Chapter 6: Hard to Get

The other males weren't much competition, so Alpha Judah pretended as if it were just three alphas and ten girls in the forest arena. He caught onto the little blond's scent almost immediately. Judah noticed that she was most likely in her fertile state since her smell varied a bit and sometimes was strong and sometimes not. 

Naturally, Judah's wolf reacted to the scent, but like him, his wolf didn't like her no matter how fertile the blond was and how good she smelled. Judah needed to focus. 

He knew that the blond and the raven girls were working together, which meant it would be harder to find them. They had already started making false tracks, and he'd have to go into a clearing and trace the scent all over again. It was exhausting and quite annoying, but he respected their intelligence in this arena despite knowing they weren't acquainted. It also meant that his future queen would be smart and strategic, which was a plus. 

Eventually, Judah found the common denominator; the scent trails always ended in the outskirt of the clearing, but they always got stronger and trailed inwards towards the largest pine tree in the middle. 

Judah allowed himself a wolfy grin, quite proud of himself for figuring it out the girls' strategy so quickly. He quickly ran over to the tree and looked up, hoping to see the girls sitting on the tree branches. It was hard to see into the pine trees since the tree leaves were thick and long, but he caught a flash of their white and red clothing and knew they were up there. 

Judah heard the girls' slight whimpers and their heavy breathing. He would've just climbed up the tree and taken his mate, but his wolf was way too big, and he wanted to give her a chance to come willingly. Judah decided to shift because he knew if he tried to bark up the tree, he would alert the other wolves. The girls weren't from his pack, and they didn't share a mindlink with him, so he needed to talk. 

He looked up at the tree and started to speak. 

"Hello, girls. I'm Alpha Judah Fenrir from GreyHound pack. I've found you, so you can come down now. I'm not going to hurt you," he said and waited for a few moments, but he was met with complete silence. 

"Girls-? Ouch," Judah hadn't finished his words yet when something hit his forehead, and he saw it was a piece of stone when he looked down. He growled and looked back up into the tree, seeing the raven-haired staring back at him, barely visible past the leaves. 

"Buzz off, okay? None of us want this; just go away," Gray said.

Alpha Judah just stared at her. To most, Gray seemed plain, but for Judah, she was stunning. The sun was still setting, and even from below, he could see how she sparkled in the last remaining rays of the sun. 

For Judah, Gray had the most perfect, round little nose with beautiful honey-pooled colored eyes that seemed to cry. Judah knew that the lady up was a mix of Asian race and American, which only made her more beautiful. She looked so innocent even though her hair was tangled in some pine leaves. He almost wanted to laugh at how cute she looked at the moment but looked could be deceiving, and so far, all she showed him was cunning and how slick she was. He had to be careful with this one. 

"Aren't you tired of running? Come down, little ones. I can show you a place to rest your heads properly," Judah said before hopefully looking up at the two of them in the tree. 

Gray seriously looked like she was contemplating it. Judah finally thought she would give in, but a bigger stone was thrown at him. 

"Yeah? So when I wake up, you can be buried with your dangling thing and balls inside of me against my will, forcing me to carry your pups. I think not," Gray replied. 

Luckily, Judah caught the stone before it hit him right above his eyes, but despite his kind and patient disposition, this wasn't something he could be laid back about. If he didn't grab and mark her soon, she could belong to someone else, and that couldn't happen. He had eyes on Gray first. 

Judah dropped the big stone and cleared his throat rather loudly. "I'm giving you a chance to come on your own, but if you don't play nice, then I guess I'll just have to come up there myself."

Gray rolled her eyes. She knew that every Alpha in the game pretended to be a good guy, trying to make her trust them. What a classic excuse for maniac Alpha. 

"I guess you will, then."

Judah nodded to himself and surveyed the tree, trying to find a way he could squeeze between the tight space of branches without getting his fur stuck. He shifted and started to dig his large claws into the thick tree bark, pulling himself up. The girls shifted in the tree and tried to move away. 

The blond girl threw a large stone with all her might, and it hit Judah on the head. His wolf yelped and then growled, wanting to get this over with. He wanted to claim that monolid honey-pooled eyes girl as soon as possible, and he could smell the other alphas getting closer. The least he needed to do was rub his scent on her, and then nobody would dare challenge him for her.

Judah retracted his claw from the tree and huffed, running in a circle around the tree and rubbing his face against the bark. Doing it may deter the other Alphas a little bit and make them know that someone has marked the tree. 

He sat down, and the two Alphas trotted up to the tree, sniffing the air. They knew their prize was hidden in the tree and planned to rip the other Alpha apart to get it.