The Last Fox

Chapter 1

17 years later

Aroura

Right punch, left punch, right punch, left kick.

I kept practicing my fight stance, I have to win first place this year. If I win I’d be the first fox in history to win the Pack Fight, course I’m the only fox.

I keep repeating the hits, making them faster and harder each time I hit. Faster and hard I went till, SNAP!

The sandbag broke off the chain and fell spilling sand all over the ground.

“ You do know those aren’t cheap Aroura.”

Dad said standing at the bottom of the basement stairs, after the Alpha’s son Dominic found me and Alpha Thomas found out my whole race was wiped out they took me in and had his Gamma adopted me. Him and his wife Mary were unable to have pups, Mary had a miscarriage and had to have a hysterectomy.

They treated me like I was theirs, unlike some of the wolves in the pack. Some wolves didn’t like the idea of a fox in the pack, specially a fox who was unusual like me. Normal foxes from what I read in books were either red or reddish brown with bright hazel eyes or green eyes if they were of noble blood. Noble blood I guess is a blood line of the mother Goddess herself, the one who made the hybrids. Me on the other hand was a pure white fox with crystal almost white eyes, no where in the history book is it mentioned.

Some wolves find it fascinating and interesting while other think I’m a freak of nature, a mistake.

But Ted and Mary didn’t think twice when Alpha Thomas offered them to adopt me, mom always told me they fell in love with me as soon as they held me. Like I was supposed to be their daughter, but others didn’t feel that way.

“Well maybe if they made them tougher then a Fox wouldn’t break it.”

He chuckled

“Come on, we have to get ready for the party. Dom’s coming back home today and I hear their going to announce his role as Alpha.”

I couldn’t stop the big smile that spread across my face

“Dom’s finally coming home today, Goddess its been what almost five years?”

When Dom turned 18 his dad decided to send him to stay with his uncle up in the mountains to help him train to be Alpha, for some reason when Dom turn 18 he was different. He disobeyed his father which you never do as a wolf, it’s a death sentence. Luckily for me the Alpha has no affect on me, he can’t make me listen, submit, or bow to him. Which has caused some pretty hairy arguments growing up, Dom and I were Bonnie and Clyde growing up. We were very close, it was more then a friendship then. We were connected, that’s why it broke us when his dad sent him away we never got to say goodbye. I remember feeling something was wrong and ran outside to see Dom in the back of a black SUV I shifted in fox form and chase the car but couldn’t keep up. The one rule for me was I wasn’t aloud to shift unless the Alpha said so, my parent had to enforce that rule since they were the only ones besides Dom I would listen to. I was ground for a week after that, not like it mattered I locked myself in my room anyway for months.

“Yea it’s been awhile so we have to look our best and be on our best behavior.”

He said looking over his glasses at me.

I shrugged with a mischievous smile

“No promises.”

We headed upstairs where the smell of fresh chocolate chip cookies filled the air, I saw a fresh batch on the table.

I reached for one when SLAP

“Those are for the party tonight!”

Mom said waving the spatula between me and the cookies.

I rubbed my hand

“Ok ok I get it.”

She turned around to pull another batch out of the oven, I swiped two cookies and ran upstairs.

I stuffed them into my mouth, they were heavenly.

I made my way into my room closed the door, I stripped off my work out clothes and turned on my shower.

I can’t believe Dom’s coming back today and only a few days before my birthday, the big 18. Dom will be 21 the day before my birthday, he’s only 4 years older then me. We use to celebrate our birthdays together cause Dom felt bad that only him and my best friend Carly would show up for my birthday while the whole pack showed up for his. I mean he’s the future Alpha everyone had to go to his birthday, me I was just an orphan fox.

I turned the water on hot, stream filled the room. I jump in I winced at the pain the hot water did but I loved it. I washed my body, when I was done I just stood there. What if Dom’s isn’t the same, what if time with his uncle changed him and he starts to treat me like some of the others in the pack.

I shook the though out of my head, of course not he promised me he would be my friend till the end. I smiled and turns the water off. I grabbed my towel and dried off, I saw my phone light up on my bed.

