The Perfect Alpha

Chapter 6 - The Alpha Gathering

A week and a half later we were walking into the large Auditorium. Alphas, Betas, their wives and Heirs had gathered for the meeting. One by one Alphas were called upon and they would stand, recite their name, their pack and who the heir apparent would be. If they were young and had no children yet, they simply said to be decided. An Older Alpha with no children would claim a strong Alpha wolf and adopt them and claim them as heir apparent. And so it went, each Alpha stating the information so it could be noted by the secretary. Alpha Gatherings happened every ten years unless there was an emergency that concerned all the Packs. No one knew it yet, but this meeting would be one of those emergencies. I sat behind my Father, normally the place of the heir apparent. My presence had not gone unnoticed by many.

"Alpha Storm of the Greywolf Pack.." a voice called and I watched my Father stand up. He signaled me to stand as well and when I did several voices began shouting.

"No Female will ever be Alpha !" "Get that child out of here this instant !" "I will declare War this instant if you try to name a Female as Heir !" on and on they went until a roar so loud and powerful had the walls vibrating and the floor trying to buckle. Faces paled as everyone looked to me and found my eyes glowing brightly.

"Shut your Mouths before you regret you were ever born." I roared at them with such anger that most were not able to keeps themselves from submitting right away. I walked down to the center of the floor and pointed to the one who threatened War, he was our neighbor to the South and considered nearly the strongest Alpha to have had the mantle in a long time.

"If you wish to stop me being named Heir Apparent by my Father, then kill me and save both packs from a war neither wants." I called out to him. He looked around while everyone remained silent.

"Do not tell me the Alpha of the Bloodmoon pack is a coward and only fights when he has a pack to throw in front of him ?" I asked in a tone that showed no respect for his position at all. I stared him straight in the eyes, knowing it would be taken as a challenge, one he could not let go, not with every Alpha seeing the same challenge.

"I will not simply beat you down pup, I will kill you and stop this nonsense once and for all." he declared and ran straight for me. He leaped up to swing his fist towards my face. One hand swiped his fist and deflected it away while the opposite hit him square in the chest, he flew through the first row and into the second. Bodies flying in every direction. He lay gasping through a shattered sternum, bloody bubbles from a punctured lung as I walked up to him.

"I don't have time for fools and those who are so narrow minded they wish to kill rather then move forward to save their pack from extinction." I growled at him.

"Shall I kill you now and not think further on your corpse, or shall we work together to stop this very Government from hunting us down ?" I said aloud as if musing to myself. At those words everyone began murmuring to themselves. I reached down and laid my hand to his chest, they could see a soft glow and his gasp. It was found I could heal others but it took a lot of energy and left me vulnerable to attack, while I was still unkillable, it did leave me weakened. Even as he healed I began to sag, his hands grasped my upper arms.

"You would leave yourself weak to heal an enemy ?" he asked, looking at me like I'd just grown a second head. I sagged further and felt him pick me up and take me to my Father.

"She displays all the strength, honor and morals of an Alpha. I am shamed by her actions as it proves my actions were not Honorable or those befitting an Alpha." he said quietly even knowing everyone would hear him anyways. It took a few minutes but I was finally able to sit up while he made his way back to his group.

"Alpha Jax of the Bloodmoon Pack makes an excellent observation." my Father said standing up and speaking as he moved around the circular area.

"We have a old law, kill every True Alpha Female that is found. Yet records show that we have not been doing that, we have not had a recorded slaying in over fifty years, did they just suddenly stop being born, I don't think so. I think many of you just find it preposterous to do so, so you hide them and remind them to hide themselves outside the pack. It is well past time to abolish this law and laws doing away with those who desire their own gender. The World has changed and if we don't change with it, we deserve what the Government has in store for us." he said as he caught several who looked away and knew they were hiding True Alpha Females.