Valkyrie's Revenge

Chapter 2

                Emery and Ethan were loving the attention of the girls on the campus of the college, sure none of them are their mates, but when did that ever stop a horned-up wolf. Both men had been gifted with the strong highlander looks of their father, but the piercing grey eyes their mother had. She had died when they were young, Cancer is a hell of a thing, but they had mourned that long ago. Now these two long blonde-haired beasts were back home, ready to follow their queen in to battle. They had been pushing her to decide who would be her Beta, and if she would then name another position from there, but she had refused so far. Originally it was assumed Raven would be the Beta, but he made it clear early on he had no interest in the position and wanted to be able to help his kind as a doctor, that is where he would lead. For now, none of this mattered, today is about school and getting a lay of the land. As they looked around, grinning at the pretty little things checking them out they were oblivious to Valkyrie walking up to them.

                “If you two become this blind to dangers out in neutral land I will need to reconsider having either of you as Beta.” She states matter-of-factly looking around the open area. Only then do the two men notice the large group of men and women looking at them with their noses high, sniffing their scents, and tensed prepared for a fight. Valkyrie nudges the guys with her shoulder, while she is usually much shorter than the 6’3” beasts she has paired her 5’10” stature with a pair of heels. Along with her tight jeans and crop top she is a picture of perfection. Allowing her long black hair to swing over her shoulder as she glances in their direction one last time, she begins walking towards their first class. “Let’s get out of earshot before we discuss anything else, and maybe give you two a chance to cool those libidos before our first class.” She smirks as they walk away, covering up how uncomfortable she is right now. The only reason she noticed the group was because of a scent and an overwhelming feeling to approach the man in the centre of that group. When she had considered this plan, she had been warned by Blair that it would be likely that her mate would be here, but she had not planned on finding him on day one. Clearly, he is a high rank, but he has not yet taken that rank as he is not able to force his aura out for her to feel. As soon as she knew he was there she knew they needed to move quick and get out of there. As they walked away, she was positive she could hear a growl coming from her newly jilted mate, which at least proved she was not the only one to feel it, and as a plus, she had found out there was definitely at least one pack that came on to neutral land.

                Moving away from the lush common grounds the three friends discussed what classes would be like and what they thought Raven’s first day was going to be like. They were not all studying the same programs, the twins in finance and Valkyrie in Psychology, but they all had the general Psych class together. As they entered the room, they noticed it was about half full, as they still had about twenty minutes before it began and started to move towards the seating when they were stopped by the clearing of a throat at the front of the class. Turning to face the professor Valkyrie instantly knew she is looking at another member of a pack, whether it is the same one as her mate she does not yet know. She looks him up and down and c***s her head to the side waiting for him to say something, she has yet to show her position in public but does not take lightly to being challenged by a lesser wolf. Briefly the four of them stare at each other before the professor looks to his list clearly seeing a way to find out information for his pack.

                “Welcome; just to be sure you are here for the right class, could I get your names?” He asks as he picks up his class list, then looks back to the three students. It is clear many in the class are humans and do not know or feel the tension that is rising in the room, but there are some wolves listening intently to what is happening and are on high alert. Ethan steps forward, most likely to say something cutting and raise the tension further but Valkyrie knows she cannot have any such things happen quite yet. She has not told them who the man in the courtyard is to her yet, and they have yet to have a true idea of their friends and foes. She reaches out and puts a hand on Ethan’s arm, then motions for the two men to move towards the seats.

                “Of course,” she starts as she smiles sweetly to the professor, “I am Valkyrie Grace, and my friends are Ethan and Emery Wolfe. I have no doubt you will find everything to be in order for our attendance in your lecture.” As she finishes her statement, she has moved closer to him, allowing her Alpha aura to flow from her, putting him in his place. She continues to smile but watches his posture with a raging intensity that has been known to put fear in many men before. The professor tries to hold on but finally must turn his head and submit to her, causing a gasp from a few of the wolves in the room. As she turns to join the guys in the seats, they chose she notices the looks of hatred from many in the class. The wolves hate her for showing such dominance over one of their own, the humans, at least the female ones, for being so close to the hulking beasts she entered with. None of those matter to her though, she did what was needed and did not allow for her pack to be threatened on neutral ground. Sitting down she smiles to Emery as Ethan shakes his head and laughs, commenting that she was the one that just told them not to cause waves on day one and here she is playing the Alpha card at the first sign of a challenge. She rolls her eyes, but he is right, it was careless, and she knows it will come back to bite her in the ass.

