5 Alpha Meeting- Spain 4

Alaina POV

I slowly make my way back to my room in the castle. So many stairs! Fourth floor, who has a fourth floor without an elevator?! I was given a room in a tower, makes me feel like a real princess, but sweet baby goddess the stairs! I could NOT live in a building, castle or no, with this many stairs!

      'He followed me! I can’t believe he followed me, Ty! So now we have a stalker to worry about?'

      'I don’t think he’s dangerous, just a pestering doofus!'

      'I don’t really care if he’s dangerous, I know you can take care of us both, I don’t want to deal with this idiot for the next 11 days!'

      'I don’t think we can hide from him, not here at least. Maybe we should just appease him an...'

      'APPEASE HIM?! Appease him? Did you hit your head, Ty?! There is no way in bloody h3ll I am going to do ANYTHING to ‘appease’ him! How the fack did you even think that I would go along with that plan? Why would you even suggest such a ridiculous idea?'

      'I don’t know Al, maybe it’s because I want to at least give our mate a chance. There’s nothing wrong with talking to him, getting to know him better, it’s not like he will mark and mate you in the restaurant.'

      'And what about Fin and Dionysus?'

     'What about Fin? We always knew that this day would come. When we found out he was not our fated we knew that Fin and D would find their mate at some point, and that we would need, and want, our own. What will happen if, or more likely when, they find their mate? Would you think that it would be fair for them to reject her? For us, the ones who KNEW they still had the perfect mate, for them, out there?' 

      'I am not going to appease a guy! I’m not doing anything to appease anyone else! If, and when, Fin and D find their mate I will let them go, but I would still rather be a crazy cat lady than have to bow down to any man!'

Ty rolls her eyes so far back I thought she might be able to see her brain!

      'Just because he is a man doesn’t mean he will make you bow down to him, but if this is what you really want... I don't really have much of a choice, do I?'

      'Ty, come on, that’s not fair! We both have to work together and agree on this.'

      'And yet, you have made this decision on your own!'

      'Ugh, Ty...'

Oh crap! Well now I’ve gone and pissed off Ty, she’s put her block up, this should make for an interesting few days. 

We usually have a ‘friendly’ competition to see who is ‘the world's strongest alpha’. I don’t think I could roll my eyes any harder, or further back, when it comes to this whole competition. Basically, it’s a mix between ‘hold my beer’ and Tarzans chest beating ‘I am man hear me roar’. Fack, more like ‘I am man with a small dingle and I need to overcompensate by acting like a fool’. Women are not allowed to engage in the competition, thanks to those chauvinistic, misogynistic, pricks! I have been able to kick Cal’s arse since I was 16, I could hold my own in the competition, and I know Ty would mop the floor with every wolf and Lycan that came across her. But, while we cannot take part, it IS, however, mandatory that we attend. I am thinking that we should try to crash the competition though, see if we can sneak our name onto the list. If I just put Al Morgan, they may not pick up on who it is.

      'Ty! What do you think? Take some aggression out by beating up some male Alphas?'

      'Have you actually thought this through, and how utterly stupid it is? Even IF you are able to sneak in and get the first competitor to tap, in human form, the second we go to fight them in my Lycan form EVERYONE will know who you are. You won't even finish the first round before the throw our arse out, and then we will have dear ‘ol dad and Cal to deal with!'

HA and she’s back talking to me. All I have to do is suggest something stupid and she’s always back! This time though, this time I am following through. I WILL compete, if it’s the last thing I do!

      'Meh, worth a shot, I think!'

      'You’re going to end up unaliving us well before our time!'

      'By who? Who is going to be stupid enough to even attempt that?'

      'More people than you would like to know about!'

      'Like?'

     'How about the council!! Especially once they find you plan to reject Alpha Lupin!?!?! You know that when it comes to the laws, prophecies, and moon goddesses plans they rule all!'

I shrug, but take her words to heart. They are all Alpha’s by blood, the ONLY people that can command them are the royal families and, even then, it's rarely used! 

      'Maybe we can get Alpha Lupin to agree to a rejection and make the council abide by our decision?'

      'Al, that is probably one of the SUPIDEST things I have ever heard out of you! He’s never going to agree to that!' 

And with that, Ty is back behind her walls, while I am left pacing our room trying to think of a way to get into that competition without anyone knowing... at least not until it’s too late. CAL! I bet Cal either knows the rules, or knows where a rule book is so I can read it. The competition doesn’t start until day 8 of the meeting, so I have 5 days to go through it, find the rule, or rules, that I need, memorize it, somehow get my name on the list, then figure out how the fack I am going to disguise, not only myself, but Ty as well. I hope Cal is within the castle, otherwise it’s going to be a game of hide-and-seek as the mind link only works so far.

