Chapter One

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‘Alla, hey Alla take a break its been a hot morning’ called the Farm Manager Trey. Alla looked up and nodded climbing down from the tractor. Her butt felt numb after a morning ploughing the fields getting everything prepared for sowing. Grabbing her water bottle she pulled off her cap and rubbed her brow with the back of her arm. Given she was 17 she split her time between school and the packs farmland. As an Omega, she thought of herself as a small cog in the Big River Pack. She was proud of herself managing to stay on track with straight A grades at school and support the pack doing something she loved. The rest of the workers on the farm were all men. Alla liked the physical work, it helped keep her strong and active. She enjoyed working around guys, there was no girlie drama just lots of fun back and forth. The guys were all extremely respectful but knew how to have fun around her as well. She hadn’t gone unnoticed by the males surrounding her. Especially as she had started working there when she was 13 so she had grown up and developed into a stunning young woman alongside a lot of the other workers. The older guys looked upon her as a daughter and the younger guys loved to look from afar. They were all hoping that when she turned 18 and shifted for the first time that one of them would be lucky enough to have her as a mate. Athletic, tanned, 5’10, long blonde hair, happy to roll up her sleeves and could handle her tools she was a catch to any guy. Her Mother and Sister worked in the pack’s kitchen ensuring that the 800 or so strong pack were kept fed and watered. Her Father and 2 Brothers all worked in Big River Construction which was one of the many companies that Alpha Trent had started and developed to huge success during his 30 years of being the Alpha of the Big River Pack. Her Sister, Stella, was 3 years older than her and had already met her mate Chase. Brad her older Brother by 2 years had also been lucky enough to meet his mate Trixie. Her younger Brother Bodie was only 15 so had some time to wait before he had to worry about mates and all the drama that could bring about. The Big River Pack were well known for being a very fair pack where all members were treated well regardless of rank. When Alpha Trent took over he vowed to run his pack with all members valued. He had seen other packs where the Omegas were not allowed to make eye contact with the higher ranking members. They lived in fear of being banished or killed all for not speaking the right way or acting a certain way. He had seen these types of packs go to war and watch as the warriors held back not wanting to give their lives for an Alpha or Luna didn’t care about them or their families. He wanted to have a pack where everyone would put their lives on the line willingly for anyone else on the pack be it a Cub, Omega, Elder or Ranking Member. Alpha Trent’s secret or should I say not so secret weapon was his Luna of 33 years Luna Tilly. Tilly is short for Matilda but he had always called her Tilly as he couldn’t pronounce Matilda when they first met in Kindergarten. They had grown up together, always around the same people and friends circle. They felt the pull of the mate bond long before either of them were 18. There story was somewhat of a fairy tale in the pack. Met young, grew up together, dated from the age of 15, discovered they were mates on Alpha Trent’s 18 Birthday, married 2 months later, 4 healthy pups, fought side by side numerous times and now 33 years on they were more in love now than then when they were 18.   Alla was just finishing up her break and getting ready to start the tractor for more ploughing when Trey surprised her tapping her leg. She had put in earphones to listen to some tunes to make her work pass a bit quicker. She smiled and pulled out her earphone, ‘Sorry Trey never heard you. What’s up?’ ‘Guessed you were listening to those Jonas Brothers again,’ Trey chuckled knowing he was pushing her buttons “Jonas Brothers huh, better than your Michael Buble playlist dude,’ she started laughing ‘Nothing wrong with some decent music to sing and work along to”, he smiled “Anywho Boss what did you need, apart from trying to start a my music’s better than your music contest”, Alla was sitting back in her seat waiting to find out what he needed “So know how its gonna be your 18th Birthday Friday……”, Trey started. Alla nodded her head wondering where this conversation was going. “Yeahhhh” she responded to get the last part of his statement. “Well Luna Tilly has advised that you are to get the rest of the week off starting from now,” smiled Trey. “But its ploughing week, time is short and ,” before she had a chance to say more Trey cut her off with a big smile, “Get your butt out of that tractor, go home and shower then head to the Packhouse. Luna Tilly is expecting you in an hour. You best get a move on” Alla’s face went from pensive trying to figure out who would do the ploughing to shear panic all in that one sentence. She wasn’t a girlie girl so Trey knew that wasn’t the issue it was more the fact she felt she was letting Trey down having to leave during ploughing. Plus she was rarely ever in the Packhouse. She always felt more comfortable at the farm with the workers than mixing with the Ranked Members. Although the Ranked Members were extremely approachable and friendly, Alla always wanted to ensure she