Irina
“Honestly,” I thought about it voicing my thoughts out loud. “I don’t care about some legend. It won’t keep our people safe. It won’t keep our son safe. Hunter, even after we get rid of all of our opposition, our son will always be known as the alpha to the human mother.” I was a werewolf when he was conceived, but for some reason, it didn’t matter to those who wanted all human wolves dead.
“I can understand that sweetheart, but if there is a way, we can force them to understand.” Hunter pulled his fingers through his hair and sighed deeply. I laughed out loud. He couldn’t possibly be serious!
“You know as well as I do that there is no way.” I leaned up to look at him. “They’ve shown us that they won’t stop. They won’t rest until all my kind are dead.”
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Irina“Humans don’t know about werewolves unless a werewolf tells them. How can my kind mean the extinction of your kind when there are laws against it?” I sighed, crossing my arms again. I studied our prisoner.“Not your kind. You!” He shook his head as if he shouldn’t be telling us this. “Imagine if suddenly your world turned upside down and a skunk started ordering humans around as if they were his personal slaves. I know it’s a ridiculous example, but that’s the way it’s going to be for us! The legend refers to a human taking control over all werewolves. One alpha, and one pack. There would be no more territories or free will for us. You will rule us all.” Shock was running through my body as he spoke and I was beginning to think I needed to get my hands on that damn legend! I looked at Hunter and he wasn’t looking very happy, but none of us really were happy with our current situation.“The legend doesn’t say that. Not that exactly. It is what your purist radicals think it means.
IrinaI had no idea how many people might have seen me shifting, but Emily assured me that I was safe. The sheriff wasn’t happy with the turn of events, which was understandable. None of the werewolf wars had ever come so close to town, never mind happening right in the center square. It was all a bit much and our enemies had gone too far.By the time I got back to the shop I was frustrated and tired. I couldn’t imagine being this legendary wolf when I was born a human, but then again, I never in my wildest dreams imagined werewolves were real! Hunter hung around while I attended to some of my actual business.“Sooo, this is what you do all day?” He frowned and I rolled my eyes. He was bored out of his mind and driving me insane.“Yup, I tend to the admin while Emily and the guys build beautiful flower arrangements.” I smiled while both of us knew it was fake. Hunter nodded and continued studying my office. He was seated on the other side of my desk while I tried to figure out one of
IrinaHe let go of his ear. He was furious, understandably. I had just proven his point in a way of speaking, but I was trying to prove mine.“Oh, stop glaring at me. It's not like I told you to rip out your own heart.” I sighed, but as his hand went up and his eyes grew wild, I felt shock run through my body. “NO DON’T!” I screamed and he stopped. His fear was instantly replaced by fury.“You can order any wolf to do anything! You are dangerous!” Our prisoner spat out his words as if they were poison. I caught a glimpse of Hunter’s shocked look and decided I needed air. Our prisoner was right. I could kill anybody. With words!“Take him back.” I couldn’t look at Hunter or our prisoner as I stormed out of the room. This was too much. After everything we had been through. Everything we suffered! Now I don’t trust myself to speak or even just make a joke! I wasn’t just a danger to my enemies! I was a danger to the ones I loved! I shifted, knowing Hunter would at least take another five
IrinaThe entire house was filled with the electric excitement of hosting all the alphas. We had never had an event like this at our place before. Emily and I were checking on the last of the arrangements when Hunter let me know through our mind link that the first Alpha and Luna had arrived.I was over the moon to see Rosemary and I was grateful when she instantly rushed to hug me. I was convinced that all of them knew what was going on by now. The werewolf grapevine never disappointed, but either she didn’t care or … She didn’t know the full extent of my power just yet.Most of the morning was spent on making sure all the alphas and lunas had what they needed and were settled in their rooms. We had a barbeque planned for lunch and then we would go straight into our meeting once all of them were properly fed.I was hoping they would be a little sluggish after a huge meal and it would make things a little easier for me, but as the day wore on, I became more nervous. I was scared I mig
IrinaI appreciated that she was standing with me. I knew that if I lost her support, I would definitely lose all their support.“She can order any of us to do anything!” It was the first time I saw Rosemary’s mate speak up against her. Usually, he agreed with most of what she said and he never disagreed with her in public. He was a true gentleman and still madly in love with his mate after all these years.“We asked all of you here because I need a council. I need a conscience of sorts. I am also just a person who can make mistakes and I need you all to be there to support me when I need to make the tough decisions. That said, I’m NOT here to take away anyone’s power. Hunter and I are perfectly happy living our lives in our hometown with our own pack. We only want to use this power if and when you need my help.” I squared out my shoulders and spoke up. I couldn’t cower away from these people.They were alphas. They would simply roll over me if I let them. I could have allowed Hunter
IrinaIt was a huge shock that I would ask such a thing, but after some discussion they had to agree with me that the only way to find peace was to extend a peaceful hand. All the packs had been through so much that everyone just wanted peace after the war. Now all I had to do was convince our prisoners to accept the peace terms and I could get back to my normal life again!Our discussions had lasted the entire afternoon and the pack had started with the festivities outside when we finally finished. I wasn’t ready to speak to our prisoner just yet, and was relieved when Rosemary’s mate said he would do it. Hunter and all the alphas joined him as they went downstairs to talk to our prisoners while I made sure the Lunas had drinks in their hands and were having a good time.“When I first saw you, I knew there was something special about you.” Rosemary appeared beside me as I stood looking at all our people having fun. I smiled and she smiled back.“Thank you, Rosemary. If it wasn’t for
IrinaI was mistaken. I should have known better. Life was normal for a full week before the first call came in. From what I could gather in the car on the way, nobody knew who crossed which border first, but one of the pack members had found himself a prisoner of the wolves who didn’t like me much. We didn’t have much time since they had the right to kill him in their territory.“I thought we had peace! Why did he have to go there?!” It was frustrating!“We won’t know that until we get there. Your new friend asked for you. He wants you to force this young man to tell the truth.” Hunter looked amused and I rolled my eyes. It was upsetting! Not amusing! The peace I thought we brokered was delicate and one wrong move, like the one we were heading to now, could completely unravel all of it.We pulled up outside the pack house and I took it all in. A lot has changed since the last time I was here. The last time there were dead bodies everywhere and this time there was life. Families were
Irina“We agreed to peace!” One of the Lunas shouted at our new friend and I rolled my eyes. If we couldn’t even come to an agreement of some sort inside the councils, how the hell were we supposed to ever live in peace?! The discussion had been going around in circles for over an hour and from what Hunter was telling me through our link, he was having the same problem.Half of the council said we should leave the two packs to sort out their problems with each other and the other half felt I should intervene and silence both packs. I thought having these councils would help, but in the end, it seemed to have just made the noise louder!“This is not helping!” I shouted, silencing them all. I tried to calm myself. This was not working. Just like the final decision of what would happen to those people rested on Hunter’s shoulders, the decision of their futures rested on mine. I had no idea how long my power would last. If I ordered them to stand down … How long would they live in peace?