The Werewolf Next Door

9

(Tyler's POV)

I had been here just two hours ago, the sorrow was heavy in the village, or could be seen as a village. A lot of the people here were people that weren't wolf, but had been mated to a wolf, a lot of whom were dead thanks to Mason, I grew up here seeing women mainly abused, forced into submission, and to not even have jobs to support their families, this place looked dark cold and forgotten like something you saw in a horror movie. As we drove in the few people that were here, closed their doors and windows, we got to the pack house, it was falling apart, but this was the only place we could go right now.

 As soon as people saw it was me in the truck a lot of them came out and when they saw Natalia, the women bowed their heads in respect, I got Natalia out and headed to the house, with Jasmine right behind me, once inside I called the pack doctor, she came and checked Natalia.

"She's healing nicely sir, but she'll need some rest, you had to turn her I see."

"She was dying."

"But this will cost you your heir, sir."

I glared at her, she bowed her head, she knew she had over stepped, she finished looking Natalia over, and left. Jasmine had Natalia resting her head on her leg. Her eyes puffy and red from crying.

"Please stay with her, I don't trust anyone else right now."

"I'm surprised you still trust me at all I just...left her there."

"Jas, now is not the time, she's alive all she needs is rest okay."

Jasmine nodded and I left her and Natalia in my old room, and I headed to call the village to a meeting. Joshua and the others that had been with my father came too. I had made a choice, with my father now gone, I had to step up and be the Alpha, but a lot of things had to change.

As I stepped on the balcony outside, they all fell silent when they saw me.

"You all know my father is dead, I also know you all have heard the rumors of my mate, yes, I have found her, but with my father gone, there will be changes, for some they will be bad and to others they will be good, but for this pack to work I will need followers not slaves, I will not continue to force you into staying, if you wish to leave, then now is your chance, but you are always welcome here with us, that will be all."

Joshua pulled me to the side, and got in my face.

"What the hell do you think you are doing boy?"

I pushed all my power out, with my father gone it had been given to me, just minutes after his death, Joshua had no choice but to kneel and respect me.

"Our people are dying and these aren't followers they're prisoners, I gave them the choice those that stay, stay because they want to, and if I find out you sent someone to punish them, I will kill you, is that understood?"

He didn't answer, I kicked him to his back.

"Is that understood!?" Reluctantly he nodded.

"Yes, sir."

"Now let it known those that wish to be part of my pack need to come and prove to me what they're worth."

"Right away sir."

Joshua got to his feet and walked away quickly. Most people would say I was too hard on him, but he is a lot like my father, they're minds stuck in the old ways. Things were going to change, but I needed a pack. One that is a little more in the now, and a little more flexible with change. We had a lot of work to do, and I wanted to have more then half of it done, by the time Natalia woke up.

To my surprise a lot of the younger men came forward, they had wolf parents but they weren't wolves, and even some of my age and older came forward. I needed men that were reliable, hard working, and someone who wouldn't stab me in the back. I needed at least six and most ten,  I watched the younger ones, only three had what it took, the others were just looking for something to brag about, the older once were a little more serious, to my surprise Bret had come to join, his father had been one of my father's men, he was also killed for helping people escape the village. So when I watched Bret fight, I was genuinely surprised he was better then most of them, and he wasn't even wolf yet.

Of twenty of the men that had come in, I finally had my eight, four older and four younger, all varying in mind sets and ways, even Nelson had made it, he was about my age, and he knew Natalia so I was glad he had made it to a least third. About six of the eight were mated  or married, I asked for them to have their own places to live if they didn't they were more then welcome to stay in the village, Mostly all of them stayed in the village, maybe two of the eight lived out, I gave them each a phone which they had to have on them at all times, and on top of that we did the traditional ritual of binding them to me, I cut a piece of my skin and some of my blood at the full moon, but the first thing that happened was that those that weren't wolf had to be turned, I was exhausted by the end of all the changes. It took me a few hours to be able to close them off down to a mere whisper in my mind, but I did it.

Also a few woman had come to me to ask if they could stay on, of course I said yes, but I was going to pay them for their work and time, they didn't want it that way but they needed it. Jasmine was definitely a life saver, she took care of Natalia, while I got things up and running, Training for the men and knowing how to keep an eye out and a ear to the ground in case of things going on, it this case I was hearing Mason and his people were definitely getting bigger.

We had to be ready for anything, then one afternoon, as we were having a meeting Jasmine, came in and Joshua grabbed her by the back of the hair to stop her from walking in any further.

"Hey, what the hell?!"

"Get out of here b***h!"

"Who the hell are you calling b***h, asshole!?"

"Nelson!"

A fight was about to break out.

"Enough!" I called out over the fighting, everything came to order, I glared at Joshua, and pushed him away from Jasmine.

"Report?"

"Natalia is stirring, she should be wake at any moment."

"we're almost done here, I'll be up as soon as we are, thank you Jas."

