Chaos Rising

THE ALPHA STRADDLE Deep in the woods, very late at night, there was silence all in the camp of the Silver Crimson pack except for chirping of the insects. Elisa lay on the floor with her husband Gregor who had fastened his eyes on her.  “Surely you are not planning on getting another child tonight with that look of yours, we have three kids already” said Elisa quietly with a smile. “Definitely not” replied Gregor as he kept on looking at her, this time beginning to move close to her.  “It is not an abomination for an Alpha of the Silver Crimson pack to want to make love to his wife, is it?” he asked. “Of course not, but look”. She said as she pointed to the left end of the hut.  There slept their three werewolf kids- Randolph, Jacob and their beautiful little sister Astoria. Gregor with a sigh gave up his advances. He turned to the side of the bed, setting his mind on something else. He thought about the heated argument he got earlier that day with Ragner, his elder brother.  He could remember him saying that “I am tired of being ruled and controlled by you. I am the elder one, I should be the Alpha. He also could also recall hearing Ragner say “This ends today” while he left. Gregor laid on the bed stunned because his brother had never acted this way before. He has never been an opposition since he was made an Alpha instead of his brother. “But what must have happened,” Gregor thought. While he thought of this he turned back to look at his wife who had already slept off. He shut his eyes to sleep. "Gregor!" He heard his wife calling him about a Few minutes later. He stood up from where he had laid beside his wife earlier. There was a fire outbreak in their hut. He moved around the hut looking for an escape shot for himself and his family but there was none. The noise of the panting family woke the other werewolves who made an effort to rescue their Alpha and his family. They approached the hut and could only manage to rescue Astoria who had been bruised. The rest of the Lincoln family had been burned to death. Astoria wept as she was comforted by the People and her Uncle Ragner. Astoria wept for many days. It was heartbreaking. It was later discovered that someone had started the fire and the culprit had not been caught. To protect their Successor to the Alpha position, the Council of the Wolves of the Silver Crimson Pack put Astoria in a hut with guards around it to protect her.   Weeks had passed after the incident and something was certain- “The need for a new Alpha”. The Pack could not go on without an Alpha because the strength of wolves was in their pack with an Alpha. A meeting was called for the members of the Ruling Council.  They were all gathered at the meeting and 2 representatives each of the five families of the pack were represented. Including Ragner and Astoria, the representative of the Royal family.  "Now let's cast our vote on whom we would want to be our new Alpha." One member of the council said. "Is there anything to go for all these multitudes of people when our late Alpha's daughter is still available and alive." Another of the council said. "No, it's necessary to cast our vote on this." Another said. "It's not necessary because we already have a royal family in our midst, you know." The second spoke up again. "Yes I totally agree with you, this pack is not a pack that is new to any leadership. We already have a leader that was taken from us forcefully,so it's only right of us to leave the leader in his lineage and not carry it over to some other family." "You are totally right, I honestly agree with you." Another said in support. And he continued "Our late Alpha ruled us,in a good and productive way,so I believe his daughter would do the same." He added. "Very well then, there will be no need to begin any voting process, we already know who our Alpha is." The judge said with finality and Everytime agreed with him. "But I have a suggestion to make." Ragner stopped up from where he was sitting. "What's suggestion is that,speak." The judge ordered. "Astoria is still an amateur and I know she wouldn't be able to rule us well like her father did for now, so I'm suggesting you make me the Alpha now until she turned 18 since I'm also a member of the royal family." He finally concluded his speech. "No that won't be happening, you can't rule us." One of the members said immediately he finished his speech. "Ragner should rule because he is mature enough to know how to handle the leadership and train her in the process." The second members of the council suggested too. "Yes we know she is still very young but you can rule when Astoria is there." Another said. "Astoria should be placed in the ruling seat now that she is still young,so she would get a hang of being in power,so when she finally turned 18 she would be made the Alpha." The third member said.  The argument between the members of the council about Who was succeeding as the Alpha continued as they were really seriously yelling at each other making the meeting room very noisy.  "Silence everyone." The judge yelled and the argument slowly died down and the meeting hall became calm again. "I have decided, Astoria will rule the pack and she will be made the Alpha at her 18th birthday." The judge passed his judgement and some of the council members became happy while others left the meeting room angrily alongside Ragner who was equally angry.   In his hut he had a secret meeting with his loyalists about the next plan after killing his brother and his Family.“I should have done it myself. I should have set the fire myself,’ he said. “If I had, then there would be no survivor” he said further. If only Aztec had done a good job then I wouldn’t have to worry being hindered from being the next Alpha” he added. He was calmed down by his loyalists. And then he was advised to lay low for a while and not attempt killing Astoria lest he would attract suspicion. He decided to let her rule until the day of her Alpha Naming Ceremony where she would officially be made Alpha which was her 18th birthday. But one thing was certain: he had to kill Aztec, the werewolf married to a human, to protect his secret from being released.