                As the class began, she let all the distractions fade away and she focused on the lesson, as this is her major it is important that she ensure that she did her best at every turn. Listening to the plan for the semester, the breakdown of the mark, and that their first assignment would be a group assignment with groups chosen by the professor she cringed at what this would mean for her. She knew in that moment that he is going to take this opportunity to place her with someone that he thinks can challenge her, but before he can continue with his decisions on groups a student walks through the door and towards him. The student briefly looks at Valkyrie, studying her features and she feels a sense of familiarity under his gaze. It becomes obvious she is known to him, as are the boys as he allows a look of hope to wash over him. He turns back to the professor and hands him a note before turning away again, not giving the group another glance, but the three of them cannot help but watch him.

                “Valkyrie Grace, you are being requested outside the hall, if you could please make your way out.” The professor, whose name is William Brown she learned, tells her then changes the subject quickly saying groups will be given out next class. Ethan and Emery start to stand, which causes some commotion behind them as well, but she quickly stops them both with a hand on each of their shoulders. As they sit so does the peanut gallery behind them that clearly has not taken their eyes off them all class. She nods to them telling them she will be fine and heads down and out the door as Professor Brown starts to drone on about the importance of peer evaluated studies.

                Initially she does not see any reason for her to have been called out of the hall but then the feeling of being watched followed by the overwhelming draw of a mate’s scent. Cursing under her breath she closes her eyes to compose herself as she feels herself pulled back then pushed against the wall, pinned on either side by arms and the sound of a growl from the wolf trying to dominate her. She opens her eyes and is met by the golden orbs of the same man from the courtyard, but now the only other one around is the same student that had entered with the note. As the beast in front of her growls again trying to submit her, she rolls her eyes and snaps back, pushing off his very muscular chest. She attempts to ignore the electrifying feeling that course through her from the brief touch and focuses instead on gaining the upper hand in the situation. Before she says anything, she runs a hand through her hair and lets it go, then turns to the student she felt she knew, ignoring animal that was trying her patience.

                “Who are you? I am so unclear as to why you look so familiar to me, but I grew up here until I was ten years old. Did we know each other?” She asks him, urging the man to look at her with a small smile. He starts to answer but is cut off by something over her shoulder, clearly that mate of hers is giving him a look that says not to say anything.

                “Who are you, mate? Why are you ignoring me so aggressively and how did you think you could come on to our land without an invitation?” He snaps from behind her back, which is good because he cannot see the pure rage that filled her in that moment. How could he call this his land, her family had held this land as their pack for generations and now it is neutral, how dare he act as if he could demand her ask for his permission at any time, but especially to be on neutral land. Before she could respond he decided to push his luck and add to his rant; “the fact that you know Oliver tells me you must have been part of the pack that was disbanded years ago, we took him in when the Alpha was unable to protect even his own family, let alone his pack. Wasn’t that Alpha’s last name Grace? If so, you are either very smart or very dumb to show up here and claim to be part of that family.” He finishes with a snort.

                Valkyrie can no longer stop herself as she turns and allows her eyes to shift to their brighter green and her wolf teeth to gnash out at his throat while she lunges at him. He stepped too far in that moment, and she is going to make sure he knew it. “You think you know me mutt? You already know my name but let me be very clear who I am; I am Valkyrie Grace, first daughter to Alpha Lorenzo Grace and Luna Eliza Grace. My brother and I were saved with a handful of children when our pack was attacked, and my parents and younger sister were killed on her first birthday. We were betrayed by not just the human allies we had, but also the packs we called friends. I know the face of the man that slit my fathers’ throat and I have returned to reclaim my land and seek vengeance for what was done to my family. I do not have to ask your permission to be on your land as this is not your land, it is mine, and you will never address me as your lesser again. Should you wish to speak to me further, my dear mate, you will refer to me by my title; Alpha Valkyrie Grace of the Grace Wolf Pack.” She pauses then looks to Oliver, hoping to gain back some of their members, though a little quicker than planned. “Oliver, deliver a message for me; any members of my fathers’ pack that wish to rejoin us are welcome, all they need to do is come to where we all would meet for our runs in three days.”

                With that she turns and walks away as Emery and Ethan come bursting through the door, clearly aware that something had happened but unsure what. As she grabbed them and walked away, she knew that something much bigger had been started, and she hoped that Raven was having a better first day than her.