Alpha Female Flames of Desire

Night Fire

MARAH POV

Lucas and I have gone further than I thought possible this past month. Right now, I’m in front of the mirror planning for a party at one of his friend’s house. I blush remembering all of the intimacy Lucas and I just experienced. I feel like I’m falling hard.

I finish pulling my hair back into a long ponytail. I’ve been told that this is not a formal party. Those attending will be wearing jeans, t-shirts and very casual clothing. This makes me very happy and I’m sure that Kara feels the same. I finish pulling on my low waist ripped jeans and slipping on tennis shoes. I pull off my long shirt to put on something a little nicer.  I slip on my red lapel collar button down silk shirt that’s tied in a knot at the bottom to expose my tight ab muscles. I leave three buttons undone so plenty of cleavage will be exposed. The jeans slim my hips, so I look in the mirror pleased. I had applied light makeup. It’s going to be dark anyway.

I notice Lucas comes into the room and stands leaning against the door frame. Goddess, I wish I knew what that gorgeous man was thinking. He’s wearing tight straight leg jeans and a pair of boots along with a black t-shirt. It’s so basic but he looks delicious. He finally says, “Baby, you look so good. Sure you don’t want to just stay in tonight?”

“Naughty boy, what could we possibly do all night long?” I ask in a questioning glance. He comes over to me and buries his head in my neck and kisses right where my mark will go. He has no idea, but it drives me insane with arousal. “Come on before they send a search party.” He says pulling away hesitantly.

We drive down more winding roads covered with dirt and rocks. If my car gets more dings, I’m going to blow a gasket I think internally. Lucas must notice. He suggests, “Dents have stories behind them you know?” I snarl, “Yes but a good brain carries memories without dings and scratches.” He laughs so freely. I love it!

We turn up a drive and I notice that I smell pack territory. I glance in the hills with my wolf eyes and can see guard wolves watching us as we enter. I breathe in knowing they are aware of my presence and hope this is Mountain Ridge Pack. We pull into a property that looks like a pack house. I’ve read about them but never truly visited a functioning one. It’s huge. It’s a mansion.

We get out of the car with Lucas running to my side to help me out and place his arm for me to grab. “My oh my, such a gentleman.” I say.  He flashes a dashing smile, “Anything for malady.” We walk to the stone house that has two enormous doors with wolves carved into the door. Before we can knock, Stephen throws open the door, “Welcome to my humble abode!” He laughs. I think someone is already sipping on some Kool aide.

He grabs us and brings us into the large family room. I can sense a great deal of uncertainty with wolves looking at me. Stephen introduces me as his girlfriend’s “boss.” He says so in a funny way and gets lots of laughs, but I know this is his way to let those in the room know who and what I am. I return the laugh with, “I think you underestimate your girlfriend. She protects me very well so if I’m her ‘boss’ then alrighty then. By the way, where is that girlfriend of yours?”

“She’s upstairs in my room with Larissa getting ready for the bonfire tonight. It’s the 3rd floor and the 2nd door to the right. Do you want me to escort you or are you ok?” Stephen asks. Rolling my eyes, “I think I can manage finding my way.” I lean over and kiss Lucas on the cheek. He responds with the same and says, “Come find me when you come downstairs. I don’t trust all these guys. I swear I see them salivating over you like a bunch of wild dogs.”

I’m at the 3rd floor and turn right running into a man around 50 years old. I look up into a stern face. I say, “Oh, I’m so sorry! I’m looking for my friend. She’s in Stephen’s room getting ready.” He narrows his eyes and asks me who I am. “I’m Marah Murphy.” He then has an amused look in his eye, “Come with me Young Marah for just a moment to my office.” Ah, this must be Alpha Hendrix. Great! I just ran right into the Alpha, literally.

“Alpha Hendrix, I am so sorry! I should have been more careful and been paying attention.” I say as professionally as possible. “Young Alpha Marah, It is my pleasure to meet such a beautiful young she-wolf. I have to admit that when I received the call from your mother, I wasn’t sure what to expect. There are so few female alpha’s in the world.” He says seemingly nice but as I’ve heard male alpha’s have an ego about female being alpha, so I’m guarded. “I hope that doesn’t present a problem seeing as how your son is mated to my beta.” He laughs, “On the contrary, I look forward to visiting your pack. Your mother seemed …. Interesting. I’m guessing since your beta will most likely not want to relocate to West Virginia that my son will be joining your pack once they mate and mark. Of course, not saying they won’t mate before the marking.”

At this I blush because I really don’t want to discuss my best friend’s mating with her future father-in-law. Plus, why is he intrigued with my mother. I wonder what she said on the phone. Honestly, I think she’s boring. Or maybe he’s a perv. Either way, Mom can take care of herself. I recall once a guy thought he could come onto her a little strong and she put his head through a wall. I do mean through a wall – like he was looking in the other room.

