The Merciless Alpha(erotica)

“It’s different, but it has to be with the humans involved. I think I prefer a Pack mating ceremony.” That is what we were planning to do. We’d made some arrangements already, but Adrienne needed to sell her Maine house and move her stuff to Minnesota first. “Even then, it’s for the government or for show. We’re already linked together, and our bond is stronger than any ceremony.”

“I agree,” I said as I squeezed her hand. “I do like the honeymoon thing.”

She giggled. “A double honeymoon with a five-year-old shark junkie is fun?”

“Yes,” I said. “Warm weather, beaches, and seafood buffets will be fine by me.”

“Oh, Luna, imagine the looks on their faces when they see what ‘kids eat free’ means with Sharkbait,” she giggled.

“There go the profits for the night,” I agreed. “She gets that food bump and it’s gone by the morning. Thank Luna she can run it off in training, or she’d be round by now.” We pulled into the garage and went inside; it was quiet. We shared a shower and went to bed. Liv and Brent were spending the night at the St. James Hotel, while Adrienne was going to the airport to catch a flight to Maine. She’d be back in a week with her stuff.

I had a few days to store or donate the rest of Catherine’s things before she got back.

January 29th

Vicki stood with me as we waited for the two vehicles to arrive. My shoulder was doing well with the physical therapy, and I had another week before I could take the brace off my ankle. Adrienne had called from Miesville a few minutes ago. Her son Anthony and daughter-in-law Pamela were driving the small U-Haul.

The last few weeks had been a whirlwind, but it was worth it. I finally had the construction company moving forward, and we were starting to get contracts for the spring. The Pack was rallying around us, and spirits were high.

Livy was in school full time, while Vicki attended Pack school in the morning and wolf training in the afternoon. Brent was starting a job working security at the nuclear plant in March, where he would be working with Brian Knight. He would be in training until April and then start rotating shift work. The three were still living in the apartment over the garage and would use it for a few more years, at least. I didn’t mind; I loved having them around. The big house wasn’t so lonely with Sharkbait running around.

The home had emptied out as things settled down. Todd had been found unresponsive in his cell one morning, and the investigation closed down with his death. With the threat now gone, Larry and Donna returned home along with the remaining warriors the Winona Pack had sent. I’d even gotten my pistol back from evidence.

A car slowed and turned in, a truck right behind it. My wolf was bouncing around in my head as she drove into the garage stall for her, the silver Lexus LX stopping in front of us. “LEO,” she yelled as she got out and ran to me. I hugged her tight, my nose close to her neck. Vicki was hugging her leg, and she picked her up and hugged her too.

“Welcome home, love.”

“Let me introduce my family,” she said. The U-Haul was backing up to the door closest to the house, and when it was shut down, her son got down. “This is Alpha Anthony, my boy,” she said as I shook his hand. He had his mother’s dominance and her father’s build; he was an impressive young wolf. “And her mate, Pamela.” Pamela was a strikingly tall woman with curly brown hair to her shoulders.

“Welcome to the Miesville Pack,” I said.

“Welcome to our family,” Anthony replied. We went inside to get to know each other.

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February 11, 2020

When I purchased the tickets for Vicki to do the Sleep With The Sharks at SeaLife, she had just been that daughter of a friend. I gave them for Christmas because I knew how much Liv struggled to do things between school and work, and I thought it would be a fun party for the two.

I had no idea that Sharkbait was so crazy about sharks.

I never expected that Vicki would be a werewolf with an Alpha mantle, who had never shifted and was living unaware among humans.

I never thought I would adopt the two into my family, with Vicki as my heir.

And I never dreamed I’d be a mated Alpha, required to attend the annual Alpha Summit.

The incredible changes in the past five weeks created a schedule conflict for us. I had booked Vicki’s birthday party for Friday, February 14th. She couldn’t wait to go and to take her new Pack friends with her.

Vicki’s birthday party, however, shared the date with the opening night of the Alpha Gathering, held this year at the Augusta Pack in Georgia. Adrienne and I had to go, and she wanted the Chairman to perform our mating ceremony there. When she told me, I realized it was a brilliant move politically. We would have our binding and the recognition of the Miesville Pack at the same time, with all the North American Alphas and Betas in attendance. We would permanently resolve any questions about my status after being exiled by Todd. The Chairman, her closest friend, would perform the ceremony, and Anthony and Pamela would stand as our seconds.

I was a mantled Alpha, as was my mate, and we would show everyone our mantled Heir. All Packs would have to recognize that Vicki was mine by adoption.

We would all be there for the weekend, along with our Betas, Mike and Anita. I called SeaLife and moved her party to tonight, Tuesday the 11th. Of course, Vicki was happy that it would come faster. Since all of the children attending were in the Pack, and they were all homeschooled, it made it far easier to organize.

