We make our way downstairs where Ryan stood at the bottom of the stairs talking to some guy, he sensed I was there and looked up at me his mouth hanging open. I smile knowing our plan was working as Gabbie leads me outside to where the party was. 

"Step one is complete," she says when we're fully outside hearing the very loud music with a bunch of people dancing, I didn't know I knew this many people. 

"Make your mate see how beautiful you look," she says smiling taking a drink off the table handing it to me.  

"What's the second step?" I ask as a few of our friends walk over wishing me a happy birthday,  she shakes her head.  

"You'll just have to wait and see," she says before she turns to talk to one of our friends off to the side. 

I look to the back door to see Ryan standing there looking at me with his hands in his pockets, he didn't look that happy, Gabbie looks over pulling me aside so I'm forced to look away from Ryan. 

"You'll ruin the plan! just keep up you don't care about him act it'll work, but we need a guy to flirt with you," she says looking around the huge crowd of people, but I had a bad feeling growing. 

"We shouldn't be doing this, it's upsetting mate," Sky says wanting me to leave, I actually wanted to listen to her.  

"Gabbie isn't gonna drop this, don't worry nothing will happen I won't let it," I say back to her but a guy trying to grab my made me rethink what I just said " actually maybe you're right we need to leave," I say to sky totally taking back what I just said. 

"Gabbie I don't want to find a guy to flirt with me, "I say as she starts guiding me through the crowd? my wolf still wasn't happy telling me to leave. 

"You don't find them they find you" she smiles as we stop near a group of guys who immediately started to stare at us. 

"Go to mate!" Sky shouts but Gabbie had a tight grip on my hand so I couldn't. 

"See it's working" she smirks making me just stare at her totally shocked, she's never acted like this before.  

We chat for a second as a guy passes me a drink, I was so stupid to take it from him but at the time I wasn't thinking.  

After about an hour I felt so sick and dizzy I was just falling around, I've drunk before but I've never felt like this,  the guy from before just kept giving me more and more drinks which just made me feel even worse. I slowly walk over to the edge of the party my mind just everywhere   

"I'm taking us to mate right now," Sky says as I nearly fall to the floor, my body starts doing its own weird thing taking me over to the house I look up and see Ryan, my body walking straight over to him.  

"Mates gonna look after you now," Sky says nicely before leaving going to the back of my mind. 

"I feel ill," I say falling but he catches me before I hit the floor, once he touches me a million sparks flew all over my body making me feel the safest I've felt all night. 

"Has someone given something to you?" Ryan asks holding me up, he was the only thing stopping me from hitting the hard floor. 

"Gabbie took me to flirt with some guys, I didn't want to," I say holding tightly onto his t-shirt looking around at everyone else partying. 

"It's okay let's get you some water," he says wrapping his arm around mine to lead me slowly into the kitchen.  

He sits me at the counter grabbing a glass from the cupboard filling it with water, my head was still spinning at this moment so he brought the glass to my lips helping me drink.  

"Thank you," I say laying my head on his shoulder as he takes a seat beside me "We're mates Ryan," I say randomly looking at the wall. 

"I know we are," he says wrapping his arm around me making me feel safe once again. 

"I'm happy Ryan, I'm just shocked and scared," I say just saying what was on my mind whatever I had stopped me from having a filter. 

"You don't have to be scared, I promise I'll look after you, we'll take one step at a time," he says making me smile as I start drifting to sleep. 

"I'm probably not gonna remember this conversation" I laugh feeling myself falling to sleep.  

"You won't but I will" he smiles that's the last thing I heard him say before I drifted to sleep, safely in my mate's arms. 

~The next morning~

I wake up with an extreme headache making me sit up holding it in pain, I was sitting in my bed Gabbie laying next to me with her mouth wide open. I look over at the bedside table to see a note with pills and water beside it, I pick the note up to see it was from Ryan.  

