The Alpha Female

Episode 15: Realization

Victoria

I woke up feeling rested. I stretched in bed and went to feel for Angel, but he wasn’t there. His side of the bed was cool and that caught my attention. I sat up and looked around and realized the low light coming in through our bedroom window. Did I really sleep the day away I wondered? I swung my legs off of the side of the bed and I just sat there for a moment. Something just didn’t feel right. The energy I started to feel all around the room got really heavy and thick and all of my senses went on high alert as if I was being hunted like prey. It was the most uneasy feeling I had and my initial reaction was to move quietly and protect my stomach at all costs. I quietly and silently moved to the bathroom and grabbed my robe on the way in. I made sure that as I moved, I scanned our room and never turned my back so I couldn’t be taken by surprise. I closed the door as quietly as I could manage. I was grateful that 1 – it had a lock and 2 – it wasn’t a ‘click’ lock. It was a turn lock. The very moment I had locked the bathroom door was the same moment that our bedroom door flew open.

“Where the f**k is she?! She was supposed to be here! Search the room!” A guy had shouted loud enough for anyone to hear.

I covered my mouth and quickly looked for an exit. I moved to the bathroom window and saw about 50 wolves outside and among them was Henry the Omega cook and Mike our Gamma here in this pack, but they were on their knees. Henry was wide-eyed and looked scared. Mike looked pissed off and had a black eye. I was starting to panic now. This was clearly a hostile takeover and I and the guys were going to be executed or were collateral or both. Just then I heard someone try to open the bathroom door. The handle jiggled and now I was scanning. My ‘go bag’ was sitting on the counter. Panicked and curious I took the bag and ruffled through it quickly. My ‘No Scent’ spray was in there! I quickly put on some black leggings and trying to desperately figure out what the hell I was about to do to get out of the unknown attack.

“She’s in here I can smell her.”

I don’t know what compelled me to do it, but at that moment I yelled through the door when I heard whoever was speaking. “It’s kinda hard not to smell me when I’m taking a s**t! The lasagna and bread last night really did a number on my stomach. I’ll be out in a few minutes! I recommend using another bathroom in the house if you have to go. I don’t think you’ll like the smell of my roses up in here! Son of a b***h! I ran out of toilet paper! It’s like the pandemic toilet paper crisis in here! Can you please bring some and leave it by the door! On the next episode of Oxygen, Snapped.” I tried my hardest not to laugh and managed to keep it to myself, but it man it was so hard to keep a steady voice. I heard gagging noises on the other side and then someone spoke to me through the door.  

“Uh, we’ll just wait until you’re done.” Then the was an argument that began with the unknowns on the other side of the door of who was going to come in to get me should I not come out and if I really was taking a s**t then who was going to brave the smell. I was relieved that I bought myself a few more minutes. I managed to change into the rest of my clothes and shoes from my ‘go bag’. I sprayed myself and then the bathroom with the no scent spray. I knew whoever was on the other side heard it with disgust thinking it was an air freshener. I scanned the bathroom again. I found an attic access and managed to find a chair to stand on to get it open when I heard a faint noise behind me. I snapped my head in the direction thinking the worst and I was about to start coming down with a Superman Punch when I realized Angel was smiling at me and waving at me to follow him. He had a hidden door and escape route behind his shower wall! I quickly and quietly went to him and made a grunting noise like I was still going to the bathroom. I heard more gagging on the other side. Angel looked at me curiously when I did this and quickly realized whoever was on the other side thought I was taking a crap. I sprayed the ‘No Scent’ spray where we were. Angel nodded in approval and I followed him out of the packhouse and into a cave tunnel system. When we got there Maria and Damien were waiting for us.

The tunnel was dark, musty, and an ingenious idea! Damien and Maria hugged me almost too hard. Thankfully each of them let me go before I squeaked. I turned to Angel with questions in my eyes. Before I could even ask he started talking.

“Damien and I were discussing the party in my office as well as other pack affairs that had to be attended to when we heard a crash and fighting downstairs. Mike yelled out our code word before I heard a deafening howl from him. Our first thoughts were to get you, women, to safety. Now that we are all here I can breathe easier. I already called in my pack warriors that were out training and on patrol. They are quickly moving in and I need to be out there when they arrive. Victoria, my love I know you are used to taking care of things and having your brothers by your side, but I really need you to stay here while I take care of this. Your brothers aren’t here. They are back home protecting our land there.” Angel dropped to his knees at my feet, held my tummy, and laid his head against it. “You babies and mommy need to stay safe no matter what okay? Please do not rush into any fights and daddy and uncle will be back in a bit. I love you all so much! Stay safe for daddy.” Angel’s voice started to crack at the last sentence. Damien put his hand on his shoulder.

“Alpha, we got to go. Ladies stay here out of harm’s way. Maria, if push comes to shove and s**t hits the fan then do what you can to protect your sister.” Damien cupped Maria’s tanned and stern face and he bent down and kissed her.

“Go! We’ll be fine.” Maria hissed at both of them.

Angel took one last look at me with his soft ocean blue eyes and gave me that sexy half-smile. I did what I could to smile back as a tear escaped and trickled down my face. He and Damien shifted into their wolves and headed out of the cave system leaving just the two of us behind. Just then Maria turned to me with a hard expression on her face and slapped me hard. My face stung! I grabbed the side of my face and turned to her in disbelief. My skin started rippling from the slap. I was able to hold off my wolf and kept my human form and I was thankful since Maria was a human.

