Beyond Fate

Angry Alpha

He charged towards me, his intent clear he wanted to harm me. Why? I didn’t know. All I knew was I wasn’t about to roll over and die. If he wanted to take me down he was going to come out of it with some permanent damage that’s for sure. I braced for the pain ready to go down fighting but it never came.

His steps halted when the nursery door opened…

“ Hey Ali the kitchen s….” Heather.I couldn’t see her behind lumberjacks form but She came walking in halting mid sentence and had clearly done so due to the overbearing power this guy was unleashing at the moment Heather wouldn’t have stood a chance fighting off what this guy was dishing out even I was struggling with the power he had.

If I hadn’t been so consumed by fear I’d have remembered that I was technically an omega too but my Beta wolf was in fighting mode now her self preservation instincts had kicked in. She was snarling in my head ready to shift and take this guy down. It was only my sheer power of will that I was holding her at bay. I had no doubt that my eyes were as amber as the angry male wolf in front of me.

He took one last look of disgust at me, his hatred clear. I shivered at the force of power I felt just like power I’d felt in Lucas earlier, his power hadn’t even been directed at me.

Now I understood why the teenage pack member’s had been sent away crying before.

Stood there feeling the power of this guy's glare full force was beyond overbearing. It took everything in me to keep my legs from giving out from under me. I could already feel them shaking and tears began to pool in my eyes from the pressure of not submitting, but my wolf was too far gone she wouldn’t let me submit even though she didn’t stand a chance against him. Maybe I was wrong about her self preservation; she was just being suicidal.

He gave one final growl before turning swiftly storming to the door, he moved like lightning so fast in fact that he barrelled into heather knocking her into the door as he went, not breaking his stride or glancing back to see if heather was ok. He was gone.

I quickly ran over to Heather helping her up off the ground. “ Are you ok?” I asked, still in a state of shock, tears now streaming down my face. Heather rubbed the backs of her legs where she’d fallen against the wood.

“ME!!! Are you ok? Goddess Alisha what the hell was that all about? Who was that guy?” She exclaimed, almost shouting at me. I didn’t even know how to answer that question. Was I ok? No. I don’t think I was ok.

Now that my wolf didn’t feel threatened the adrenaline was easing, she was retreating into the back of my mind and I was now starting to realise the awful situation I could have been in.that guy had wanted to hurt me. No he’d wanted to kill me but why would he want me dead, I’d helped him he’d been nice to me.question after question ran through my mind but no answers came to me.

I was in a state of shock. I could feel Myself being shaken but I couldn’t come out of my daze. Everything felt so far away, nothing was getting through, I wasn’t even sure I wanted it to.

I vaguely remember being led somewhere and being sat down on something hard, I could feel something cold and wet touch my face. Looking up I saw Heather holding a damp cloth to my forehead, dabbing it gently around my cheeks and neck. Her eyes were shining with worry. I could hear the panic in her voice as she tried to reach me through the fog that was clouding my mind right now. I couldn’t hear what she was saying but I could feel her worry.

Eventually I managed to focus on her long enough to hear her speaking over the ringing in my ears.

“ …..please, talk to me, let me know you're still in….”

“ I’m here Heather” I whispered to her my throat was so dry I coughed clutching it, trying to make it sound less crockey.

“ Thank goddess Ali you scared me” Heather sighed in relief. She grabbed Mina’s little cup filling it with water, I took the drink grateful downing it in one gulp.

She smiled going back over to the sink and I registered that we were back in the bathroom. The same place where not long ago the mysterious stranger had almost kissed me, I hadn’t imagined that.

There had been a moment between us, then he’d heard my family name and the mention of who my father was , he turned into a ferocious monster that had wanted to hurt me. I’d seen it in his eyes, pure raging hate. I let my tears fall down my face once again. I’d never felt hate like it before, not even from Kelly. My silent sobbing was stopped abruptly by Heather speaking.

“ We need to report that guy” Heather exclaimed, report him, for what exactly.

He’d come at me with clear intent to hurt me but he hadn’t actually done anything because Heather had interrupted him and he’d bolted.

