Torn between mates

14. Call me Alpha

Richard

“The flowers here are so beautiful, I’ve never seen this kind before.” She observed, looking down at the vast field.

I wrapped my arms around her, brushing my nose on her hair, taking a lungful of her flowery smell. I look forward to getting to know her scent. A scent that only my wolf and I will be able to recognize once she comes to age. Or at least so should have been, but her unique scent won’t be for our lungs only; the Fae and the Monster will also be able to sniff it.

My wolf howled in pain inside my mind at this thought and I tightened my hold on her until I felt her body tensing and she wriggled slightly with discomfort. It was too much, she isn’t a she-wolf, she is fragile and delicate, and my touch is heavy and rough.

“Sorry,” I muttered, loosening my grasp on my female. “This is a kind of moonlight flower, wildflowers that only grow in our Realm. As the legend says, the wolves are blessed by the moon and the Moon Goddess is said to be my ancestor.”

Her big amber eyes widened in excitement and curiosity, “Is it true or only a legend? It’s incredible!”

I laughed at her eagerness and enthralment. The sound of my laughter somehow surprised my wolf and myself; I do it so rarely, only with her, only for her. She is the source of my joy. Actually, I do it with Sarah sometimes, she makes a great effort to make me smile, she is like a sister to me.

“No one knows for sure. My mother swore it’s true and told me some tales about it.” I replied.

“So, it’s a mystery, even more fascinating!” Lea smiled. “I would love to meet her and listen to those stories.”

“My parents went to the other dimension, to the Ether long ago, my Luna.”

Even though my Luna and I know each other for quite some time, I’ve never told her about my family. It’s a sour topic because it always leads to talking about my brother. The brother that Alexus murdered. Who, besides being my brother, was my former beta and best friend.

I think my sweet Lea noticed my uneasiness, she stood up on her tiptoes and cupped my face, leaning it down gently, her amber eyes full of sympathy and affection. I brushed my lips against her soft ones, nipped her bottom lip, and she granted me access to her mouth. I kissed her urgently as I pulled her body flush against mine, feeling her softness against my rugged muscles.

After we ended the kiss, I kept my panting female pressed against my chest for a moment; she looked up at me. “This is your garden now, my Luna. You can plant, collect any flowers; do wherever you want. It’s yours.” I told her.

She beamed a huge smile, as she wrapped her arms around me, “Thank you so much, Richard! I love it! It’s amazing!” she squealed excitedly.

Seeing her this happy made Titan and me more than pleased. “This Realm is your home. You can have all gardens and flowers you want.”

“Thanks so much!!” she stood on her tiptoes and jumped a little trying to reach my face, but her lips could hardly touch my neck. My hands went down her waist and I lifted her up in my arms, so she could finally press a soft kiss on my cheek. "I’ve still many questions about wolves, can I ask all of them?” she beamed a coy and cute smile.

“Of course, you can, and should, Luna,” I answered with a chuckle, as I pulled her with me, sat under a tree, and placed her onto my lap. I breathed her in, her sweet smell makes Titan and me feel calmer, grounded.

“There are 12 Packs, besides the Royal Pack, inside your Realm, right? Do all of them have their own Alpha?” she asked.

“Yes, all of them have all the ranks, an Alpha, a Beta, a Gamma; it’s just like in the Royal Pack. I’m the Alpha of the Royal Pack and also the Alpha of the alphas of the 12 packs. I coordinate them, intervene when there is an issue they can’t solve among the Packs and also within them. They all plead their loyalty to me and accept me as their Alpha before they assume their position within their pack.” I explained.

“So, you are the Alpha of the alphas?” my Lea asked, and I nodded. “When do wolves shift for the first time?”

I could see the light and eagerness in her eyes, her deep interest to learn everything, to get to know and explore the world around her. To explore my world, what soon will become our world.

