The misfits

29: Everest

I yawned as I walked towards the wardrobe. I could not get enough sleep the previous night. My mind was running with a million thoughts. Maybe it was due to the fact that I was finally going to begin physical training with the new Beta the following day, but I could not sleep a wink.

I had gotten weird messages and voices in my head. Even a few visual images. It seemed rather familiar. It was very similar to the nights I had dreamt of Hellion even before I had met him. Was I really going to meet another possible life mate soon?

***

As I walked to the throne room, I saw multiple paintings of the royal family. One painting caught my eye. It was a painting of a young boy, who was decked out in full suit and tie. At the bottom, the plague said it was a painting of the late Prince Logan. I stared at it, trying to find the features that were similar to those of my father's.

At the thought of my father, my head began to hurt. I ran to the nearest washroom to try to look at myself. In front of the mirror, I noticed my eyes had begun to change its colour once again. I pinched the innermost corner of my eyes. My ears began to twitch. Something was happening to me. Was it the powder?

"Ahahahaha! What a freak! Girls look. We have some freaky Alpha who's going to rule us. She can't even control her senses!"

I turned behind to see three girls, each dressed in a dress which looked too tight. They had such a thick layer of makeup that even Beauty Gurus would have gagged. Everest. Do you need help? Luna. She was always there to help me. However, I felt that she was of no use. It's okay Luna. I'll handle this. I stared them down, before pulling out the dagger that I always kept in the strap around my leg. I threw it at the girls, but aimed a little to the left so as to not scratch them. After realising who they were truly dealing with, they ran off.

***

Afterwards, I headed back towards the throne room. I kept my head down, trying to cover up the change in my eyes. I speed walked towards the gym while trying to calm myself down to stop the change.

At the gym, I finally relaxed. It was like I had stepped back to my past. I walked towards the knife-throwing section. I picked up a dagger and aimed towards the board. When the knife struck the board, it was completely silent. I was getting better.

As I moved on towards the next section of training to focus on, I began thinking about the rogues. I was going to miss them. Suddenly, I heard footsteps. I turned around, claws out. Standing in front of me was a buff, brown haired boy with hazel brown eyes. I almost pounced on him, but he held up his hands, a small sign of mutual peace. I stood up, relaxing.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"Woah woah woah. Relax. I'm just here to train. I'm the new Beta. Who are you?"

A new beta. Huh. I wasn't very surprised, considering how I had trashed the old one. This guy must have heard how I beat up the previous one, so he came here to train.

"I'm your alpha."

A simple answer resulted in a huge reaction from him. Boys. I went back to focusing on my tackles on the dummy, thinking of what I would do if I ever faced Nate again. That brat. He stole my family. Before I could slam the dummy onto the floor, I heard a loud 'Thump!' sound behind me. I turned only to see the board vibrate. Had he never picked up assassination classes before?

I walked towards him and asked, "Do you need help? I can teach you if you like. It will help in the long run."

"Uhh. Sure."

As I picked up another dagger to demonstrate, I decided to ask about some of his background. When he mentioned Emma, I almost dropped the knife. This guy knew Emma? I wanted to reply to his question, but felt obliged to ignore. I could not give away personal information so soon right?

Unknowingly, I had instinctively thrown the dagger at the board. Why did I feel guilty? Forget about it. Just continue and pretend nothing happened.

***

The training went on, both of us trying not to talk about the topic on Emma. After a while, he was too tired to continue. I decided to end that day's training as it would cause his body to ache. Additionally, we still had more physical training the next day with a pack member, so I couldn't lose all my energy either.

When I got to my room, I finally smiled. The day was almost over. I showered and got rid of all the sticky sweat on myself, before changing into my new dress.

***

Tonight was supposed to be a sad one. However, with the news of me being the new alpha royal, they decided to change up the plan and make it a ball to commemorate the new leaders of the pack.

As I walked into the throne room, I could feel their eyes on me, observing my every move. Surprisingly, the new Beta had not arrived just yet, so I took my time to get to know some of the important figures in the pack.

First off, there was the head scout. His name was Dave, dressed in a suit and tie. The woman beside him was his wife, who's name was Winter. She was a Salutary, meaning she was in charge of creating the medicines that the sick and wounded werewolves would take. Holding the woman's head was a young boy, who was their son. As he was still a werepup, he did not have a role yet.

Soon, the new Beta finally entered. However, he turned to talk to another family. I almost growled in frustration. Was he always this talkative? I continued my chat with the other packmates. At first, most were a little scared, but after a while, they would begin to warm up to me.

After about an hour, he finally pulled away from the conversation. We could finally start the ceremony properly. I walked up the podium and howled. Everyone echoed before we all settled down.

"Today, I officially become your new alpha. However, I would not like to be treated as a higher up, but rather, treat me as how you would normally treat your friends. I hope I won't make any enemies here but more friends. If you feel that I have done something to offend you, please tell me. However, if anyone here dares to go against the pack or bullies anyone here, you will be severely punished. No matter what rank you are, we should all treat each other as equals. Not only will this make us a stronger pack, but it will make us one big family. I would now like to hand over this time to your new Beta, who will be second-in-charge."

I stepped back and waited as he walked up. After grabbing the mic from my hands, he began his speech. It was a little shaky. Probably because he did not come prepared. He managed to end it off rather nicely. If that's how you see it. Based on how he handled the situation, it seemed obvious that he was not raised to become a Beta.

He seemed rather embarrassed. Odd. Oh well. At least he wasn't the type that ran off the stage crying. Fortunately, there was no need for fancy speeches. I was merely challenging his ability. The next part of the party was mainly regular things one would do during a party. Mostly drinking, games, food and dancing. I hated these moments of a party. Usually I would find an excuse to skip but I had no choice this time.

After about half an hour of men approaching me for drinks, I couldn't take it any longer. I had to leave and get some fresh air. Luckily no one was outside. I sat down on the rails of the balcony and stared into the distance. I wonder how the Rogues were doing. Sigh, I missed school.

Apparently, my werewolf senses must have gone haywire as suddenly there were smooching noises right behind me. I wanted to puke all over them, but I walked away. Ew PDA people. I ran for my room and made it successfully without bumping into anyone. I lay on the bed and soon fell asleep.

***

The next day, I woke up and hurriedly changed into my regular clothes for the training. Fortunately, I did not drink anything the previous night, so I wasn't hungover. I went down to the gym and noticed that I was the only one. Oh well. I might as well start training first.