“Alpha Hendrix, please come visit and I’ll notify my mother to be expecting that call. Have a wonderful evening. If you’ll excuse me, I should go to Kara.” With that I left his office and headed to the room instructed by Stephen. As I got close, I could smell Kara inside so softly knocked and then entered.

“Kara!!!” I bounced around and ran to her for a hug. She was sitting on a king-sized bed. The room was filled with mostly guy stuff. I notice a 60’ television on the wall with several gaming systems along with gaming chairs and headsets. “Where’s Larissa?” I asked. She says, “Oh, she’s still in the bathroom finishing her makeup and hair. I wasn’t sure if I smelled you or not, otherwise I would have come out. I apologize Marah.”

“Nonsense. No need to apologize. I was just speaking with Stephen’s father briefly. I’m not sure how fast you want to take things, but he acknowledges that his son will want to move closer to you given your status. Of course, that will be a year or so away. You will be attending the first portion of ‘my schooling’ with me.” I say. I just wanted to remind her that betas go to the 1st portion of training with their alpha if they are designated for that role within a pack. I think about that for a minute because Future Alpha Tanner won’t be taking his beta because he will be coming to my pack since his older sibling will take the position in his current pack. It’s going to be chaos for sure since it was agreed that we will share equal responsibilities. I won’t be luna and he won’t be lunar. We will both be Alpha’s responsible for different aspects of my pack. I dwell on these thoughts for far too long when Kara pulls me from my thoughts.

“You know I didn’t mean to find my mate.” She says. I look at her confused, but she continues, “He’s dreamy isn’t he? I never imagined the pull we feel. He’s 18 and I just turned 17 so I can’t feel it like he does, but it’s there. I’ll go home and do what I have to do but I want him with me as soon as possible.” I smile at her. I’ve heard about the pull. I’m jealous that I may never feel that. “Marah, do you feel anything, other than lust, for Lucas?” She questions. I’m not sure how to respond but I know truthfulness amongst alpha and beta are a must. “I don’t know Kara, there’s a part of me that wants us to be that couple that fairytales are made. Then the other part of me knows my obligation to the community. It’s so unfair. I feel guilty for leading him on knowing I’ll never be able to commit to him in a long-term relationship. I do feel so much for him that it makes my heart pain at the thought of being apart from him.” She just rubs small circles on my back.

Larissa finally emerges. She looks magnificent as usual. Her hair is styled perfectly up in a messy bun. I know perfect and messy don’t usually go hand in hand but she rocks it. Her makeup is flawless. She has on skinny jeans and a tight green tank top with a flannel shirt rolled up at the bottom and the sleeves rolled up. I smile but think she looks a little like Ellie Mae from the Beverly Hillbillies

“Let’s get this party started, BITCHES!” She exclaims. Have I mentioned how much I just love this girl! She has no shame and is the life of a party. She marches right out the door and down the steps like she owns the place. I laugh internally thinking about how she owns these werewolves!

I enter the kitchen area. I walk over and decide to get a glass of Moscato from the wine selection. It’s a sweet almost dessert tasting wine. Lucas comes behind me and grabs hold of my waist. “You have to be the only person who goes to a bonfire and gets a glass of wine.” I giggle, “It’s this or a Coke Zero. Which I’m checking out the fridge to see if there’s one there. I don’t handle alcohol well plus one of us will have to drive home.”

“You said us and home, together.” He grins. I play slap him, “You know what I mean. We’re playing house, remember?”

It’s already around midnight and the party is going strong. The bonfire is blazing. The beer is flowing.  Humans and werewolves are having fun, together. I sit on the blanket feeling the warmth of the fire and think about our species and how we are so compatible with one another. I mean except for the obvious being able to turn into a wolf and the supernatural abilities – we are all caring individuals. I don’t see the problem with mixing. I know it’s more than race or gender difference, but I wish all beings were free to live and love who they want to love.

“What is my beautiful girlfriend thinking about?” Lucas says to me. I lay back and look up at the clear sky. “You see all the stars and the moon? Well, do you think we are just like little ants in an experimental vial?” He snickers but lays back and stares into the sky as well. “I’m not sure. I mean it is possible. We do that to insects. We also do that to micro-organisms so we can study under a microscope. I imagine anything is possible.”

I snuggle into Lucas and we lay there studying the night sky in silence except for the music across the yard. This is a perfect ending to a beautiful day with my boyfriend. He made me swoon over everything he has done for me today.

“Let’s grab Larissa and Kara so we can drop them off at mom’s place. Tonight, isn’t over yet.” He beams. I love seeing his face and that smile. He is my gorgeous green eye Greek god!