Only my wolf’s name, please. They apparently need more practice with identifying smells.
He nodded once. “Nix, I apologize on their behalf.”
“Alpha!” Nina’s wolf stomped her front paw.
Vince whirled. “If you haven’t fucking noticed Clara, she is stronger than you.” Ah, Clara was her wolf’s name. “I am doing my best to save you from a fight. You are an Alpha, I will give you that. And if the pairing I have in mind for Brandon fails, and you are open to it, I would offer it to you.” He glanced back at me and I grimaced inside. Gross. “But for the love of the goddess, you are a weak Alpha. Nix is not.”
She glared at me and lifted her lip. “I could take her.”
I chuffed out a laugh. “You can’t even fight off my command.” I shook my head. An idea formed in my mind and I waited to see if she would take the bait.
“You can’t command me.” She cried, her wolf as stupid as she was.
Vince groaned out of frustration and I sat back and smiled my toothy grin. “You stupid girl.” Vince huffed. He turned to me and I tilted my head. “Nix, don’t hurt them.”
“I won’t.” I turned my head back to the five wolves around the clearing. “They interrupted my hunt, but I won’t hurt them physically…this time.” I stood on my four legs and stretched. I knew after I dealt with these girls, I would be back on the hunt.
“They are yours.” He turned his back on all of us. “Do with them what you will.”
“You can’t mean that Alpha Vince.” One wolf called out, and he whirled.
“You interrupted an Alpha’s hunt. You insulted her, and then threatened her. What did you think she would do?”
“We were just following Clara.”
“Then you will know better from now on.” His final call was harsh as he took off.
“Now.” I called out as a few turned to leave. “Where do you think you’re going?” They all froze. “Line up in front of me, nextto Clara here.” I pushed a little aura into my command and soon they were all next to each other. None stood out, other than Nina. Her fur was a thick, dark red, like a fox. The others were brown or grey, then would have blended into any natural pack of wolves.
“You can’t hurt us.” One was brave enough to say.
“Oh?” I paced in front of them. “Why would you think that?”
“Nina’s dad runs an enormous pack. He will take yours down.” The amusement in her words irritated me.
I laughed, though. “What if I’m from a stronger pack? What then?”
They all froze. “No way.” One said.
“Only one way to find out.” I winked at them.
“You can’t hurt us, you said you wouldn’t.”
“I said I wouldn’t attack you, but I can think of another way to hurt you.” I waited for a second and then let my full aura out. “Shift and walk back to your rooms naked.”
I watched as they all shifted and covered themselves. “Please don’t make us do this.” One small brunette asked. But I scoffed.
“You attacked me. You teamed up on me. You were going to force me to leave a place that I was allowed to be and now you want mercy?” I called out and turned.
“We are sorry.” Another called, and they dropped to their knees. “Nina told us there was a rogue wolf out here, and we needed to protect the school.”
I whirled. “In what world does that make sense?” I stalked back to the naked women. “You are all weak, untrained, mostly unranked wolves. You caught me unaware because I thought I was safe to hunt in these woods. Which honestly was my fault. But if it really was a rogue, you would have died. Nina knew the wolf out here was a student, but based on my size, she probably assumed it was an Alpha male out hunting and she wanted to stand out.” I cut a glare at her. “I can only assume she knowswho the Alpha male is, and knew he would be out here today. She was using you.”
The girls turned on Nina, who was still glaring at me. “Shut up.”
“Tell me she isn’t telling the truth.” One girl begged. “Please tell me she’s lying.”
There was a lone howl that shook the trees, one that had Nina perking up. I just scoffed. “She played you.” I turned away again. “Probably to show whoever that is, that she is the best choice out there.”
