---- Chapter 1: Birthday other. As I walk into the kitchen, I hear several of my friends whisper Happy Birthday! to me. Today is my 18th birthday. Its the first day that we can recognize our mate. Make a wish. Feena, our Lead Omega says quietly, handing me a blueberry muffin with a candle in it. Blueberry is my favorite. Maybe youll find your mate. My friend, Vivienne, says. Yeah, maybe you'll be able to leave this miserable pack. Another omega says. 5/15 ---- Chapter 1: Birthday Every omega in this pack, the Ironbite Pack, hopes to find their mate quickly and really hopes they are from another pack. Leaving this pack is the only chance we have at a normal life. It's not guaranteed, other packs are as bad or worse than ours, but many are much better. I take the muffin and wish for the same thing I wish for every year. Please let me find my mate and leave this awful place. When its one of our birthdays, Feena adds a little extra mix to the muffins, so we have one extra for the birthday person. Here, let me cut this so we can all 6/15 ---- Chapter 1: Birthday have some. I say, knowing that this may be the only thing any of us eats today. You don't have to. Vivienne says. But really, birthdays are the best for this reason. Its not that we're not allowed to eat. It's just that we're told that we can't dawdle and not get our work done. Work that should take fifty omegas to complete, but there are only 25 of us. None of the ranked members care that there are too few of us. If the work doesn't get done, there is hell to pay. Our pack house is filled with ranked members and warriors. My days involve getting up early, helping to 7/15 ---- Chapter 1: Birthday make breakfast for everyone. Once everyone 1s eating, I help the other omegas clean the ranked members offices, preparing them for the day. And once everyone is doing their jobs for the day, I switch to cleaning the bedrooms, ensuring all of those rooms are clean. I usually finish in enough time to help with dinner. Once everyone is done for the evening, I clean the training rooms. Sometimes there are still warriors in there working out. Most of them are nice, but sometimes we have to work fast to stay out of their way, so we don't get kicked. Neither our Alpha nor our Beta have found their mates, but our Gamma, 8/15 Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!