“I really need you to pull yourself together because my magic can only protect us so far. I need your head in it because you are in a delicate state and you may need to make a run for it as I use my magic for a distraction as a worst-case scenario. The mushy-gushy stuff is all fine and dandy, but until we know what we are dealing with you and I alone AND are on an all high alert.” Maria's eyes bore holes into me when she said this. “It’s just like the time when we had to clean up the mess and got into that huge brawl when Patty’s boyfriend started beating her down at Gino’s party and we had just happened to walk in after taking shots of Patron.” Her eyebrow quirked up as a signal for me to remember what we had done that night. I remembered us pulling him off of her and beating the s**t out of him not realizing he was a vampire and so was the majority of the house we were partying in. Patty had sacrificed herself for us to get away when we discovered that we were extremely outnumbered and were going to more than likely die. We didn’t because of her, but she did. When she was killed in front of us we ended up killing a lot of vampires that night even though the odds were stacked against us. The reality was sinking in when I processed what she was really saying to me. My sister was letting me know she was going to sacrifice herself for my safety and the safety of my unborn children. I nodded my head and crouched down in the shadows and Maria veiled her existence with magic. She was invisible to anyone and everyone except to me. We waited.

Angel

Damien and I made it to our pack to neutralize the threat. Our Alpha team was going straight into whatever or whoever was at our packhouse. From there, our Bravo team was going in behind them to aid in whatever fights were going to transpire and take out the threats. Our Delta team split in half and now moving to flank the house on either side to keep the distraction going on and ultimately allowing all of us to halt, capture and kill. Thankful that darkness was on our side it made it easier to move around without being seen. Everyone was moved into position. Mike and Henry were captured and that was a problem and I knew how it was going to go.

“Alpha Angel! I’ve captured your pregnant Luna and her little witchy friend! We have your Gamma and your cook!” Another Alpha from one of the packs that were in attendance at the meeting I had just come from was the enemy that was shouting out to me. I sighed and looked at Damien. Damien looked pissed and his chiseled features and hard jawline clenched. His eyes were already wolf. Other than Mike and Henry we knew the rest was bullshit, but how he knew particulars about our women brought forth a wave of anger I had not ever experienced until now. There was a mole and traitor in our midst! My skin began to ripple and Damien slapped his hand on my shoulder to bring me back and calm me down. He pointed in the direction of our enemies and out came two individuals that appeared to be women with potato sacks over their heads and one of them looked pregnant. The problem was that if this was a woman and she was indeed pregnant then she wasn’t as big as my Victoria and this asshat had the audacity to take a random pregnant female hostage. We all heard their muffled cries and pleas then within seconds the other Alpha shot the non-pregnant woman in the head and began to aim his next shot at the pregnant woman. Mike was able to move just in time and fought the Alpha. His gunshot off again only this time it had tagged Henry. Henry took the shot to the arm and crumpled to the floor and holding his arm and cursing. He had cut out of his ropes during the commotion. We watched as we moved in to save our Gamma, our brother, but it was too late. Mike and the other Alpha had shifted and the fight began. The other Alpha tried to go after the pregnant woman again, but Mike moved in front of her and protected her with his life. We got closer, but we weren’t fast enough and Mike was no match for that other Alpha. In slow motion, we watched the other Alpha rip into Mike and then rip out his throat. Blood sprayed all over the pregnant woman still with a bag over her head. She sank to the ground accepting her fate and clutching her pregnant belly. Her wails and pleas of wanting to not die were drowned out by the other wolves fighting. The other Alpha went to move in on her to kill her, but then spun around as Damien and I had finally reached him. He never even stood a chance as I ripped into him and gave him a painful and drawn-out death while Damien protected the pregnant woman on the ground.

My teams quickly neutralized the other shifters and pumped them with wolfsbane to force a painful shift back to their human forms. They were lead to our prison for interrogation. The other Alpha lay dead in his own pool of blood. Henry laid protectively over Mike’s body while sobbing and saying a prayer for him. Our pack healers had come out and begun working on everyone that had needed attention, but it was only a few of our pack members. Damien and I walked over to our fallen brother and Henry. A healer worked on Henry where he was because he wouldn’t leave Mike’s side even though he had already crossed over. As if Mother Nature felt my heavy heart for my brother, it began to softly rain. My anguished and enraged scream spread over my land and my wolf was ever-present as I whipped around to my fellow pack members.

“THERE IS A TRAITOR IN OUR MIDST! A MOLE!” I shouted in a growl.

Growls erupted from everyone at my statement. Everyone looked around for each other’s look of admission. The rain lightened up just for me to continue on.

“My brother! Our brother, died today because someone in this pack betrayed us all! He gave his life protecting a pregnant unknown woman who he thought was his Luna! My mate and my Beta’s mate were threatened today! I’ve wanted to know who thinks I am weak and shouldn’t be the Alpha here! If you don’t like my pack and all that we have achieved together then GET THE f**k OUT OF HERE INSTEAD OF PUTTING YOUR FAMILY TO THE FLAMES! TO THE TRAITOR, THE MOLE, THE TWO-FACED SHIFTER IN OUR MIDST, YOU WILL DIE FOR YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS! Come willingly or if you don’t and when I find you then the punishment will extend to your family!” I shouted and mind-linked everyone so every single pack member heard and understood me. Damien growled loudly to my side so everyone could see how serious this matter was. Growls came out from pack members in agreement. Just then Mike’s parents finally made their way to their son. Cries and wails came from both of them. I walked up to them and they both embraced me. He was going to get a proper ceremony. His mom turned to the now unmasked pregnant woman and hugged her tightly and they both cried. The gruesome scene before my pack members’ eyes still didn’t bring forth a guilty traitor. Damien and I looked at everyone and nodded. No one was going to come forward. My teams moved to get everything and everyone cleaned up. Damien and I headed back inside of the home to go and retrieve our women from hiding and look for a traitor.