The Merciless Alpha(erotica)

“Is Nicholas moving to the United States with you,” another asked.

I blushed. “We haven’t decided. It’s a unique situation because there is no Pack or Alpha in Australia yet, and Nicholas has school and family here.” Nicholas smiled and reached for my hand as I continued. “Do you know how your wolves can talk to other closer family members in your minds?” The wolves nodded. “That is the family link, but it fades out with relatives that aren’t close, which is why you don’t have it with everyone here even though you all descend from the same person. The next kind of link is the Mate link, which Nicholas and I formed when we claimed each other by biting necks. It is the strongest and most powerful of all links; not only can you talk, but you can feel each other’s emotions, even project images and memories across it with practice. The Pack Link is a broader version of the family link; once the Alpha brings you into the Pack, you can communicate mentally with any other member of the Pack who is nearby, whether related by blood or not. Having that communication allows the Pack to coordinate efforts and work together despite the numbers involved.” I used my mate link to get Nicholas’s permission for the next part.

Leo continued. “To demonstrate how this happens, I am going to bring these four ladies and Nicholas into the Miesville Pack. Alpha Steven has already agreed to the transfer.” With that, he did the short ceremony and brought the five of us in. “Welcome to the Pack,” he sent us.

“Wow,” Nicholas said. He tested the link with all of us, then individually. “It’s true; I can link to all five of them now instead of just Vicki.”

“Do we HAVE to join a Pack?”

“No. There are pack-less wolves, and we call them rogues. Some were kicked out of Packs and not accepted into others, while others choose not to accept an Alpha. It isn’t normal or healthy for a wolf to live this way; they end up going feral, and Packs have to hunt and eliminate them before humans get hurt. The stories the humans have about bloodthirsty werewolves come from such rogues. A rogue is also killed on contact if they enter Pack lands.”

“That explains a few things,” Ian said. “We don’t do well away from our families. A few have headed into the Outback and never returned.”

“The natural place for a wolf is in the Pack structure. It’s how we are to live,” Leo said. We talked and answered questions for another hour before Leo offered up the chance to join his Pack. Three families left, along with a few more married couples. For the rest, it was like an altar call you’d see television evangelists do; a line of people heading up, Leo laying his hand on them, and they walk away happy and crying. Not everyone chose to do it yet, but three dozen did.NôvelDrama.Org is the owner.

I left Nicholas in the classes and went to see how Margaret was doing. She was in a swimsuit in the tub, with ice covering the top. “How is her temperature?”

“Hundred and two,” Mom said. “The first wave is just starting.”

I pulled Craig away to talk to him. “How are YOU doing,” I asked. These events had all had to be a shock to him.

“I’m barely holding it together,” he confessed. “I’m mad at Dad for dumping Mom, but then I wonder how I can be mad at him for finding his mate? I can tell how much he loves her, how his WOLF loves her while he just put up with Mom. I look at Nicholas and see how happy he is with you, and my wolf wants HIS mate too.”

“There will be time for that, I promise you. We need to help your Mum pull through.” She’d need something to hold onto when things got bad, and Joseph wasn’t it now.

“I know.” I helped him carry another Esky from the garage before going to help with lunch. They were doing burgers and chips, so I volunteered to work the grill. Leo and I alternated teaching through the day, and by the end of dinner, another ten wolves had joined the Pack. One of them was Joseph.

Not everything went smoothly. With all the wolves descended from a Beta rank, the Pack didn’t have the spread of dominance you’d have in other Packs. The wolves started to jockey for position, and challenges not won with stares and intimidation turned to tooth and claw. Leo officiated many a battle as wolves found their place in the hierarchy.

Only one thought to challenge Nicholas, and others thinking about it changed their minds after his shift. Nicholas’ wolf was half again as large as they were now, and dominance rolled off him in waves as he stalked towards a distant cousin. Wisely, that wolf rolled on his back and exposed his neck. With a grasp of his neck, Nicholas had won his spot in the Pack below Leo.

The girls and I had to be back in Melbourne tonight, but I couldn’t leave until Margaret’s fate was known. She’d made it through the fevers and was now on a blanket suffering through the bone breaks of her first shift. Her family gathered around for support as she screamed in pain with each one. “She’s lasted longer than anyone I’ve seen before. Previous bites haven’t survived the fevers,” Ian said over the Pack link.

“Her wolf is there, and Leo is calling it out,” I said. “That’s the difference; without an Alpha, the human and the wolf fight each other until both die.”

It wasn’t easy, but two hours later, a small black and white wolf lay on the blanket, panting to catch her breath. Leo brought her into the Pack, and we all welcomed her while she recovered. I had Craig feed her some raw steaks he’d cut up for her as he scratched her ears.

I was happy as we drove back to town, knowing the death penalty for Fiona was off the table. I promised Margaret that I’d help her find her mate while her divorce was going through. She didn’t want to stay in Melbourne; she wanted to see the world. Her mate was likely to be older, perhaps widowed, and that narrowed down the possibilities.

It had been a long day, I thought, as I fell asleep in my mate’s arms.