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The day started as it normally did on a Saturday. The birds chirped outside, the sun shined through my pale blue curtains and I laid in bed for the few moments I had before getting ready for the day. I didn't get much sleep last night, I barely do lately.

"JC! Practice at eight sharp!" My mother yells from behind my door. She knew not to open it, I'm twenty now and after I turned fifteen I drew that boundary. Everyone in the pack in entitled to privacy and as wolves, we are territorial over our own space- so mom doesn't protest as much as she did when I first asked.

I didn't respond as I raised out of bed and walked over to my vanity in the corner of my room. I pull out the little grey box at the bottom of the drawer and take my pale shade of coverage out and apply it to my birthmark on my face. This is a routine for me, a dreaded routine I live out every day.

It covered it up nicely and perfectly as I always do. Unfortunately, I was almost out of the waterproof type and needed to make a trip to the store soon for the new purchase. I couldn't afford to be seen without it covered. Not even by my parents.

I put on my running shorts, a t-shirt and shoes. Before I leave the room, I place my bag with my makeup back it its place. My mother and father are waiting in the living room ready as well with my eleven year old brother Jamie.

"That rule really sucks ya know?" My mom says to me as we start walking to the field. I roll my eyes. I don't feel like defending myself right now. I respect my mother and I love her, but every now and then she will try to find a way to guilt trip me.

"I want it like that for a reason mom. " I reply back and start putting my hair in a pony tail. I placed a hat on top afterwards.

She let out a long breath, "I just don't understand you sometimes." Her hands found her way to her hip as she eyeballed me. I leaned over and kissed her cheek, her posture slowly relaxed.

"You don't have to understand me. Just respect that I have it for a reason." I say as we near more pack members.

Mom playfully rolls her eyes and walks toward the other older moms in the pack. They are sitting on the bleachers that Alpha had delivered a few months ago, drinking their coffees and giggling over soap operas and the how silly their husbands are.

I watch her for a moment longer, before turning my attention to the rest of the pack gathering together. I hate that I can't explain to her why I do what I do. I can't allow her or anyone to see my birthmark. I can't risk my mate finding me or someone knowing what my birthmark was if he does come to find me. It has changed since anyone has seen it. It's darker in color and the size has widened.

From the distance, I can see Courtney Rance, one of my friends jogging to me. Her outfit is always color coordinated. Today she is sporting all purple, well aside from her black tennis shoes. Courtney is apart of the pack click of popular girls, but she's always been friendly to everyone -while those other girls are not so much.

"JC! My mate found me! He traveled 1,200 miles and we met instantly when he got to the pack house! I just knew he was coming, I could feel it in my bones. Isn't that great? I didn't think the app would actually lead him to me so easily!" She rambled out, excited. Her smile spread so wide that I thought it looked painful.

"Wow C! That's awesome!" I said as enthusiastic as I possibility could. I am happy for her. Although I know that I will never feel that sort of excitement with my own mate, I refuse to let my feelings of anger and disappoint show.

The truth is, having someone out there who is literally made for you is beautiful. I have always thought so even as a child and I still do. There are so many unique factors that go into finding your mate and spending your life with them. My parent's story is something I wished for myself, but that could never happen for me. After I have had a lot of time to swallow that truth, I've come to accept it.

My love wouldn't be beautiful and unique, it would be a nightmare.

"I know this is personal, but has your mate found you yet?" She asked, still standing where I left her as I got lost in thought. Courtney's eyes were full of hope for me.

"Uh no." I said rubbing my arm and scanning the crowd to see where our Alpha was.

Courtney looked with me, "He's always late since the Luna announced their pregnancy." She said lowly. I'm thankful Courtney changed the subject so quick, she could probably tell it was a touchy subject.

"Wonder why?" I asked, looking over my shoulder at the pack house just in time to see him ready for training. Luna Bethany's hormones may play a big factor in why he's late. She can be pretty dramatic.

"Hello everyone! Who's ready to run those fifteen miles?" He asked as he got the center of the crowd where Courtney and I joined in.

There's maybe two-hundred pack members aging eleven to fifty, all of which participate in running in the morning.

Courtney ran back to her mate, and I turned my attention back to my Alpha.

"Let's go." He said as he led the run and the Beta ran in the back.

