You Never Series Book 1: You Never Knew Me
Author
Kim F.
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Invisible
LYRIC
Unseen, I dart through the pack house like a shadow, then slip behind some heavy drapes.
Alpha Marco will never look for me here.
The drapes hang alongside an entranceway near the end of a hall, overlapping the opening just enough that if someone comes looking for me, all I need to do is slide around the corner unseen.
Then exit that room into a different hall.
My hiding place also happens to be down the hall from the alphaās office, pretty clever if I do say so myself. After all, when people run and hide, they usually try to get as far away as possible.
Just like Iāll be doing soon. But for nowā¦
I allow myself a small smile. For now, Iāll stay invisible. After all, Iāve practically made it into an art form.
One Iāve been practicing a long time.
I dress in baggy clothes. I keep my eyes downcast, letting my long, white-blonde hair hang over my face, and I slouch so no one will notice how tall I am. I blend into my surroundings and barely speak unless spoken to.
Being invisible is easier than being present. It allows me to sit quietly somewhere and listen to what others are saying and planning. It keeps me one step ahead of the others in the pack.
And itās how I know LeandrĆ© is coming today.
Last time that monster visited Half Moon Pack, Alpha Marco locked me in my roomāone of the only times he took note of my presence. I wonāt let that happen again.
Because, you see, I know a secret. The alphaās secret. Well, actually, itās his and my motherās secret. Which I guess makes it my secret too.
But not my only one.
Everyone may think Iām a nobody, but Iāve also been hiding an amazing alpha wolf. Her name is Sadie, and sheās massiveāand the purest silver white Iāve ever seen. It would be hard for anyone to miss her presence.
She even has the ability to hide her scent, something Iāve never heard of another wolf being able to do. She says itās for my protection, another type of invisibility.
She takes no bullshit and gives no cares, but even though itās been getting harder, she refuses to shift in front of anyone. Sadie doesnāt feel the pack deserves her or me, and she says when the time is right, theyāll know.
In the meantime, Iāll keep pretending Iām wolfless. Fortunately, Sadie enables me to have the extra hearing and speed necessary to move about without others even realizing Iām there.
Thank Goddess. Itās become my only source of fun in the last couple of yā
Shit. Are those footsteps?
I press myself flatter against the wall, and Sadie growls inside my head. But when a scent reaches my nose, we both relax a little.
āWhew, itās only Luna Diana. The woman might hate us, but at least sheās not Alpha Marco. OrāāI narrow my eyesāāLeandrĆ©.ā
Sadie makes a huffing noise. āSpeak for yourself. She doesnāt know me yet!ā
I laugh silently. āYeah, but we both know sheāll hate me more, not less, when she finds out about you.ā
Itās funny. While everyone else doesnāt seem to realize I exist, Luna Diana knows I do. And is the one who wishes the most that I didnāt.
Iām not allowed to traināeven though I do so privately, using human videosāand Iām not allowed to participate in pack functions like parties, balls, and get-togethers. Luna Diana wonāt allow it. She doesnāt want to see me, doesnāt even want to think about me.
Unless sheās assigning me the worst chores she can think of, of courseālike polishing the silver (though that didnāt work out the way she wanted, thanks to Sadie).
But Iām not the one who slept with her mate, who continues to sleep with him. That betrayal has affected me just as much as it has her. Maybe even more so, because no one has ever claimed meānot the pack and not my parents. Instead, Iām always just allowed.
Per Lunaās orders, Iām allowed to live in a tiny room near the kitchen that used to be a storage closet, and Iām graciously allowed food and hand-me-down clothing to wear.
Iām allowed to serve the crowds and clean up the messes of the privileged in the pack. Heaven help them if they bend over and pick up after themselves! Iām allowed to work for my father occasionally and allowed to tutor my half brother so he can get into Alpha College.
But I donāt get paid for any of these services. Instead of a person, Iām a tool they use so Damien can get ahead. It doesnāt matter what plans I have.
When I inquired if the pack would help pay my college tuition, Alpha Marco told me pack funds would not be used to send low-rank wolves to college. That he wouldnāt waste money on an omega thatās only good for domestic work.
What he doesnāt know is, a prestigious tech school in New York state has offered me a full-ride scholarship. Only one person knowsāMr. Marshall, my computer science teacher.
He was the one who encouraged me to apply to tech colleges and some of the more elite universities, assuring me that with my grades, class rank, and drive, Iād get accepted into a human school with no problem.
And when I told him the alpha wouldnāt pay and might not let me go, he reminded me I wasnāt a member of the alphaās pack.
āNeither is your mother,ā he said. āTechnically, youāre a member of the Silver Crest Pack.ā
So I applied. Mr. Marshall let me use his address, and the acceptance letters poured in. But the one from Rochester was the one that offered everythingātuition, room and board, books. I immediately sent in the paperwork.
Itāll get me far away from here, miles away from this pack and my father.
Graduation and my eighteenth birthday are only a week away, and Iām giving myself the gift of a big, fat dramatic goodbyeāto all of it!
But in the meantime, Iāll keep my head down, keep my voice down, and keep tight control of my emotions. We canāt risk anyone learning about Sadie. Alpha Marco would never let me go if he knew.
And with what I suspect about his buddy LeandrĆ©ā¦
Itās more important than ever that I get out of here.
