The Merciless Alpha(erotica)

I watched as they got up and ran for the woods, the scent of their fear thick in the air. “Where do you burn your dead,” I asked one of the Elders. He pointed towards a clearing down the hill near the river. “Take who you need, those who do not seek revenge, and start preparations,” I told him. He started to gather people together.

“Now,” I told the gathered Pack, “The ones who raped and took away the choices of the shewolves are out there, running for their lives. Bring them to me in pieces, those who want revenge. The rest of you help gather the dead for the burning.”

There were howls as about twenty Pack members, joined by Abaddon and a couple more of my men, shifted and took off into the woods. The men hadn’t got far, and their howls of pain continued for several minutes before they finally ended. I saw wolves carrying arms, legs, even dragging torsos down to the burning area. “I don’t want them burned with those who died honorably,” I said.

“We will burn them tomorrow,” one of the men said, “With the garbage.” He spit on the ground, disgusted by what his Pack had become. “It wasn’t always this way, this used to be a good Pack.”

“Perhaps it will again,” I said. “Speak with the other Elders, come to me with someone who has honor and morals, who would be a good Alpha for you.”

He looked shocked. “You aren’t going to take over?”

“It’s not my destiny. Luna has given us a different task.”

I heard a car approaching, Hezediel told me it was him and he was bringing Uriel and Maalik. Michael and I met him as he stopped by the Pack House. Michael reached in and picked up Maalik’s wolf while Hezediel picked up Uriel. “They fought with honor,” he told me, “But there were too many.”

“We will honor their sacrifice,” I said. I picked up Vivian, her body limp in my arms as I turned. Tears were falling from my eyes as I as I joined the group going down to the burning area. The pyre had been quickly constructed from the dried stacks of logs of various sizes. It was a rectangular box construction with thick branches laid over the top, the bodies of the dead laid atop them. The men covered most of the pyre, the Luna and four other women who committed suicide after losing mates on the right. The center was for my men and Vivian; we laid them carefully on the pyre, all of us bowing to her before stepping back.

The center of the pyre was stuffed with smaller twigs and branches, and after the Elder said the blessing of the dead, torches lit the kindling. The fire spread quickly, its heat pushing us back as the flames rose thirty feet into the sky. The smell of burning flesh was in my nose as I cried for the dead. Vivian had ended the threat to her daughter, but at the ultimate cost.

We could not fail the Promised One.

Meghan’s POV

It was a good thing this town shut down this late at night, because I needed all the room on the road I could get. I couldn’t blame all of my bad driving on my lack of training and experience, some of it was because I was scared to death someone was going to die on me before I could get there. The phone call from Viper ended just before I hit town; I saw the blue ‘H’ sign and managed to stop the ambulance in front of the Emergency Room without hitting anything.

It was the first miracle of the night.

I laid on the horn until the doors open and a few people came out. They opened the back, I heard them yelling for a gurney as I unbuckled my Dad’s seatbelt. “Dad?” I slapped his face lightly, trying to get him to wake up. His eyes opened, he looked around. “Can you get up,” I asked him.

It didn’t matter, the door opened, and a nurse yelled for another gurney. “He’s got a bad bite on his shoulder, he’s lost a lot of blood,” I told her. A man came up and the two of them helped him out and onto the gurney. Only a minute after I stopped, and the ambulance was now empty.

The back doors were closed, I pulled the passenger door closed then got back in the driver’s seat and buckled up. I knew we couldn’t be caught, we couldn’t explain the supplies and the blood, that alone could expose werewolves. I put the ambulance in gear and pulled back out, heading back to the parking area I had come from. They’d know what to do with this rolling hospital.

Viper’s POV

We had almost made it to town when I saw the ambulance coming our way. Locking up the brakes, swerving a little as we slowed, I saw Meghan’s face as she recognized us. By the time we had all turned around, she had pulled over at the side of the road. As soon as I stopped behind her, she was jumping down from the cab and running towards me. “Viper!” she cried as she jumped into my arms, tears rolling down her face.

“Oh Meghan,” I said as I held her tight. “The guys?”

“At the hospital,” she told me as she moved her head from my chest. “They took them out of the ambulance, you said not to say anything, so I just drove out of there before they could ask any questions.”

I kissed her head, she had done well and I told her that. “I’m sending you home, kid.”

