The Merciless Alpha(erotica)

By the time I got back down, they were well into a discussion on what to do with the innocents from the Sheridan Pack. Vivian wanted them protected, not abandoned. “Are there any good Packs out there that we could send them to? Packs that won’t mate them until they are of age, who don’t allow force matings?”

Gabriel just shrugged his shoulders. “We’ve mostly avoided the remaining Packs, knowing that the Promised One was elsewhere. It wouldn’t help much anyway; the strongest ones have been the most active in taking over other Packs and their women. The longer we go, the more debased the Packs become.”

“What about moving them somewhere safe? Maybe we should take all the unmated women to Grenada or something. It’s safer than here,” I said.

“It won’t stop the curse, but it might let them grow up and have a chance at life,” Vivian added.

“Their fate is the same, Luna’s curse will kill them until Eve is the only one left,” Michael said. “Luna will make sure of that.”

A smile came over Vivian’s face. “What if they were no longer subject to the will of the Goddess?”

Gabriel shook his head. “We thought about killing their wolves, but their DNA is unchanged, they could still be used as a breeder, and then the curse still gets them.”

“IF they can breed, yes,” she said. “But, if they can’t get pregnant, the curse can’t get them because it functions through the placenta. We’ve not done abortions because their wolves would never let it happen, but if you kill the wolves first, I could give them a hysterectomy. They’d never be able to get pregnant or form a placenta, they’d be useless to wolves, they would essentially be humans.”

“But they could live,” Gabriel said. “It’s a better alternative than what we have now.”

“We can’t use human hospitals, but I can do the work. It’s a fairly simple surgery, and killing their wolf is a simple overdose of wolfsbane. Most of the Packs keep supplies of that for battle, we need to capture some.”

“We can at least give them the option.”

I looked over at Vivian. “What about you? Would you do it?”

“Eventually,” she said. “There’s no point in killing my wolf early, and I can’t operate on myself. At some point Meghan will be capable, and we’ll see about it then. I love you, Snake, the last thing I want is to be taken from you and our baby.” I pulled her into my arms, there was no way in hell that would ever happen.

Vivian’s POV

“When are we looking to hit the Sheridan Pack?”

“A couple of days,” Gabriel said. “We have to plan, scout, and wait for the best time. Plus, it’s a good long day’s drive to get there.”

“Good,” I said. “Gabriel, I need each of your men to rotate up to the clinic for blood donation and typing.”

“Blood?”

I nodded. “I have a supply of human blood, but no werewolf, and it isn’t compatible. If you’re going into battle, I’ll need a full stock for the injured. No better way than to get it now, that gives your bodies time to recover before you fight.”

“That makes sense. I’ll make sure it happens.”

“I’ll go set up. Teri, can you send Meghan to help me?” She nodded. “All right, I’ll see everyone at church. Snake, can you take Eve for the morning?”

“I’ve got her,” Kelly said. “The two of them can have tummy time together.” I smiled and went upstairs, setting up for the draws. “How are you feeling this morning, Zephaniel?”

“Much better, Doc. Pain isn’t as bad.” I gave him a pill and checked his wound, it was healing well. “Stay put in bed and rest, it’s going well.”

“I’m getting bored, and Uriel isn’t the best way to kill time,” he said.

“I’ll have Meghan bring in her portable DVD player and some movies,” I said. “Uriel, come over here and lay down, you’re donating blood.”

“Blood? Don’t I have to volunteer?”

“You’ve been volunTOLD,” I laughed. “I cleared it with Gabriel, everyone is giving a pint so I have blood for the battle.” It didn’t take long to get the line started. “I don’t want to lose anyone because I can’t get blood, that’s already happened once here.”

The rest of the morning was busy. Meghan got Zephaniel set up with the Die Hard movies, then helped me with the blood draws. We had most of them done before it was time for church.

Viper’s POV

Gabriel and I sat at the center of the room, the doors locked for church. We had sequestered the children and family not involved upstairs in the classrooms with a movie, our usual way. Kelly was supervising the group with the help of the older kids.

I was just about to start when Vivian came down the stairs, Snake by her side. She had Meghan with her, both were in scrubs since they had been drawing blood all morning. She came over and kissed my cheek. “How are you doing, Pops?”

“Good, is Eve with Grandma?”

“Of course, has been all morning. I swear sometimes I just get in the way of her time,” she laughed.

