Freeing Starr✔️

Chapter 12 ~ Locked

In our world, werewolves were broken down into four categories. Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Omega. Each of these categories were then broken down into two segments. Recessive and Dominant. Recessive were the wolves who had a weaker bloodline compared to the strong bloodlines we call dominant. It was however, rare for a recessive to evolve into a dominant but it wasn't impossible. Given the right conditions, it was even possible for an omega to grow into a gamma or a gamma into a beta. However, Alphas were a different case. They were born, never made. To become an Alpha, you must have Alpha DNA in your immediate family. If your bloodline was strong, you'd be termed a dominant Alpha but if it was weak, you'd be termed a recessive Alpha. That was how the power structure within the werewolf world worked.

I asked Niah curiously, "then why did Zion decide to become an Alpha of a pack? Was Deacon one?"

Niah nodded, "Yeah, Deacon was an Alpha whose pack got destroyed by another pack. He lost his family and everyone he ever knew and so he wandered around aimlessly until he found a few rogues that needed a little guidance. I was a part of that group. After Zion joined, we were doing well on our own. We tried our best to avoid any pack territories and moved around at night to avoid other rogues. But one day, one of our youths accidentally stepped onto pack territory and so we went out to look for him and got attacked by the pack for trespassing. It was a large pack and only a few of us so we were outnumbered. Even with Deacon and Zion, two Alphas with us, we were overpowered. In the end, Deacon was forced to sacrifice himself in order for us to leave alive. That was when Zion realized how important being in a pack was and he was the only one with the bloodline to create one. So he did. For us, he created a pack of rogues with the hopes of one day being powerful enough to avoid getting trampled on by others. His Alpha bloodline was strong so it wasn't hard for him to gain recognition. Years later and here we are. Currently, we're the sixth largest pack on the continent."

"You're the sixth? I thought you were the third?"

Niah shook her head, "No. This continent is large. There are many packs scattered out there, some with over two hundred thousand members. People just speculate but they aren't sure."

"Is that why you guys are still expanding?"

Niah pursed her lips in thought, "not exactly. I admit, our pack is quite large and it's only getting larger, however, our pack is filled with rogues and not the high ranking ones. We're not confident that we can contend with the other bigger packs that have an older foundation. We only have two Alphas, nine thousand betas, fifteen thousand gammas and the rest of us are omegas. We're too weak. The elders, women and children can't fight wars. Our warrior count is too low. All we have are the numbers but we don't have the strength. We're simply wild animals struggling to survive. We're relying completely on instinct and eventually, that won't be enough. I know Zion is already aware of it which is why he's trying so desperately to solidify his position as Alpha before he tries to establish more rules."

"So why did he choose me as a mate?" I asked.

She hesitated slightly before answering, "You were the only Alpha female worth mating with. All the other female Alphas that were offered had a recessive bloodline, however yours is dominant. If your father was more ambitious and less cowardly, your pack would actually be worth something and wouldn't have had to rely on a pack of rogues to gain recognition."

I frowned at that. She may be right. Although our pack was small, we had a strong foundation. We defended our territory for years and had never had an issue with rogue invasions. We were thriving. However, when my mother died, my father fell into a slum and it affected the entire pack. A piece of him left that day and I believed that his sanity left with it.

I hesitated as a question formed in my mind, "this Deacon guy defeated Zion, who is a dominant Alpha... so that means that he himself was dominant right?"