“Rise and shine, Sunshine.”

‘Uhhhggg not this again’ I thought to myself. I absolutely hate it when he does this.

“You know he won’t leave unless you do” said my wolf calmly.

I hate it when she’s right, which is usually all the time. You see she usually doesn’t like talking much but when it comes to proving me wrong she’s always the first one to jump in.

“5 more mins” I said, clearly showing my annoyance by covering my head with my pillow.

“You very well know you will miss breakfast if you continue to…”

Why did he pause? Is he truly considering leaving?

“Plus its strawberry French toast today, YOUR FAV…”

I jumped up before he could even finish that last bit of his sentence and came face to face with our very own Logan Reed, my annoying wake up alarm EVERY FREAKING SINGLE DAY!! Oh how I hate it when he does that.

“Why didn’t you start with that?” I said pushing him to the side to step out but before I could reach the door he said “You know the rules!”

Ahhh yes the rules.. NO one’s allowed near the breakfast table unless we have changed and made ourselves presentable. Our Luna does not allow anyone to break that rule. Not even me her very own little firecracker A.K.A Yours truly

Me

. Who am I? We will come back to that!

Plus today is really not the day she would let this go since I skipped early morning training today.

With a sad look on my face I turned around to see my tormentor smiling from ear to ear with his pearly whites and like the little devil I tend to be, I smiled back and as I walked towards him with not a care in the world I quickly noticed his smile turn into a confused expression only to turn into a painful, eye bobbing look as I quickly kick him in his shin and ran towards the bathroom locking myself up.

“URRGHHH SOPHIE, WHY YOU LITTLE..”

“Hey what happened to SUNSHINE?” I joked back interrupting him mid-sentence.

That’s the infuriating nickname he uses for me all the time. Come to think of it, I don't remember when was the last time I heard him use my name.

“Ha! I told you one of these days she will get back to you for annoying her every morning” I hear my brother chuckling, cutting off my thought.

“Luke please would you take this imbecile excuse of a friend of yours out of my room” I taunt Logan back from my hidden spot behind the bathroom door.

“Oh you will pay for this Sunshine.. soon.” I heard Logan say back and I swear I could still see the painful expression of his face from the sound of his voice.

I couldn’t help the chuckle that escaped my mouth before quickly I covered it with my hands but atlas too late as suddenly I heard something or should I say someone bang against the door yelling “I HEARD THAT!”

At first I almost jumped out of my skin, however later I completely ignored them and stepped into the shower, I definitely did not want to miss my strawberry french toast *drools*

After my quick warm shower I stepped in front of the mirror on my dressing table to quickly split my long jet-black hair into two french braids. That’s my go to hairstyle especially when training. I usually avoid any sort of makeup unlike girls my age.

I do however love to play around with coloured eyeliners and some lip colour, the prior usually help brighten my mix of grey and hazel eyes. I absolutely love how it’s mostly grey with just a small center of hazel which looks like a sunrise in the center waiting to spread out. Though my mom has hazel eyes and my brother has grey, none of them have a mix like I do.

I rush out in my black jeans and strawberry pink top which just reminded me yet again of my breakfast that I’m about to devour. Oh just the thought of it is making me see stars. I also made sure to grab my burgundy hoodie as it tends to get cold early in the morning.

As I ran down the stairs I ran into my father ‘Colton Miller’ the Alpha, well soon to be Ex-Aplha of ‘Aurora Pack’.

Don’t ask, my great, great, great, great you get the point grandparents were kinda hippies and decided the name, we are just glad it’s not the rainbow pack

trust me it’s almost cringing to even think about it

Though I don’t personally hate the name they choose, I guess they knew one day their pack would have a Luna of the same name and now every other new pack we socialise with, thinks my dad named it after his mate which sounds just so much more adorable. Plus it also reminds me of the colourful northern lights I saw a couple of times as a child while visiting Iceland.

“Slow down Sophie, you don’t want to hurt yourself or anyone else running around like that” said my father snapping me out of my day dreaming. He looks at me so helplessly that I feel down right embarrassed.