"I figured you'd have a headache from how much you drunk last night, so I brought these up when I woke up 

Ryan"

I smile a little placing the note in the draw taking the pills before jumping into the shower I didn't smell the best, I decide to wear a pair of dark ripped shorts with just a plain white t-shirt tucking that into the shorts. I put the bracelet that Gabbie got me on before making my way downstairs to grab something to eat, the pills that Ryan got for me had actually helped, my head wasn't hurting as much anymore. 

I walk into the kitchen to see my mum and Ryan in there talking, I send them a little smile before taking a seat at the counter. 

"How are you honey?" My mum asks as she sipped her tea smiling over at me. 

"I'm fine," I say not looking up at any of them as the phone rang my father shouting he'd answer it. 

"Got any plans for today?" My mum asks me again trying to make conversation with me, she probably knew the way I was acting was because of the stuff I found out yesterday about being adopted and how they all knew Ryan and I were mates but never told me. 

"Gabbie wants to do something when she finally wakes up," I say as my father walks in quickly grabbing things from the cupboards. 

"What are you doing?" Ryan asks but he doesn't answer and  just walks out my mum follows suit as they both leave the house leaving Ryan and me in the kitchen. 

"How's your head?" He asks making me look up at him with a smile. 

"It's alright thanks to whatever pills you gave me" I smile as he passes me a bottle of water. 

"They always work for me so I figured they would for you, I actually got you something for your birthday but I didn't have the chance to give it you, wait here I'll just get it," he says before he gets up running upstairs leaving me alone in the kitchen where out the window I could see all the mess from the party. 

Within a few minutes, he walks back into the kitchen holding a little box in his hands.  

"It's not much," he says passing it to me, I slowly open it to see it was a necklace in the shape of the moon it was so nice. 

"It's a special kind of necklace it's what a male wolf gives to their mate to show other wolves that you're theirs before they mark each other, I know you're gonna want to take things slow so this is here so we can take as much time as you want, but others will still know that you're mine" he smiles taking it from me while moving to stand behind me to help me put the necklace on. 

"It's beautiful thank you" I smile turning around to look at him once it was on, I turn the necklace to the other side to see both of our names engraved in the back with the infinity symbol in between. 

"The only person that can take it off is me, try taking it off" he smiles, I try but it won't budge it felt like it was glued on. 

"Only your mate can take it off" he smiles making me smile at how happy he was. 

"Thank you," I say wrapping my arms around his neck as he wraps his around me. 

I hear someone walking downstairs making us all apart, Gabbie walks in looking between us. 

"Let's go out to eat," she says before she turns and walks out 

I smile to Ryan before following her out the smile not leaving my face.

We walk in silence for a few minutes, I could tell something was bothering her but I didn't know what, I don't think I've done anything to annoy her, maybe she's just got a hangover I mean I do. 

"I would never leave you," she says randomly snapping me out of my thoughts, I just stare at her confused. 

"What?" I question but she just stops abruptly crossing her arms. 

"Last night, you just left me and was in the kitchen with your mate," she says well nearly shouts at me, I give her an even more confused look. 

"Okay, why are you saying it like that? The guy that you wanted to flirt with me actually put something in my drinks" I say losing my temper "I was drugged! And all you seem to care about is I left you, if I didn't go to Ryan I don't know would have happened" I shout this time, she doesn't have the right to speak about Ryan like that, no one does. 

"Finally you're thinking about mate, it took you long enough" sky chimes in snapping at me a little   

"All you talk about is him, last week you thought he was your brother" she shouts which was the last straw for me, I can't believe she'd even think to say that. 

"Yeah well at least I've actually found my mate" I shout ripping the bracelet that she got me off my wrist and at her face. 

I storm off leaving her standing there alone, I was beyond angry at this point my wolf for reasons I don't know was also growling. I came to a corner where a few very smart looking people were standing, I tried walking down there but was stopped. 

"Miss you can't go through there," a man in a suit says holding his arm out preventing me from walking down the pavement. 

