Capturing Luna

Mate

In a rainy morning life was bustling around an open area, the weather did not keep the people in. Rather it made them bustle around faster to get away from the cold weather. Even though it was summer the dark sky and steady rain gave a chill that froze to the bone. The open area sat between a group of houses, the gras was trampled and in pathways across it was reduced to mud. The largest house sat as a center in the circle around the clearing, from there people would move in and out with various tasks. Some would carry items, others would run to places to do some work, others came to attend meetings. It was a very busy pack now that it had a new elite system in place. Alpha John had spent the last weeks setting up a system for the pack since their alpha was killed. The alpha had no family and his closest pack members had fled the pack. The majority of the pack was left in shambles, the way it was run was hanging in a thread. With alpha John’s guidance it was now set up to run much more efficiently, and the elite had ambitious people with the pack’s best interest in mind. They would report to alpha John every day until he could find a more permanent solution. Depending on how the pack felt about alpha John after leading them for a while, he was planning on letting them choose. Either the pack would like to start anew and find a new alpha, or they would want to assimilate with alpha John’s pack. Either way, he did anticipate some members to follow over to his pack. Either way it would go, he would end up with a more friendly relationship with the pack. The former alpha had a strained relationship with alpha John, and alpha John had been equally frank about his displeasure with the old alpha. The loss of the alpha was a loss for a few, those who left. Most of the pack was left were either unaffected of pleased with the loss. Few looked at it as a loss, more like unavoidable events. Now the pack had more life, and the members seemed to have a positive outlook to the packs future. In the large pack house sat alpha John, beta James and lead warrior Xavier in a meeting with the new elite. They were discussing what export businesses they had that was profitable and which ones they needed to cut loose. They also had on the agenda what to do with the prisoners they had in the dungeon, and what to do with previous alliances the former alpha had. Alpha John was scheduled to leave for a trip again, he was taking them regularly now. Each time seemed to be to a different place, and they were always short. So beta James was preparing to take over them meeting soon as alpha John needed to catch a flight. Beta James was rustling through some papers “so you’re saying... argh it’s so hard to read these notes. Didn’t the former elite use computers?” One of the new elites addressed the beta “I don’t think so beta James, they were.... old school.” James sighed and shook his head “well, so there are twelve prisoners, six of them are rogues. All the rogues were taken because they trespassed, no other offenses. The other six are from this pack and have been imprisoned for various reasons.” The elites nodded to confirm, beta James continued with his assessment “so the rogues have not been interrogated so we have no idea if they really are any threat... is that right?” One of the elites spoke up “that is what we were led to believe.” James then rubbed his chin as he flipped through the notes some more “alright, we will need to interrogate before we decide whom to release and whom to execute. There’s no need to keep harmless rogues and no need to keep rogues that should be put down.” The elites were looking around the room but not saying anything, they had never been in charge of life and death before and the conversation started to be uncomfortable. Beta James continued “the other six, I’m having a hard time finding out their offenses, but since it happened on pack land I’m hoping some of you can remember.” Another elite that seemed a bit older than the rest spoke “yes I do, two of the males were put in there for disobeying an order directly from the alpha. Two males were put there for r**e or attempted r**e. And 2 females were put there either for disobeying the alpha or for for trying to poison the alpha.” Beta James lifted a brow, he seemed intrigued by these offenses. “Please, if you could clarify. I would love to know more.” The elite nodded before he continued “the disobeying orders were just b*llsh*t to be honest, two of the males did not want to do unsavory things and the girl refused to sleep with the alpha.” Beta James tried to hide his disdain for the former alpha when he heard that. The elite continued in a flat tone like this was nothing out of the ordinary “the two males that were put there for r**e were caught while attempting or in the crime. They both had accusations before but since nobody saw the crime they walked free. It was a big relief for the females when they got locked up, we have had no incidents since. The poison incident were simply a omega that has trouble reading, she used cayenne pepper instead of red pepper as a spice.” Beta James tried his best to stifle a laugh “how long have they been locked up?” The elite continued with a more sad tone to his voice “a long time, some for years. The two females have been locked up for almost a year. The rapists for roughly two years, the other males and rogues varying from 2 months to 6 years.” Beta James nodded solemnly, it was a long time to be locked up for vanity charges. Beta James dropped the stack of papers and combed his fingers through his hair as he sighed. He nodded a goodbye to alpha John as he left the meeting to go to the airport. “Ok, release the females and the two males for the disobeying orders. The rapists will be executed at next new moon. The rogues will be interrogated by my packs interrogation team, they are very good at separating the harmless rogues from the bad ones.” The elite was nodding in agreement, they seemed pleased with the plan. The older elite cleared his throat, he seemed to have more to add. Beta James looked at him and nodded for him to continue “the one female though, I think it’s best her release ... well... we should be a bit gentle, or cautious when we release her.” Beta James frowned “why?” The elite coughed  to clear his throat again, or perhaps to stall so he could gather some more well put words. “The girl who refused to sleep with the alpha is a bit on the wild side, she can give us some headache. She’s young, an omega, but still she is fearless and she speaks her mind. She has no filter, she will tell anyone no matter rank exactly where they can put their b*llsh*t. I’m surprised the former alpha didn’t execute her. It seemed her fire ignited something else than anger in him.” Beta James looked at the elite with disbelief “so you are saying, she told the alpha in a colorful way where he could stick it, and it would not be in her. So he put her in the dungeons until she agreed to sleep with him?” All the elites were nodding, they had a tint of red to their face as the matter reflected badly on the pack. Beta James closed his eyes for a couple of seconds to get his control back, he was visibly upset by what he just learned. “Take me to her, we need to address this right away. Xavier, take over the meeting.” Xavier nodded and the older elite stood up and walked to the dungeon, beta James followed. As they were walking there beta James would ask a few more questions “how old is she?” The elite answered with a hushed tone “she was sixteen when she told him to go f*ck himself, she’s seventeen now. She’ll soon be eighteen.” Beta James had a look of exhaustion, but he followed the elite with rapid steps, this needed a quick resolve. As they turned a corner they got to the cell, inside sat a young woman, merely a girl. She had dirty and torn clothes on. Her long smooth, black hair was tangled and full of dirt. Her piercing blue eyes showed feeling of anger and repulsion. She was thin after a long period of little food, but her shape showed that she had a curvy frame. Even sitting down beta James could see that she had a thin waist, curvy hips and large breasts. Her lips were plump and she had cheekbones and a jawline that would make most females jealous. It was very obvious why the former alpha targeted her for his advanced. Beta James stared back at the girl, she with disinterest, he with awe. Beta James had to catch his breath before he could stutter out “mate.”