Besides I’d been beaten before and nothing had come of it. The worst time wasn’t long after Nathan had begun making his nightly visits. I’d been jumped one of the nights in the pack house. I don’t remember much. I'd been knocked unconscious quickly by multiple assailants but the cowards had kept beating me long after I’d passed out.

I’d ended up in the hospital with several broken bones, internal bleeding and severe concussion. The only reason it had been reported was because my parents had forced me to. Id had my suspicions of who it had been of course she’d basically admitted it to me when I came out of hospital however years later and still my case was still open and no one had been prosecuted for the attack.

“ There’s no point he never actually did anything” I sighed, looking down studying my hands, plus he’d probably be long gone by now. He’d never actually said he was a friend of Alpha Mitchell after all I’d just made the assumption.

Now that I thought about it, the mysterious stranger had actually told me very little about himself other than he’d spent some time as the high council’s elite guard. I cringed now at the memory of checking him out and asking him about his tattoos. Stupid i***t girl.

If I’d of spent more time quizzing him about why he was here and how he knew Alpha Mitchell instead of gawping at his rippling torso I might have known to alert the pack warriors to his presence. Ugh. I could have kicked myself, what kind of Beta was I to not have thought of something so basic. Maybe I really was turning into an omega. My wolf was surprisingly quiet too. Probably feeling equally as ashamed as I was right now. She’d been checking the guy out too. Purring like a wolf in heat.

“Alisha that guy was going to hurt you ,even I could see that, you have to report it, even as an omega you're a member of this pack and still entitled to protection ” Heather urged and I scoffed.

Heather was a nice girl and I appreciated the fact she didn’t treat me like the others in the pack.

One of her best qualities was that she wasn’t a sheep, she didn’t follow the crowd, she made up her own mind about things but the girl was so naive when it came to pack life.

She may be an omega but she was a sheltered one. Her life may consist of taking manual labour and being at the bottom of the pecking order but she wasn’t mistreated in any way. None of the omegas were. Except for me. Life was a non stop party for omega’s like Heather outside of her daily chores, they did their work, they didn’t have to worry about training sessions or having great responsibilities and they were protected. it was a good life. Had I not been Beta's daughter and hated by everyone in the pack, I think I’d have been happy with my omega life.

I stood up quickly not wanting to argue with Heather. It was over, I was fine. End of.

I made the conscious decision to mention it to my father at dinner but I wasn’t going to go running scared to a bunch of pack warriors who just didn’t give a crap.

“ They won’t do anything Heather and you know it” I said over my shoulder walking out of the bathroom back into the nursery play area feeling Heather following close behind me, they didn’t care if some scruffy arsehole tried to attack me, all I’d hear was that it was well deserved.

“ But what if it had something to do with Mina?” That piqued my interest. I turned looking back at Heather raising my eyebrows at her and she nodded as if to say ‘exactly’. She was right, what if he was here for Mina and I’d just got in the way. I felt ashamed that thought hadn’t occurred to me before now.

“ I already mindlinked Beta Nathan when you froze out on me before” I whipped my head back up to her, my eyes going wide.

“ WHAT!! Why would you do that Heather” I found myself almost shouting. How could she do this to me?.

“ I’m sorry you weren't responding, I didn’t know what to do, I was panicking” she held her hands up in surrender.

I ran my fingers through my hair wondering how I could get out of this. I didn’t want to see HIM. Especially not after this morning's incident walking in on him and Kelly. I ran my hands through my hair thinking of a way to get out of this when we both jumped at the sound of the door opening.

(Lucas pov)

She ran her hands up the back of my neck, threading her fingers through my hair tugging it slightly as I clasped my mouth around her n****e sucking it hard causing her to cry out pulling me closer to her. She arched her back lifting herself up as I attacked her n****e with my tongue. The noises coming from her sweet innocent little mouth made me hard. Inexperience wasn’t really my thing usually but when I’d come across this one coming back from the pack hospital in her nurses uniform, not as sexy as you’d think, something in her scent had been just too enticing to resist. She wasn’t a virgin that was for sure but she hadn’t been in the pack house long so I’d had to make polite conversation to check.

Something about a high school boyfriend or friend who was bad in bed. I hadn’t really been paying attention beyond the facts, I’d just offered her the chance to be satisfied by a real man and she’d all but dragged me back to my room.