"I need to get home I'm not gonna do anything, I don't even know who they are," I say trying to keep my anger at bay but it wasn't working while he shook his head. 

"You know what, I am not in the mood to deal with people like you! Either you move out of my way before I do something that you're not gonna like very much" I say in a tone that I'd never used before. 

He for some reason bows his head at me moving out of my way, once he did I saw the two important people staring at me in shock, hope and maybe even happiness, but I didn't know why or gave it much thought. 

I walk past the man and towards them to get home, I was about to pass but they looked so shocked. 

"You look like you've seen a ghost" I smile kindly at them before I went on my way still angry. 

Not even two minutes into my journey I was stopped by the important-looking people again.  

"Excuse me, Miss, can we ask you something?" The man asks he had power in his voice that made the people around him bow but it didn't affect me, I smile saying okay as the women wraps her arm around his tears in her eyes.  

"If you don't mind us asking, how old are you?" He asks, I thought there was like an unspoken rule where you don't ask random strangers how old there are. 

"I turned 16 yesterday" I smile, I didn't have the best birthday though. 

This made the women well up, even more, the man started to have a few tears in his eyes too.

"Are you guys okay?" I ask looking between them, I don't know why me turning 16 is upsetting them.  

"We've just had a rough couple of years" the man smiles wiping a few tears away. 

"Join the club! But I wouldn't worry we all go through hard times, I better be going" I smile turning around to walk away.

"What's your name?" The women finally speak making me turn around. 

"Savannah !" I shout back before I turn the final corner. 

I finally arrive at home calmer than I thought I would be, before I could walk through the door my father opened it. 

"I've just got a call from Gabbie's mother, she ran home crying saying that you had a go at her," he says clearly very angry, I roll my eyes as he spoke. 

"Maybe I did, "I say walking passed him and in the house where my mum stood with Ryan. 

"This isn't on Savannah taking your problems out on poor Gabbie," she says which just made anger boil inside me. 

"Poor Gabbie, how about poor me! I've been lied to my whole life! You know what I'm happy I'm adopted, it means I'm not related to you!" I shout making her look hurt but I didn't care much, I run up the stairs slamming my bedroom door. 

I put my back to the wall sliding down until I hit the floor tears just running down my face, the feelings about everything that I've been holding in just coming out. A few minutes go by my door slowly opens Ryan popping his head in, he closes the door joining me on the floor he slowly wraps his arm around me but I just cry on his chest. 

"Nobody wanted me even as a baby, there must be something wrong with me"  I cry making him hold me tighter.  

"That's not true sweetheart," he says but I just continued to cry more than I've ever done.

I wake up in my bed, alone my throat hurt probably from the amount I cried last night, I get up and make my way downstairs to see my mum sitting in the kitchen alone.  

"Ryan's gone out to help your dad with something," she says looking towards me, I just  nod walking to the cupboard to look for something to make my throat feel better. 

"I know you're angry with me Savannah but we just didn't know how we were meant to tell you, then Ryan found out you were mates which made it even harder for us to explain," she says as I pull some throat medicine out but it was empty making me sigh in frustration. 

"I'll make you some warm honey if you've got a bad throat," she says as I take a seat at the counter sending her a nod.

"Thank you," I say as she gets up to make some, my voice sounded really rough. 

We don't talk for a few minutes which gave me time to think, I mean I am angry that they haven't told me until I'm 16, they had like my whole life too. But on the other hand, they did take me in and raise me just like I was their blood-related daughter when they didn't have too, I could have got sent to a horrible family but I didn't, I should be grateful for them. 

"I'm sorry about the way I've been acting,  I should be thankful that you did decide to look after me," I say making her turn to smile at me stirring my warm honey with a spoon.  

"It's fine hunny I completely understand, now drink your honey hunny" she smiles placing the cup in front of me making me laugh a little. 

"You're always gonna be my mum, it doesn't matter if it's not by blood" I smile making her smile holding my hand. 