Text from Carly

~Did you hear Dom’s coming back tonight and we’re going to PARTY! I booked a 1:30 appointment for our hair to be done be ready Foxy!~

I looked at the clock 1:15, s**t I quickly got dressed and ran a brush though my long silver hair, I just threw it up in a ponytail since I’m going to get it done anyway.

I heard a car honk out front, it was Carly in her black convertible BMW. I ran down the stairs and out the door, I jump in her car and off we went.

“So you excited.”

Carly was a popular girl, she was beautiful and smart and daughter to the Beta. She had long jet black hair with big beachy curls, mocha skin and big vibrant golden eyes.

I tried not to blush,

“Very.”

We pulled up to the salon, we walk in and check in.

I sat in the chair

“So what are we doing my silver headed beauty.”

I shrugged

“ You chose.”

The stylist pondered over my hair when she finally decided an Elsa braid with some lose curly strains falling down.

Carly got a tight bun with some tight curls falling down. We looked at ourselves in the mirror, satisfied with the results we paid and left.

As we were walking back to the car we heard a fox whistle, I let out a deep breath.

*Brian*

Brian was the only one who teased me with the fox whistle, he was the biggest asshole in the pack. He had golden blond hair that curled at the end and golden brown eyes, he had a body like a Calvin Cline model.

“Nice hair Fox, I like braided hair makes it easier to hold on to.” He said with a wink.

He always made s****l joke at me, a few of the teen wolves did. Their was something about imagining s*x with a fox turned them on, giving the foxes reputation before they were wiped.

His friend laughed and patted his back while the girls just rolled their eyes and scowled at me. This is why a lot of girls didn’t like me, they all seemed to think I wanted to steal their mates.

Carly and I jumped in the car before we started a fight and ruin our hair.

“So you got a dress for tonight?”

Carly asked driving towards downtown.

“I’m, yea my blue dress I wear to prom.”

Carly slammed on the brakes almost smashing my face against the dash.

“What the f**k Carly!?”

“No you are not wearing your f*****g prom dress, I’m getting you a new dress for tonight. Your going to turn some heads tonight.”

She put the car in drive and headed to the dress store.

I hated being in town with everyone, they just watched me and whispered. I didn’t care what they said about me but I hated being watched.

We walk in and saw walls of dresses, we started looking though them shaking our heads to the ones we didn’t like, shrugging that the ones that were ok. Then that’s when I saw it, a thigh length, one shoulder, open sides little black dress. It was made of satin my favorite, I didn’t even have to try it on I just bought it.

Carly pulled up to my house

“Ok Foxy I’ll see at the party.”

I smile at her

“Can’t wait.”

I ran into the house to show my parents the dress I got, course dad thought I was to revealing and mom thought it was beautiful. I ran up stairs to get my make up on, I did light foundation. I rarely need makeup, my skin was flawless with a beautiful summer glow and thick black lashes. I put some black eyeliner on making little wings on the side of my eyes. I used smoky grey and black eyeshadow making my crystal blue eyes even more vibrant. I slipped on my dress, it felt like a second skin. I loved how it felt, it clung to my curves and lifted my breast. I put on a burgundy lip stick when I heard my door open, it was my mom.

She gasped when she saw me

“My Goddess, you are stunning. Your going to turn some heads my beauty.”

Tears started to fill her eyes.

“Mom don’t cry your going to smudge your makeup.”

She waved her hand in front of her eyes trying to dry the tears before the left her eyes, she looked beautiful herself. She had her salt n pepper hair in a loose bun and a few curly strains, light makeup and a bold red and black dress.

Dad walked in behind her, he cleared his throat

“You could pick a dress that was a bit longer and covered you, you know , up more.”

Mom and I rolled our eyes at him, mom pulled out her camera. She love taken pictures, she took prof everything. She set it on my dresser and set the timer, we huddled with me in the middle and smiled till we saw the flash.

“Ok we have to go we’re going to be late.”

I put on my black high heeled and little black purse, I headed down the stairs and out the door with my parents behind me.

We hopped in the car and drove down the road.

