The Rogue Alpha’s Claim

Maddie looked down at the crumpled remains of their leader, and she gave an eye signal to the wolves around, and they shifted almost immediately and rounded up all the men, holding a knife to their throats.

Maddie shifted to her powerful lean frame, not at all ashamed of her skin, but the men turned bright red at her, and they slowly peeled her eyes away from her body.

Maddie cleared her throat, and she tucked her arms inside herself, standing taller and prouder as she looked at the men. “As you can see, your leader is dead, even though he put up a good fight.” And just for effect, Maddie kicked his body, satisfied when it moved a few feet.

He had long shifted into a human after he kicked the bucket, and if they weren’t enemies, she would have admitted that he was a fine man.

“You can either turn yourselves in and we will not harm you, or you could continue to prove difficult, and we will not hesitate to cut down on every one of you. Your choice.”

The men all looked at one another; their leader had been sent out of the land of the living, and there was no one else to guide them.

“You will have to make the choice fast, as there is no time.” Maddie glanced down at her empty wrist as a sinister smile came to her lips, and she raised her head to meet their eyes. “Or I could choose for you. I am not so good at choosing, though, and I am particularly clumsy.” She dragged one of the younger warriors from a female hand and pressed her blade into his throat, applying pressure until it broke the skin and the blood leaked down like a faulty tap.

“Arghhh…” Maddie groaned, her hands coming up to wipe the blood from her mouth. “I see you don’t want to make any decisions, and I am too hungry to think. It is settled; you are all going to die.” She pressed the blade harder into his skin, feasting on his frightened cries.

“W-w-wait, we surrender.”

“Are you sure, because I am sensing a hesitation?”

“We surrender, we promise.”

“Good, you made the right decision.” They should have never trusted her. “Ladies. Finish them.”

“W-what…” Their words were silenced as they met their doom, and Maddie nodded to herself.

This definitely calls for a celebration.

“What did you do that for?” Denise spoke out, and Maddie shrugged.

“No reason; it just felt lovely and fun.”

“Fun?” Denise inched closer to her, dry trails of blood running along the side of her mouth. “You call unnecessary killing fun? We would have gotten some information from them or even tortured them if they proved unwilling.”

Maddie shrugged her shoulders, and her lips spread in a thin line that annoyed Denise to no end. “It is going to be too stressful trying to get any information from them. I know their kind; they wouldn’t yield, no matter how much you tortured them. They are better off rotting in the earth than occupying space.”

“Maddie!” Denise’s fingers tightened in a fist, and she turned her glare at the culprit.

“That is enough; you should be thanking me because I just saved your sorry ass. I will not apologize for what I did, and I will personally tell Kane when he comes. If you knew it was the right thing to do, why didn’t you speak up?” Denise kept quiet. “Huh?”

“That is not the point.” Denise murmured under her breath. She couldn’t tell Maddie that the reason she had been reluctant to speak out was because of the aura that filled the room.

Maddie was a born leader, and it showed in the way she carried herself, and from the moment she decided to lead the pack, she was untouchable.

“There is no reason then, so it is settled. We need to look for a way to dispose of their bodies properly.” Maddie mused, looking from one warrior to another.

“We could throw them in the woods.” Someone suggested, but Maddie tilted her head slightly to the side as she considered the option, and she was shaking her head.

“I don’t think so; their deaths will be in vain. I have a better idea.” Her smile widened as she faced them, and the women took a step backward, not sure they were going to like her idea.

A few minutes later, Maddie was standing in front of the entrance-well, what was once considered the entrance-and she looked up at her handiwork, grinning from ear to ear.

“I think I am going to puke.” One of the warriors glanced at the mangled bodies, hanging on a rope tied to the house, and she was rushing to the side, throwing out her lunch.

Maddie’s facial muscles contorted in a frown as she heard the retching sound, and she shook her head. “This should ease off any invader, at least until Kane returns. I think it is time to fetch your Luna.”

***

Ariel clutched the arms of her friend in a tight grip, only their lips moving as they murmured some prayer.

“I-I t-think someone is c-coming.” Liza managed to stammer out before tucking her head into Ariel’s embrace.

It was only so much that the poor omega could bear.

“Who is that?” Ariel asked, surprised at the steadiness of her voice, but she knew she had to step up as Luna.

“I am not sure, but…” She stiffened as she sniffed the air. “I think I smell blood.”

“Blood?” Ariel grew pale at the word, and she swallowed even though her throat was drier than the Sahara. Her grip on the knife that she had managed to snag from the kitchen tightened, and her hands were raised up, ready to strike.

A chill ran down her spine as the pounding on the stairs got closer, her heart racing like she had just run a marathon even though she had barely moved.

“Fuck youuuuu!” Ariel screamed as she threw the knife blindly, not caring if it hit the target or not, before she took to her heels.

“It is I, Luna.” The voice of her pack member reached her, and she paused in her run, turning to look at her.

“Louisa?” The once-slender lady with bright blue eyes that always sparkled with a hint of innocence was barely recognizable with blood running down her body.

“Yes, it is Louisa. We won.”

“Oh my!” A gasp left her mouth, and she was running towards the lady, hugging her to her bosom as she got to her, blood and all. “Louisa. You are alive.” Ariel tried to sniff the tears in, but they kept running down her eyes.

Liza joined them in the embrace, and their tears ran freely until they couldn’t any longer, and they parted from each other, cleaning their wet eyes with the back of their palms.

“What happened to the others? Maddie?”

“They are upstairs, or what is left upstairs. The pack house is completely ruined.”

“It is okay; as long as we are alive, that is all that matters. Take me to them.” Louisa led the way up until they got to the surface, and she could barely contain her shock.

She could see from the corner of her eyes that Maddie was dishing instructions, and she ran towards her, their bodies colliding with each other as she embraced her.

“Maddie, you are alive.”

“Tch, like I would die now.” She counted to three before she was shrugging Ariel from her hold. “Unhand me.”

“Sorry,” Ariel said, giving her a sheepish smile. “I am just happy you are alive. What do we do now?” Ariel asked as she surveyed the ruins.

Maddie shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know. I guess we just wait for their return.”Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.