“She waited a long time for babies, you can’t blame her for spoiling them.” Snake took a chair at a nearby table and pulled her down to an adjacent chair, whispering something that made her blush. I stood up and held up my hands for quiet, which was immediately given. I looked out at my family, and the new friends with the Knights. All of them were present except the four on patrol and the one in the clinic. “Thank you for coming, everyone. Our Club is on a war footing now; the Sheridan Pack has already killed Carson, and they attempted to kidnap DeWalt. They won’t stop, and she and Eve can’t be safe until that Pack is stopped.”

Gabriel took it up. “The Sheridan Pack’s Alpha Stanton is the worst kind of Alpha. Right now, he’s desperate and pissed because we took out his Beta and his men. He’s force mated a thirteen-year-old girl, the younger sister of one of ours, and his doublecross on the blood shows he can’t be trusted. There’s no telling what he will do, and we aren’t going to wait for him to attack. We’re taking him out.”

I stood side by side with him. “This is a first, few humans outside this room even know of the existence of werewolves. This gives us an advantage because they will not expect humans to cooperate with werewolves. This will be dangerous, the Pack is dangerous, so I will only take volunteers from our Club. We will need people back here, so I’m limiting it to ten men other than me.” Immediately a bunch of my men stood up, volunteering. “Hammer, I need you here with Teri and Kelly. Snake, you too. We need to protect Vivian and Eve while we are gone.”

“Come on, Viper,” Snake started to argue, “Carson was practically my brother-in-law, we lost him on a mission I was in charge of. They came after MY wife, I want in.”

“Sorry, Snake. You need to stay with DeWalt.”

Vivian stood up. “Good, Snake is going, because I’ll be there with you.”

The whole place went into an uproar. I heard a bunch of “Hell No’s” and other challenges. “DeWalt, I appreciate your willingness to fight, but we’re trying to PROTECT you. I’m not letting you anywhere near that battlefield.”

“With all due respect, Mr. President, I need to be there. This is a war, wars have casualties, and I’m the ONLY medical person you have available. Who takes care of the wounded werewolves if I’m not there? Maybe you take the Club members to a hospital in Sheridan, but how do you explain why they have bites or bullets in them?”

“We will find a way, Blessed One,” Gabriel said. “We haven’t had a Doctor before.”

“Yes, and you’d be one member short right now if it wasn’t for Meghan and I. Tell me honestly, how many of your men can expect to be hurt or killed in this war? Why would you keep me from saving them?” She looked directly at me. “The men you take are my family too, I can’t sit back and hide here in the Clubhouse while my family is dying. I can save them, it’s why I’m here.”

“You could get hurt, captured, even mated!” Snake was furious, his face showed his dislike of her being in danger.

“And you could die without my help,” she told him. “Look, I’m not asking to be on the front lines of the attack, that would be stupid. I am asking to be in the area, able to come to your aid when the battle is done, or when casualties are brought to me. I’ll be like a M*A*S*H unit, close to the lines but not close enough to get hurt, and I’ll treat werewolves.”

“Call it a W*A*S*H,” Meghan said as she stood by Vivian’s side.

“I don’t like it,” Snake said.

“You’ll like this even less. I want Meghan with me.” The room exploded again, I had to bang my hand on the table a few times to quiet it down. “She’s my assistant, I need her by my side.”

I looked over at Hammer, he had sat down in shock. Meghan ran over and hugged him. “Dad, this is what I’ve always wanted to do. It’s what I was born to do.”

She buried her face in his shoulder; his hand slowly came up her back. “I know, baby. You’re going to be an amazing doctor.” He pulled back so he could look in her eyes. “You know your Mom is going to grill my balls for dinner for this.”

“No, she’ll see it has to be done, she just won’t like it.”

Hammer stood up, pulling his daughter to his side. “I am going, I’ll protect these two while they are out saving the others,” he said.

“I’ll volunteer to be their escort as well,” Maalik said as he stood.

“As will I,” Urial stood by his friend.

I just rubbed my eyes, wondering where it all went wrong. Kelly was going to barbecue my ass in molasses, but Vivian was right. “Fine, but you stay well clear until we tell you to come up,” I said. “If it goes bad, you get the hell out of there and don’t worry about us.”

“I’ll keep Meghan safe,” Vivian said. “I have my own family to return to.”NôvelDrama.Org: owner of this content.

“How are you going to do this?”