The female Alpha

Elisia POV

“Caleb! You were great on the grounds today.” I called out, jogging up to one of my students. “I was pleasantly surprised at how well you used the strategy of taking an opponent to the ground using a takedown. But you need to remember to use your whole body; you can strike down your opponent using knees, stomps, elbows and punches.”

I had just finished a mixed martial arts training class with the twelve to sixteen year olds. All the defence training takes place in the outdoor fighting ring or the outdoor cage for the older students.

The 13 year old beamed up at me, beads of sweat trickling down his face. “Thanks Chief! I’ll work on it, I promise.”

I nodded at him, wearing a proud smile. He’s so young and already has a positive working attitude; a trait many adults still wish for.

“Oh, and by the way. Happy birthday Chief!” He shouted, before running away giggling.

I groaned out loud and sat on the grass, chuckling to myself. I’d already lost count of how many of my students wished me happy birthday. My birthday is something I wanted to stay quiet about because I didn’t particularly enjoy that kind of attention on me.

Hearing someone approaching behind me, I spoke up. “It’s not hard to guess who told everyone it’s my birthday today.”

Jayden lay down  beside me, laughing as he stretched. “Turning nineteen isn’t something to hide, so I felt like it was my job to blab it to everyone and their pets.”

I shook my head at him, smiling. “That’s nice of you.” I commented sarcastically.

“It was my honour.” He replied, completely ignoring the sarcasm.

Rolling my eyes, I laid down next to him. We laid there quietly for a while, watching the sunset sky and enjoying light breeze on our skin.

He suddenly sat back up and looked at me knowingly. “Since it’s your birthday, you know what happens today right?”

“I bet Kaitlyn and Magnus are preparing my birthday party right now.” I laughed, getting myself up.

Jay’s parents, the Alpha and Luna, took me in when I was a new-born and raised me ever since. They have organised a birthday party every year without fail, something that I come to enjoy a lot.

“You know my parents would never stop ma-king a fuss about our birthdays.” He laughed with me, standing up with me. “The party probably already started, do you want to go now?”

I nodded at this and started walking towards the pack town. I couldn’t help but feel nervous because for the first time, the party will include the whole pack rather than just family.

Am I supposed to go up to everyone and talk or can I just chill with the people I know well? Jay seemed to sense my nervousness and asked, “Do you want to go for a quick run around the forest?”

“I can’t, my wolf is exhausted. I let her out at around lunchtime, we hunted down two deer and ran around for ages. Don’t worry about me and have fun.” I replied, perking up to the sounds of teenagers laughing and screaming.

“It sounds like everyone is already there!” I exclaimed, running towards the party.

I felt Jay’s worried stare on my back, making me turn around and smile at him reassuringly. Out of everyone I know, he knows me the best. He knows how hard I find it to socialise with others.

It’s mostly to do with my wolf’s personality. I have always had the instinct to demand respect from others, so my wolf and I find it difficult to deal with people who talk to me in a degrading or irrespective way.

In my early teenage years, I would lash out whenever someone tried to challenge me in any way. I would make sure no one would even dare to think of going up against me which had made everyone distance themselves from me.

No matter how hard I tried to supress the urge to dominate everyone, that instinct was much stronger than me. Jay and his parents helped me get through that stage and I can control myself much better now.

Jay went through a similar phase but it was expected of him, since he is the future alpha. He will be the dominant Alpha, it’s in his blood. But me? I had no excuse for my behaviour. Most of the pack thought I was a troubled kid, the orphan pup who was being brought up by the Alpha and Luna out of pity.

None of them would have thought I would grow up to be one of the strongest wolf in the pack; which is incredibly unusual for someone who is female.

There was lots of controversy regarding whether I should be allowed to be apart of the pack’s defence team, but after many trials and examinations, I was finally deemed fit to join.

Of course, this decision hurt a lot of the male’s ego as they all protested against it, knowing how embarrassing it would be if their as-ses were beaten by a female wolf.

With the help of the Alpha and Luna, I became the first female wolf in the United States to join a pack’s defence team. Every pack in the country was notified of this, which had initiated many Alphas to visit and watch my fighting ability. Thankfully, I have gained their respect as well as many females around the country. Since then, a lot more males have warmed up to the idea of a female warrior.

So that is how I became who I am today. Elisia Knight, a nineteen year old and the first female warrior who has recently been promoted to the Chief Warrior position. I teach younger wolves as well as train with the defence team to protect the pack.

If our pack were to ever get attacked in the future, it will be my duty to protect and fight for the safety of my pack. Different wolves from various packs regularly ask for a sparring match with me, which I always gladly accept.

The rule is that I can fight anyone, including anyone of any gender. Of course, Alphas and Betas are out of the equation. There is no way I can come close to beating them, but I can fight anyone else. I love winning for my own pride as well as for the pride of my pack. Nothing could ever come first and beat my love for fighting.

So I guess I’m pretty content with my life. I have everything I could ask for, which I’m really grateful for. Kaitlyn, Jay’s mum, recently brou-ght up the subject of mates. Most wolves around my age find their mate or already have one. Kaitlyn is worried about me because I’ve travelled a lot around the country for matches and haven’t come across my mate yet.

To be fair, Jay is twenty one and hasn’t found his mate yet. Maybe I haven’t found my mate because I am not ready for one. I know I’m not ready for a mate, not that I know what being in a romantic relationsh!pis like. It’s a weird subject for me and I’m just praying she doesn’t bring it up at the party.

We entered our house through the back garden, to see lots of teenagers and young adults pla-ying and drinking around the pool. Some guys were using the red cups as snorkels as they dived into the pool.

I shook my head at them smiling, I don’t un-derstand why so many of them were drinking alcohol. It has almost no effect on us, unlike it does on humans. Unless we drank five bottles of vodka, only then would we be able to feel drun!k. I guess it does set the mood for a teenage/young adults evening p@rty.

All of them s-en-sed Jay’s pres£nce as they looked his way to bow their heads in submission. Many of them started walking their way towards me with big smiles on their faces. Seeing their happy mood made me laugh in delight. Maybe having a big birthday party wasn’t a bad idea after all.

Jayden suddenly positioned himself in front of me, pushing me behind him. A deep warning growl rumbled from his chest as he narrowed his green eyes at them. I frowned at him, confused by his actions. tip toeing over his shoulder, I realised the group of people who were coming towards us were all male. Rolling my eyes, I slapped his shoulder and chuckled.

“Jayden. We just want to wish her happy birthday, calm down.” One of the guys said, sm-irking and holding his hands up in surrender.

I repressed the urge to face palm myself. Did he just ask Jay to calm down? Out of all the things he could’ve said, he said the one line Jay detests; ‘Calm down’.