Transition - Alpha's Trouble Maker

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« Robin »

Being forced to sit in the cellar was ridiculous. It wasn’t even a cellar; it was the basement of the packhouse, and the cold room was often used for wolves going through their first transition. I still couldn’t believe that I had to somehow prove that I was worthy to stay in this pack. I was huddled in the corner with my legs up and my arms resting on my knees as I thought back to how this had all gone downhill after being called into the pack's conference room.

« Flashback »

“Do you see what trouble you've caused?” my father snapped, and I rolled my eyes as I moved around the kitchen preparing breakfast. I still couldn’t get over the fact that I had basically been dragged out of bed to sit in the pack's conference room and be told that I had to prove myself worthy.

“Whatever,” I mumbled as I turned on the gas stove and placed the pan down, heating it up to fry myself an egg and some bacon.

“Robin, this is serious,” he pointed out, and I shrugged. I wasn’t all that embarrassed about being caught with Jason; however, I was embarrassed to be called out in front of Seff, Decker, and Luca.

“Yeah, yeah,”

“Robin! Where do you think we will go?” I cracked the egg and watched as it hit the pan, sizzling in the small amount of butter I had thrown in. I added two rashers of bacon and ignored my father. “We have it so good here, why can’t you just behave?” his question went unanswered as I turned over the bacon. “Robin!”

“What do you want from me?!” I yelled out in frustration. “I have friends that I like hanging out with! Why is that such a bad thing?” I asked him as I grabbed a plate from the dry rack. “Why is it so wrong for me to bring my friends over?!”

“Robin, you know that we aren’t human and that we have rules for a reason!” he shouted, and I slapped the egg and bacon onto the plate and turned off the gas.

“I am very much aware of that,” I growled out as I joined him at the kitchen table. “It's not as if everyone is wolfed out…”

“That is not the point, Robin. This is our safe haven, and everyone always feels comfortable to shift whenever they want to, but you keep bringing humans into our territory, and what if they see something they shouldn’t?” I knew he was right, of course, he was right and there was no excuse. “And you are allowed to have your friends over, Robin, but you have to get permission so that everyone can be prepared for it. No one here is foolish enough to think that humans don't get suspicious,”

“Yeah,” I said as I started eating.

“Casey asked Marric just last week if her boyfriend could stop by the pack to pick her up for a date and he said yes! We were all informed of the event and time, and we all knew that he would be bringing her back at nine pm. Why can’t you be like Casey and go about these things in the right way?” I ignored his rant as I cut into my egg, enjoying the way the yolk spilled out over the plate. “Why did you bring a group of them here to drink? Why didn’t you go to the beach?”

“It was too cold,” I joked as I dipped a piece of bacon in the yolk and took a bite.

“Robin…why must you be so rebellious? Do you think this is something your mother would’ve wanted?” it was at that point that he had gone too far, and I stood up roughly, causing the chair to fall back and hit the tiled floor with a loud crash.

“Shut up!” I screamed and I released all my pent-up anger by throwing the table over and going through our two-bedroom home and destroying everything that I could. That was when my father called for reinforcements, and I was once again dragged away.

« End of Flashback »

I snapped back to the present and sighed as I realized I was still in this shitty cellar.

“Robin?” I looked up to see someone coming down the stairs and I was surprised to see that it was Decker.

“What the hell?” I breathed to myself as I eyed the upcoming beta suspiciously.

“Hey,” he greeted as he sat down on the last few steps of the stairs, and I lifted up my head in greeting. “So…ah…they are busy talking about what happened…and I volunteered to come down and hear if you want to talk about it,” he was serious, I could tell by the way he was sitting, and by the tone of his voice and I smiled, making him frown.

“Look bud…my business is my business, and I don’t need you or your other little friends asking me questions that I don’t want to answer…ok?”

“Do you want to be banished?” he then asked, and it was my turn to frown.

“Well…no,” I admitted. “This is my home,” I added, as I looked down at my hands.

“Then why can’t you just follow the rules like everyone else?” I had no answer to his question or at the very least nothing I was prepared to reveal, and I sighed loudly as I stood up and stretched a bit.

“Not only am I tired, but I am still hungry, and I haven’t showered yet…what do I have to say or do to get out of here?” I questioned, as Decker seemed amused as he also stood up and shook his head.

