The Female Alpha

There was no greater fear than having The Elders over for dinner. I was running through the woods, towards the lake. The wind was sweeping through my fur and I fought to keep what was going on at home off my mind. I was soon to be the alpha to pack of lycanthropes, or as most know us as- werewolves. I was the only female alpha ever, which means The Elders always had their eyes on me. They were constantly waiting for me to screw up. Our Goddess, the Moon Goddess as we call her, decides everything for us. She decides who the alphas will be by blessing our parents with the gift of childbirth. When the time is right, and you meet your mate, the Moon Goddess will gift you with pregnancy. Since the dawn of time, She has always gifted the previous alpha’s and their mates with a son as their first born. When the son turns 18, he takes over the pack. To everyone’s surprise, when my father, the Alpha of the Blue Moon pack, impregnated my mother, they birthed a female pup. This had never happened before. I was named Lunetta after the moon and we constantly had people in and out from neighboring packs, who all wanted to look at the female alpha to be. My hair was white as snow, which also surprised many. My mother and my father both have black hair. The Elders forced my mother to have a paternity test, which came back proving my father was indeed my father. No one understands it but I’m supposed to be powerful. Lunetta, come back home. The Elders are here. My mother mind linked with me. One thing about lycan is that we can mind link with anyone in our pack. It’s basically like sending a message through our heads to one another. I sighed and brought my wolf to a halt. My wolf’s name was Selene and she whined as I took over control. When we turn 16 years old, we are no longer alone in our heads. We meet our wolf. A little voice in our head that shares our body. Until you turn 16, you are alone. The moment you turn 16, everything changes and you suddenly can turn into a wolf any time you’d like. You also share your thoughts with another person. We must go, Lunetta. You know we cannot upset The Elders. Selene said in my head. I know. I replied. You cannot keep running. Tomorrow is our 18th birthday. The pack will be ours. No one thinks I can do it. I do. The Moon Goddess wouldn’t have birthed you before your brother had She not meant to. I hate when you’re right. Selene let out a low growl when I turned around to go home and was stopped by a big black wolf. He growled and tried to make me submit. His wolf was nearly double the size of mine. Another disadvantage that I faced was my size. I was larger than other female wolves but still smaller than other males. I stood up taller and growled back which only pissed off this wolf more. I felt a request from him to mindlink. He wasn’t in my pack so he had to request it. I accepted. Submit, She-wolf. He said. I growled. You. That’s not how you speak to an Alpha, she-wolf. Now SUBMIT. His growl roared in my head. I stood my ground. With all do respect, f**k you. He lunged for my throat but I quickly dodged. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. The way I moved when I was fighting was as smooth as dancing. It was smart and calculated, while this Alpha just went off of anger. “ENOUGH!” I heard a roar. A roar that great could only come from an Elder. I released the Alpha’s throat slowly and backed away. “Change, now!” The Elder roared. I looked at the black wolf to see what he was going to do. He switched immediately and I followed suit. “Give them robes.” The Elder ordered an Omega, seeing our n***d bodies. The Omega quickly handed me a robe first and then Alpha d**k. “Lunetta, do you know why we came today?” The Elder asked. “No, Elder.” I replied with respect. Elders were some of the fiercest warriors of their time. They were the best Alphas, who retired and passed their pack on to their children. They were smart, they knew everything and they always got treated with the utmost respect. “Lunetta, I’d like you to meet Alpha Jaxon.” The Elder said. “I was hoping you guys would hit it off.” I looked over at Alpha d**k who was standing next to me. He had dark brown, borderline black, hair and a short beard that was pretty much just stubble. He was actually pretty good looking if you took his awful personality out of the mix. “Elder, sir, why were you hoping we would hit it off?” I asked. “Because I intend him to be your mate.” The Elder said. I tried to refrain from laughing. “Elder,” Alpha d**k, or I guess Jaxon said. “With all due respect, I would not like to be with a female who does not submit to me.” “With all due respect,” I snarkily said back. “I would not like to be with an Alpha who has all of two brain cells. He’s cocky, arrogant, and a piece of-” I paused when I saw my mother behind The Elder signaling at me to stop. “Alpha Jaxon, Lunetta did not submit to you because she