showed the highest respect. Alla shot out of the tractor running a few paces forwards, then back to the tractor. Trey raised his eyebrow in question “Forgot my water bottle – an hour, wholly crap its gonna take me 15 minutes to get home, and 20 mins to the Packhouse leaving not a hell of a lot of time to shower and get dressed…. CRAPPPPPPP’ she turned on her heels and started sprinting towards home. Trey laughed hoisting himself up into the tractor seat, turning the ignition smiling to himself. He was more than aware of what a fantastic person she was and that she would stay true to herself introducing herself to the Luna in a flannel shirt and ripped denim shorts with chucks on her feet without a second thought. Alla turned up the heat in the shower to scorching, skin melting levels. She was trying to get the mud out from underneath her nails that had long since been engrained given where she spent a chunk of her time. She never polished her nails like a lot of the other girls did. Its not that she wouldn’t, she just didn’t see the point wasting the money when no one would see them or care at the farm. Pouring more shampoo in her hands she washed her hair a second time, she didn’t want to smell of the farm when she was around Ranked Members, she felt that would be disrespectful. Making sure she got the suds rinsed she added conditioner and went to work on buffing her body all over. She always loved that although she was athletic in build she had managed to retain an ample bust and booty she was proud of. She finished off by shaving the necessary areas, rinsing then coating her body lightly in coconut oil. She may be a werewolf to be but she did like to have soft skin. Working on the farm meant she often got wind burn etc which damaged her skin. Once she had fully changed at midnight on her Birthday on Friday she would no longer have to worry about these things as her wolf would help her heal even the most minor issues.   Watch check, dammit she had taken longer in the shower that she had meant to. It was giving her 5 minutes to get dried, dressed and get her ass out the door on time to make sure she wasn’t late. She chuckled to herself, well drying my hair is out the question so bun it is. Pulling out her clean underwear, denim shorts and flannel shirt she quickly toweled herself down and got dressed. Threw her hair up into a bun and raced downstairs. Finding her chucks she quickly slipped her feet in them and rapidly headed out the front door of her house she shared with her family on the pack lands and started making her way to the pack house. The 20 minute walk made her mind swirl with questions on why Luna Tilly was singling her out for coming of age and what she would want to discuss. Why had she gotten the week off in the run up to her Birthday this didn’t normally happen to other pack members. To calm her nerves Alla started focusing on other topics like having never been on a date before she was feeling that all the preening she had just completed might be something she would be doing before going on a date. She had been out to the local diner, cinema, bowling alley etc all with her group of friends from school and from the farm. She just had never been asked out by anyone. It never bothered her at all. She didn’t have time for that she wanted to focus on her studies. Her mind started to wander back to the subject at hand, why did Lina Tilly want to meet with her and why had she gotten the rest of the week of work before her Birthday?? As she was getting nearer the pack house she started to see more and more of her fellow pack members. All smiled and acknowledged her. Given she was the only female farm worker she was a bit of a ‘celebrity’ within the pack. No female had ever asked to work on the farm until Alla came along. All women mainly worked in domestic roles historically in packs. However now there were female warriors, security guards etc but mainly the women worked in their own houses raising family, in pack kitchens, pack schools, pack hospitals etc The traditional gender role stereotypes were gradually fading as Alpha Trent had hoped they would as more and more women started to feel safe to step forward and ask for different roles within the pack. Alla was proud that she would always be known as the first female to work within the Farm Team. Alla’s father had always challenged her and her sister equally growing up to be anything they wanted to be and not to be held back by society norms. Stella, Alla's older sister, had started out as a Pack Warrior but after having her first pup 2 years ago she had moved to the kitchen to allow her the flexibility for raising her family. However she still trained 3 days a week with the Interior Guards. Those Guards were tasked with protecting the Ranked Members and their family members. The Alpha, Luna and their 4 pups, the Beta his mate and their 2 Pups and of course the Gamma his mate and their 4 pups. Stella had made it through the ranks quickly as an intelligent, fair yet ruthless fighter and had been an Interior Guard for a year before she had gotten pregnant. The Interior Guards made up of men and women trained separately from everyone else as they were trained in multiple fighting techniques to ensure that the enemy never knew what was coming their way, it ensured they remained an effective deadly force. Their Commander was none other than Beta Kirk.  
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