“When we reach puberty. Some a bit earlier, some a bit later tho.” I answered. “We are able to find and recognize our mates after we come to age as it happens to the beings of all the other species. For us like for everyone else in the 6 Realms is almost impossible to find our mates; even being the Goddess’ blessed species didn’t save us from her wrath and punishment. Thus, finding mates and reproducing is extremely rare for us wolves as well.”

The Goddess punished all the species for the centuries of bloody war this way, making having children almost impossible, we didn’t have almost any pups in the Realm. Besides that, She made it really hard for us to find our mates; the ones who hold the other part of our soul and can make us truly happy, complete, and in peace.

Finding our mates is very important, especially for old and dominant males like myself; since the mate bond is the only thing that can fight the growing darkness and death that overtakes our souls. The death claws us, invading every corner of our beings, making some depressed and dull; others apathetic and cold; or violent and mad.

We were condemned to be taken by Death’s cold grasp and sink in darkness unless we find the other part of our soul, our mates. The mate bond is the only magic strong enough to fight death and darkness.

The more powerful and older the being is, the stronger is their darkness. It affects all beings but for some reason males more than females. The Goddess’ punishment also made this ‘soul dying and darkening process’ faster and more painful for the ones who participated directly in the war.

My violence and aggressive instincts were growing in intensity, I’m waiting for my mate for so long. Too long. In my case as an Alpha Wolf, it’s even harder, because I’ve to harbor the death, darkness, and ferocity growing not only in myself but also in my very dominant and untamed wolf, Titan.

I stroked the face of my beautiful female, the ONE who can bring me peace and wash me over with her softness and sweetness. She beamed a beautiful and content smile. So pure, innocent, and good.

“I’m happy to be with you,” I muttered, looking into her warm eyes and wrapping my arms around her small frame. She is so small in comparison to me, she is around 5’4 feet tall, while I’m almost 6’7 feet tall.

“Me too, so happy.” She snuggled in my arms, resting her head on my chest as her delicate hand reached up to caress my face. We stayed there for some time, Lea asking more questions and enjoying the surroundings, while my wolf and I took a lot of comfort in her proximity, the feeling of her skin, and her flowery smell.

I stood up and took my Luna with me, I still had to show her the edge of the forest and my small castle. Soon to be our castle.

Differently from the other kings, I saw no point in having a giant and lavish castle, surrounded by servants and subjects. Having a pack, being an Alpha isn’t about having subjects, it’s about having a clan, it’s about kinship and hierarchy.

I’m not the Alpha because I’m superior and the rest of the wolves are my subjects. I’m the Alpha because I’m the most dominant wolf, nature and the Goddess equipped me with the right instincts to provide for my pack, enabling their survival and thriving. I’m the only one dominant enough to keep all wolves in check and make sure that our instincts to fight for the common good, be loyal and protect each other are stronger than our aggressive and territorial instincts.

To make sure that our allegiance to one another always wins our darkness.

“We will hold a dinner tonight at the Pack Castle, Luna. For you.” She smiled a shy coy smile. “You don’t have to feel insecure or uncertain about anything my love, I’ll be there with you. I’ll always be with you my Luna, holding your hand and loving you.” It was weird to hear such soft words leaving my mouth. But that’s the truth. I already love this female, my female. These last days with her were the most happy and meaningful I had in centuries.

Lea smiled and pursed her lips as to contain her emotions, “Thank you, Richard. I love you too.” She caressed my face before I captured her lips in a scorching kiss and scooped her up in my arms.

I could hardly wait for her to come to age, to claim her, mate her, have her wearing my mark and carrying part of my scent. To feel her inside my mind and be inside her mind and soul as well. To take her to the forest and f*ck her, love her, possess her.

The beast inside and my rational and emotional side agreed fully, all of me needs my Luna. Soon.

~ * ~

Later, I took my Luna by the hand to the Dining Hall of the pack castle. It was fully packed, more than 200 people of all ages and ranks were there. I could hear her uneven breath and slightly fast heartbeat. She was nervous. I squeezed her hand in reassurance.

“I’m with you, Luna,” I muttered, she turned to look at me and beamed a sweet nervous smile.

