The Purple Wolf

“Eva!!! Wake up!!” my mom yelled at me. I just couldn’t bring myself to crawl out of my warm bed. The light from outside was seeping in through the curtains that hid the two large windows on the other side. The snow had just melted last week, and it was still cold. “If you don’t get up right now, I’m going to march up there and drag you outside.” I could hear her tapping her foot at the end of the stair case. “ONE…Two...Th-“ “I’m up!!! Don’t get your granny panties in a wad!” “Young lady, we have 30 minutes before we have to meet the High Order!” She didn’t sound too happy about that. Today we were going to be giving the verdict on whether we would be allowed to stay a pack, or integrate. “I’m going.” I groaned as my bare feet touched the cold hardwood floor. Today was the day; I either lost it all, or lost half. Thanks to some testosterone filled Alphas, the werewolf population was very low, in fact, it was the lowest it had been in the history of wolfs. I tipped toed to my closet. I grabbed my lucky hoodie and skinny jeans. “Oh, Eva, you better wear something that makes you look like a future Alpha, and not like a wasted teenager.” I could always count on my mother to ruin my day. That’s right I was going to be an alpha. The only female alpha in the country, just like my mother. My pack is made up of only females. Sounds awful, but it isn’t. Most of the members have been rejected, lost their mates, or simply not found their mates. However, we do need men for certain things, like reproducing. Most of the time, the unmated women just have s*x to have a kid, like my mom, or they already mated before they joined. When a woman in my pack has a son, he is sent to another pack at age 16. Harsh I know, but we fear that a male will try to take the alpha position when he finds his mate or becomes of age. Speaking of coming of age, I had 5 months left before I turned 18 and got the “throne”. I graduated from school early to focus on pack business. For the last two years my life has revolved around my pack, my family. All I could do was staring at my clothes. I was not in the mood to dress up for some old men who were one cough away from blowing their hearts out of their own butts. I finally settled for a long sleeve, plain grey dress. I ran to my bathroom, and quickly turned the water on to heat up. I showered, letting my body relax in the heat. I got dressed, put my hair into a side pony tail, and lightly put make up on. I grabbed some bangles and a deep blue necklace that matched the flats on my feet. I ran downstairs to grab some breakfast. Just as I entered the kitchen my mom stopped me. “Here eat this on the way.” She gave me the pop tart, and then grabbed my arm and led me outside. I had just enough time to zip up my jacket before the cold air hit me. “Good morning to you to, mom.” I slid into the passenger side and buckled up. I just now noticed how she looked. At 45, my mom could pass for a 30 year old mostly because of our slow aging, but still, she looked good. Her hair was still as black and a wavy as it had been at my age. She still had an hour glass figure and she wore clothes to show it off. Today she wore a long dress that hugged her curves. “You know we can’t have the Order waiting.” “Yeah, because in any minute they could pulverize into ash like they should have so long ago.” “Don’t be silly, they have immortality.” She reminded me. Those lucky bastards got immortality because of some angry witch. Maybe if the witch knew that they would be such pains in my ass, she wouldn’t have cursed them. “Oh, right, they live FOREVER.” I rolled my eyes. The SUV warmed up and I stopped shivering. In two hours we would get our verdict. I was just about to close my eyes for a nap when my phone vibrated. *Hey, you ran out of here so fast I didn’t get a chance to wish you luck.* My best friend, Valentine, was like my sister. We were always together unless I was stuck doing pack stuff and or while she was at school. *Yeah, I think those old farts already made up their minds, with or without luck, we’re screwed.* Valentine was always so optimistic, about everything. *No, it won’t! You’re only angry because you didn’t get to sleep in.* I hate to admit it, but she was right. *Whatever, either way we are going to be separated L* *Don’t say that! We might find mates in the same pack* She was so excited that about finding her mate. Her mom was one of the women who had lost their family due to the war. She was constantly telling stories about her dad and how romantic it was. *I don’t think so Val.* For me, I already made up my mind. Whoever he was I was going to reject him. My pack came first, and I was going to be their alpha. *BOOO! You whore.