She looked horrified. “NO, Daddy needs me, he’s hurt!”

I hugged her again as I motioned for Shakes and Tiny to go to the ambulance. “I know, but you were seen bringing them in. It’s too much of a risk to have you visit them. Our story is paper thin, your dad is safest with you back home.”

She looked at me, but she could see in my eyes I wasn’t going to change my mind. She’d grown up in the club, she knew how things worked, how sometimes you just couldn’t risk the others. “Fine,” she said as she looked over to Crash.

“Crash will take you in the car, I’ll stay here for the guys and make sure they are taken care of,” I promised her. “Crash, you guys put some distance from here before you stop. Swap drivers when you can, it’s best if you don’t get a hotel. If you have to stop and rest, choose wisely,” I ordered.

“We will.” He gave Meghan a hug and led her to the car. “I’m the lucky one, I get to drive the hero home!”

She bumped hips with him. “Can I drive?”

“Hell no!”

“Oh, come on, it can’t be harder than driving the ambulance!” I just laughed a little to myself as they got in the car, still bickering. She was a great kid, but Hammer and Teri’s worries were just starting. They were going to have their hands full as she got older. I thanked God she wasn’t into boys… yet.

Snake’s POV

I woke up as I was being rolled down the hallway. My head felt like there was an iron spike through my eyes, and when I opened them the light was blinding. I moaned in pain as I moved my head to see where I was. “Sir, you’ve been in an accident, you’re at Sheridan Hospital,” a female voice said. “I need you to relax, we’re taking you to get a scan of your head.”

“Viv?” I could barely say her name. “Vivian?”

“I don’t know who that is, sir. Just relax, we’ll take good care of you.” I closed my eyes and drifted back to blackness.

Viper’s POV

Ten minutes later I had parked at the hospital and ran into the emergency room. I rushed to the desk, an older lady was there. “Hi, I’m looking for my friends, I think they were brought here? Henry Jenkins, William Hardigan and Dan Worley?”

“We had three people brought here a few minutes ago, but I haven’t got their information yet.”

“Can I see them?”

“You’ll have to wait, sir, they are all being examined right now. Are you next of kin?”

“To William Hardigan, he’s my son-in-law,” I said. She tapped on the keyboard. “OK, none of them are in the system yet. Take a seat, you’ll have to wait.”

“I need to speak to the police as well,” I said. She didn’t even look up, she just dialed 911 and handed me the phone.

“911 dispatch, what is your emergency?”

“I need Sheriff and ambulance, my friends were attacked and killed by a bear,” I said.

“A bear? Where are you, sir?”

“I’m at the Sheridan Hospital emergency room, three were brought here. Three of my friends were killed, though. They are at the old Smith Auto Repair lot on County 74,” I said.

“Deputies are responding now, sir, please remain at the hospital and one will be by to take your statement,” she said before I hung up.

I went back outside, not wanting anyone to overhear the conversations I was about to have. My first call was to Kelly. “Hello?” She sounded dead tired.

“Kelly, it’s me.”

“It’s four in the morning, Viper.”

“I know, baby. Sit down…”

“Oh God… No…”

“The attack didn’t go as planned,” I said. “While we were at the Pack, some of their warriors circled behind. They found Vivian and the others.”

“No… noooo…”

“Viking, Scrape and Stain are dead, as well as Uriel and Maalik. Vivian was taken by the Sheridan Pack, I’m waiting to hear back from Gabriel.” I heard the phone drop, it hung up. I frantically called her back, she picked up after a few rings. “Baby?”

She was barely understandable through the crying. “The… Snake? Meghan?”

“Snake, Hammer and Dagger were all hurt badly, Meghan is all right. I sent her home with Tiny and Crash, I’m here at the hospital now. I know Meghan got them here alive, but I don’t know anything more yet.”

“I’m going over to Teri’s now. We’ll be there as soon as we can be, baby.”Content © NôvelDrama.Org 2024.

“Do you want me to call Teri now?”

“There’s nothing she can do, I’ll be there in twenty minutes. Call me if you hear anything more.”

“Baby?” I waited to make sure she was still there. “Don’t let Teri take off. Meghan is going to be home by tonight, and she’ll need her Mom there.”

“All right. Call me back, I’m not going back to sleep. And Viper?”

“Yes love?”