Not many omegas made it to eighteen with their virtue intact and although it brought out a certain cave man side in the thought of having something untouched by anyone else, the fall back was not worth it and suddenly you’d have a lovesick puppy on your hands thinking it’s true love.

Especially in an older pack like this one. I’d seen it quite a few times on my travels. Once the young females were moved into the pack house after high school they would usually fall prey to the older unmated males' seductions.

Casual s*x was a regular thing amoungst our kind, especially in a pack like this one. Cut off from the rest of the world, wasn't a big deal and really the only option when we all had a fated mate out there somewhere. Getting into real relationships could just get too messy.

The omegas cries of pleasure once again brought me back into the moment, I could smell her arousal filling the room and knew with certainty she’d be more than ready for me down there. I’d already gotten her out of her uniform ages ago. She lay on my bed writhing in nothing but her lace thong that was about to be shredded. My hand that had been roaming the rest of her body reached the waistband and with one quick tug, a rip sounded out and it was gone she was completely bare to me now.

“ please…please” she begged, I growled, always loving it when they begged. I quickly lifted myself away from her long enough to get rid of my clothes before claiming her mouth again, rubbing my erection against her folds positioning myself at her entrance and..

BANG!

My head shot back towards the door, my wolf growled ready to attack, the omega squealed, scrambling around to cover herself in a blind panic as if she’d never been naked in front of anyone before. It was actually quite entertaining.

The door was wide open a few wood splinters lay on the ground where it had almost been ripped off its hinges and in stormed the raging c**k block that I wasn’t sure could even tell anyone was in the room from the look of anger in his eyes.

“ Just come in, make yourself at home” I said sarcastically, standing up from the bed in all my naked glory unbothered, I was too frustration to care now. He didn’t speak, he didn’t even look at me he just kept mumbling and growling to himself but I couldn’t make any sense of it. I heard a thud sound behind me and a whimper. Looking back I saw the omega had fallen out of the bed onto the floor I let out a chuckle, hearing a growl my attention went straight back to my friend and I became instantly concerned.

He gripped the unit next to the wardrobe. His grip was so strong his knuckles were white and I could hear the wood creaking under the strain. He hung his head resting almost next to his arms, growling trying to reign in his wolf. I knew from personal experience that he was seconds away from shifting and having one of his black outs. This wasn’t good; he hadn’t had one in over a year. His fingers had already changed into claws. He looked into the mirror meeting my eyes. They were amber and his cains were already extended.Shit. He’d come to me for help.

Forgetting my current irritation I grabbed my basketball shorts off the end of the bed and slipped them on. I looked back at the omega in a heap on the floor clutching the sheets to her naked body, she was staring wide eyed at the beast desperately trying to regain control before he hurt someone. I could smell her fear and rolled my eyes at her lack of self preservation. She could clearly read the situation yet she did nothing to move…run…get out with her head still attached to her shoulders.

“ Better scamper sweetheart” I nodded my head for the little omega to pick up her clothes and get the hell out of my bedroom before all hell broke loose. When she didn’t move immediately I gave a warning growl in her direction now finding her presence irritating, she quickly ran off with a squeak, closing the door behind her. Taking my bed sheets with her.

I shook my head turning back to the matter at hand, I attempted to talk the big bad wolf off the ledge.

“What happened man, what brought all this on?” I asked deciding against approaching him.

“ It was her..it was her… it was f*****g her” he ranted becoming enraged again.

“ Her who?” I asked not understanding him, I’d left him in the nursery an hour ago he was fine emotional but fine.

“ That evil b***h how has she been able to manipulate everyone..” he glared at me as if I was meant to know what he was talking about, he brushed past me carrying a familiar scent of mango and passion fruit with him. I recognised that scent.

“ slow down man your not making any sense just breath for me” he sighed going to sit on the end of the bed with his head in his hands.

“ The omega, the one Nathan told me about she’s working in the f*****g nursery” I frowned realising what he was talking about.

“ Are you sure about this?” I couldn’t be true the alpha would never allow it. Surely.

“ Yes! Nathan told us all about her remember” I huffed in amusement at the thought of that spineless s**t this pack called a Beta. He was the only one who knew our true identities even alpha Felix didn’t know.

