Pack of the Green Hill

Boat Trip I

Oblivious to this all, Gloria was getting ready. 

With everything happening in the last few weeks, her mind had not been on which clothes to bring. She had to fit most of her belongings into one big suitcase. 

She had thrown in a bikini, but she had not paid attention, which one she took with her. She had taken two. One was a present from a family member and she had kept it out of guilt since it had never been worn. Very old fashioned and ugly and the other to her dismay was sexy. Too sexy. Where is my favorite one? Digging through the drawers she gave up after 10 minutes frantic searching. So ugly or sexy one? She put both on them on the bed and got herself ready to go on the boat. 

Once she exited the bathroom, she saw Jonathon hovering above her bikinis. 

„What are these? “ he said in a low voice filled with something she could not point out. 

“The bikinis I brought along.” 

“They are ugly.” 

“Thanks, Jon. Whilst packing to move with my mate to another pack it was not my first thought to bring my most beautiful bikinis so that we could go on a boat trip,” she said sarcastically. 

He glanced at her and threw her the ugly one. “Wear this.” 

“No, I will not. You said yourself that they are ugly so I will wear the other one.” 

“They are as awful. One looks like a curtain and the other one looks like an excuse of a bikini. You are representing your Alpha and cannot be seen around wearing that.” 

Annoyed with the direction this was going she said 

“What do you want me to do, Jon? How can we stop discussing about what I should wear?” she plumped with these words on the bed. 

Jonathon was still tense from speaking with one of his best friends harshly and was not in the mood for another discussion round. He yanked her off the bed, which made her body crash into his. Her heartbeat had increased immediately, shocked through his sudden action. 

With his canines out and his voice still low 

“I told you what to do. Put the bikini I have chosen on and be ready in 5.” 

With that he let her go abruptly. 

She staggered but regained her balance almost immediately. What was up with him? The sound of the door closing echoed for awhile after he left.  

She recovered quickly, perhaps being used to the mood swings from her father and put the bikini, demanded!, by Jon on and matched it with a nice colorful short and a quirky top. She brought with her the other bikini as well in case something would happen to the one, she was wearing. Trying not take his actions personal, she was ready to explore the sea.

On the boat everyone was putting their towels on the front of the boat to lie down. The she-wolfs were getting undressed and lying down and had built already some groups. 

Gloria was feeling very self-conscious and was not willing to undress with this hideous bikini. She saw the trained bodies of the she-wolfs with cute bikinis. Fortunately, her clothes were nice she thought. 

The captain had greeted her and Jonathon personally. The boat itself was huge and so beautiful. It had a huge inside cabin as well. It was like a sitting room and two bedrooms with the toilets. The cabin was decorated with a carpet. The captain knew Ashley through her father, and he was passing by their area, so Ashley managed to organize this boat trip. Ashley was the hero of the day. However, to her surprise the boat was originally owned by Jonathon, but they usually rented it out. 

Ashley had curly blond hair matching to her personality. Bubbly and lively. You could see from far away how much she enjoyed the attention she was receiving. 

Gloria looked out at the sea. She thought about what had happened on this few weeks. Her hand traced her mark. She had been beaten badly, moved cities, changed packs, found her mate and had been marked and mated and now she is on a beautiful boat filled with many strangers, who were her new pack. She just hoped that she would be able to fit in well and understand Jonathon well enough to be able to handle his moods and dominance. She frowned unintentionally on that. She had hoped that the dominance would leave her life once she found her mate. Jonathon however was matching her fathers and was on top of that overbearing. 

Having received years of training made her alert to a presence close by. It was a drunk Ian. 

“What is a beautiful girl like you doing here alone?” 

“Well, I am not alone but surrounded by people as you are.” 

Hoping that he would take the hint. However, he was not smiling and remained serious. His eyes were shooting daggers. He staggered slightly towards her. She hoped from the waves rather from his drunkenness but knew that this hope would not fulfill itself. 

