The Merciless Alpha(erotica)

Kai led Amy to their room, and they wouldn’t be out until late morning. Noelani shifted, pulling on a long shirt and pair of shorts she’d left by the door. “I’m having ice cream,” she said.

“I’m in,” I quickly added. The hors d’oeuvres weren’t near enough for me, and I wanted to sit for a while. I went up to my room, hanging up the dress and removing the jewelry before coming down in sweats. I had a great time with Kai’s younger sisters as we watched movies, ate lots of snacks, and gossiped. The males who Luna matched with them would be blessed.

“How do you like dating humans, knowing your mate isn’t out there,” Noelani asked quietly.

Makani looked at me and joined in. “Yeah, I didn’t mind dating that human because I know my mate is out there, but you?”

I took a drink as I composed my thoughts. “I’ve only had a few dates since it happened, and you saw the one in Hawaii, right?” They nodded, the video had gone viral. “My wolf has zero interest now in males. I went out with Jason as a favor to Kai, and so I could be there with Amy at her first adult formal. I’d be just fine if I never dated again, but my bosses at Bodyglove want to see me out and about.”

“Are you going to visit Packs, or wait for the Scratch and Sniffs,” Makani asked.

“By Luna, I never want to go to one of THOSE again,” I said. “The Council will make me, though. I’m going to fly in, let the males parade through, then head for the airport again. They can make me come, but they can’t make me stay.”

“Was it that bad?”

“Worst time of my life. Finding my mate while he was balls-deep in another woman, standing next to her as his seed was still on her thighs, then the rejection? It hurt. It hurt a lot. With time, my wolf and I realized how lucky we were it happened that way. I mean, can you imagine what could have happened? If we had claimed each other that night, I would have woken to a jealous, pregnant girlfriend, then find out he’d raped and impregnated another woman! I don’t need that shit. I’d rather be off Australia diving with the sharks.” Their eyes were wide. “I’m the exception to the rule. Look at Kai, that man is so in love it’s sickening.”

“Do you want to find a mate,” Makani continued.

“I’m not waiting around for a man to make my life complete,” I said. “I’ve got my plan, and I’m going to carry it out. If Luna wants to toss a werewolf male, or even a human male, in my path, she’ll have to do the work.”

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“It can happen. My Mom was human when Brent found her. Terry Foster found his mate in a human female with a son.” I smiled as I grabbed another beef stick off the tray. “For both of them, their wolves knew who she was as soon as they caught a sniff of her. I’ll wait for my wolf to tell me my mate is here. Until then, I need a man like a submarine needs a screen door.”

“I want a mate,” Makani said, “But I don’t want to be away from Noelani, and I don’t want to leave this Pack.”

“Luna has plans she won’t tell you,” I said. “Just don’t give your neck to a man who isn’t worthy of it.”

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“Amy Miller.” I jumped to my feet and cheered with the rest of my class, the whole auditorium letting out a tremendous ovation. Amy kept her left hand on the handle on top of her seeing-eye dog, Makani, as she slowly ascended the stairs to the stage. She walked to where the Principal of the ‘Zoo School’ waited for her with big smiles. “Congratulations, Miss Miller,” he said as he shook her hand. Amy thanked him and took her high school diploma. The Principal gently turned her to face the crowd for photos. Finally, she turned and walked off the other end of the stage.

I looked up into the stands where my Pack sat with a large contingent from the Three Sisters Pack. After Amy was able to continue her studies, they worked out a deal with our school to let her finish the two classes she needed to graduate while she recovered in Oregon. For her classmates, it was the first time they had seen her since February.

I sat in my chair after that, holding my diploma. I won the award for Best Environmental Project with my shark tagging. As my adviser presented the award, he said it “set a standard that no student will ever exceed.” I guess that having the head of the World Wildlife Federation, and noted shark conservationist Ocean Ramsey, show up at your project presentation guaranteed me an ‘A.’ Our project had now raised over four million dollars for tagging and tracking operations, and over seven thousand tags were active, with hundreds coming online every week. I could pull out my phone, pick an area of coastline, and see dozens of tagged positions and tracks of individual sharks. The school even ‘adopted’ five sharks, and displayed their track updates on monitors in the hallway.

When we tossed our mortarboards in the air, I went to hug Amy. It took a while, as all of my classmates wanted to hug me too, and Amy had a line. Finally, we moved outside for more photos and congratulations from family and friends.

Amy and I traveled separately to our homes, putting on our Bodyglove suits under Bodyglove sundresses and meeting for our graduation party at Alpha Leo’s country estate. The place was overflowing, the home and pool area filled with guests.

Mom had us bringing a lot of food, so I used the big bowl of potato salad as a prop to help me get through the crowds. Once one of the ladies in the kitchen took it from me, it was endless hugs and well wishes on the way to the pool deck. Almost everyone from Miesville and Stillwater Packs was here, mixing with representatives from all the local Packs and Three Sisters. Allied Packs had also arrived in force, bringing unmated wolves near my age along. Any Alpha or Beta son who hadn’t been at the Summit came to meet me, just in case. Functions like this built relationships and alliances between Packs.

In other words, this was a blowout. At least five hundred guests filled Leo’s land.

A whole row of grills and smokers lined the area around the outdoor kitchen, putting out tons of meat to go with the other food. Since the graduation ceremony was at two in the afternoon, they were going full out to get everyone fed.

Amy and I were good hostesses, spending our time talking and thanking all the guests for coming. No males caught my wolf’s interest, but we did get two matings out of the night. The gift tables were overflowing, meaning we would have a LOT of thank-you cards to write over the next week.

It wasn’t until well after dinner that the Alphas, Lunas, and Council members took over the Man Cave in the basement. The remaining adults gathered in the house, allowing Amy and I to pull off our dresses and join the party in the pool. Amy was still legally blind but had been making steady improvement; she could make out shapes better now. The metal plate in her head was gone now, and she’d been able to shift for a few weeks. Unfortunately, the vision loss affected her wolf in the same way, making it impossible for her to run on her own. The fuzzy vision wasn’t correctible with lenses as it was in the image processing area of her brain and not the eye. We were encouraged that it was getting better every month. Amy spent most of her time in and around the hot tub with Kai, while I played volleyball and talked with my friends.