The Rogue Wolf

ha's

syringe and filled it before putting it back in the refrigerator. I sat leaning back against the post, frozen with fear. "Your arm," he

the juice. He went back upstairs, and I could hear him in the kitchen. Some time later, the door opened and my mouth started to drool with the scent. He was carrying a paper plate; on it was

way with my teeth and swallowing them. "Slow down or you'll throw it back up, and you'll still have to eat it," he warned from the doorway. I swallowed, then paused to

y out of my system, and I was able to shift again. I was disappointed when the collar remained tight, preventing me from getting free, but at least I was able to sleep and be warm in wolf

upstairs. I was waiting for the food to come down when I started to feel hot. I moved my hands ov

aro

down at me as I touched myself, tr

ointing down at the mattress I quickly laid down on my stomach. I groaned as he put a knee into the middle of my back, and I fought back the urge

other shot. This one went into my thigh, and it burned. Wolfsba

k my h

arents had talked to my sister and I about it. Heat lasted a day or two and was designed to attract a male and bring forth pups. It

to kick off your cycle, and that is all I need." He moved behind me, pulling me up to my knees and kneeling between my

he mattress and a thin blanket. "You won't be able to shift fo

nt. He made sure I had plenty of food and allo

him a son. He was immediately taken away. I never got a chance

nto the basement, and my life to

Hunt

er Niesha's

heir bodies wrapped in white cloth, his right hand clasped forever to her left. Unlike humans, we didn't use caskets and we di

cle, the Alphas of the Lacrosse Pack, were to our left. My sister and I were the last of my mother's line, and si

sha might harm me as well. I was not allowed to go anywhere without a guard, and

being led to the edge. We buried our loved ones with mementos of their lives; I held a drawing of our family I had made when I was six. It was little more than a stick figure, but it was the first

outgrew it and wanted to toss it, Mom had grabbed it and put it in her room. "Help me find my sister, Luna," I said

something more personal. Many looked up to the moon, and many tears were shed. After leaving the grave, they would shake my hand or hug me and the rest of the fam

the way they

shovel out of the dirt pile next to the grave, my grandparents and my Aunt and Uncle with me. I was surprised t

ulling off my dress and kicking off my shoes, I shifted into my light tan wolf, with one white ear and a white tip to m

g howl of grief. My howl joined his, followed by the Alphas. The next howl I started, and this time ev

HAT, Beta?

y, we cannot appear to be fractured or dysfunctional in any way." He was

Beta should not be

Tradition is the senior male and female wolve

ng the small lake and returning to the Pack House. I didn't wait for

her pulled me aside. "The Council is in the

t to this Pack, they were sadly mistaken. I had talked about it with my family, t

st, always," he sai

to stop. The three members of the Council looked up from the papers they were reviewing, their annoyance clear on the

personal friends," Council Chair

their legacy as Alpha of the Tomah Pack. I appreciate your support

ons we are here today,"

the Alpha here," Coun

stand up. "I have the bloodline an

job. You are sixteen years old and female. Name the highest ranking adult male in your Pack you have defeated in a spar." I sat

too old to take over a Pack again. We are here to determine what the best course forward is, not for you, but for the T

s Alpha would be suicide, you'd be challenged and defeated within days, then that Alpha would face challenges. Packs have fallen apart, to the point that we had to abs

shed me back in my chair. "Of

until you can be mated, it isn't as easy as just finding a male by your side. We also can't have

respect, and will deter cha

y, and we are all in agreement on the path forward. It is not ideal; you will have to give up your Fated m

mate, and the last thing I wanted was to give him up. "Just

an Andreas said. "The Pack is familiar with him, and he's already performing well in the absence of your parents

arely eaten. Ryan Minsi was like an uncle to me; I'd never looked at him as

d pair of Alpha blood who are not the direct heirs to their own Pack and ask them to take ov

y right to le

an Minsi," he said. "It's not the worst outcome; you are still Luna, your bloodlin

no, I couldn't beli

"At the end of the three-day mourning period, the new Alph