“Now without further ado, let me present your next Beta, Ben Jackson.” Ben and Mona walk up to the stage and stand next to Ben’s parents.
“Your next Gamma, Mona True”
The crowd gasps. My father and everyone looked shocked. Seleste had started walking to the stage but stopped. I noticed that all the members of the Elite 12 walked and stood behind Seleste. I guess that is a show of power, but I have the ultimate power.
“Son, what are you doing?” My father asked, “Seleste is the next Gamma.”
“No, dad. I don’t think Seleste is the right one for the position. Seleste has done nothing but undermine my authority in the pack for the last year. As alpha, I can’t have anyone under me who does not respect my position as head of the pack. I want Mona as my Gamma. I think that is best for the pack.” I say.
My father is stunned and quiet for a moment after I finish that statement. Mona takes that moment of silence to speak up.
“I respectfully decline,” MMy mother and father look lost right now. I don’t know why. They should be proud of me for standing up for the pack.“Ok, everybody, just calm down. Nobody makes any rash decisions until we discuss this further.” My father says.I don’t know why my dad is begging them. We don’t need them.“No, dad. There is nothing to discuss. My mate and I do not want Seleste as our Gamma and I will not allow her to continue to influence my pack. As alpha. I have decided. She and the traitor warriors can leave. I don’t need her. I don’t want her and I don’t need anyone who follows her. She is nothing to this pack but trouble.”Before I know it, Gamma True has broken free of Mrs. True and has me lifted off the floor with his hands around my throat.“I have had enough of you, pup.” Gamma True says. “I have stayed quiet for this long because my daughter asked me to let her handle it, but you have gon
My dad takes a deep breath and then looks at Seleste. “Seleste, will you come up here please?”Seleste walks up and stands in front of my father. I must admit, she is looking very nice in her dress. It is a one-shoulder number that fits her curves perfectly. Unlike me, Seleste is looking calm and composed. Looks like things are backfiring a little. She should be the one that is flustered and angry. Not me.“Son, do you see that mark on Seleste’s right shoulder?”I look closely. There is a crescent moon with a star on her shoulder. I have read something about that symbol before, but I paid little attention to it and what it means.“Yes. I see it, So?”“I’m losing my patients with you, pup. Disrespect my Sweet Pea one more time. I dare you.” Mr. True says through clenched teeth.My father sighs. “Son, that mark is the mark of The Protector. The Protector is a direct
She continues talking while I’m taking everything in. I realize I made a huge mistake. Everyone tried to warn me that I was going to be the downfall of our pack with my grudge. Yes, I can admit it now. It was a grudge. I see now that Seleste was born to be a warrior and if I would have listened, she could have made me better.As a protector, she works to make all of us better. Now it makes sense why my father started letting her travel the world to train at such an early age. How could I have gotten everything so wrong? I should have taken her advice and thought about it, or maybe even talked to my dad or mom about what I was feeling. Now I know why I’ve been feeling so drained lately and why Convel has not been talking to me.“I’m sorry Convel.” I link my wolf. “I will try to make our last days together better. I love you Con and I’m sorry for ruining things with our mate.”“Alpha, because I love this
We all walk out of the house and head to the venue for the party. The party is at the banquet hall of the pack. It is an enormous ballroom. We have hosted many parties over the years in this hall, both for our pack and for the werewolf kingdom. We are centrally located and large enough to host official events when needed at the request of the king. Our pack is closely aligned with the royal pack. I think it is mainly because of my ancestor that came to help the alpha’s ancestor start this pack. My ancestor came from the royal pack. He was the second son of the royal gamma and the chosen protector. I don’t know why it went with the second born that year. The moon goddess had her reasons. My family is still connected to the royal gamma line. We are cousins.We arrive at the ballroom and are immediately escorted to our table at the front. We are in a place of honor since the party is celebrating us. Our parents are seated just off to the side of the stage.I w
The alpha grabs the microphone and begins addressing the crowd.“I would like to thank everyone for being here tonight to celebrate the 18th birthday of the circle of ten, our next generation of the leaders of the pack. I’m sure that together, the ten will continue to move our pack to greater things.” The alpha says. He announces all the mate connections in our group of ten. The pack is so happy for the mates, the alpha can barely get a word in. Finally, the crowd calms down, and the alpha announces Trevor and his fake mate. I look at my dad and shake my head as the alpha speaks. I don’t want my dad to lose it and tell the pack that Trevor rejected me.“And finally, I would like to announce that my son, your future alpha, has also found his mate, Shana. Show them all some love.”The crowd goes wild again. Nobody knows that they are a fraud, so they are happy to have what they think is the next alpha and luna.