“ Oh you mean the entitled little Beta boy who didn’t even notice his mate was undressing us both with her eyes, while he was ignorantly trashing some innocent little girl?” I had doubted the guy's judgment in the one meeting we’d had with him. The i***t couldn’t even see the true intentions of his mate. I’d met her for all of twenty seven agonising minutes and even I knew she was clearly a gold digging, power hungry, slut.

“ She’s no f*****g inocent trust me, I read his report on her” oh here we go, I rolled my eyes at his trusting nature.

Report was a strong word for the one sheet document the Beta had given us of the omega female in question there hadn’t even been a picture just as so called record of events that took place the day the pack was attacked just over three years ago. There were a few so called witness statements from warriors that weren't even fighting at the time of the attack and more portantky there was no version of events form that one person that had been at the forefront of the time the attack took place.

“ I’m just saying that this reaction is based on one wolf’s opinion, think clearly about..”

“ IT’s not just one opinion, you’ve heard how the pack talks about her” he jumped up shouting at me, I raised my eyebrow at him to remind him who he was talking to. Thankfully he sat back down looking at me apologetically.

Though I knew he was overreacting because of his own emotional involvement in the situation. I had to admit this didn’t look good for the little she wolf. The pack had certainly made their feelings known about her even after all these years their disdain towards her was evident in every part of the pack.

“ I’m just saying you are coming at this from and emotional point of view, you must detach yourself from that and do what’s best for the pack” I tried to reason with him.

“ Exactly that evil b***h has manipulated everyone long enough it’s time I protect the pack from her, forever” I pinched the bridge of my nose, feeling like I was already fighting a loosing battle. Sometimes you just had to let people make the mistake even when you saw it coming, hopefully my friend would learn from it.

“ How can I help you?” I sighed knowing he wasn’t going to listen to reason right now the best I could hope for was that the little omega didn’t loose her throat.

“ Do you know any council elders?” I pulled a face at him, raising my eyebrows.

“ Do you know who I am!” I replied sarcastically. I knew where he was going with this.

“ Good, get him here?” He demanded with a determined look on his face.

“ Sure, when?” I asked, heading to the table where I’d left my phone.

“ yesterday” I huffed , pulling out my phone and clicking a few buttons. Moments later I received word the council member was already on his way before putting it away again. It would mean calling in a favour but I didn’t mind it wasn’t like I didn’t have more favours to call in with the council.

“ It's done,” I told him and he nodded. His expression has changed; he was now a man on a mission.

He began pacing the room, the wheels in his head now turning.

I was concerned with this new sense of direction but at least the omegas life wasn’t in immediate danger any more. I had come to support my friend through this difficult time of adjustment but I couldn’t in good faith allow him to harm a pack member for no other reason than a few rumours and a story fed to him by a Beta who was clearly being manipulated.

I still had my reservations about the foundation of all these rumours and no one seemed to have any hard evidence, I was yet to hear the same details from more than one individual.

There were too many versions of this story surrounding the events of what happened that day. Something wasn’t adding up and since the i***t that was currently wearing a hole in my floor was too blindsided to see past his emotional investment in this to see that things weren’t adding up then I would have to investigate myself.

“ Anything else?” I rolled my eyes at him, already predicting what he had planned.

“ The ceremony, I need to tell the omegas it’s to be brought forward..” he moved towards the door but I put my hand out to stop him.

“No, I’ll take care of it, we can do it tomorrow night, your in no condition to talk to anyone right now” maybe keeping him away from omegas would be best right now I didn’t want to run the risk of him running into the omega in question and flipping out again.

“ Your right, I’m going for a run I need to let my wolf out” he heaved and I let out a breath of relief he’d actually taken my advice without protest.

“ Try not to take any throats out while you're gone. I would hate to cut my vacation short to have to track down your rabid furry ass” I smirked, chuckling as he gave me the finger without looking back as he stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

I exhaled sharply, rubbing my hands down my face. I sat on the bed hoping to the moon goddess that my friend was ready for this.

“All hail, Alpha Mitchell Becker!!” I whispered shaking my head preparing myself to be damage control for what ever was about to happen next.