Prolouge
I led my packmates through some unknown alpha's territory, ready for whatever potential threat lay ahead. We had been traveling through North America for months and it was time for us to find a new place to call home. We ran nimbly in our splendid fur at a steady and determined pace. I heard the distinct sound of a howl piercing into the cool winter night, something inside of me wanted to call back but I refrained. The familiar sounds of paws on the forest floor alerted me that they were near; they were following us as I had expected. I signaled for my pack to hide and braced myself.
A large grey wolf plowed into me and caused me to roll. He pinned me quickly, I decided not to put up a fight just yet. I thrust my head up in surrender, willingly submitting to this weak alpha. He shifted and then put his hand around my neck causing rage to boil within my being as my wolf sister called for his blood. Soon, I said to her, soothing her momentarily.
"Shift." He said, using an alpha tone. I smiled as the command rolled off of me and did nothing but cause my fur to become more irritable. I still humored him.
I felt the pull of muscle and the tingling at the base of my skull, my bones popped and reformed themselves, it didn't take too long to become fully human. I was smaller than most of my race run, 5'5." But I was precisely 140 lbs of muscle hidden under curves. I had ample breasts and a round bottom. My hair was chestnut brown with a honey tint. My eyes were greenish with tawny hues. My lips were full and pouty, and my face was a perfect mixture of sharp and round. My prominent eyebrows were perfect in desired shape and fullness and my eyelashes were long and thick, I rarely needed to wear any makeup as my complexion was flawless. As soon as the change was finished, I locked eyes with the alpha and let myself out fully. My beta aura amplified until my unmistakable scent signaled my alpha blood and warrior heritage.
"Shit, you're the she-wolf the council is looking for." He said, loosening his already tenuous grip. The smell of his fear wafted into my nose as I noted that my reputation had made its way to the sticks. I was known for being an alpha killer. I didn't offer anything for a few moments, letting the silence wrack his nerves further. I smiled slyly as my enigmatic eyes gleamed into his.
"And who are you?" I said fiercely, finally shattering the impenetrable silence. I was tranquil in his grip, lying on my back on the filthy ground. He hesitated. "I said. WHO. ARE. YOU?" My command ripped through him, causing him to suck in a breath and growl. His alpha pride coming out offended that a female can command him so.
"I am Alpha Harold." He said obediently through clenched teeth. I then placed both of my feet on his abdomen and propelled him away from me. Rising off the ground I then locked eyes with him again.
"I, Alpha Tatiana, challenge you Alpha Harold for your title and your land," I said firmly.
His laughter boomed through the air, "You may be stronger than I am little wolf, but you are a female. A female can't be alpha." I growled before instantaneously switching back to my wolf form. I charged at him as he yelped and scrambled away, I will slaughter him and all of those here.
I launched myself onto his throat, ripping his windpipe from his neck and consuming it whole. As he started to bleed out the remaining wolves rushed eagerly at me. They never made it because my two female warriors carefully took them out before they even had a chance. I shifted again and so did my little pack.
"A clean kill, Alpha," Iris said, toeing one of the dead wolf's carcasses. "What's next?"
I smiled. "You will lower yourself to sleep with his son?" Iris's twin Ivy said, picking up what I was thinking.
"Whoever said I would be sleeping with him?" I sighed gently. "I just have a feeling that this is precisely where I need to be, for now. And that instinct forewarns me that taking over this pack would be a waste of time. Something much bigger is coming." I then shifted and took off toward the packhouse, persistently following the dead alpha's scent marks. I didn't want to be alpha to these weaklings, and my wolf sister huffed in mutual agreement.
As we neared the packhouse, we were met with several guards. One guard broke from the group, he must be the beta.
"Where is Alpha Herald?" He questioned as he strode closer to me.
"He died." I stated matter of factly, "There was a rouge attack and..."
"Shit," The man swore. "Now we have to follow his crazed son." I internally smirked. I would bed the beta and enlist him as an ally. "I am Andre." He said soothingly, graciously offering me his hand.
"Escort me to him?" I asked gently, pressing myself into him, lightly splaying my fingers on his toned and bare chest. He blushed and nodded approvingly. I have learned to use my sexuality to my advantage.
Andre steered us through the double doors of a modest mansion, I scoffed unimpressed. He took us up three sets of stairs and to a stout oak door. He placed his knuckles on the door and knocked twice.
"Send the attractive female with the brunette hair in. Alone." The guard locked eyes with me, instinctive jealousy printed on his gorgeous face. He stifled the savage growl that had begun to bubble in his brawny chest.
"Mine." He whispered passionately. I rolled my eyes. All men are the same, give them an inch of attention and they believe they own you.
I entered the room to find the new alpha staring out the window, a window that displayed where I had just been standing. He spun slowly and smirked in an attempt to be seductive.
"I know you killed my father." He said eagerly as he walked up to me, I instantly felt my canines sharpen with the need to end his life. "And I would like to thank you, you've given me this pack.", he took his hand and gently brushed the back against my collarbone. I shivered in disgust, but he believed it to mean I was aroused. He placed his lips on mine and attempted to slide his tongue into my mouth. I snagged his tongue with my sharp canine and then head-butted him in the nose, flinging him onto the desk.
"Let's get this straight. I am the Alpha now. And you would do well not to touch me again." I growled fiercely, he whimpered and attempted to make himself small, I left the room and sniffed out the Alpha Suite, my packmate following close behind me. When I reached the door, I slammed it open and inhaled deeply. The previous alpha's scent was pungent in the room and it irked my wolf.
"Call for the housekeeper, and advise her to bring bleach," I said as I made my way to the spa bathroom. Closing the door behind me, I climbed into the shower.