Can’t wait to see Dominic, tonight is going to be a good night.

We pull up to Alpha Thomas mansion, it looked bigger from what I remembered. I haven’t been here since Dom left, it hasn’t changed a bit. We pulled up to the front, we got out, dad handed the keys to a boy a little younger then me. He hoped in and moved the car to the parks lot on the side.

Mom wrapped her arm around dads, he held out his other arm for me. I smiled and wrapped my arm around his and we walked in together.

As we walked though the door I felt all eyes on me, most were in awe awhile other were jealous.

“My Goddess have you grown into such a stunning young lady, watch out Ted your going to have to lock up her durning the Haze.”

Said a big broad man with jet black hair and salt n pepper beard that was neatly trimmed. It was Alpha Thomas, he was a very attractive older man, very physically fit for his age as well.

The Haze was a werewolf event that takes place once every few months, it’s when everyone goes into a s*x crazy animalistic frenzy, there’s no control their animal side takes full control. Luckily foxes don’t have a Haze, I just go into heat once a month and I just get a little flirty.

My dad nervously chuckled

“How’s your son?”

Dad said quickly changing the subject, I looked around and saw Carly with her mate Jace. I gave my parents a kiss on the cheek and turned when my mother grabbed my arm.

She gave me a look, I sighed and bowed my head to the Alpha.

The Alpha gave me a small smile and nodded, I ran to see my friend.

She looked me up and down

“Damn girl, just when I though you couldn’t look more beautiful. Sorry baby I’m breaking our bond to be with Aroura.”

Jace fakes cried

“Can I at least watch?”

Carly smacked his arm and laughed.

I looked around trying to see if I can find Dom, I saw everyone but him.

I heard a fox whistle right behind me, then a smack on my a*s.

“Damn Foxy, you clean up real nice.”

Brian said l*****g his lips, he had his hair slicked back and wore a light blue button up shirt with a black vest and blue and black striped tie.

A small growl rumbled in my chest

“Oh, you look even sexier when your mad. I bet you a freak under the sheets.”

I was about to raise my hand to slap him when I heard a failure voice behind me

“Brian don’t you have better things to do then get your a*s kicked by a girl.”

The voice was smooth and calming, it melted the anger away. I turned and saw him, his blackish brown hair flipped up in the front, flawless skin, clean trimmed bread which was new and his vibrant blue eyes. It was rare for a wolf to have blue eyes, one of the many things we had in common. He wore a black suit with a charcoal black button up shirt and tie, he looked so handsome I blushed.

“Dominic!”

I ran into his arms, he embraced me swinging me off my feet in a circle. We held each other like we never wanted to let go, sparks tingled though out my whole body making it hard to breath but I liked it.

We pull away from each other after a while and looked at each other with big smiles

“How have you been?”

I said breathlessly, my whole body was vibrating I don’t understand why maybe it’s close to my heat circle.

Dom cleared his throat

“Nothing much just training day in and day out,” he looked me dead in the eyes with all serious, “ I missed you so much Aroura.”

I felt the pain in his voice I fought back the tears trying swell up

“I know I missed you too.”

An awkwardness filled the air, I realized I was inches away from his face

*What the f**k*

I quickly backed up and chuckled

“Well your back now and we’ll have all the time in the world to catch up.”

He smiled and I melted, I pinched the inside of my arm to snap out of it. What was I thinking this is my best friend in the whole world, we grew up together. Why was I acting like a school girl crush on a hot boy on the football team, it had to be my heat coming up and my 18th birthday. When a hybrid hits 18 a lot of things change, our heat intensifies, we become stronger and more in tuned with nature. We also find our mates at 18, but not me since I’m the last of my kind. A heavy sadness hit me, I will never have a mate to have pups and grow old with.

A loud bell filled the air, the announcements were about to begin.

“ I’ll see you after the dinner and we can catch up a bit ok.”

He said as he was pulled to the front of the room to the Alpha table.

I made my way to my table with my parents they smiled at me as I sat.

The Alpha stood and the room fell silent instantly

“ I want to thank all of you for coming out tonight to welcome my Son home.” He gestured towards Dom, everyone clapped as he waved.

