Making her The Alpha || Completed||

12. Foe to friend

A few days after Dacia's incident back at Penelope's house, things weren't like they used to at all. The 'almighty' Penelope was usually trembling in fear and things would fall from her hands whenever she remembered her sister's attack. Even in dreams she was haunted by Dacia. Tossing and sweating on her bed, she begged her sister who often showed in dreams to please spare her, but no matter how much she begged Dacia didn't seem to change her mind.

-"No!"- Penelope quickly sits on the bed panting.

She looks down at the white sheets covered in blood. She looks down at her legs that had blood running down to her feet.
Her eyes widened as she wakes up Julius nervously and cries out that she has been attacked.

. . .

-"It can't be...No!"- cried Penelope as she covered her face.

The doctor shook his head as he turned around to speak to her husband. Due to the levels of stress created in Penelope, she had lost her child. Julius nodded while his eyes soon filled with tears. Penelope didn't want to eat properly for days nor she wanted to leave the house. The baby she was expecting had been a boy and probably one of her only hopes to get a wolf son.

-"Pen"- said Vera who had gone to visit her while holding her hand. "I'm so sorry"

Penelope didn't say a word. She was angry and sad at the same time. In her eyes, Dacia was responsible for her loss. Vera bites her lower lip and lays back on the chair without saying anything further. Rodica was outside with Dacia who, by Penelope's orders, was forbidden to take a step inside.

-"Its okay, Rodica. You go ahead and check on Pen"- she said with a smile, but her eyes were filled with sadness. "I'll just head back home and wait for you to tell me how she's doing. Please, send her my regards".

Dacia didn't even wait for her sister to give her a proper response when she turned around and walked away at a fast pace as if she were almost running away. Dorin simply runs after her and waves goodbye at Rodica.

. . .

-"Make her prove to everyone that she's worth being the alpha"- demanded Penelope a month later to her father.

-"What?"- said Dan who was shocked with his daughter's words. "Why does she? She already did so"

-"No. In ancient times, or so legends say, you'd fight for the position and see if you were truly worthy. Why give her the position by heritage?"-

Penelope was still grieving her own loss and her sister's, but the thing she could not stand the most was the fact that Dacia would later on be Alpha. Dan frowns and looks straight at his daughter.

-"Back then, the only time that I laid a hand on you like that, I did it so you could stop your foolishness, but now that I hear you, I can realize that not even that can help you"- said Dan. "You're already a woman and I want you to understand that jealousy is not going to solve anything".

Penelope shook her head in disagreement with her father.

-"You never really cared about any of us. Your reputation has always been your top priority. After that brat's birth and realizing that she even had the potential to succeed you, you've paid even less attention to any of us!"- claimed Penelope who without even realizing it was following her father's steps.

Dan simply laughs as he shakes his head. Then, he stands up and walks towards his daughter. She's about to flinch, but tries hard enough to maintain her composure.

-"Go on. Hit me. Hit me like you did back then! Isn't that going to please you?!"- cried out Penelope and Dan simply shook his head.

-"You're a complete fool, Penelope. And you say that my top priority has always been that? Are you sure? Throughout time I have been forced to change my priorities due to circumstances. And so, you say that you are better than me?"- spits Dan with a smirk on his face. "I wonder how will you keep this up, since you have chosen to follow my old footsteps".

With that he left the room and Penelope's eyes grew wide as she quickly turned around, but her father was already gone. Anger was rushing down through her whole body. Without thinking any further, she marched out of the room.

. . .

Penelope did not care what methods she'd use to get to what she wanted, even if it meant getting rid of the people in her way by force. She walked into the forest all alone with a determined look on her face. She was well aware that the vampires had been attacking from there and, if her conclusions weren't wrong, they had to still be there. Just as she thought, one vampire showed up and tried to attack her, but she quickly pointed at it with a silver dagger. The vampire stopped and looked at Penelope's fierce eyes.

-"You look like you didn't come to kill us nor you came to get yourself killed"- said another vampire as she gestured the first one to stop.

The first vampire backs off and runs into the woods leaving the woman and Penelope alone. The woman grins and gives a small bow at Penelope who pointed into her direction with the silver dagger.

-"That thing only makes us a little weak and dizzy. I'm certain its not going to entirely kill us right now with that kind of amount your wielding"- said the woman. "If I'm not mistaken, you must come from the mutt clan. You reek of them, but you aren't one. I bet you had contact with one of them before heading our way?"

Penelope was surprised by the way the vampire treated her clan. The pride of being a werewolf meant nothing to them at all.

-"Mutt?"- said Penelope

-"Ahh. I'm sorry. I meant werewolf clan."- said the woman. "I'm Melissa, leader of this coven. Why has a member of the wolf clan has come here seeking for us in such manner?"

-"What are you talking about?"-

-"Please, at least be a bit more courteus and tells us your name. Wait. No need to. If I'm not mistaken, by your attitude I can tell you are that girl everyone's talking about around these parts with the rumors of marrying into the Bucur. You must certainly be Penelope"-

Penelope took a step back as she realized that even the vampires knew about her 'embarrassing' life. Melissa smirks and gestures her to relax.

-"I wish I knew that you'd be coming so I could at least prepare you a better welcoming. What were you seeking from us?"-said Melissa. "Revenge perhaps? Stela has nothing to do with us. Do you know how many other covens are roaming this parts and you come and blame it on us? Certainly the wolf boy was someone who got in the way with one of my hungry fellows. I'm sorry for that loss, but we all strive to survive".

Penelope gave a half smile and puts her dagger away.

-"We all do, Melissa. The young boy isn't of my concern at all. What if I had a good proposal for you that will benefit us both? Will you be willing to listen and accept?"- asked Penelope as her eyes are filled with killer intentions.

Melissa simply gives a wicked smile and tells her to go on. Penelope opted to be friends with the enemy of her enemy and get everything over with by her own ways.