All present pack members were looking at her, excited to meet their Queen-to-be. Our long-awaited Luna Queen.

“Don’t make my Luna nervous,” I told them all through our pack link. Only Luke and I could reach all wolves of the Royal Pack simultaneously with a collective mind-link. They all took their eyes off of her, and we took our seats on a table in the center with Luke, Sarah, my Gamma, and her family.

“Luna, this is Evolet, my Gamma, her mate Seth, and their pup Hector.” I motioned to the little family seated in front of us.

They were blessed with a 6 years old pup. Evolet is a distant relative, but a reliable and competent female; thus, I made her my Gamma. Many Alphas only appoint males for the ranked positions, but Sarah and Luke managed to convince me that it’s nonsense and we should appoint the best, regardless of their gender. Evolet is indeed one of the best.

“I’m very happy to finally meet you, Lea.” Evolet smiled warmly.

“Nice to meet you and your beautiful family.” My female answered with a shy smile.

“Are you a wolf?” Hector, their pup, asked Lea and she laughed a bit.

“No, I’m not. I’m a witch.” As I’ve asked her, she didn’t tell anyone she is a hybrid. I trusted my Pack and especially Evolet. But the fewer people knowing it, the better.

“Can you fly?” the pup asked eagerly.

“No, I can’t. But maybe I could levitate, I haven’t ever tried, tho.” She answered and he opened his mouth in an ‘O’.

“Why not? It’s so cool.” Lea giggled in response; she was seemingly more relaxed. “You are the first witch I've ever seen,” Hector added.

“You are also the first pup I’ve ever seen. And maybe I should try to levitate; when I learn how to do it, we could levitate together.”

The pup was over-excitedly jumping on his seat.

“Darling, it seems great. But you won’t do it now. You have to eat your dinner first.” Evolet told him, ruffling his hair.

The omegas started serving the dinner, and I noticed Lea smiling at them, trying to make them feel included in some way. My mate is so kind.

Sarah kicked my leg down the table, I know what she wanted me to do.

“Luna, I’ll make a toast to you. Let’s stand up for a minute.” I said holding her hand, she nodded and smiled. I knew she was still nervous, but soon she will feel totally comfortable in our Pack, in our Realm.

We both stood up. “Let’s raise our glasses to our future Luna Queen, Lea!” I said raising my wine glass. After clunk glasses and drinking, many wolves and I gave her welcome howls.

My wolf was beyond excited to have her here, where she belongs; he couldn’t stop howling in my head.

“Welcome to our Pack, welcome home, my Luna!” I added looking at her and clinking glasses again.

Lea beamed me a sweet smile; her eyes were full of emotion, “Thank you!” she looked at me. “Thank you, everyone.” She said looking around the dining hall.

We sat down again and started eating our food.

“Was it too much?” I asked my mate.

“No… a little, but it’s okay. I’m happy you all are welcoming me… Wow! You guys eat lots of meat.” She said running her eyes through the different potions of meat on the table. We eat mainly wild game meat, which we hunt.

“We are wolves and wolves love meat, especially our Gamma’s pup.” Luke grinned and looked at the pup, who had his mouth full.

Evolet chuckled. “He is growing up and needs a lot of nutrients.”

“What does Gamma mean?” Lea muttered, looking at me.

“Gamma is the third in command in a Pack. As the third in command, they are responsible for taking care of the Omegas, the pups, and the wolves that demand special care.” I explained to her. She seemed happy, fascinated to learn about Pack life.

“Is Sarah your fourth in command then?” she asked.

“She is not officially my fourth in command. But she is the main responsible for the health system in the Realm. So, she holds a lot of responsibility and is considered a ranked wolf, although she doesn’t have a title as Evolet and Luke do. Seth is the Alpha of one of the biggest Packs in the Realm.”

“And he is doing a remarkable job,” Sarah added with a smile; Evolet looked at her mate with admiration.