too, is an Alpha. Or rather will be in days time.” The Elder said. “That’s impossible.” Alpha Jaxon said back, staring at me. “The Moon Goddess would never put a female in charge of an entire pack!” “Well She did. And you’re going against our first amendment by questioning the Moon Goddess so tread carefully on what you say next, Alpha Jaxon.” The Elder said. “Elder, I’m a strong believer in the mate bond and I don’t believe you should dictate our lives. That also goes against our first amendment. You’re questioning the Moon Goddess too.” I said. “She gives us a mate, we aren’t supposed to be forced into being with someone else.” “If you and Jaxon become mates, you will be the most powerful pack in history. Lunetta, tomorrow when you turn 18 and inherit this pack of 300 wolves, you will need some guidance. Alpha Jaxon has been the Alpha of the Lotus Pack for 5 years. He is in control of over 600 wolves.” Jaxon looked a little too full of himself and I rolled my eyes. “I don’t care if he’s the Alpha of 1,000 wolves. I don’t want him.” I said through gritted teeth. “It is ultimately up to you but I hope this weekend you two will try to warm up to one another.” The Elder said. “This is a direct order, I am ordering Lunetta Lovely, soon to be Alpha of the Blue Moon pack, and Alpha Jaxon Hart of the Lotus Pack to spend the rest of the weekend together to get to know one another.” Don’t fight it. He’s an Elder. The order was already given. There’s nothing we can do about it. Selene said in my head. I knew she was right and I said “Elder, I accept your order.” “Elder Hart, I accept your order.” Jaxon said. Hart? Is he Jaxon’s dad? Or grandfather? This just keeps getting weirder. Don’t trust either of them. He probably wants you to be with his son because of how powerful you are. You’re right. “Now, please, let’s have dinner, kids.” The Elder said. I bit the inside of my cheek as we walked back to our castle. My mom squeezed my hand as I walked past her and I nodded to her, signaling that I would be okay. We gathered in the dining hall and I sat down at the very end of the table. Jaxon sat next to me and I clenched my jaw. “I don’t like this anymore than you do.” He whispered. “But for what it’s worth, I’m sorry for being a major d**k to you before. I was just having a bad day.” I didn’t say anything to his apology and instead ignored him. I smiled as I saw Cosette come in and sit near me. She was going to be my Beta. Where we’re from, there’s different rankings. There’s the Alpha, the head of the pack and always male. Then there’s the female alpha,the Alpha’s mate, which is called the Luna. Then there’s the beta, who is the Alpha’s second in command and he/she maintains discipline in the pack. You can have more than one but typically there is just one. You have to trust this wolf with your life so it’s rare that anyone can find more than one. I happen to be one of the few who have two. My brother Nickolas will also be the beta. Cosette was a crazy amazing fighter but my brother had a lot of strength. The two of them together would make great betas. Next are your Gammas and Deltas but we’ll get into the specifics of those later. “Who’s this?” Cosette whispered, pointing at Jaxon. “I call him Alpha Dick.” I smirked. “The Elders want us to be mates.” “And defy the mate bond?” She asked, frowning. “That’s not right at all.” “That’s what I’m saying.” I said back. “You’ll know tomorrow who your mate is and you can choose what to do with that information I guess.” She said. On your 18th birthday you have a dream of your mate. You and your mate talk in the dream and meet each other and then you have to try and find them. If you don’t find out who your mate is, that means they’re younger than you and you have to wait until they’re of age to get your dream. Almost always, the girls are younger than the guys so I expect to find out tomorrow. I hope I do, I don’t want to have to live for years before finally getting a dream one night and finding out who I’m spending the rest of my life with. “Yeah, I guess.” I replied. Mr. and Mrs. Mason brought food out and set it on the table. They were our cooks. They were the only other people, aside from the Alpha, beta, gamma, and all of their families who lived in the castle. We all loved them and they were paid very generously to cook for us. They were to be treated with the most respect and as future Alpha, if I ever saw anyone disrespecting them I would make their life hell. I wouldn’t legally be allowed to banish them but I would make them wish they were. “Thank you, Mr. Mason,” I said as he walked by. He smiled. “Thank you, Mrs. Mason, it looks as delicious as always.” They always said they couldn’t wait until I became Alpha. They knew that I held a lot of respect for them even though technically they’re just Omega servants. They always did such a great job cooking and never complained. They were just amazing. I