“Yes father, I mean Alpha” I quickly corrected myself. My dad is pretty chill however Luna prefers we use their titles in the presence of others.

“Good morning Beta” I said lowering my eyes a little to show respect and to hide my embarrassment.

“Good morning Sophie” Replied Ethan Reed, our pack’s Beta.

My father quickly smiled, nodded and then turned to head upstairs with Mr. Reed.

Entering the dining room I realized I may have woken up a little too late today as I noticed most of the pack was already getting ready to leave, as I scanned the table I noticed everything except my Strawberry Freakin French Toast.

With my blood boiling I stepped into the kitchen to see Logan chatting with Luna and enjoying what seemed to look like the last serving of Strawberry F.T straight out of the main dish. ‘Hmph! So much for rules’ I thought with an ugly face.

As he noticed me walking in, I could see the smirk that crept in on his annoying face and the very next second he took a big bite from his toast never losing eye contact and hummed in delight. I swear I could rip that face into shreds this moment.

“Hmmm Luna, Thank you so much for the wonderful breakfast, your Strawberry French toast just made my day” he said still smirking.

“Why thank you Logan, you are such a sweet child”. Yeah I bet he is, sometimes I wonder if my mother would rather have him over us.

“Morning Luna '' I said, cutting their bonding short, scanning the kitchen to figure out what to eat as I see a few leftovers that are already brought in.

My mother responded sternly without turning around to see me “Morning Sophie, I see you have finally found your way down, did you forget your way around the pack house again?”

Here we go again I rolled my eyes, just what I was worried about, one can hear the sound of displeasure in her voice.. “May I ask why you were not able to join the rest of the pack warriors earlier today for training?” She added before I could answer her first question.

Darn it! I had really hoped she would not bring that up first thing in the morning, I mean I knew she would not let it go that easy but seriously I just got out of bed.

“That I..” I began.

“Sunshine was helping Luke and I with our border mapping for patrol training next month, we were up till late last night and she could not finish her own homework on time, so she stayed up till even later to finish that. I guess I forgot to inform training leaders this morning” Logan shrugged like he did not just completely make that up and lie to his Luna.

“Well Logan you know how I feel about pack members skipping training” I heard my mother say. While I stood there with my jaw dropped wondering how could she not doubt one sentence that comes out of that toads mouth.

“Yes ma’am, I will make sure next time we do not bother sunshine here and ensure she does her school work before we involve her in pack matters” he winks at me.

“Good! Now please go get Luke and let him know that I need to see him before you guys go to school”

“Already at your service Luna” said Luke stepping in from the backyard door.

As he slowly walked over, he nudged my head and grabbed an apple off the counter.

Annoyed by his move I protested, “Mommmmmm!!! Can u tell Luke to stop doing that, I just did my hair” while checking my reflection in the fridge nearby.

“Ahem” she turned around this time to look at me with her arms crossed in front of her chest. Clearly displeased.

How can I forget.

“Sorry I mean Luna, but can you please?”

“Alright ok Luke, enough messing around, please clean up your dishes and step into the office for a moment, your Alpha and I would be waiting.” “You too Logan” she then added.

As I saw mom step out I was ready to walk towards Logan to give him a quick reminder of earlier, when Luke pulled out a small takeaway box hidden behind the dish stand on the counter.

As if I could almost taste them in my mouth my face lit up and I rushed to grab the box and just as I thought Strawberry freakin French toast. Yes baby!

“Oh thank you Luke, you are the best” I said jumping almost like a 5 year old.

“Ofcourse he is” Chimed in Logan, as he passed by he winked at Luke and then said “You coming ‘Alpha’?”

What was that about? I thought at first but then ignoring the two as I went to take a bite holding my breakfast in hand, Logan outta nowhere took a bite of MY toast and whispered “Hmmm even better.”

I almost saw blood at this moment, and had he not turned around and left quickly I know I would have dug my claws into his face. Well technically my nails since I’m yet to shift into my wolf.

“You hear that Mia, I’m waiting” I said to my wolf, annoyed at this point.

No sound, ofcourse! I don’t understand why she has to be so shy even from me. aren’t we like two halves of the same person?