“The truth,” he said before he took the stairs two at a time and I heard the door click, which made me roll my eyes. The truth, right, so they wanted to hear the truth. I could give them some of the truth, but would it be enough to get them off my back? I slid down the wall and waited for them to send in the next person and I wasn’t at all surprised when Luca came bouncing down the stairs a while later.

“Hey troublemaker!” he greeted, and I cringed at the horrible pack nickname. “You ready to talk yet?” he then asked, and I wasn’t sure why but, in all honesty, I didn’t want to talk to him about anything. I had no time for any of the pack members, all except one.

“Where is Seff?” I casually asked and this took Luca by surprise.

“He is upstairs…why?”

“Just wondering if the next alpha is hard at training or is he simply sucking up to daddy?” I had no idea where that had come from, but it had the effect I was hoping for when Luca spun on his heel and headed back up the stairs. However, after what felt like forever, when the next person came down to see me, it was not Seff but rather his father and I shyly watched as the Alpha sat down on the last few steps, much in the same way Decker had.

“Robin…I don’t want to sit here and have a heart to heart about what’s going on or why you are the way you are. Your father has told me enough for me to come up with my own conclusion. I realize that you aren’t very popular in the pack and making friends here has not been easy for you…” he paused as he ran his fingers through his hair, and I watched every movement in fascination. This was the longest I had been in the presence of the Alpha. “I’ve spoken to your father, and we’ve come up with a plan…well something like that anyway…a buddy of mine from The Hillside pack has a beach house up the coast and he has agreed to let you and your father stay there for the summer,” my mouth fell open at that and I wasn’t even sure how to feel about it. “I don’t want you to see this as some sort of punishment or whatever…look at it as bonding time with your father, you know, work through whatever issues there may be,” I opened my mouth, ready to say something, anything, but he stopped me when he put up his hand. “Now the beach house isn’t too far away, so that means you can hang out with your friends, invite them over, have some fun or whatever, but your father will be there…and all that I ask is that you come to terms with the rules of this pack and how I run things. If you come back and you cannot accept how things are around here and respect it…then you and your father will join The Hillside pack and be banished from here…do you understand?”

“Yes, Alpha…” my voice trailed off as a million questions started rushing through my mind and I was even more surprised to see that Marric didn’t get up and leave, but instead he sat there watching me, waiting for me and I took a deep breath. “I just…um…” I coughed awkwardly as I tried to figure out what I wanted to say. “It’s not that I don’t respect the rules…I just don’t understand why I have to ask permission for everything…” that was a lie and even Marric knew that, and I blushed as I looked down at my toes. They didn’t even let me put shoes on. I shook my head at that and looked back at him. “Ok, yeah, I do understand why…it’s just…”

“Robin, stop…I am not asking you to tell me why you are the way you are. All I am asking is that you take this summer to think about things and to possibly work them out with your father. The Hillside pack is a lot worse than I am when it comes to rules, but according to Alpha Romain, he will set you straight. Now, I don’t know what that means, but if you and your father are banished from this pack…you will no longer be my responsibility. Do you understand that?” with wide shocked eyes, I nodded. “Good, so enjoy your summer and when you and your father return, I expect an answer, ok?” I nodded once again but it was not good enough as he continued to stare at me.

“Yes, Alpha,” I whispered, and he smiled as he stood up.

“I’ll leave the door open for you, feel free to see yourself out, you and your father leave for the beach house in the morning,” I waited a good five minutes before I attempted to leave and aside from the delicious aroma coming from the kitchen, the packhouse was quiet. Too quiet. Curiosity nibbled at my core, but I quickly brushed it aside and made a beeline for the open front door. No one was around to stop me, and the walk back home only made me realize how miserable I truly am. Our home was spick and span, albeit bare, as all traces of my outburst had been cleaned up.

“Are you ok?” my father asked, and I turned to see him standing by his bedroom door, watching me. I wanted to say something, but I felt…defeated…and so I simply nodded before I went to my room. “Please try and see this as positive…” I heard him say and I saw he was now standing at my door. I sat down on the corner of my bed and looked down at the brown carpeted floor. “Think of this as a vacation! And you can bring a few friends…if you want to…” I looked up then and smiled.

“Ok,” I said before I got up and went over to him. Almost immediately, he opened his arms and hugged me.