I finish drinking the honey my throat feeling a little better as Ryan walks in the kitchen smiling towards me my, dad behind him. 

"I spoke with Gabbie's father and he explained everything to me," he says making me look at him confused, "Gabbie told him what she said to you and what happened the night of your birthday, with you being drugged," he says sitting at the counter in front of me sending me worried eyes, my mother gasps taking a seat right next to me. 

"You were drugged let's take her to the hospital!" She says pancaking but I stop her grabbing her hand.  

"No I don't need to go to the hospital I'm fine now, Ryan helped me out" I smile looking at him for a second to see he was also smiling. 

"We still should get you checked out," my dad says I look up to Ryan, saying help with my eyes. 

"No she's fine dad, honestly if she wasn't she would already be at the hospital," he says walking over to me placing his hand on my shoulder, making a huge smile filled my mum's face. 

"You two are too cute" she smiles rising to her feet placing my empty cup in the sink "now out I want to clean the house before we leave on Monday," She says pulling me off the seat walking Ryan and me towards the front door. 

"You two can have some mate bonding time while I clean," she says as Ryan opens the front door walking out, I had to follow my mum still pushing me towards it. 

"What are we meant to do?" I ask just as she was about to close the door. 

"Go to a cafe or something, just stay out the house for a couple of hours, have a nice time" she smiles actually closing the door locking it behind her, wow she really doesn't want us to go back in. 

"We have a weird mother" I smile as I follow him out the garden gate and towards the town.  

We were just chatting when I felt something touch my hand, I look down to see it was Ryan's hand, I smile interlocking our fingers together. We walk a little further down the road, some people sending us weird looks, oh right news hasn't spread around yet I thought it would by now, as we were about to turn the corner to the restaurant someone behind us calling my name stops us, I turn to see the same two people from yesterday, Ryan gasp bowing his head towards them while I just send him a weird look. 

"You're here again" I smile Ryan just had a confused expression standing next to me our hands still interlocked,  at least I'm not the only confused one right now. 

"We were just passing through and recognised you" the man smiles the women quickly speaks up from beside him. 

"Who's this?" The women asked straight after before I could even answer the man. 

"Oh, this is Ryan my...." I say but paused not knowing how to address him, my mate or my brother. 

"I'm Ryan, her mate," he says holding his other hand out to shake their hands. 

The women seemed to well up again like yesterday, it seems like she does that a lot, I can't say much it feels like all I've done these last few days is cry. 

"It's lovely to meet you too" the women smiles shaking his hand but looks to me. 

We just stand there in silence I didn't really know what to say, I look to Ryan who just looked back at me, I mentally tell him to speak which he seems to get. 

"We were just on our way to eat, our mum kicked us out the house," Ryan says breaking the silence, thankfully giving me the chance to speak. 

"She's cleaning the whole house and said we needed to take a walk for a couple of hours, do you want to join us?" I smile making them nod and start to follow us to the little restaurant, as we walk by other people bow their heads towards them, okay I'm growing even more confused! 

"How's your throat?"Ryan asks me, the two people that I haven't actually learnt their names yet walk beside me looking over worried. 

"It's better than it was this morning, mum gave me this weird honey drink it actually did help" I smile as the restaurant came into view and from the looks it was empty.  

"We've been coming here for years now it's the best restaurant around here" I smile to them as Ryan opens the door letting them walk in first. 

"After you" he smiles to me, I smile following the others in.  

We sat down and ordered our food, as the two important people started asking us questions. 

"You two keep saying your mum, but if you're mates you're gonna have different mums," the women asks making me tense a little but Ryan held my hand under the table, I really thought I wouldn't have to think about this for a while. 

"Growing up we thought we were brother and sister but it turns out........they're not my real parents" I smile a little making Ryan smile over at me. 

"But it means we've grown up with each other, so it's made us stronger as mates," he says smiling as the food arrives ending the conversation,  Ryan's hand didn't leave mine the whole time after that.