She gave me a light bow and headed back to Natalia. Once she was gone, Joshua laughed out loud.

"A man is not man if he relies on a woman to be happy."

"May I remind you, Joshua, that woman is your new Luna, if I so much as hear you disrespect her, my warning of before stands, I know we haven't had a Luna in many years gentlemen, but it's a new time, and we must realize we need our women as much as they need us."

"Yeah, our money and our dick." Called one of the younger men, some of the older men rolled their eyes and others agreed, this was going to take some time to sink in, but nobody better then Natalia to help me drive the idea home.

"Meeting adjourned!" I called and then headed up stairs to see Natalia, before I even reached the stair case I could feel her already, her power was strong, as was her pull. It felt me breathless as I got closer and closer to the room. When I opened the door, she was already sitting on the side of the bed. Jasmine was talking to her, as she suddenly took a deep breath, and then slowly turned to look at me, her brown eyes with specks of blue, I could feel my heart race as I got closer, she was alive.

"Hey."

"Hey, yourself, don't have to be so nervous, Ty, it's still me."

I laughed nervously and touched her cheek, she leaned into my touch.

"I thought I had lost you, I don't think I've ever been so scared."

"Well, I'm here, you're stuck with me."

I smiled and leaned down to kiss her, she kissed me back, and I felt the difference not by much but I could feel her wolf, and mine was nothing but impressed. I let her get dressed with Jasmine's help and I waited down stairs.

(Natalia's POV)

When I woke up it was the weirdest thing I could hear things from down the hall, I could smell the faint my familiar smell of Tyler, and I could smell, Jasmine. When I opened my eyes, I could see the very details of things. Jasmine explained that Tyler had to turn me, they had found me at the fair grounds with my throat ripped out and bleeding out, it was either turn me or let me die. And here we were in Tyler's old family home, Jasmine told me his father had been killed the same night, so now Tyler was in charge.

When I saw him, the new being in my body was definitely impressed, she showed me exactly what she wanted us to do to this man of ours, but I pushed her under control, we just woke up and we were already having kinky thoughts about our mate.

I got dressed and couldn't help being over whelmed with every sound, smell, and feeling, I was so jumpy, I kept feeling people around me, only to have them walk out a while later.

When I reached the top of the staircase, I was shocked to see so many people, but I continued down, as I got closer, they knelt on one knee. While Tyler bowed his head low.

"Why is everyone kneeling, I asked him?"

"It's a form of respect and welcome, but I think it has to do more of the power you're pouring out."

"I am?"

"Yes, imagine a door, and wind going through, now close it so the wind doesn't go out the door."

For how simple it sounded it helped and I did and it worked, soon everyone was getting up, and turned to look at me.They didn't seem happy with what i just did.

Tyler introduced me to everyone, and I came to realize that these were men that either didn't have a mate or partner and they were the type to bash on women. Some just didn't like to admit there was someone higher up then them.

But I played nice and grinned at them, they were all being nice because Tyler was here, but they would show their colors soon enough.

After Tyler showed me around, I went back to his room and just relaxed as he went to do a few more things before bed, a older woman brought me dinner and I ate alone, then after I was done. I sat there and read for a bit. A while later, I got in the shower and to my surprise I still had blood in my hair and on my skin, that even still so fresh in my memory, Christen was dead, not exactly what I wanted but at least he didn't get the chance to hurt me.

As I got done and stepped out, the softness of the towel on my skin, it made a tickle run through my body, how the hell was I so horny, I just woke up from a traumatic event and I was already thinking about jumping my mate. I looked at myself in the mirror, and saw a glimpse of her there. My wolf.

"You need to stop."

"Why, I can feel you're inner desires, Nat, you want him as bad as I do."

"Just because it's true doesn't make it the right time."

"There will never be a right time, and besides, there are things that need to be established between you two and with the other wolves.

"Like?"

She just smiled at me.

"All in good time, for now I will let it slide."

"This is my body not yours and I'm in charge!"

"Right, but if you don't have the guts to do something,I'm more then willing to do it for you."

Again the explicit images of our mate, but I shook my head, and finished up and went outside to the room.

Someone had come in and changed the sheets, and blankets. I climbed in and got comfy. I was just getting comfortable when Tyler walked in, went to take a shower and then I could feel his bare chest touch my back, I was just in a night gown. I felt myself start warming up.

"How you feeling?"

I wanted to say "Hot" but that would open a can of worms that I needed to wait to open.

"I'm fine, just a lot of getting use to."

"I'm surprised you're handling it so well."

That was because I had a dream where my wolf told me exactly what would be happening, I thought i had been dreaming at first, but when I woke up it was clear as day, I had turned and I wasn't wishing for death, so I accepted it, was it going to be hard yes it was, but I was willing to give it a chance.

"Fast learner I guess."

He snuggled his face in my neck, breathing in deeply. Soon we were both a sleep, but I could feel him growing hard behind me, and my wolf licking her lips. I went to slept wondering how the hell I was going to keep her under control.