* And that was that, Valentine hated when I was grumpy. After the last message I let the soothing vibrations from the car take me back to sleep. I knew I would only get one hour, but still, sleep is sleep. The next thing I knew, my mom was shaking me awake. “We’re almost there.” She said and went back to driving. “Couldn’t they just email us? Or call?” “No, did you want them to do that?” “Well, it’s better than having to get up at six and get dressed just to hear a sentence or two.” “It’s not just us. It’s the whole east coast.” Wait, I never got this information! It was just like my mother to skip over important information. “What!?!” “Did I not tell you? All the alphas and soon to be alphas located on the east coast are going to be there.” “This better not be one of your tricks to get me to find my mate!” she had been trying to force me to find my mate. Constantly nagging me to go with her to visit other packs, suggesting that I get reacquainted with the boys from Alpha camp. “Well if you find him, will it be that bad?” “Yes! I am going to be the alpha of the Stardust pack!” “Sweetheart, my mate was torn away from me. I think you should find him and love him before it’s too late.” My mom had found her mate, he was a rival during the war, they only knew each other for a week, and then he died. She then went to Tina, our doctor, and asked to be de-bonded. Tina could do that, and she did so that my mother wouldn’t suffer. But still, she never spoke of him or their connection. Just to keep her from feeling any worse, I stayed quite. We pulled into a large hotel. It was owned by them; it was their business trait, owning hotels. We walked towards the double glass doors, my mom was about to reach for the handle, so I ran and pushed the automatic button. She hated when I did that. Both door swung open revealing the red carpeted receptionist area. “Hello, welcome to the Breton Inn, how may I help you?” I could smell that she was human. Short and thin, brown hair with blond highlights. She went heavy on the makeup and I wondered how she smiled without it cracking. “Hello, we are here for the meeting.” “Ah, it is located down the hall take a left and it’s the last door on your right.” She smiled and then went back to her computer. “Thank you.” She led the way. We passed several depressing photos and fake plants which needed to be dusted. Finally we reached the room, it was a double door like the ones in the entrance but it was wooden and it didn’t have the automatic button. It had conference room on a small plaque with brail underneath. I felt the bumps and then turned to my mom. She was adjusting her dress, hair, and then boobs. She was weird like me. “Let’s go.” She hooked her arm to mine and opened the doors. Instantly my nose filled with werewolf scents all male. “Ah, Lolani, welcome. Your right on time, we are still waiting for a few members. Sit.” My mom pulled me towards the front where we sat, me at the end. I refused to look at anyone, just in case he was here. A male werewolf will be able to scent his mate, but it is not official until they meet eyes. That’s when the bond is strengthened. ‘We have to find out mate.’ My wolf, unlike me, was desperate for her mate. She was always reminding me about it and she never let me forget it. ‘Look around’ she demanded. ‘No I will not, shut up!’ I hated arguing with her but she had to stay quite. ‘If you don’t look around, I will take over!’ She always threatened me when I was doing something she didn’t like. Last time she took over, I was grounded for a year. Me!! Not her. But I was forced to run in wolf from at night as patrol. “If you do I won’t go for that run.” She hated when I kept her locked up. “What did you say, honey?” my mother asked. I didn’t realize I said that out lode. “Nothing.” ‘See what you make me do!’ ‘Just look around, PLEASE!’ ‘Fine, if it will shut you up.’ I discreetly looked around. All the others were talking to each other. No one was looking at me, he wasn’t here. I sighed in relief. ‘He’s not here.’ She sounded so depressed, it was depressing me. ‘I’m sorry, how about next run, you take control.’ There was no response. But just as I was going to re-ask, the man in the front spoke up. “Well, it seems that we are going to have to start without the last three Alphas. So please rise for the High Orders.” Just as we stood, five old men walked in. They looked around their 70’s but with the slow aging who would really know their real age. We sat down and they began. “It has been fifteen year since the war. We have gotten everything just about rebuilt and we only have a few things left to do.” They man next to him continued. “Today’s we will start off by going through all the building processes and procedures that….” I totally spaced out there. Five hours later, after they had argued with some alphas about certain buildings, settled a small argument between a few alphas, and finished off about procedures, they got to the issue I was here for. “As you all know, our species has decreased due to the war. We are hoping to regain our numbers by increasing the number of mated couples. Most other packs have taken their women and thrown together parties for them to meet their mates. But the Stardust pack will have to go through different measures.” Here we go; here is what I have been waiting for. “We have decided that the Stardust pack is to take the women who have not yet found their mates to each pack.” Oh great, they were going to have them parade around like some pageant contestants. For what? To increase mating. “And their soon be Alpha, Eva, will lead them.” “What?!?!” I stood up defensively. My mother’s hand shot up to push me back down. “And their doctor, Tina, will not be able to de-bond any female until she has spent a year with her mate. That’s final.” Shit, I was so screwed.