Mated to the Alpha

Shadows

A grey wolf appeared in the Dark Woods. The wolf appeared to be in search of something or someone. Inspecting the area, he shifted to a human male and emerged from the shadows. He smiled to himself while seeing the wolves who were writhing in pain in front of him.

A few men were seen keeping watch over the wolves.

"Welcome master," they said while bowing.

Beckoning on one of the guards to bring one of the wolves closer to him, he smiled at the thought of what was to follow.

Opening the vial in his hands, he poured a liquid substance into the wounds of the vulnerable wolf before him.

The now-poisoned wolf screamed in pain and began shifting to his human form. Seeing that the shift couldn't progress after a while, the strange man smiled and walked to stand in front of the wolf, and whispered; "Obbedire" while biting into his neck.

The wolf went limp but his heartbeat was loud enough for others to hear showing he was not dead.

"Remove his pack mark and keep him with others to complete his shift"

A man stepped forward holding a curved blade and carved out the star sign placed on the shoulder blade of the wolf.

"The blood-lust of the Black wolf has awoken. We need to act fast before he meets his mate. If the Black wolf mates with his other wolf, it could bring an end to our plans" said a gray-haired man.

The previously shifted wolf now human chuckled in reply.

"Not even the moon goddess herself can stop me from perfecting and completing my creation," he said.

"The mate of the Black wolf has the blood of the Moon Goddess running in her veins. Her powers will be fully activated after she mates with the Black Wolf" Grey Hair replied.

"When's the annual ball?"

"Next 2 moons master"

"Good. Assemble all my warriors and prepare more vials, we have work to do"

The half-shifted wolf was carried away to what looked like a makeshift camp in the woods. The camp had tents all over the grounds housing wolves who had their pack marks cut off with what looked like a sharp object.

A horn was heard in the camp signaling all the warriors of the camp to assemble.

The warriors walked in numbers towards the direction of the sound.

The man from the shadows stood tall on a makeshift podium to address the warriors who had assembled before him.

"My Noble Wolves. For so long have we lived in fear. Rejected, abandoned, and ostracized but not anymore. We will create a new community, fair and just. We will change our fate and strengthen our cause. No more would we rever the Moon Goddess who made a mockery of our existence. Wolves shall no more be identified with pack marks. We will build a new world and make ourselves the gods. The prophecy of the Black wolf will be averted and we will crush whoever stands in our way and establish ourselves. There shall be no packs, only one wolf to lead and unify!"

All the warriors howled together in agreement showing their support for their leader who smiled down on them from his platform.

"Silence"

All the howling quickly stopped and he continued.

" 2 nightfall ago, a wolf broke ranks and escaped to the Crescent pack."

This caused the warriors to begin murmuring amongst themselves.

"Mark, James, and Oliver step forward"

Three men stepped forward with their heads bowed.

"The three of you were on watch, weren't you?"

"We were Master" they replied unanimously.

The man walked down from the podium and looked at each of these wolves. Extending his claws, he ripped out their hearts from their chest and dropped them on the wet floor.

Looking back to the assembly of warrior wolves, he smiled and continued.

"These three mutts allowed a half-shifted wolf to escape to the crescent pack. The Alpha has been notified of a half-shifted wolf with wolfsbane in his system. This will cause packs to be on high alert after a similar sight was seen when we encountered the Bloodmoon pack. If anyone allows a wolf to escape this camp, be assured that he will meet the same fate as these three. You are all excused"

The warriors quickly bowed and returned to their duty posts, each being on high alert for fear of having their hearts ripped out because of their carelessness.

The man picked up the hearts he had earlier dropped on the floor and went into his tent. Approaching a tied-up pregnant female with a mouth gag, he bit into the hearts of his earlier victims and growled in satisfaction.

"How are my pups doing?" He asked while rubbing her swollen belly. The woman shook her head in disapproval showing she didn't want to be touched.

"Wrong answer," he said.

Holding her by her hair, he extended his canines and bit her on the neck. Her screams were muffled by the mouth gag. Satisfied by the mark on her neck, he wiped his lips of her blood and looked at her in amusement.

"Hmm, my pups need to be fed".

Removing her mouth gag, he forced the half-eaten hearts into her mouth and pinched her nose forcing her to swallow in her attempts to gasp for air.

"That's more like it. After my pups are born, I will have no use for a weak bring like you. I will slaughter you and feed you to my pups to grow big and strong like their father" he said while smiling menacing.

"Excuse me, master," said a voice from outside the tent.

"Speak"

"The newly captured wolves have been brought to the campgrounds"

The man smiled broadly.

"Take them to Arion and tell him to get them prepared for me"

"Yes master"

He rubbed her belly again and whispered; "My pups, our time is here. Very soon, we shall be unstoppable".

He kissed her swollen belly and left the tent, in the direction of what seemed to be a black tower.

Approaching the door, he smiled at the sound of wolves being tortured.

"Master, I need to tell you of a recent discovery," the grey-haired man said while opening the door.

"What is it?"

"You have a sister and she is a member of the Crescent pack" he replied.