“I’ll be Alpha when I grow up.” Hector chimed in very excited and proudly, making Lea beam a huge smile. He is a nice pup, full of energy as it should be. My sweet mate seems quite natural around children, I can hardly wait to see her carrying our pup. See her round with my child.

~ * ~

After dinner, I took my mate to the edge of the forest. Seeing her here, among my pack, our pack, made Titan and me content and proud, but also made us feel even more possessive of her. Our Luna.

I’ve to feel her, taste her mouth, smell the delicious aroma of her skin. Engrave my scent and my mark into her. Not the mate mark, that I still can’t have, but I’ll mark her skin, mark her mine as much as I can.

“Where are we going? Are you going to shift to your wolf?” she asked, I could see her eyes shimmering with expectation.

I didn’t want to show my wolf form to her, not yet. Titan was beyond overexcited tonight, I was afraid he would end up jumping on her or worse, marking her as ours.

Besides that, Titan and I had lots of pent-up lust. It was hard to contain, it was almost impossible to control.

Many Alphas sleep around, fool around, with the she-wolves of their packs, especially the Omegas. Valentin was something like this, he was known across the Realms as a big womanizer. He probably had even more women in his bed than Laius, before he met Livia.

This wasn’t ever my thing. I took a female to my bed very rarely. I just wanted my mate, my Lea. She’s the only one I want to take.

Even if I tried to have a fling, a lover, Titan would oppose it fiercely; since we met Lea when she was only 9 years old, he’s absolutely loyal to her.

The couple times I’ve had s*x since then, he was howling in annoyance inside my head; fighting me for control, to go away.

Wolves are in general quite loyal, to their pack members and on top of everything to their mates. Our mates always come first.

For Titan is even more extreme; he wouldn’t even faint to be with anyone besides our Luna.

“No, love. I have other plans for you.” I answered, with a smile. Only this female can make me smile that easily. She is my peace, my softness, my sweetness.

My Lea is light. She is love.

I took her in my arms and at a super-human speed, I pinned her back down against a tree, as her body was pressed against mine. She gasped and her big amber eyes grow wider. I could smell her sweet arousal been poured for me.

I know I must go easy on her; she must still be traumatized after that disgusting bloodsucker abducted her. But my craving for my female is maddening. I honestly don’t know how long I can take it anymore. The horny alpha wolf prowling around inside my head doesn’t make it easier.

He only understands one thing, his feral, primal need to claim our mate. To pound deep into her walls until we both lose consciousness.

I crashed my lips against hers and took advantage of her slightly parted lips craving for air, to invade her mouth with my tongue, swirling it inside her mouth, tasting her, caressing, sucking her tongue. Claiming her as much as I can. I grabbed her hip firmly, trying to keep my wolf in check and don’t partially shift avoiding that I hurt her with Titan’s claws.

She is fragile, delicate. But my desire for her is tough, harsh, savage.

My lips went down from her jaw to her neck, I inhaled her floral aroma, before crashing my mouth on her neck, sucking and nipping her skin. I didn’t pierce her skin, only tasted it, devoured it. Not enough to leave a mate mark, but enough to leave a mark, a hickey. This way every wolf would know she is mine only by smelling her, my scent was imprinted in her flash.

Her back arched and she moaned at my ministrations, throwing her head back in pleasure, the smell of her wetness was getting even stronger. Almost unbearable for me; impossible for me to smell her and don’t have her as I am supposed to. Titan was pacing and howling inside my head like a wolf on rut. He only had one desire, one goal, mate her. Breed her. Claim her in all ways.

“Richard.” She moaned.

“No, Luna. Call me Alpha.” I muttered in a guttural voice.

“Alpha…” she breathed. Having her calling me like this made my c**k throb almost painfully. I let out a loud groan, almost a growl.

She looked at my eyes, her gaze full of innocent desire. My sweet Luna. She pressed her lips against mine, starting to kiss me slowly, but after the first rough caress of my tongue, she grew bolder and kissed me with passion.

She nipped my bottom lip, and looked at me, her eyes sparkling with naughtiness. My Lea is full of surprises.

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