Born For The Alpha

Arda hated the confidence he had in himself and his pack. She also wondered why they were so comfortable just because the enemy packs sort of feared them.

She let her eyes dwell across the group. "That doesn't mean that the enemy packs are not planning anything." She couldn't help but tell them even though she was sort of afraid of them all. They weren't humans. She was the only human among them.

"She is a wise one." The Elder said.

"Sure." Gillow agreed, his eyes on Arda's face. "Fate has chosen correctly."

Arda carefully avoided his gaze, looking at every other place but him. "Now there is just one person missing to complete this fearless pack." He said loudly, drawing her attention back to him as evidenced by her eyes which had returned to his.

"Who?" she asked.

"There's someone else in the pack but the one I'm talking about right now is you, my mate." His hand squeezed hers and she knew not to antagonize him by denying him, at least not verbally. Arda felt hot tears stinging the backs of her eyes.

Gillow lifted his voice and addressed the pack. "I grow weary of the waiting. Things must be put in place, starting with the ceremony."

The Elder cleared his throat. "What time do you envision?" he asked.

"In three days." Gillow said with a note of finality.

"What...what ceremony?" Arda asked him, hating how she was stuttering with fear.

He looked down at her, his gaze fixed intensely on hers. "The ceremony of our mating." He said determinedly, causing her to swallow hard with utmost dread. She couldn't hold back the gasp that escaped her. "But you can reject him if you want." A sultry and sonorous female voice intruded. Everyone turned in the direction of the new voice and Arda saw a pretty young woman around Gillow's age standing at the entrance to where they were. She must have moved in that Vampire speed because she had appeared so fast. The others didn't look so surprised though.

The woman looked flawless with her ivory skin, smile and bold makeup. Her lips were covered in a lovely cherry lipstick and she looked really brazen as she walked up to Gillow and hugged him tightly, her eyes taunting as they fell on Arda's.

"Hi, Moonchild, I'm Baby."

"Baby?" Arda found the name strange.

"That's what he used to call me." She said conspiratorially and winked at her. Arda's brows came together in a frown. She didn't like this Baby or whatever she called herself. The irony was that, she had no particular reason for that.

Gillow abruptly disengaged from her. "You're late." He said, frowning with displeasure. She bowed briefly, a sexy smile on her face. Then she straightened up.

"Sorry, Alpha. I was not finished with pack duty."

Gillow looked at Arda. "Meet Felicia. She's a Scout. The simplest explanation will be our spy."

Felicia winked at Arda again. Her smile seemed mocking. Arda knew the only thing she found she liked about Felicia was what she had said earlier- But you can reject him if you want.

***

In the forest, under the full moon, a pack of wolves around fifteen trotted steadily behind a wolf that ran with purpose ahead of them. Chilling howling sounds rose from their midst, overshadowing the cricket sounds of the night.

The furs on their bodies, danced under the moonlight as the soft blowing wind kissed their skin.

The wolf leading them was darker than the rest of its counterparts. As they approached a low hill, it slowed down and close to the hill, a hut became visible, sitting beside the hill. They growled aggressively as they reached the hill, all growling aggressively.

The leading wolf, leaped over, climbing the hill until it was standing proudly atop it. Then it threw its head up at the moon and let out a long howl that silenced the rest of the wolves. They lowered their heads in

reverence.

With another howl, the leading wolf began to shift. It's skin peeled, exposing human features - limbs, face, head and eyes until the wolf could be seen no more but a muscled naked man who looked to be in his fifties and handsome in a rugged way.

Another dark wolf from the pack, leaped over, joining him. It too began to shift and when it finished transforming, the human it became was Jacob.

After this, the rest of the wolves began to shift, revealing male and female of different ages, the forest filled with their howls.

Jacob's eyes were green while the eyes of the man beside him was red. Jacob bowed to him like the rest of the others. "Rise." He said and they all straightened up.

"All hail Cain, Alpha of the North of Homeland." Jacob announced to the pack.

"Hail." They responded in unity and Jacob nodded to Cain.

"Thank you, Son." Cain said to him and faced the pack. "Thank you all."

The place became quiet, the silence intruded by night sounds from creatures of the night.

"The moon is our greatest gift." Cain

began. "From the time the

lycanthropy curse was placed upon our ancestor King Lycaon of Arcadia, it seemed like indeed, it was a curse. We all know how Lycaon served the entrails of his own sacrificed son, Nyctimus to the god Zeus in order to test his

no

amniscience, to see if indeed he was All knowing. Perhaps the god Zeus who cursed him was actually blessing him because many have come to realize that lycanthropy is not a curse but a blessing. The moon is our strength. As werewolves, we are super human, but you all know that, don't you?"

"Yes we do." The pack chorused.

"We are not here to go over what we already know." Cain continued. "We are here to felicitate among ourselves, to celebrate ourselves. But one question remains unanswered. How long are we going to do this in hiding? The humans felicitate together in public. Why can't we do the same? I ask you. Is it fair?"

"No." came the pack's chorused response.

"And you are all right." He

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commended them. "We would have taken over if we weren't divided but the Southern pack has refused to join our course. Nevertheless, we must force our way into humanity. We are of greater strength. The humans only have weapons but we can tear them apart, limb to limb in our numbers. Best thing is, believing we don't exist, we can simply eliminate them while in our human form."

"Yes" they chorused aggressively.

"For years, their ancestors hunted our kind and almost forced us into extinction but a remnant of us have survived. Time has passed and the current generation have become ignorant of our existence. They are all babies who now believe that we are a myth. This was foretold in the scrolls and we are living in that age. This is the time to strategize and strike back."

"Yes."

"We can no longer hide in plain sight but reveal ourselves."

"Yes"

"We must be in government."

"Yes"

"And best of all, we must increase our kind."

"Yes."

"We must breed as many humans as we can."

"Yes."

"We must raise an army."

"Yes."

"Now that the Alpha of the East and West have joined our vision, as one, we will prevail against the Alpha of the North."

"Yes"

"We must not let the edge they have over us as hybrids, stop us.”

"No."

"All hands must be on deck."

"Yes."

"Now, good news."

There were shouts of joy that gradually died down as Cain nodded to Jacob who raised an arm in triumph.

"The whereabouts of the Moonchild is no longer a mystery. As I speak with you all, she resides with the Alpha of the South. We also have an insider there. My time, disguised as a student at the University of Homeland was not in vain."

"Yay." They shouted with joy.

"Silence!" Cain thundered and the pack fell quiet. 'You rejoice like it's an achievement. Have you all forgotten the prophecy?" The silence remained and their faces fell.

"She must not live." Cain said forcefully. "Once the three packs become one, it will be done. Do you see the clear goal now? Only one Alpha must be. I Cain will be that one Alpha and when all goes well, we shall be large enough to take down the hybrids because they have vowed to keep the humans safe."

His voice became more animated and vicious. "Tonight, we shall enjoy this habitat. We shall hunt and soon, we will shift and hunt in public. Let us enjoy ourselves and prepare for the meeting with our allies."

"Yay"

With a deep growl and howl, Cain's body began to transform back to a wolf form, his skin, tearing and huddling over. This time, the others and Jacob followed suit, their howling sounds filling the air. Back to their beastly forms, they scattered themselves into the forest, hunting down prey with vicious determination, their vindictive howls filling the night.