usually offered to help them cook but it never worked, I was almost always kicked out of the kitchen. An Alpha isn’t supposed to cook for their people. I thought that was a load of bull, but I don’t make the rules. Alpha d**k looked at me with a confused look. “Did you just thank your servants?” “They prepared this amazing meal for us.” I could feel Selene growling and wanting to come out for him disrespecting them. “You’re damn right I thanked them.” “You’re very interesting, Lunetta,” He paused. “Maybe it won’t be such a bad thing to get to know you afterall.” My brows furrowed as I wondered what that meant. I looked over at Cosette but she wasn’t paying attention. She was stuffing her face full of lasagna. I looked around for my brother, Nick. He should be here by now. “Do you know where Nick is?” I asked Cosette. She finished the mouthful she had and said “Probably doing an Omega in a storage closet somewhere.” “Can we not talk about my brother doing that? I don’t need to know his extracurriculars.” Cosette laughed and I gave her the side eye. What can I say except that my brother is a man w***e. After dinner was over we thanked The Elders and they left. Alpha d**k stayed in the guest room on the third floor, same floor as Cosette. “Thank you for having me.” Alpha d**k said to my parents. I raised my eyebrow. “Like we had a choice.” My mother glared at me and my father stared down, giving me an Alpha stare, which I didn’t like being on the other end of. I submitted by looking away. “If you need anything, just let us know.” My mother smiled. He nodded and walked away with an Omega who was showing him his room. Nick walked into the common area and his dark brown fluffy hair was a mess. “What’d I miss?” I fake gagged at his stench and his hair. “Really, Nick?” He smirked. “Sorry, sis.” Our parents went upstairs to bed and Nick and I stayed downstairs talking. “The Elders can’t force you to be mates with an incompetent asshole.” He growled. “They can’t force me, legally, no but they’re gonna do everything that they legally can do.” I sighed. “You know, the weirdest part was that Jaxon called one of The Elders by Elder Hart. When the Elder ordered us, he called him Alpha Jaxon Hart. I wonder if they’re related.” “That’s probably why he wants you to be with him. He wants his son or whatever to have a kickass Alpha.” I rested my head on his shoulder and thought about how lucky I was to have him. He never got jealous of me for getting Alpha even though I was a girl and he was a boy. The title should have been his, as the male, but I was born first so it went to me. “Wanna go for a run?” I asked him. He smiled. “Thought you’d never ask.” We walked outside and I looked up at the stars. I’ve lived here my whole life but I’ll never get tired of seeing the stars. It was just something you wouldn’t ever see in the city. We lived out in the mountains. We were away from civilization enough that we were able to shift and wander our land. We turned our backs from each other and took our clothes off so we didn’t rip them when we changed. I shifted into my wolf and picked up my clothes in my mouth. Race ya. I heard Nick say. I looked over and he already got a huge head start. Not fair. I took off after him and quickly caught up. We stopped when we got to the lake and I set my clothes down. I looked at the moon's reflection in the water and Selene howled. Just a few more minutes until midnight. And you’ll be 18. Nick said. I know, I’m kinda nervous. Don’t be, you got this s**t. We should probably get back. You know, mate dream and all. Yuck. Oh, shut up. He pushed into me playfully and I pushed back. The hair stood up on the back of my neck when I felt another’s presence behind me. I turned around and saw the same black wolf from earlier; Alpha d**k. I fought Selene and kept her from growling. He was the first to shift back human and I was shocked to say the least. By his shifting he basically just submitted to me. He turned around to show me privacy if I were to shift back. I looked over at Nick, confused, but he was looking at me for answers. I nodded my head and shifted back. I picked up my clothes and changed into them quickly. “Decent?” He asked. While we changed he also threw on a pair of shorts. “Yeah,” I said back. I eyed him up as his back was turned. He was at least 6’4 with shaggy dark brown hair. He didn’t have to flex for me to see his back muscles. He was wearing black basketball shorts and no shoes. He turned around to reveal his abs and I noticed that he had very blue eyes. Too bad he was a d**k. “I thought I might find you out here. Who’s this?” He asked with a hint of jealousy. “This is my brother, Nickolas.” I introduced. “Nick, this is Alpha d**k-” I paused. “Sorry, my bad, I meant Alpha Jaxon.” Nick smirked. “Nice to meet you, Alpha Jaxon.” Because Nick was lower rank, he had to have respect for Alpha’s. I was supposed to do the same, however, I