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he assembled Pack members let out a roar as the Alpha and Luna applauded us. I was at the left end of the line, a

d one daughter watched the ceremony with the rest of the Pack leadership. The Alpha pair came to a halt in front of us. We followed Beta Ronnie to a knee and bared our necks to them. The three-hundred-plus adult members of the Dublin Pack did the same. "Rise, Victorious Warriors o

every four years. This year the games were at the Baxter Pack lands in central Maine. Each Pack could send up to five Pack members to compete against the best werewolf warriors in

sand-pound check before Luna Elizabeth placed the medal around his thick neck. Brian O'Malley was a fireplug of a man in his late twenties, just under six feet tall but over two hundred and twenty pounds of solid m

er was crying as she placed the medal around his neck. Rowan was twenty-two years old and nearly the size of his father. He was taller than me in wolf form and t

ovani Sen." That was no shock. Beta Sen dominated Archery and Knife-Throwing competitions while

Warrior Cain Ruin." I'd also competed in this competition, coming in f

ere a different kind of wolf. Blessed by the Goddess with a sensitive nose, intelligence, and the endurance to run for days, they could hunt down anyone or anything. Tracking a

er placing the medal around my neck. Since I was almost six feet tall and still growing, the Luna only

u, Alpha,

ort. Won't this be your fir

ill be. I'm looking forward to t

Alpha Heir. "Ensure you protect Jessica on this trip. A female

ht of my birthday after letting out a sigh of relief that I wasn't his mate. My blood wasn't good enough for him, and his Luna would be more than an abandoned half-breed dropped of

ess couple to claim me, and I'd been in the Pack since I was six months old. I'd been teased mercilessly in the Pack due to my heritage and height. I was five feet tall by my tenth birthday, thin and uncoordina

ack let out a deafening roar, and the five of us waved to the crowd. As the A

Werewolf society remained highly patriarchal, especially in the warrior ranks. Wom

s of strong males who had fought for their positions. With our smaller size and lesser str

proud," Alpha Ethan said to the five winners and Beta Ronnie, plus the four mates who were travelin

n replied. Although he was the second-youngest

9th

an Omega drove u

ept taking over the armrest and my space. I found it difficult to sleep over the engine noise, so I read and liste

or. None were my mate, and all were much older than me. My Pack me

in the group, I ended up in the back row, falling asleep against the bags stacked next to me on the seat. I woke wh

ought RVs and parked them nearby. Instead of heading to the tent city, an Omega led me to a hallway on the second floor of the Pack House. "Only n

one wing and Pack Offices in the other. The second floor had more Beta quarters and the Unmated Female room on one side, Unmated Male housing on the other. The ma

ove into the Pack House or stay with their parents. My roommates, Anna and Lois, were in their twenties and had never found th

he silver dress had thin straps and clung to my athletic body

side of my head that finished in a single long braid down to the middle of my back. "Perfect," sh

nd maybe monkeys wil

d badass, Jessica! The ONLY available contestant i

competed against anyone

ent, with a long table along one side where the Alphas and their mates would sit. Round tables filled the room, each labeled with the