I was somewhere in the middle, matching my pace with the others which was very easy for me. I wanted to run faster but decided against it. I didn't want to stand out or sweat too much. Even though the makeup is waterproof, I don't want to risk it.

The run ended after about forty-five minutes and everyone went inside for a drink and lunch before beginning the next round of training which was training in wolf form.

This, I refrained from doing. I usually get out of training with others and train by myself later. There is no way I can change in wolf form and still keep that makeup on my birthmark.

However, today the Alpha specifically came to me and paired me with Jake. While he usually does others beforehand, giving me time to slip off he must have picked up on my years of avoidance.

"JC meet Jake." He said looking at me suspiciously. I gave him a smile that I know had to be a little crooked and nervous but he soon walked away to pair others.

"I'll be back." I said to Jake as I walked of in the woods behind a tree and began shedding my clothing. I couldn't get out of this but I'm thankful I wore a hat that I could pull down over my birthmark after training. I guess I'll have to bring it every time now since the Alpha knows what I've been doing.

The last time anyone has seen my birthmark I was fifteen, which is when I had to create my profile. My profile consisted of things like-

Location: North Star Pack.

Dark hair

Yes. That was it. While other girl's profile was more like -

5'3

Athletic

Blonde hair

Blue eyes

In my wolf form I'm grey

I love photography! My favorite place to run is the forest or on the beach.

Mine was simple, easy, and very uninformative. The only picture on there is of my birthmark as is all other girls. The council set up the website to show little information but the basic idea on a faster way to find your mate.

They believe that first conversations and looks should be made in person. So there are no conversations involved. The guys don't have profiles because it is also believed the males should pursue the females. It doesn't give the females names out because the council wants it to be challenging. So the location is all the male really needs to find his mate.

I still choose to hide my birthmark because it has one little unique thing that makes it so identifiable. Although it has changed in size and color since the last time anyone has seen it. It still has a dark freckle right in the middle. Yes, a freckle.

My mother has asked why I keep it hidden and I can't give her a good answer without telling the truth. Instead, I brush it off telling her I think it's ugly.

I have uploaded a new photo of it, the new version of it no one has seen. So in worse case scenario, my mate comes and shows the pack or my parents a picture asking who has it and they won't recognize it.

I ended up covering the freckle with a little makeup making it totally unrecognizable to them. The picture as many others, does not show which part of the body it's on either. I would've gotten luckier if it was on my butt cheek.

It seems smart, and it would be so much easier to just fake a birthmark and put it on there but it's highly illegal to do that because you're apparently impersonating someone else and giving false information.

So I stretched the truth a little, so what?

On another note I have a plan for if my mate does come for me, but that's for later.

I changed into my wolf form. I'm a light brown wolf with a bright blue eye and a gold one. I was fairly unique in that aspect as well. Most wolves in the pack were darker than my coat, white or black. So I would say I'm the only light colored brown wolf here.

On to my eyes, as in wolf form I also have a blue and gold eye in human form as well. Mom and dad could never explain why I had this trait, neither could the doctor who delivered me. They called it "magical".

Not in an actual magical sense, just the looks of it look magical.

Once changed I carried my clothes in my mouth to the back deck of the pack house where I could get it easy and change in the shed there close after training.

Truth be told, I'm nervous to train. I hadn't done it in a while besides simple training I could do by myself. Jake is definitely going to kick my ass.

I went back to where I was before, waiting for Jake to join me. I look at my surrounding and watched some strategic moves.

Wolves are already training, snapping at each other and pinning either to the ground. Some were real bites but not deep ones, they would heal quickly. The pain is however real, and my anxiety is definitely real.

I see Jake emerge from the tree line in his wolf form which was pure black and extremely big, but not as big as our Alpha and Beta.

His wolf comes up to me as I opened my mind link to him. So I'll finally get to see miss Jacqueline Claire fight.

He used my full name which I hated being called. It was long and preferred JC. JC is a simple and probably more identified as a male name which I'm fine with if it helps me stay invisible.

I let out a low aggravated growl. The name's JC. I replied back as he circled me and I kept my eye on him.

Fine, let's get to this. The Alpha's watching.

Soon the anxiety and dread replaced with determination as we began our first round of training.

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