just couldn’t bring myself to be nice to someone like him. “You two look nothing alike.” Alpha d**k noted. “Where did you get your blonde hair from?” “It’s actually white,” I corrected. “But I don't know. It’s a mystery just like why I was born first when there’s never been anyone else ever who had a first born daughter.” “Seems like there’s a lot that I need to learn about you.” He smiled. I hated that he was trying to pretend to be nice now. Nick scoffed and said, “I think we should probably get going so you can go to bed.” “Yeah, you’re right.” I agreed. {Jaxon’s POV} I felt like the biggest dumbass in the world as I watched Lunetta and her brother run away in wolf form. Her wolf was as beautiful as she was. Her hair was white as snow and it was very long and curly. It went all the way to the waistband of her jeans, resting right above her butt. Her eyes were green and her white hair helped make them pop. I had never seen anyone as beautiful as her in my entire life. Not only was she beautiful, but she had a rocking body with perfect curves while also being pretty petite. She was probably only 5’5, making her a whole foot shorter than me. I kicked myself for being so rude to her when I saw her the first time. I thought she was another she-wolf trying to get with me. Being 23 years old with no mate and no dream, my grandfather was constantly forcing me to go to different packs, hoping that I’ll meet someone, to strengthen our pack. My grandfather was Elder Hart and he was behind me coming to the Blue Moon pack. Never did he say that there was the most powerful, and most kickass female wolf here. When my grandfather is constantly sending me on trips to other packs there’s always a bunch of annoying she-wolves who are all over me. They see an Alpha without a mate mark and they think if they try to get with him then they’ll move from being an Omega to a Luna just like that. There was something different about Lunetta. I couldn’t place my finger on it. She was just different. She actually thanked the servants. She’s not cut out to be an Alpha if she doesn’t even realize she’s way above them in rank and thinks she needs to thank them. I walked back to the castle and switched back to human form. My wolf, Leo, huffed as I took back control. “Alpha,” Some sleazy Omega said, walking up to me n***d. “Put some clothes on, would you?” I sighed. “Sorry, Alpha, I just went out for a run.” She smiled. “Why is there something you see that you don’t like?” I looked down at her body. Any other day I wouldn’t have minded but all I could think about was Lunetta. “Not interested.” I said. She pouted and covered herself up, storming away. {Lunetta’s POV} I watched from afar as a n***d Omega was talking with Jaxon. This was the guy who was supposed to be my mate? He’s a s**t. I walked away before I saw them start doing anything and went up to my room. Normally, I take the elevator but I decided to just take the stairs today. I slowly climbed the stairs until I got to the fifth floor. This was my parents entire floor but now that I’m Alpha they moved down to the fourth floor and I took over. They moved out a week ago so we could have people redecorate it and get everything new for my 18th birthday. As I walked through my door I looked at the clock. It said 12:54AM. Happy birthday to me. I curled up in my bed and fell asleep instantly. I woke up and I was outside by a pond. It was very warm and I felt the sun rays soaking up in my skin. It felt so peaceful and calm. I realized I wasn’t awake and rather I was dreaming. This is where I get to meet my mate. I walked over and he was sitting on the bench with his back to me. My entire body tingled with a sensation I’ve never felt before. Selene whined excitedly. I could feel myself being pulled into him and I wanted to be closer. I sat down next to him and looked up. His face wasn’t clear at first, as my eyes adjusted to the sunlight but pretty soon it became abundantly clear. It was Jaxon. I jumped back, appalled. “I’ve been waiting for years to get this dream, I thought it would never come.” He said, caressing my cheek. Shivers went up and down my body when I felt the warmth of his touch. Everything in my body was pulling me closer to him and I fought not to get sucked in. Selene was angry at me for fighting it. “The Moon Goddess must’ve messed up.” I said quietly. I was breathing hard, just being so close to him I wanted to be closer and become one with him. “The Moon Goddess doesn’t mess up.” He said, grabbing my hand. I shivered. “I know we got off on the wrong start but ever since we met I couldn’t stop thinking about you. About your perfect hair, your beautiful eyes, and your amazing body.” “Were you thinking of me when you were with that Omega last night?” I asked, snarkily. Was I really jealous of Alpha d**k? This stupid mate bond. “Baby,” He said, making me cringe. “I didn’t do anything with her. She