The Luna's Plight

Chapter 13

Alpha Nile's POV...

My beta had come to inform us that another Alpha was in the area and wanted to come by and pay us a visit. The Alpha's beta's name was Thomas. They were from the Montana region.

Which could be one of three packs. The Silver moon pack, The Grey Mountain Pack or the Crescent Pack.

I was a bit wary of the fact that he didn't tell us which pack it was that they had come from, only that they were here on a business venture and due to have a meeting with another company but wanted to be close in case there was the need to be there in person.

I also found it strange that Tanya had come home and, although we had had our disagreement, suddenly there was an Alpha and Beta almost insisting on a meeting with me and my family. Was Tanya trying to hide something from me? Could this have something to do with one of my sons? Had one of them pissed off another Alpha family while they had been away?

I told Simon, my beta, to set up the meeting for tomorrow afternoon. By then, both my sons would have returned and also perhaps, Tanya would also be willing to speak to us again.

"Simon, tell the Beta, Thomas, that we will be happy to receive him and his Alpha tomorrow afternoon. Myself, and my family, will be here to welcome them, and we shall arrange a feast for their arrival."

"Yes, Alpha." Simon nodded and then left my office.

Now, I just needed to speak to Tanya.

I called my head guard Charlie to find her for me.

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Tan's POV..

*Punch, Punch, Punch*

Goddess, I missed being able to use my strength without having to be careful and not expose my true heritage to the humans.

The punching bag was swaying with every hit I threw.

I may have been living among humans, but that didn't stop me from keeping up my training and strength level. I was still a wolf, even if I couldn't shift. No-one ever bullied me when I was growing up, or after I didn't fully get my wolf. Back when my mother and father actually cared about me and didn't treat me as a piece of property to be traded or bargained away. The thought made my blood feel like fire in my veins.

I punched, I kicked, I ran. I used almost every piece of equipment in our training hall. Sadly, I was on my own here. No sparring partner this time, but I remember that there was always morning training that started at 5.30am.

I'd skip tomorrow, but I would re-start the training the day after. It might do me some good to be able to be me before I'm shipped off somewhere I really don't want to go and have no inclination to go either.

Part of me wished that I hadn't come home now, knowing that my parents wanted to trade me to some other pack. The other part of me, the wolf part, wanted to come home to be close to the pack and my family, nothing would've been worse really than becoming a rogue and having to live on my own.

Finally, after a couple of hours, I finally felt calm enough to speak to my parents again.

I went back to the locker room and got myself showered and cleaned up. While I was finishing up I heard some other she-wolves enter the locker area. I was getting dressed when I heard them talking.

"Oh my goddess. Did you see that girl out there? She was training like crazy. Like, seriously, why would you push yourself so much? That's what our males are for, protection, amongst other things, of course." One girl giggled.

"I know, I have never worked that hard. I'm happy to jog around a little and get the boys stirred up watching me." Another said.

"Did you see what she was wearing? Talk about a bargain bin budget. She must have gotten them at goodwill or something." A third girl snickered.

I was furious. Who the hell did they think they were talking about me like that? They obviously, hadn't noticed that I was here and had heard every word.

"Right! Why would you even want to be seen in public wearing something like that? I'd stick to the designer labels, plus, they make me look irresistible," the first girl said again.

Eden was growling like mad in my head. She hated being disrespected at the best of times and, after learning about my parents' plan for me, she was in the worst kind of mood.

I calmly told her that I would deal with them. I finished getting dressed while they started talking about different labels for clothing and jewelry.

I came around from the back area where the showers had been, and they all stopped talking and stared at me.

"Hello, I'm Tanya Nightshade. The Alpha's daughter. Who are you three? I haven't seen you before." I calmly asked, extending my hand.

The girls looked like I had physically slapped them.

Good, I wanted them to know who I was. Just because I hadn't been around the pack for a long time, there were still pictures of me in the packhouse with my family. The first girl, who started it all by mocking the effort I was putting into my training, reached out her perfectly manicured nails and shook my hand. She introduced herself as Maria, the daughter of one of the pack trainers, then she tried to squeeze my hand to show her strength and this made me smile, and I let my intrusive thoughts win and I squeezed back. Her hand made a popping sound and the girl fell to one knee with tears brimming her hazel eyes.

"Hello Maria. It's nice to meet you." I smiled down at her and then back to the other two girls. "And, what are your names?"

They mumbled their names quietly, still staring at my hand gripping Maria's tightly. I released her hand and then turned my attention to the other two. I had caught their names.

"So, Maria, Lois and Allie. It's nice to meet you all. However, we don't allow bullying in this pack, as you should well know. Your comments about my training and also my clothes were unnecessary and hurtful. Don't let me catch you speaking ill of your fellow pack members and perhaps consider increasing your own training. There won't always be males around to save you." I told them all, letting a small amount of my alpha aura seep from my body, so they knew I wasn't messing around.

"Oh my god, I think she broke Maria's hand!" Allie said. "You're the bully here. We didn't physically hurt you, and you came out here mouthing off at us and then break Maria's hand for no reason."

I almost laughed my ass off. These girls.

"Exactly. We are going to report you to the head trainer and the Beta." Lois chimed in. Newly found confidence spread between the three of them.

"Honestly, first you bully us and break my hand and have the guts to claim to be Alpha's daughter as well. She is away at school and won't be back until she finishes university" Maria spoke, getting up from the floor.

"Really? That's interesting. When did you hear that?" I asked, honestly wondering how old they think the Alpha's daughter is.

"Like a couple of years ago duh." Lois answered. "Everyone knows that she is away at school."

"So, in those couple of years since you heard this, by now she would've finished uni, right?" I asked them directly. "Wouldn't it make sense then that after finishing uni and come home after a year or so getting work experience?"

"Well, maybe. But she isn't you. She was my beastie before she left."

Bestie? I had never seen these three girls before. Is someone trying to pass themselves off as me?