The Alpha Guardian

Prologue

(Kore, 15 years ago)

Chaos was everywhere you looked. The Rogues had somehow banded together, and they now outnumbered our little pack of 50. Most of our warriors fought with us, while those with no experience stayed behind with a handful of our warriors to help protect the children and elderly, should the enemy break through our defense.

Nobody wanted to say it, but we all knew there was a large chance that our pack would be wiped from existence within the hour.

Crunch... Slice.. Growl.. Scream..

The sounds of war were deafening even to my own ears. I found my mother, Aleria, and my father. Vincent, fighting side by side, the way the alpha pair always did. They always fought together, and one day, they would die together. It's what they had always told myself and my younger siblings, Mayhem and Mischief. My mother's pale skin was marked with blood, as was every other warrior and guardian fighting.

The Warriors were the ones who fought well only in their human form, or their beast. Guardians were mastered at fighting in both forms, switching forms only when the situation called for it to save energy. I fought hard in my human form, the Rogues going for who they saw weak, which just happened to be any female on the battlefield. It was a common mistake.

But the females in this pack were more vicious and cruel than the males, having been park of another pack in a different time which abused and broke us. That is, until my mother got free of her bounds and went into a rage, killing any male she came across. Her blood rage soaked into all females around, and we all broke free, killing anyone who tried to stop us. But in our rage, we had also killed innocents. It was a massacre.

I growled, grabbing a large gray Rogue and snapping its neck as it tried to tear me apart. I fought in human form for now. As did the other Guardians. But, as a Rogue drug my siblings before my parents, the twins crying and shouting and cursing, my parents became distracted. That cost them their lives. I roared as I watched my father fall, than my mother.

Everyone went silent and still, even the Rogues feeling the loss of the alpha pair. I changed form, leaping at the Rogue holding my siblings. I tore his throat out, a red haze over my eyes, and my heart crying out in sorrow. But I couldn't afford to weep. Not now. Not ever. As the eldest, I was now alpha, and I had to protect the pack.

"Adrian, Cole, Marcus, Sloane, and Altair. Go with Mayhem and Mischief, get the rest of the pack that's in hiding and get them out of here. I want each one of you to take a group somewhere in America. Tell no one else where. If we want this pack to live on, then this is the only way. Sibyl, Leila, Aeron, Rowan, Sabine, go with them. And do not split up my siblings. They only have each other now. Go!" I snarled out, using my mind link. They all startled, running to follow orders even as they refused.

"No! What about you, Kore? The rest of you will be slaughtered!" Altair cried out.

"An alpha's duty is to protect her pack, die for them if need be. Now go, the rest of us will give you enough time to get away. Protect them with your lives, Guards." I ordered, and they all came up to me, rubbing their faces against my fur as a goodbye. Even as it broke my heart to see them leaving, knowing that this could be my last time seeing them, it gave me a reason to fight.

"The rest of you, fight and take down as many as you can, give the others time to escape! We will die for this pack today, so that the young ones can live to find each other again, and rebuild this pack. Fight with everything you have, and should you die, you die with the honor and the love of our family, our pack, and the spirits of our dead loved ones." I knew we didn't stand a chance at defeating them, but we might as well take down as many of them as we can before we all die.

So, fighting along side my brothers and sisters, with the howls of the dead and the chaos of the war surrounding me, suffocating me, I leaped into the battle, giving my life for those I loved.

Authors Note :

So, I admit, I write a lot. Though this is the first story that I've ever posted to where many can see it, I have written a couple others that I never finished. I hope you all like the story as I continue writing, and hopefully I do finish this book. I'll take any critiques if any of you have it. I like to improve. But yeah, I might change the title. I couldn't think of a good name. I welcome any suggestions. :)