The Goddess Alpha

Chapter One: 18 years later

Rheya POV

“Sweetheart…” my mother called from outside my room, “its time to wake up!”

Ughhh! I lifted my head and looked at my clock, it was only 5 am, I didn’t need to be up another 30 minutes. I grumbled a quiet “30 minutes mom!” before shutting my eyes and drifting off again. Then I heard it…

Click!

I knew this sound by heart now, my door unlocking, and I knew my brothers and mom were behind it. She knew the best way to wake me up was to release the twins on me, nobody could relax around them. They were too mischievous. And before I could even gather enough pillow and blanket to protect myself, they came bombarding in!

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHEYA!” The twins screamed in unison, like they always did. I rolled my eyes and thought “Ugh! How could I forget!” Today, September 10th, I turn 18 years old, the year you can finally find your mate. Any other werewolf would be ecstatic, but I dread finding my mate. The only good part about turning 18 is that I can now rightfully take over the pack once my parents retire.

The twins were Maxwell and Benjamin, my younger brothers. They had just turned 15 a few months prior but acted like they were 5. They were the jesters of our family, but Maxwell was the more serious of the two. While they were twins, they could not look anymore different, the only similarity they shared was their height, they stood at 5’10” and were due for another growth spurt once they hit 18 years old. Maxwell got our mothers blonde hair with blue eyes (Although his were a dark blue, not light like our mothers) while Benjamin got my dads coffee brown hair and dark hazel eyes with freckles scattered on his face.

Finally, after them bouncing on me for what felt like ever, my mother and father came in and stopped them. My mother, named Seraphine, who stood at about 5’5” looked similar to Max but her skin was a bronze color and one of her eyes was brown, and my father (William) looked like a better twin to Ben than Max did only he stood at about 6’2”.

“Happy Birthday my dear” my father said while leaning down and kissing my forehead.

“Thank you, papa,” I said trying to muster up some excitement, even though it was 5 fricken AM and I should be asleep!

My mother spoke next “Happy birthday”. She moved her hands from behind her back and held out a small square box for me to take. “Mom, you didn’t nee-“ before I could finish, she cut me off with a wave of her hand.

“While it is a gift, it’s a mandatory gift honey. An heirloom passed from each generation, mother to first daughter, once they reach 18. It was mine, and now it is for you.” She said with a warming smile.

I opened the box and for once I was at a loss for words. It was the necklace my mother wore every day, I only just now noticed she did not have it on. It was a beautiful dusty gold necklace with a scarlet colored rose pendant referencing my mothers’ side of the pack. When her and my father mated it was decided he would merge his pack with hers and become the Scarlett Moon pack in whole. They fought so much in the beginning because of it, he was stubborn and wanted my mom to submit instead. He thought his member would think he weak to give into a female. It was the total opposite, because of my mothers’ heritage my father’s pack was honored to be merged with them.

As I stared at the necklace unaware of how speechless I was, my mother took it from the box and placed it around my neck.

“Please don’t ever remove it until it is time to pass it on” she wrapped me up in a hug.

In the middle of our tender moment we heard the thundering steps of the younger twins, Aaliyah, and Zachariah. Aaliyah (nicknamed Liya) and Zachariah (obviously Zach) are 11 years old and are carbon copies of each other with only few minor differences. They both have curly blonde hair, even though Zach keeps his hair short you can still see the mop of curls. Liya’s hair is short as well but it is only about shoulder length. Zach has our fathers’ hazel eyes, while Liya has our mother’s crystal blue ones. Both also share the same scattered freckles.

“SISSY, happy birthday!” Liya screams as she hurls herself at me in a huge hug. I hug her back. She quite possibly has the bubbliest personality in the family. Unlike me she doesn’t want to be an Alpha but would prefer to be a Luna, which my mom said is common as the same thing happened to her and her youngest sister. Usually every female born on my moms’ side is an alpha but occasionally there is a Luna. Zach just gives me a hug and calmly whispers “happy birthday.” He had my fathers laid back personality, and shared a lot of the same mannerisms as him as well. 

“Thank you, guys.” I say while hugging them both again. Finally, Sarah, a member of the pack knocks softly at the door before entering. Sarah was the head chef on our pack house. Her father was the previous chef, so she was trained from a young age to cook and took over for him when she was only 16 years old. She had soft brown hair and matching light brown eyes. She always kept her hair short so she never had to worry about it while cooking. Her attitude was always that of a concerned mother, even though she was just a handful of years older than me.

“Sorry to interrupt but will you all be enjoying Ms. Rheya’s traditional birthday breakfast?” She asked while giving me a hug and a smile. I spoke up to reply “Yes Sarah! I’m about to get ready and head to training and it should be done about 8 so maybe 8:30 that way I can shower really quick and change before I eat!”

“Rheya you don’t need to train today, take a day off and enjoy your birthday!” my dad said. “Dad, if I want to be the best Alpha one day, I’ll need to train every day. Besides, its MY birthday so I get to do whatever I want. And I want to train.” I said while smirking at him.

“Fine my sweet girl. We’ll be in the dining room at 8:30 to enjoy breakfast.” He said while shooing everyone out of my room and shutting the door behind himself.

Finally having a moment to myself I got up and stretched before throwing on my workout clothes, which was just a simple sports bra, a pair of black leggings, and my sneakers. I looked at myself in the mirror while throwing my Jet-black hair in a ponytail. I am about 5’4”, I know I know, I’m short but what I lack in height I make up for in my fight. I’m the third best fighter in our pack, my mother is the best and next obviously is my father. Like I said earlier, I am the future Alpha of the Scarlett Moon pack, so I need to be the best, at everything. I have a very tone and muscular body with a small chest size, but a plump round butt. I attributed my smaller assets to my constant working out. I'm also considerably paler, which isn't abnormal for a human, but for a wolf it is strange. 