We took nine children ages three to ten, and six adults on the excursion in four vehicles. Olivia took Lois along with Vicki and Esmererda in her SUV. Maria Hernandez took Carlo, Juan, and Ernesta in her minivan. Adrienne drove two other children and me in her Lexus, while Anita took two children in her car. We all parked on the second level of the east parking ramp and gathered in the parking garage across the skyway to the mall entrance. The adults had bags with pillows and sleeping bags, while the kids carried small bags with their pajamas and stuffed animals. “All right, kids,” I said as we gathered together. “Does everyone have their buddy? Hold hands in the air.” Four pairs of two hands went up; Maria had Ernesta on her hip, and they held their hands up; she would buddy up with her youngest.

“Stay together, and don’t talk to anyone that an adult doesn’t talk to first,” I said. “Let’s go have fun!”

The kids were excited, and Vicki and Esmerelda ran ahead to the escalator while holding hands. Anita hurried after them, telling them to wait over the bond. My hackles raised when two young men changed directions and headed right for them. “Keep the others together,” I told Maria as I smelled the scent of other wolves. Adrienne was already moving to intercept the two, who turned and ran back to Anita.

“Anita, return the children to Maria. Be ready to leave on short notice if more are around,” I said. I cursed my walking boot, which kept me from responding as quickly as I wanted. As it turned out, it was not necessary.

The two warriors had bared their necks at Adrienne already and moved back from the children. The oldest looked to be around twenty, the younger maybe eighteen. “Our apologies, sir. We caught her scent, and it intrigued us.”

“Moving aggressively towards children from another group is never a good idea,” Adrienne said as I moved next to her. “Who are you?”

“Mark and Brian Farnsworth, from Little Canada,” the older man said. “Ten of us came down here after work with Alpha Carl and his mate. We’re meeting some friends from Prior Lake.”Exclusive content from NôvelDrama.Org.

“The Mall is open territory, so as long as you stay clear of our children, we don’t have a problem. Ask your friends to avoid SeaLife tonight; the kids have an overnight. Please pass along my respects to Alpha Carl.”

“Alpha? I’m sorry, I don’t know your name or Pack.”

“Alpha Leo Volkov and Luna Adrienne, from the Miesville Pack,” I told him.

His eyes got wide, and he stared at the scar on my face as he recognized me from the news. “You… they’re the ones. Stillwater?” I was sure the fact that the kidnappers and their shooter were all werewolves was common knowledge among the local Packs.

“Yes. Have a pleasant evening, Mark and Brian.” They couldn’t leave fast enough, the combined dominance of our wolves too much for them to withstand. “I should have sent someone in first,” I said.

“Give me the tickets. I’ll go ahead and check us in,” Adrienne said. My wolf didn’t like having her go ahead of me, but right now, she was the stronger fighter. I handed her the passes, and she went down the escalator to the entrance.

I walked back to where Maria, Anita, and Lois had the children lined up against the wall. “Vicki and Esmerelda, if you run off like that again, you’ll be going home. This mall isn’t our territory, and there are other of our kind here. That goes for everyone else; we stay together in a group. Pairs stay together, and pairs stay BETWEEN Pack adults. Does everyone understand?” All the children nodded at me; I’m sure Lois had already laid down the law.

Vicki had tears going down her cheeks, while Esmerelda was pale. “I’m sorry, Unky Leo,” she said.

“I’m sorry, Alpha,” Esmerelda said.

“You’re forgiven. I understand you are excited, but we need to stay safe, all right?” The girls nodded. “Let’s go downstairs and check-in.”

All of us got wristbands, and our things got put in a storage closet for later. We were taken to a party room to eat pizza. After the dinner, we met up with the guides for the behind the scenes tour. The tour was a blast; we saw where the meals for aquarium fish were prepared. I couldn’t believe they were using the same seafood supplier used by the Bubba Gump Shrimp Factory in the mall. We saw the medical facilities, then went upstairs to where the pumps, filters, and quarantine tanks were. The whole tour took over an hour, and Sharkbait was in her element. The other children were having fun by the time we took the nighttime tour of the aquarium.

Adrienne and I were holding hands and enjoying the time with the Pack children as we watched. Sharkbait kept pointing at things and asking her to look, which made me wonder when I lost my favored status. At ten, we took the children into locker rooms to change into their jammies, then brought their sleeping bags and pillows out. We set up in a section of the shark tank tube, putting three adults on each end with the children in the middle. “If you need to get up or go to the bathroom, you take an adult with you. One of us will always be awake and watching over you,” I told them.