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On my slip, I write down Louise’s name because I genuinely believe that she would be good at the job, not simply because she has some heirloom. I don’t know if others might agree with me, but they’re too nervous to speak aloud against everyone else. I might lose out on the job that way… but I don’t hold out much hope.
Louise takes her time counting out the votes, during which time I shoot Daniella more glares. I know this isn’t her fault really, everyone else agreed with her, but I still feel like she blindsided me by starting that. I would have preferred a warning beforehand.
Although I only would have argued with her and tried to make sure she didn’t nominate me.
“What?” she whispers, acting all innocent. “We all have to do what’s right.”
“And you think this is the right thing?” I hiss back. “Me in charge?”
Daniella stares at me as if the answer is obvious. “Girl, I don’t think you understand the importance of that heirloom. Maybe being alpha will help you see.”
“There’s no guarantee that it’s going to be me yet…”
Those words only make her giggle, and annoyingly I understand why. What’s the point of beating around the bush? This seems to be a done deal. It’s me, this is all me. Fuck.
“Come on, it’s going to be fine,” Daniella does her best to reassure me. “I’ll help you. We’re all in this together.”
It definitely doesn’t feel that way. This very much feels like it’s all in my hands, but what can I do about it? Maybe this is the way I can atone for what I’ve done. Instead of asking what will happen next, I’m going to have to make the decisions myself. I can only hope I will make all the right decisions so I don’t put everyone else in any more danger. Everyone has been through enough. I need to find a way to make it right now.
“Well, as suspected,” Louise begins, smiling. “There is a clear winner, and the new alpha has been chosen. It is, of course, our very own, Clara Davies.”
As everyone bursts into cheers and applause around me, I rise to my feet a little awkwardly. I’m not used to this much attention on me, and I don’t know if I like it. It’s uncomfortable to be in the spotlight, but that’s something I guess I need to get used to.
Whoa, what is that?I wonder as I step toward Louise, ready to make my acceptance speech. I can feel something, something new, something exciting fizzing through my veins. What is this? I glance down at my hands, trying to pinpoint the shift inside of me, but I can’t really see it. It’s something happening inside, not in reality. Not visibly anyway.
It’s me becoming the alpha. Wow, as my necklace glows, I can sense a powerful connection blooming and growing. Me and the necklace are becomingone. Is this what Daniella was talking about? Maybe thisissomething that’s supposed to have happened.
As the strength surges through me, I get a sense of self that I’ve never had before. It’s like I can see who I am in a crystal clear way for the very first time in my whole life. I’mnota bad person because I’ve made some mistakes, and I’m not going to mess this up, either.
The heirloom will help me, it’ll guide me, and I’ll have Daniella and Louise, along with the rest of the pack, by my side as well. Wecando this. We can get through anything, just as we always have done. This might be the biggest slaughter we’ve ever faced, but it isn’t the only bad thing we’ve suffered. We will come out of this bigger and better than ever.
Instead of making the speech that I’m expected to, because I don’t really know what to say right now and I don’t know how to express these new feelings either, I fall forward on all fours, shifting into my wolf form as I do.
The rest of the pack follows suit, and in unison, we all howl, saying everything that needs to be said in our animalistic, true form. Howling with everyone else makes me feel closer to them than ever, and more powerful too. We’re a unit, we’re a pack, and while we might have lost a lot of our fighters, we haven’t lost everything.
They made a mistake, leaving some of us behind if they wanted us all gone. They made a fatal error of judgment because some of the most powerful people I know are right here beside me, howling with me, thinking about the new chapter that we are about to unleash.
I have a new confidence in myself now, and in my abilities, too. Knowing that this is something I need to do makes me feel incredible. I have purpose at long last. I didn’t even know that was something I was missing, but now I’m whole. This might actually be the making of me, as long as I do it right. And I amdeterminedto do everything right.
5
CAIN
What the fuck is happening here? No way! Fuck that!
I want to scream with frustration as I watch the wolves howl together in unison, with a positive sound ricocheting through the air. How the hell has this happened? How are they finding positivity after the main members of their pack have been killed? It’s madness.
It’s only women left. I made sure of that. I know Mason told me to only attack those who fight back, but I don’t think he always knows best. I don’t think he always sees the bigger picture. I took great pleasure in making sure there was no one left.
If it wasn’t for me being the so called muscle, and making all the important physical decisions like this, I don’t know if we’d be quite as strong as we are.
But what I expected to happen, hasn’t. The pack hasn’t run off, leaving Chicago behind. I don’t think they will be any good for us really, even in their low numbers. They’re so nomadic and they don’t belong here. I thought they would be gone in a heartbeat.
Butthatwas something else. That was determination. I don’t hold out any hope for them actually getting anywhere with their revenge campaign, not against us, but it’s still something we don’t fucking need. Why can’t they just go already? Fuck off out of here.
The sound of them howling really grates on me. I hate it. I have to back off before I do something crazy. I know I could take them all out in one go, that’s not what worries me, but I don’t think Mason will like it. I can’t push him too far, that much I do know. So, even though it pisses me off, I turn on my heels and run back to the mansion.
My blood runs hot through my body, and my heart fucking pounds. We thought that shit was over, but it isn’t. Not yet. I can’t wait to start making a plan with Mason…