Out of everything I would have to say that my favorite feature is my eyes. I have one crystal blue and one hazel. They compliment each other so beautifully to go from dark and light. The women in our family keep the (rare) crystal blue eye color passed from mom and our other eye is whatever color our dads’ eyes are.

I turn around to see the clock read 6:10 am. “Holy s**t!” I yell, “I’m so late.” Training starts precisely at 6 AM, and anyone who’s late adds on an extra 10 laps of the field after, and they must spar with everyone during training. I grab a coat on my way out of my room and take off down the stairs. “Damn it sucks living on the fourth floor of the pack house” I say out loud to nobody. I haul ass down 3 flights of stair and outside towards the training grounds which is about a mile from the house. By time I make it there its already 6:15 and the pack has finished their warmup laps.

“Fuck.” I mutter under my breath while approaching our head trainers.

“Oh, I didn’t know you were joining us” Stephanie our lead female trainer said while giving me a hug. “Why wouldn’t I?” I asked her.

“Your father said you would be taking the day off since it is your birthday. Happy birthday by the way” She replied. “Thank you, and no I won’t be taking a day off. I haven’t taken a day off in 6 years and I certainly wont start now.” I stated proudly. She looks at me with a look of hesitation and walks over to Ryan and talks to him in whispers. Ryan is our male lead trainer and Stephanie’s mate. She came from my moms’ pack and was the lead trainer, it was quite a relief when her and Ryan were fated mates. It would have been a power struggle otherwise between them and trying to decide who was the lead trainer. Stephanie was also my moms’ best friend, so they became like an aunt and uncle to me. Their son Tyler is a skilled fighter in our pack, and one day he’ll take over as lead male trainer for his father.

They walked back over to me; Ryan brought me into a hug “Happy 18th my beautiful niece! We have a surprise for you!”

“Take the today and the weekend off honey. Monday you will start training with the elites! We wanted to tell you at the party with everyone, but I think this is the only way we can get you to take some well-deserved time off.” Stephanie said while smiling her dazzling smile and clapping her hands. I can’t help the smile that flashes on my face, “You guys think I’m ready for that?” I ask. The elite group consists of the warriors, and the alphas, I knew eventually once I became alpha, I would join but my dad isn’t ready to retire for another year or so. This is a great honor to be allowed to train so early.

Ryan places a hand on my shoulder and says “Of course dear. We’ve thought you were ready for a while, but we had to wait until you were 18 to switch you over.” I can’t help the squeal that escapes my lips and the happy dance I do. “Plus, your wolf should be making her appearance in the next few days, so you need to reserve your strength honey.” Stephanie said. I gasp, my wolf! How can I forget my wolf! Now that I’m 18 I can shift; I just choose when.

I give them both a quick hug before I turn around to head back to the house. As I’m walking, I see my best friend, Natalie. She runs up and tackles me before I can register what’s happening. “Happy Birthday! You’re the bestest friend ever I love you!” She screams while tickling me. I’m brought nearly to tears before I can roll over and push her off me. In between breathes and laughs I manage to get out a thank you.

“Farneti! Take some more laps before you join us since you obviously have an abundance of energy! If you have energy to play, you have double to work!” Stephanie yells from across the field.

As we both get up Natalie huffs out a yes ma’am. “Thanks for getting me in trouble! I’ll see you later!” and with that she takes off running on the track. “Hey, you’re the one who tackled me!” I yell after her. Then I resume my walk back to the house. Natalie has been my best friend since we were children, actually even before we were born. My moms Beta and my dads Beta ended up being mates as well and they had Natalie. She’s younger than me by about 6 months but I plan to choose her as my Beta as well. I guess you can say it is her destiny to be my Beta. I only hope her mate is a part of this pack and she stays with me. 

She’s taller than me, standing at 5’7” and she’s Hispanic as well, so her skin is a lot darker than mine, which to me makes her 10x more beautiful than myself. Her hair is a mocha color but she added bright blonde highlights and they contrasted so beautifully against her hair. She also had bright green eyes that seemed to hypnotize you. She’s a weird combination of girly girl and tomboy too. She likes to fight and get dirty, but also almost always has her hair and make up done. I don't know how she finds the time, I would be exhausted trying to pull off that look 24/7.

By time I make it back home its almost 7, I really took my time walking back and enjoying the view of our pack grounds. We have our min pack house in the center, which looks like a huge castle. There five floors, the top is where my parents and younger siblings stay. Tyler, Natalie, Ben, Max and I all take up the second floor. The third has the Beta and the Gammas with the rest of their families. Then the bottom two floors are for recreation. The gym, kitchen, game room, and dining room are all spread out onto these two floor. 

About a quarter mile from the pack house is the hospital, which is huge and to me unnecessary considering it's hardly used. A little farther than that is our own school. There's only one classroom for each grade since we aren't that big, but it gets the job done. Most of us don't worry about school anyways and pay more attention to training. 

I decide to head back up the stairs and get ready with a nice long relaxing shower. Today is Thursday and my party is on Saturday so that gives me two days to mentally prep for it. I don’t like being social outside of my friends, family, and pack, and knowing my parents want me to find my mate they will invite all the packs around us. Our pack is neutral grounds so I’m sure they’ll all come. When my parent’s packs combined it made us the largest pack in the country and my parents decided not to use that to our advantage and we stayed neutral amongst all the packs feuds. Since then our numbers have dwindled putting us as third biggest pack, but still we remain neutral.