came on to me and I told her to get lost because ever since I met you I can’t get you out of my head. Seeing her did nothing for me because deep down I knew you were the one for me.” He was telling the truth. I don’t know how I could tell, but I could. “You can tell I’m telling the truth, can’t you?” He asked. “That must be your power.” When we turn 18, some wolves have powers. Truth telling, telekinesis, speed, strength, anything you could think of. Usually lower rank wolves don’t get powers but it’s even pretty uncommon for ranked wolves to. My father has the power of strength but my mother doesn't. “Don’t call me baby.” I said. “I love how independent and strong you are. It’s very attractive.” He said back. I stood up and walked away from him before I climbed on him and marked him as mine with my bite. When you and your mate find each other, you show other wolves that your mate is spoken for by leaving your bite mark on their neck. Once you bite it once it stays forever. Unless your mate betrays you, or rejects you. It’s very uncommon to do but it does happen and it can be enough to kill your mate when it does. “I have all weekend to prove to you that I am worthy of your love,” He said, he had crept up behind me without me noticing. He pulled my hair back, exposing my ears and whispered. “Please allow me to show you.” I woke from the dream with a jolt and swore out loud. I looked over at the clock and it was 5:55AM. Training would usually be at 7 so if it wasn’t my birthday I would already be up and moving. I stared at the ceiling for a few minutes before realizing I wasn’t going to be able to sleep. I flung myself out of bed and walked to my bathroom. I had an attached master bathroom with a huge jacuzzi tub and a large shower as well. I looked at myself in the mirror and splashed some cold water on my face. Maybe a shower will help. After taking a shower and realizing that a shower, indeed, would not help, I called Cosette. “Hello?” She answered the phone. “Hey,” I sighed. “Why are you up so early? You are not training on your birthday.” She ordered. “I found out who my mate was.” I said. “Oh my god, I’ll be right there.” She hung up the phone and I just knew she was running up to my door. She came barging in 15 seconds later. “Tell me everything.” She said. I was still in my robe with my hair in a towel but since it was just Cosette, I didn’t really care. “It’s Alpha Dick.” I sighed. “What?! Alpha Jaxon? The one who’s staying here tonight?” She screamed. “Apparently,” I said. “Why would the Moon Goddess do this to me? He’s so arrogant and he’s so mean. He’s a misogynistic pig and an egotistical-” “Okay, before you think of any more names to call him,” She interrupted. “How do you feel when you’re with him now?” “My entire body tingles and I want to constantly be touching him. No matter how close I could get to him I feel like that still wouldn’t be close enough. If it wasn’t him, it would honestly be amazing and I would’ve bit him right then and there.” “Ugh! I can’t wait until I turn 18!” She screeched. “Three more days!” Cosette and I had very close birthdays and it was pretty fun growing up because we would always throw a huge party for the both of us. “I know you’re going to hate me, but I need to train today. I need to punch something.” I begged. “Lu,” She furrowed her brows. My full name was Lunetta but everyone except for The Elders and my mom called me Lu. Lunetta just sounded too formal for my liking. “You can’t train today, you promised me!” “Well, I want to stay as far away from Jaxon as I can.” I whined. “Ooh, no more Alpha d**k? He’s just Jaxon now?” She teased. “I hate you.” I threw my pillow at her. “Go get dressed, Mr. and Mrs. Mason are making you a special breakfast. And don’t forget you have your Alpha ceremony at 6 tonight. Wear something sexy for Jaxon.” I gagged. “Please stop.” She laughed. “I have to go so I’m not late for training. I love you, and don’t doubt the Moon Goddess.” She left and I walked over to my walk-in closet to try and figure out what to wear. I had a long sleek black dress that I would be wearing to the ceremony tonight but I didn’t want to risk getting it dirty by putting it on so early. I threw on a tank top and leggings and decided if she wasn’t going to let me train then I would go for a run, as a human. I could feel the burn more as a human, even though it took several miles before I could feel anything. I went down to the kitchen to see Mr. and Mrs. Mason. “Happy birthday, Alpha Lunetta.” Mrs. Mason smiled. “Did you meet your mate?” “Thank you, and yes but I would rather not talk about it. I don’t want to lose my appetite.” “Breakfast won’t be done for another 30 minutes, is that okay?” She asked. “Oh, that’s great, can you push it back a little further by a chance? I want to go for a run to clear my head. Just don’t tell Cosette, I promised her I wouldn’t train today.” “Of course, dear.”