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my eighteenth birthday.  I have not talked to Eli since the day after your and his mother's deaths.  His parents’ tri-mate took them away the next day.  They haven’t been back once to visit his grandmothers in the eighteen years they have been gone.  I wish we were still friends, and he was here to help me through the Alpha Battle. 
    You know since father is the Alpha the title was supposed to pass to me, well, it won't now.  I hate that I am latent. I wish I could shift.  Sometimes I hate myself and wonder what I have done to deserve being like this.  I promise I will become Alpha just to prove to them that I can do it.  They think just because dad is Alpha of the Pack that I will use that as an excuse to start at the top of the battle, but I am going to prove them wrong and start from the bottom, working my way up to the top.  Well, it is time for my training, Mom.  I will talk to you tomorrow morning.  Wish you were still here with me.
     
    Love,
    Jadelyn
     
    Jadelyn quickly threw her things back into her purse as she heard her father calling to her.  She jumped over the rail, which divided the stands from the field, just as the last person was leaving the training arena.  Before walking over to her father, she locked her purse in the safe she kept on the training floor—she would just die if someone got hold of the diary inside. 
    “Jadelyn, I hope you were watching your opponents . The Alpha Battle is in three days’ time.”
    She didn’t know why her father always asked the same questions; she had been watching their moves for the last eight and a half years.
    “Yes, Dad, I have been watching.  I know what techniques I need to win.” 
    Baron made sure everyone was gone, the doors locked up tight, and no one could see in before he began training Jadelyn.  He had been training Jadelyn on how to subdue or kill a shifter in their werewolf form even though she cannot shift.  He wished she would believe in herself as he did, despite her latency.  He knew she was stronger than all the female Alphas, without a doubt. 
    Through their talks, he knew Jadelyn was only going through with the Alpha Battle to prove to the others she could do this and was worthy of their respect, not because she believed in herself.  Jadelyn always looked for everyone’s approval in everything she did—ever since her mother’s death, Eli vanishing, and learning of her latency.  Baron wished she would understand that as long as her family, true friends and most importantly, herself, loved and accepted her despite her faults, which everyone had, she would be fine.
    “Hurry up, Jadelyn.  The battle is in three nights, and you have to be overly prepared.”
    Jadelyn and her father battled against each other for hours before going home and calling it a night.
     

Chapter Two
     
     
    Eli stood under the showerhead as a relieved feeling washed over him.  He was glad to finally be back home on the Isle of Paradise after seventeen years, but he couldn’t help contemplating the tragic accident that took him away in the first place.  One minute he was a happy twelve-year-old shifter and the next his whole world was crashing around him.
    It all started when his mother died in a tragic car accident, but it didn’t end there.  The next day, Ella, his parent s’ tri-Mate, dragged him off the Isle.  According to Ella, she took him and his father away so they could heal in peace without the constant heartbreaking memories they would have if they stayed on the Isle, but Eli didn’t see it that way.
    Eli felt as though she ripped out a piece of him when she made him get on the plane and leave behind his best friend, Jadelyn.  The worst part for him was not being able to be there for Jadelyn after their mothers had died in the same catastrophic accident. 
    He felt empty inside ever since he stepped off the plane and into the human world.  Eli knew it was because he left Jadelyn behind, but he didn’t understand why since