“And today is a special day for other reasons as well... It would have been my mates birthday.”

Dominic lost his mother when he was 3 years old, she mysteriously got sick and died. Dom’s father took it hard, there’s no recovering when a mate is lost. When the bond it broken it’s painful I hear, it’s like a piece of you dying as well.

Everyone hung their heads in respect

“ I know if Rosie was here right now she say how proud she was of our son and how hard he work to one day take over the Black Moon Pack.”

Everyone clapped and howled, he continued with the announcements saying how he will be stepping down as Alpha and how Dom will take his place. The ceremony will take place on Dom’s 21st birthday, the age were a werewolf reaches full maturity.

Everyone ate and drink at their table, laugher and yelling filled the room. I quickly ate my food and headed for the dance floor with Carly.

We danced shaking our hips laughing and enjoying the night till I felt a tug around my hips and body pressed hard against my backside

“Keep dancing like that and I’ll have to take you out back Foxy.”

I scowled and elbowed Brian in the gut but he grabbed my arm before I made contact. Getting ready to fight I felt a strong arm wrap around my waist and lift me and swung me around.

I hate being a fox sometime, it’s so easy to pick me up and move me around

“Now now let’s not start a fight, beside...” Dominic towered Brian looking him dead in the eye, making Brian coward down and look at the ground

“We all would know who would win a fight.”

There was a lot of hostility in his voice he was clearly testing his future Alpha powers and it was working.

Brian backed up with anger all over his face, he left the dance floor.

Dom watch as he ran off, still tense.

“ You know I could have taken him, I beat his a*s a few time before.”

I said with a cocky smile

Dom’s face and body softened

“I know but you look so beautiful I didn’t want him to ruin your beauty.”

A hot flash filled my face, I could believe he just said that.

Realizing what he said he cleared his throat

“ Care to dance?”

He reached out his hand towards me

It was a slow song, I smiled and took his hand.

He gently slid his hand across my lower back and laced his fingers into mine with other hand.

I placed my hand on his arm, feeling the rock hard muscle under the thin button up shirt. He rolled up his sleeve showing the Celtic Knots tattoos that covered his forearms to his elbows.

“Those are new, their a lot like one I have.”

I nodded to my side, from the base of my hip leading up to the front of my shoulder was Celtic vines in the middle and paw print that was Dom’s with Celtic Knots inside of it. I chose Dom’s paw because he saved my life as a baby, if it weren’t for him I would have died.

Dom looked at it, tracing the lines gently with the tips of his fingers. A shiver of pleasure traveled from my spine though out my body.

“I know, that was the point.”

He turned his wrist to show a small fox paw print with Celtic vines inside it.

I smiled

“This that mine?”

He nodded

“Figured you have my paw I should have yours.”

He said it like a whisper resting his forehead on mine, we swayed to the music.

The song ended and an up beat song came on and everyone ran to the dance floor, Dom and I went to sit at a table to talk about what we were up in the past 5 years.

Dom told be the brutal training he had to go though, he said he almost quit a few time but hear my voice tell him to keep going. Hence why he got my paw on his wrist, to remind him to keep going.

“ I miss you a lot Aroura, not a day went by that you weren’t on my mind.”

His voice was sad and hurt.

I took his hand

“Well your home now, and I’m not going anywhere.”

His face brightened up, he placed his hand on my cheek.

“ Aroura, there’s something I need to tell you, but I don’t know how to say it.”

I raised my eye brows

“ Just say it, you can tell me anything.”

He bit his lip then took a deep breath, I can feel the nervousness coming off him.

“Aroura your.....”

*BANG*

Everyone gasp and turn the eyes to the front door, all the men jumped to their feet in a defensive stand. Dom jumped in front of me to shield me, I peeked under his arm.

A big muscular man casually walked in with two men equally as big next to him. He was a few inches bigger, clearly the Alpha of his pack.

“Who is that?” I whispered to Dom.

I felt the anger roll of Dom, his muscles tense

“Alpha Micheal.”

He growled though his teeth.