Ouch! Go Away Alpha

Chapter 4

Alpha Chase was in line for the throne, but first, he needed a mate. He had busied himself with human females, just for a good time, but never really thought about finding a mate or having heirs a luxury only he could afford at the time. Now, things have changed. His father was on his deathbed and he was an only child. He was extremely desperate to find someone and he needed to find her now.

There weren't many females to choose from, since his pack was more prone to having males than females. Pack numbers were dwindling. After having no luck finding a mate, a lot of their men left and attempted to adapt to human society, blending in there.

That's why he was grateful when the elders agreed to help him and a few others from his pack find mates under an extinction clause. This was no time for games. He needed a mate and heirs as soon as possible, and he would do almost anything to make it happen.

That's why he was here with nine other hungry men, watching over the forest, waiting for the females to be released. The rules were simple: don't kill on purpose and whichever one caught your eye and you got to mark was yours. His strategy was to at least catch one that took their allotted three-minute head start as an advantage and ran. That would show that there was at least a little bit of fight in her, and it would most likely make her a good Luna and queen.

When the females were released, he watched intently as a blond and a brunette took off as quickly as possible side by side, and he could tell they were working together to avoid being mated. He saw that as a small challenge, and he also saw that the brunette was the naturally faster one and had an instinct. Maybe he would go for that one.

He could tell that the two other alphas picked up the blond's scent as easily as he did, and they were practically salivating at the thought of having her. He didn't think it was worth the trouble of fighting two other alphas, and that wasn't the one his wolf was urging him to pursue anyways. He did feel bad for the blond girl, though. Having two alpha males on your trail trying to make you their mate was extremely dangerous and potentially deadly.

After three minutes, he shifted quickly, his bones cracking and making sickening snapping sounds. He had gotten used to the pain that came with shifting but would never get used to the disgusting sounds that came with it.

He sprinted after the girls, knowing that if one of the alphas happened to concede and let the other alpha have the blond girl, then they would turn to his brunette, the one he wanted, and he couldn't let that happen.

The other males weren't much competition so he pretended as if it were just the three alphas and ten girls in the forest. He caught onto the little blond's scent almost immediately. He noticed that she was most likely presenting, since her smell varied a bit and sometimes was strong and sometimes not. Naturally, his wolf reacted to the scent, but even his wolf didn't want her, no matter how fertile she was and how good she smelled. He needed to focus.

He knew that the two of them working together meant that it would be harder to find them. They had already started making false tracks and he'd have to go into a clearing and trace the scent all over again. It was exhausting and quite annoying, but he respected their intelligence in this arena, which he knew for a fact they weren't acquainted with. It also meant that his future queen would be smart and strategic, which was a plus.

Eventually, he found the common denominator: the scent trails always ended in the outskirts of the clearing, but they always got stronger and trailed inwards towards a large tree in the middle. He allowed himself a wolfy grin, quite proud of himself for figuring out their strategy so quickly. He quickly ran over to the tree and looked up, hoping to see the girls sitting on the branches in the tree. It was quite hard to see into the cone-shaped tree, but he caught a flash of their white and olive green clothing and he knew they were up there.

He heard their slight whimpers and their heavy breathing. He would've just climbed up the tree and taken his mate, but his wolf was way too big and he wanted to give her a chance to come willingly. He shifted again, knowing that if he tried to bark up the tree he would alert the other wolves and the girls weren't from his pack, so they wouldn't understand him anyways.

He looked up into the tree and started to speak. "Hello, girls. I'm Alpha Chase Gunner from the Gunner pack. I've found you, so you can come out now. I'm not going to hurt you." He waited a few moments and was met with complete silence.