Alpha Kate

Since the day she was born, Kate had been raised to be a strong Alpha within her father’s pack.  She was the first and only child born to her father, Alpha Jackson, and her mom, Luna Julia.  While there had been disappointment and heartache for her parents that they could not have more children, her parents believed strongly this was the desire of the Moon Goddess – that Kate was to become one of the few female Alphas to run a pack throughout the continent.             From an early age, Kate was taught to fight.  She was taught to lead.  She was taught to love her pack.  And above all else her parents taught her to believe in herself and her wolf.  It was rare, in the werewolf world, to have a daughter embraced as the future Alpha; however, Kate’s father strongly believed in his daughter.  He believed she could be successful in whatever she did, and this included running the second largest pack in the Country.             If anyone challenged her father’s beliefs, they were met with the opportunity to challenge the existing Alpha Jackson to take over the pack.  Nobody ever did.  Some left to join other packs.  The majority stayed and cheered for Kate through all of her accomplishments.  She was a gifted child and had gone through school quickly.  Before she turned 18, she had completed her high school education along with training to become a pack doctor.  Being a pack doctor was significantly different from being a human doctor but gruelling just the same.  She had always felt packs were at a disadvantage having to get their injured back to the pack hospital for care.  She felt the need for a mini triage centre in the field, so that they could avoid, where possible, casualties by being better prepared.  Assessing the injured quickly and assisting the most severely injured had resulted in less casualties for their pack. In fact, since she had implemented the practice six months ago, with support from Alpha Jackson, she had reduced fatalities by 90% and was getting closer to her 100% goal with every battle won. Kate still wanted more education to support her role as Alpha.  As advanced as she was, it was sometimes hard to remember she was not 18 yet.  She had been preparing for her eighteenth birthday celebration with her mother, while also looking for strong online programs that would allow her to remain with the pack while continuing her education.  With so many degrees and opportunities being offered online, she was confident she would be able to continue with her plans and build more alliances with other packs throughout her region and beyond.  Everyone knew that part of a pack’s success was the ability to grow and maintain successful alliances.  Kate had attended many of her father’s meetings throughout the past couple years and had learned first-hand why those alliances were important.  Being the second largest pack held responsibility.  When giving your word to an alliance you were committing your warriors as well to protecting those within the alliance.  She would be ready to become Alpha at the age of 18.  Once her birthday celebrations were over in the coming days, she would go through the necessary steps to become Alpha.  That meant a lot of things but primarily it meant a lot of responsibility landing on her shoulders all at once.  “Kate, what do you think of this color theme for your party?”, Luna Julia asked.  She was showing Kate a pink and white colored theme, which made Kate cringe.  Lune Julia wanted Kate’s birthday to be memorable.  She would be taking on responsibilities beyond her years and deserved this celebration.  Laughing and hugging her mom, Kate laughingly joked, “Do you know me? How about emerald with gold accents?”.  Aside from being her favourite colors they were also the Golden Moon pack colors.  Surprising Kate, her mom quickly added, “Of course I know you darling – that’s why I already have your dress for you and the colors you love have already been ordered.  I was teasing you dear Kate.” Going to her closet, she pulled out the most stunning gown for Kate – a fitted sleeveless, vee neck emerald-green cocktail dress that suited Kate’s cream-colored skin, her brown wavy hair with a natural highlights and her crystal green eyes, the dress suited Kate to a tee.  Quickly trying on the dress and swinging around she grabbed her mother, with tears in her eyes, thanking her, “I love it!” she squealed.  Laughing, Luna Julia quickly turns as she wipes tears from her eyes silently praying to the Moon Goddess for her daughter’s future.