Countdown 15 Departing From the Alpha (Evelyn)
I Become Novel 13

Chapter 4

The future alpha's mate could not possibly be another woman other than Brianna. This was Brianna's firm conviction, as she felt it was her destiny, but even then she still wanted to impress him with her looks and gorgeous style.

Taking another glance at the dress, to assure she hadn't missed any pins in it, Celia gently hanged it, making sure it did not get any wrinkles. Only after this did she start making her own dress. She was not particularly interested in going to the ball, but unfortunately participation was compulsorily.

Luckily, her dress was less complicated than her sister's, so it took only a day to make, as opposed to the mermaid gown which had taken her 4 days. Not that she could make it more elaborate, even if she wanted to. The time it took for the everyday chores and Brianna's dress had her swamped with never-ending work. Moreover the ball was fast approaching as well.

Well regardless of the time, she did not like to stand out anyway, so it did not bother her in the slightest. The off-shoulder white maxi dress, which was tight around the waist where it was secured with a black bow before spreading wavy to the floor, was perfect for her tastes.

Some more hours later, having finally finished sewing her own dress, she hurriedly tried it on and went in front of the mirror to check if other fittings were necessary. Fortunately, the dress fit perfectly, her tall stature and narrow waist, making the long gown just right for her type of body. Satisfied with her work, she changed out of it, and placed it on a hanger next to her sister's.

Barely had she hung the dress, when an excruciating pang stabbed her heart and shortly after her abdomen. It hurt a lot, more so than the other times, causing her to feel as though her heart was getting ripped out of her chest. She could only collapse on the floor, when the pain became unbearable. Scrunching her face, as beads of sweat started to appear on the small head, she was confused at the repeated bursts of pain, not understanding their cause.

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Crescent apologized again, she was also feeling the pain with the same intensity, but physically there was nothing wrong with their body. Celia knew that as a werewolf she was very resilient to pain, and even if she was not, her fast healing abilities should have resolved the issue if she truly had a health problem before. So the repeated cramps and aches were abnormal.

Not to mention, she knew for a fact that she was stronger than most werewolves, so her healing and resilience were even better. It was not because she felt confident in her strength or arrogant because

of it, by being the daughter of the current beta.

the reason was simply because of the common knowledge that higher ranked werewolves would Shift much earlier than normal ranked ones. So It was believed that the sooner a werewolf changed, the stronger it would be, and the proof of this was that alphas were the earliest to undergo the Change.

They would shift for the first time at about 17 to 18 years old. Betas and gammas would normally shift at the age of 20 to 21 for the first time. Age 22 to 23 was common for normal pack members and 24 and older for omegas. In fact, her sister had just managed to shift for the first time only a couple of months ago, at the perfect age for a Luna.

The only known exception to the limit of 17 years old was the current king of all werewolves, who was known to have shifted for the first time at the age of 14.

So according to the common knowledge, her beta heritage should have made her able to shift at the minimum age of twenty, but as she shifted for the first time at age 13, and it was unknown for anyone to shift so early, she assumed that it could only be for one of the two following reasons.

One, it was because she was stronger than most werewolves.

Or two, the reason she was first inclined to believe, it was only an anomaly and it meant nothing more than that.

In fact, even the shift itself felt like an anomaly, as she felt as though she shifted twice before returning to the human form. She felt her bones cracking and rearranging two times.

So in light of those facts, she kept her shift a secret and did not notify anyone about it. Who would want to be labeled as an anomaly? Not to mention, she was used to keeping to herself, and would never confide in anyone.

As luck would have it, she was alone in the woods gathering berries to make jam when the pain of the shift hit her, so no one was around at that time to know about it. It took almost 4 to 5 hours for! the shift to complete, but it was worth it.

Every werewolf that completed their first shift would immediately change for the better. Sight, hearing, smell, all of the senses would heighten. Strength, agility and regeneration would become unreal.

But what puzzled her mos

was that she retained a hundred percent of these qualities even after shifting back to a human. She was especially intrigued about this, when she learned in school that, when in human form, a werewolf usually retained only about a quarter to a half of the wolf form's enses and strengths.

Chapter 5