      *Cal...???* 

      *Alaina, what do you want?*

NICE! He sounds PISSED, but at least he’s in the castle!

      *Um, well... I was wondering...*

      *What are you planning on doing now?* 

Shat, am I really that predictable? I grimace thinking about whether this is still a good idea or not. What makes him think I am planning something? Shat, Fack, Bitck, mother trucker!

      *Alaina?*

      *Sorry Cal, you caught me by surprise with the question, why would you think I was planning something?*

      *Really Al? You are going to ask me that after the last time? I am NOT doing anything to help you screw over Alpha Lupin. I got an earful after the last time, not happening again! And every time I hear the words ‘I was wondering’ it never ends well!*

      *Caaaaaal, it’s not like that, I swear! All I want is the rule book for the upcoming competition. But I have apologized, for you getting in shat, last time I don’t know how many times. It’s not like I knew setting fireworks off in the tunnels would end up smoking half the pack house out!* 

      *I’m not too sure how you, or Ty, or h3ll even Fin, and Dionysus, wouldn’t have put two and two together of ‘tunnels run directly under the pack house, and there are vents to allow fresh air in,’ and even better understanding that maybe it’s not a good idea TO SET OFF FIREWORKS IN A BLOODY TUNNEL! For someone so smart, sometimes you are not always the brightest, are you?*

Oh shat, I really buggered that up, and that hurt more than a little! But in all fairness, who puts air vents in tunnels that lead directly to the pack house? It’s like no one thought of someone setting the pack house on fire, hello smoke, or using an aerosolized form of wolfsbane that would go down the vents. So, in reality, it’s not MY fault the pack house was smoked out, its whoever built the tunnel system! On the plus side, though, thanks to that misadventure the vents were moved and it's not an issue anymore, so really, I did the pack a favour!

      *Once again Callum I’M SORRY! Could I please get a copy of the rule book?*

      *And why exactly do you want the rule book?*

Ah shat, I was kinda counting on him NOT asking that

      'Why don’t you tell him that since you’re forced to go you want to understand how the competition works.'

      'That is PERFECT! Thank you so much Ty!'

Not sure why she helped, since she is so against this, but I am going to take it! 

      *Well, I figured that since I am going to be forced to sit through days of this stupid thing, I should learn the rules. Might make it at least somewhat interesting... maybe...* 

I am so glad Cal can’t see me rolling my eyes through the mind link, I would wind up with a smack upside the head if he caught me, not to mention he wouldn’t believe my excuse at all! I have never been able to lie to Cal’s face. I think that’s a big reason as to why he normally will not answer these kinds of things though the mind link. He ALWAYS wants to see me face to face, it made I hard to sneak around as a kid! 

      *Alaina, what are you planning to do?*

      *I swear, nothing, just want to understand what’s going on.*

I can hear him sigh through the link. Wait, he sent a facking sigh through the link? What a wanker!

      *I have a rule book in my room, I will bring it to you at dinner. You better be there, and you had BETTER be more cordial with Alpha Lupin! If your behaviour gets back to your parents... we are both going to get it!*

      *Thanks Cal. I will do my best to be a ‘sit down, and shat up’ kinda gal, just for you.*

With the amount of eye rolling, I have done on this trip my eyes might actually get stuck in the back of my head! BUT at least I get the rule book, step 1 done. Now to figure out which rule I need... I was never very good with studying or remembering shat. Fin has always joked that I have the memory of a gold fish.

                                                          ***Flashback***

      “Hey Al, you ready to go?”

      “Where are we going exactly?”

      “Oh Al, what would you do without me? We are going for a picnic, and swim down, at the waterfall with Siobhan, Lochlynn, and that new kid... Wesley? Winston?... it will come to me.”

      “Haha I’m really not sure what I would do without you, probably lose my head!”

      “I swear you have the memory of a gold fish. Swimming around your little bowl going ‘oh look a castle, oh look a castle, oh shat there’s a...”

      “A WHALE” I screeched as I ran back up to my room to pack a bag.

      “A whale? What? Where the h3ll do you get a whale from?”

I can hear Fin muttering to himself, probably discussing it with D.

                                                          ***End Flashback***

Ever since we were little, I have been the only one to stun Fin into silence. It’s getting harder and harder to do though, as he pretty much expects the unexpected from me now, but I still get him every once in a while.