Ok, I know my thoughts are showing on my face now. He just told the pack that I’m a threat because I secretly love him. He is really reaching. I look at the pack and warriors. No one looks like they believe him. At this point, If Alpha Connor does not take control, the pack may revolt against Trevor. Alpha Connor looks at Shana and asks her if this was true.Trevor answers before Shana can say anything. I’m not the only one who noticed that Trevor did not want her to answer.“Of course this is true, dad. Why would I tell you something that is not true? Seleste is not the right person to be Gamma.” Trevor says.I notice my dad is about to lose control. I need to get to him before things go completely left. To defuse the situation and give Trevor what he wants and hopefully stop this drama, I agree that I don’t need the Gamma title.“Fine,” I tell Trevor. “Gamma is just a title. I don’t need it. Not havi
I think that was as much as my father could take of Trevor trying to ruin my reputation. Before anyone could do anything, my father was holding Trevor by the throat with his feet off the ground. At first, Trevor still looked arrogant as he tried to power his way out of my father’s hold. He should have known that my father’s strength is legendary. My father is the deadliest warrior in the kingdom. The king has called on my father to handle difficult rogues. You can’t get out of my father’s hold unless he lets you go. My mother, me, and alpha Conner try to calm my daddy down. I plead with my father to let Trevor go. My father is not listening to any of us.“I have had enough of you, pup.” My daddy says to Trevor. “I have stayed quiet for this long because my daughter asked me to let her handle it, but you have gone too far now. It’s bad enough that you rejected her on your birthday,”Oh, no, now everyone knows T
Alpha Connor asked me to walk up to the stage. I walked over and stood in front of him. I am standing proudly in front of Alpha Connor and Trevor. By this time, I have removed my hair from my shoulder so my mark is on full display. Alpha Connor points out my mark to Trevor and asks him if he knows what my mark means. Trevor looks at my mark like he is bored. Everyone can tell that he really does not know what it symbolizes, which is truly sad. He is supposed to be the next alpha, and he has no clue that the goddess’ chosen one is standing in front of him. He makes some kind of underhanded comment and my dad almost grabs him again. I can tell he remembers what happened earlier and does not want my dad to grab him again.Alpha Connor is also losing patience with Trevor. The alpha slowly explains the mark to Trevor as if he was talking to a small pup. Sadly, the alpha had to give Trevor a full history lesson of my bloodline. After all of that, all Trevor could do was
The party started like any other children’s party. There were games, playing, and eating all day long. Our parents were relaxing with each other. My mom’s best friends are all in different packs. Talia travels a lot, so the adults really enjoy it when they all get to hang out together. Us children are the same. We only get to see the whole group together about 3 times a year. Because of who our parents are. Elon and I get to go to the other packs more than the other children, although things will change for us when we start school. School is another whole issue that we may talk about later. All I will say is that it took all of my grandparents begging to convince my parents to allow Elon and me to go to school with the other kids. My parents wanted to keep us on the pack lands and do some kind of home school, which is crazy because our school is a pack school. How would it look if the alpha couple did not trust the pack school to educate their children? Those were the exact words of my
I am one of the most loved and feared wolves of all time. My twin brother and I were blessed by the moon goddess and the archangel Gabriel. From the moment I was born, almost 3 minutes after my twin, I have been told I am special. My family did not realize it at the time, but my brother and I understood what they said about us even before we were born. My twin and I could mind e each other the day we were born. We always assumed it was just a twin thing. Over the years, we have discovered that we are unique and can do things that normal wolves cannot do. My parents have raised us to be levelheaded and grounded. We both will have a lot of responsibility when we are older, and our parents want us to enjoy being pups. Aside from being blessed by the moon and the light, we are descendants of the original gamma and alpha blooded. My brother is already stronger than many full-grown wolves. I have not tested my full strength, but I know I am stronger than all the she-wolves in our pack. I ha
The twins are 3 months old today. They are growing and maturing fast. They are already doing things more advanced than humans and even other werewolf babies. I always knew that they would be special. Both the moon goddess and Gabriel blessed them when I was carrying them. I know that they each have a path to follow. I hope that I as their mother can stir them in the right direction. Everyone has reassured me that Jarvis and I will be great parents. My twins will be showered with love. I’m so glad my parents moved to our pack. They can help me with the twins when I have luna or protector duties. Jarvis’ parents are also very helpful. I just like watching them while they sleep. They are so precious. We still have not figured out what their marks mean. We initially thought their marks were Identical, but they are not. They both have a crescent moon with three stars like mine, but Eliora’s has what looks to be a blade in the middle and Elon's has what looks to be a lightning volt. It’s no
