Crowned by Fate by Author T.S Novel

Chapter 83 Nadio's POV They say that when you die , yout lile flashes befoin yoon eyel Tabeast thought that was pitt a human myth , something they tell ihendrives in make death trem lens temifying . But as I fell the will poison spreading through my body , losing my seins and spring sty heart , memories weder me like noon woven - Adrian's Ocean , the scent Ed first fallen in love with what I was just thirteen years old .

My mother died when I was nine , Cancer , the hemam doctors taid - use of the few detrates that even wereirolf healing could mercome . My Father never quite recovered .

He buried his grief beneath an endless prade of women , coming home late smelling of perfume and see , Garing me to navigate the treacheros waters of adolescence alone No one teaches a teenage gul how to manage her first period when it comes early , how to handle the stares when her body develops faster than at how to hide her tears whets the catches het teflection in the minor - mand face covered in angry red acne , body telling no matter how little sheets Other teenage girls were blooming flowers , while I was just a crooked , misshapen werd .

We don't have training gear in your size , the equipment manager announced loudly during combat class when I was fourteen " Maybe you should train with the adults instead of the juniors . " Laughter rippled through the group of young wolves . I felt my cheeks burn with shame as I mumbled that my regular clothes would be fine . The Alpha ) Adrian , was watching from across the training field , but he was too important , too perfect to notice someone Dir mA .. li got worse as we grew older .

At sistem , I weighed nearly 210 pounds , my face was a battlefield of cystic acne , and my self - esteem had withered to almost nothing . I'd learned to make myself invisible , to find the shadowy corners where no one would notice me , to hold my tears until I was safely alone . That's where I was curled in the hidden alcove behind the pack's storage building - when I overheard them .

" Fifty bucks says you won't do it , Cam Matthews challenged , his voice carrying clearly in the afternoon air . " Do what ? " another boy - asked - Tim Hankin , I thought , recognizing his nasal tone . " Ask out Nadia Bennett , " Cam replied , followed by howls of laughter from the others . " Lover of today's fighting match has to ask the fattest , ugliest girl in the pack to the Spring Moon Dance . " tid nather die . Tim declared emphatically .

" I'm not desperate enough to screw a whale ." " You think she'd even fit through the gh the door to the dancer another boy chimed in " Probably break the floor if she tried to dance ! " I pressed my fist against my mouth , biting down on my knuckles to keep from making a sound .

Their words weren't new - Ld heard variations of the same cruel jokes for years - but they still cut as deeply as any class , " If we're talking about who's taking Nadia anywhere , " a deeper voice interrupted , " it'll be none of you . " The laughter stopped abruptly . I peered through a crack in the wall and saw Adrian standing there , his tall frame radiating the authority bed inherited from This father is son , " Cam muttered , his previous bravado evaporating .

" Alpha's s " Future Alpha , " Adrian corrected coldly . " And I don't appreciate hearing my pack member being discussed this way . " His amber eyes namowed dangerously . Twenty miles . All of you . Now, and if i hear any more of this kind of talk , you'll be running laps until your legs fall nit . " The boys scattered like frightened rabbit , leaving Adrian alone . I tried to shrink further into my hiding place , but somehow , he knew I was there .

1/3 Chapter 83 " You can nume cut , he called softly . They te gont Humiliation burned through me as 1 stepped out , unable to meet his eyes . What must he think , finding me covering tie » " Why do you let then talk to you like that ? ' he asked . I shrugged , still staring at the ground . What am I topposed to du ? " Fight back , " he said simply . Tre watched you in training . Yourze stronger than most the boys your age . Your reflects are good .

Your biggest problem is that you don't believe in yourself . " My head snapped up in shock . Adrian had noticed me during training ? The Alpha's son , thore years my session and alieady being groomed for leadership , had paid attention to awkward , fat , pimple - fred Nadia Bensest ? You could be an excellent warrior , " be continued , his eyes assessing me with more confidence and better technique . If anyone gives you trouble again , tell expected seriousness .

" You have all the physical attributes . You just need I won't have pack members treating each It won't a dramatic moment . The earth disst shift breath my feet . Angels didn't sing . But something fundamental changed inside me that afternoon . For the first time in years , someone had seen past my appearance to the potential beneath Someone believed I could be more That night , I made a silent vow to myself : I would become a warrior so formidable that no one would dare mock me again .

And when Adrian became Alpha . I would stand at his side as Beta - his protector , his right hand , That same evening . I cut off my long hair with kitchen scissors , leaving it short and practical From that day forward , I maintained that short style , never letting it grow past my ears again . I also remmed every minor from my mom , packing them away in bases and storing them in the attic . If I was to remake myself as a warrior , I couldn ' afford to be distracted by appearances anymore .

I knew it was almost impossible . Female Hetas were rate ; fewer than five existed across all North American packs . And none of them had started from whate was - overweight , untrained , and unsupported But I had a purpose now Every morning , I woke three hours before the others to rum . Every evening , I stayed late at the training grounds , repeating cumbat moves until my muscles . screamed .

I studied strategy and pack politics , forring my mind to absorb concepts that didn't come naturally to me . My body didn't cooperate easily . I'd lose ten pounds only to gain back right . The acne would clear for a week , then erupt worse than before due to stress and hormonal fluctuations . The taunts continward now behind my back rather than to my face , but still there . But as a human philosopher once wrote , " He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how .

" My why was Adrian When I finally shifted at seventeen , everything changed . My wolf form was powerful , coal - black and swift became slender and athletic , the werewolf metabolism transforming my body comp that had plagued my entire adolescence gradually disappeared . Some boys who had once mocked me even inted me to the Spring Moon Dance , but I refused them all . I spent that evening in the training grounds instead -I had no interest in the pastimes that capturated most other girls !

The day Adrian perumally selected me as one of his guards was the proudest of my life . 2/3 Crowned by Fate