“Are you even worth it?” he was saying it in a low voice. Without her wolf hearing she would have missed it. There was loud music blasting, she could hear laughter and somewhere further away Jonathon laughing about someone’s joke. She was being left alone to her devices. 

“Ian, what do you mean?” She moved so that her stance was more stable, and she was ready to kick the hell out of him, if it needed to be. 

She had trained with her trainer in tight spaces. It was challenging since her movements were restricted, but she could handle it. 

Jonathon sensing through the mate link Gloria’s tension mixed with excitement started to search for her with his eyes. He spotted Ian close to her in a tense conversation and he noticed her fighter stance. His heartbeat quickened to this sight and it took all his willpower not to rush over to his mate and interfere between them. 

Ian had not followed his orders. He tried to look relaxed however his body was tense. Ashton had followed Jonathon’s look and his eyes widened. 

The Luna and Ian talking? Could this go well? Following his Alpha’s example, he kept a distance. He had also heard the fighting skills from Niels about their Luna. Niels had volunteered to stay with the pack in case in the unlikely scenario that something would happen. Ashton felt worried about his friend, who seemed very angry.

Ian had enough! His eyes became dark having given his wolf full control. She was their enemy and he went for a punch. She countered it easily and round house kicked him in his guts. She landed safely on her feet, but Ian had lost balance and fell. He recovered quickly and his eyes were even darker if possible and his canines were out. 

Others might have been intimidated by a full-grown wolf, who was ready to attack any minute, however Gloria had trained with the scariest and most uncontrollable fighter of the pack. 

She saw that his mouth was moving, he was saying words, however she was concentrating on his stance and next movements, so that she did not hear his words. 

Oblivious to her, apparently his shouts had gotten the attention of the other pack members. Everyone’s attention was on the two of them. Even the music had quietened down. Many glanced worriedly to Jonathon to intervene since they were not aware that Gloria had trained for years. Their Alpha looked calm, which surprised many. He was known for his calm and calculated manner, but they thought that if a matter involved his mate’s security that he would get immediately involved.

Ian tried another attack and this time Gloria decided to not let him have the upper hand at all. She aimed for his legs and then again for the side and his face finally. Punch, kick, punch. He was down and his eyes returned to its normal color. “ouch”. Gloria feeling a bit guilty due to the last punch to his face bent down and said, 

“Are you ok?” 

He was slightly bleeding, and his ego seemed bruised but otherwise fine. 

Her hands were slightly swollen. She felt happy about this little exercise. He looked quite ashamed. He was getting up and met her eyes and said 

„Sorry Luna. I am not sure what overcame me.” 

“No problem, Ian. I hope that sorts things out” 

They shook hands and a non-spoken understanding past among them.

 They turned around and it seemed thousands of eyes were watching them more surprised than shocked. Gloria did not like this kind of attention on her and looked towards Jonathon. She saw pride in his eyes but no intention of moving towards her. She was hoping that he would come to her and ask her about her well being as the others did. She shook her head to clear herself of her thoughts and her expectations.

Jonathon said only “Go back to partying. Nothing more to see.” 

The captain rushed towards Gloria and involving her in questions regarding her well being, whereas Ian went to Jonathon and said. 

“Alpha I am sorry for what happened.” 

“You should be sorry for not following my orders and starting a fight with Gloria.”

 He smirked and said “However, I have the feeling that you have learnt your lesson not to mess with her.” 

At that Ashton and the others close enough to hear his words were laughing. Ian blushed a dark red. 

“I might have forgotten to mention that she is one of the best fighters of her pack. Did I not mention it?” 

He was forging innocence. Pride swinging in his voice “She was training with the worst bad ass of the fighter for years. Nobody even approached him, but she decided to train with him. Actually, when I met her..nevermind.” T

he images came back to his mind. Having felt that his mate was nearby and seeing her being chocked by someone had been horrible. He did not plan on reviving on this memory or share them with others. 

Gloria was surrounded by more pack members. He did not need to intervene since they were mainly female pack members close to her.