It’s been two years since the supernatural world had what amounted to a civil war orchestrated by pure evil. A lot of good came out of the war. The shifter community is more united and stronger than ever. The groups are no longer separated, well, not completely. Everyone still has their own set of rules and cultures, but we all serve under one king. We all come together yearly for leaders/alphas meeting at the palace. This gives us leaders a chance to network and build or strengthen alliances. It also gives us female warriors a chance to dress and get dolled up. Every year, Rose, Mona, Talia, Lacey, Francis, Violetta and I meet up the week before the conference to go shopping. Not that we need much of an excuse to meet up. We get together as much as possible anyway. Our males like to hang out with each other as well. The circle of ten still meets up as a group at my old pack for our birthday every year. Even though we are all grown and mated, alpha Connor likes to continue the traditi
The war is over. The dark lord has been defeated, but my warriors had to continue fighting mini battles from pockets of rebels who still insisted on fighting the rule of the king. They were no match for our warriors. The king and all of us were tired of needless bloodshed. We remained at the makeshift war tent for a couple of days, coordinating with all the other regions and bringing order. After the third day, we start teleporting warriors back to their region or home group.Queen LaDonna went back to her coven to get all the magics back on track and deal with the remaining dark witches. The decision to allow them to live was a tough one, but it was argued that the fact that they survived a hit from a light weapon showed they were not purely evil. While we didn’t expect them to walk completely in light magic, Queen LaDonna reminded us it is still necessary to have balance in the world. We need some darkness to balance the light. Even if we killed them off, there is nothing to stop ot
After Meditating. I met my parents and Jarvis back in our family wing of the palace. It is almost going time. Jarvis and my dad were discussing the warriors and their plan of attack. While I was training with the king and Queen LaDonna, Jarvis and my dad were mobilizing the rest of the warriors with the new generals of the kingdom. The new generals are none other than Young Trevor and his team from the alpha academy. The goddess did tell me that our destinies have always been intertwined, now I understand how and why.This kingdom has fought wars before, but this is the first time we are battling pure evil. This is the first time mates are fighting side by side. In the past, the warriors were all males and the mate remained home waiting for their mates to return. In this war, the mates are on the frontline fighting together. Some might think that is a disadvantage, but I know it is more of an advantage. There is no power in the world stronger than the power of love. Mate will fight ha
After spending a restful night in Jarvis’ arms. I get up and spend a couple of hours in meditation. I didn’t wake Jarvis up to meditate with me this time. Tamaska and I needed this time with our elements. We all needed to recharge. They let me know they were at full strength and were ready. They also believe in the war that we are facing. The elements do not want to see a purely evil world. They need balance.While in meditation, mother moon visited me and Tamaska. She wanted to let us know everything would be ok.“Seleste, my child.”“Hi mother moon.”“Seleste, you are going to hear and see a lot on the battlefield. Trust your team to do what they need to do so you can focus on what you and the other moon warriors need to do. There will be a gift left for you at the palace. If you get the opportunity, use the gift. Tamaska will know what to do.”“What is the gift and what will it do?”“I can’t tell you that yet, but I will tell you that if everything lines up and Tamaska tells you to
Like all good things, our nice mini vacation came to an unexpected end. I received a mind link from my beta, letting me know they needed us back. I linked him back, telling him we would be there shortly and asking him to arrange for the omegas to come take down the equipment after we left. I grudgingly woke up my sleeping mate.“Wake up Seleste. We have to get back.”“So soon? I was enjoying our time.”“Me too, baby. Beta just linked me. They need us back. It sounded urgent. I think it would be better if we ran back. The omegas will take care of everything and make sure all of our belongings get back to the pack house.”“Ok my alpha, let’s head back.”She jumps up, runs outside and shifts into Tamaska. Oh, my goddess. Tamaska is beautiful and majestic. She is the lightest silver I have ever seen. She almost looks like a shimmering white wolf. I will never tire of seeing her. Onyx is rushing me to let him out. He is ready to run with his mate.“Hurry up human. You had your time with ou
Seleste and I spend a little more time with our team, then we head out to the front of the packhouse. I have the horse and carriage waiting for us as we exit the house. Just seeing the happy and excited expression on Seleste’s face lets me know that this was a good call. This is the perfect time for a horse and carriage ride. The sun is going down, but it is still light enough to see everything. We have at least another hour of light. That works perfectly. Will be able to dine partially by candlelight and then start the movie once the sun completely sets.I help Seleste into the carriage and take my seat next to her as we begin our journey through the forest.“Thank you baby for this. I have always wanted to ride in a carriage but never had the opportunity. I will always remember this moment.”“I am o glad you are enjoying this.”Selese leans her head on my shoulder as we continue to ride. After 10 minutes of riding in silence, with Seleste looking around and taking in the view, she f