door.

Willow and I spent hours outside I kept her as comfortable as I could, it was the night I learned to change a diaper and make formula.

When Danny came outside he had all his things, he threw it all in his car and drove off. I would never see my brother the same way again, I lost My whole family when mom died all I had now was Willow.

I hope one day things will be better but for now I get up and keep moving everyday. Wishing for the day our lives will change.