Alpha Loren

October 13th

After he showed me to the base, Leo took me over to Luca's house.

He lived in a very neat, tidy village. Every house was big and picturesque and the roads were smooth and tarmac.

"Leo!"I heard Luca shout from the porch of a house.

My mouth curled into a smile at the sound of his voice. I turned to see him frantically waving like an excited child.

"Welcome to Luca's AKA the party house," He said gesturing to the house Luca was stood outside of.

"Any idea where Max Megestanis is?" Leo called back.

I'd been introduced to the Megestanis of all the factions so far. I presumed that Max was the leader of the biggest and final faction of the pack: Triton.

"Right here," Luca said pointing to another man who had just walked out the house.

'Max' didn't have the usual honey brown or golden hair and blue eyes of the Stella people and instead, his eyes and hair were the same dark brown, almost black. For a moment, I saw Connor in him. 

But hen I looked closer as he stared directly at me with a straight expression, and noticed his dark demeanour made him absolutely nothing like my brother.

"Max this is Ella, your Luna. Ella this is the Megestanis of Triton," Leo said.

We headed up to Luca's porch where we stood opposite Max, who was still yet to relieve me of his glare.

"Buongiorno," Max said in a low voice.

"Nice to meet you, Max" I returned, refusing to look away from him until he looked away from me.  

That would be a sign of submission to look down at the floor or even break the eye contact and I don't do submission. 

"What's with the stare off?" Luca asked stepping in between us with a massive grin on his face. Only when Luca was blocking the view between us did I realise how tightly Leo was gripping my arm. 

"Sorry, let's start again. Maximus Megestanis. Megestanis of Triton faction for 10 years- since I was 14," He said holding his hand out to me and smiling...although I could tell that it was incredibly fake.

It was enough to convince Leo though and he released my arm.

"Ella Jones," I said taking his hand. His grip was incredibly tight and when I looked back at his face it had returned to the same stone-cold glare. 

"A pleasure to meet you, Ella Jones," he said through gritted teeth as his grip on my hand got tighter and tighter.

"Shall we go inside I'm going to Mexico tonight so need some help setting everything up for tomorrow because I won't have time," Luca chirped before Max let go of my hand. I immediately pulled it into my chest in a nursing manner.

"Why are you going to Mexico?" I asked.

I thought that I saw him exchange looks with Leo for a short second but then he just shrugged.

"I want an enchilada," he replied casually.

Strange man.

"I suppose we have a minute," Leo said as he followed Luca through the door. I was about to go too when Max stepped in front of me. 

"I am warning you now Luna," He growled quietly in my ear once they were out of sight. "Watch where you tread because you're family and mine aren't exactly friends," He continued. 

What did he mean? My family? I've never seen him before in my life! And I hardly even have a family.

He stepped out the way of the door, I passed him I dared to look him in the eye. 

"Don't fucking threaten me," I hissed. "I have no idea who you are or what you're talking about so you better leave me the fuck alone."

He only glared harder but I wasn't going to entertain him any longer so I went into the house after Leo.

"So I need you to hang these fairy lights along the stairs and across the ceiling," Luca explained to Leo. "God I never thought I would find myself given orders to the Alpha. Especially when the Alpha is you," Luca laughed as he saw me come into the hallway.

"Fuck off," Leo grumbled. "And give me them," he added taking the string of lights that Luca was struggling to untangle out of his hands.

Luca ordered us about for at least an hour hanging lights, making decorations and editing the playlist he'd made of all the Britney Spears songs.

"The last thing I want to show you is the base," He said after we had finally escaped. "There's a few people to meet too."

"Okey dokey," I chirped. 

mood," he said

it's been a nice day so far," I said with a

come with us to

And he ruined it.

he is the Megestanis he feels it is his duty to show the new Luna around his

"Leo...I-" I started.

at us both as he jogged over to Leo's

he turned to me I could still detect the cold

get going," Leo

greeted by a much busier atmosphere. There were people bustling around everywhere walking in and out of buildings. It was more like a town than anywhere we'd

high street of the base," Max said once

the hospital, the prison, cafes, shops, restaurants," he said pointing to various buildings, "And down that road

"Some of my brothers should be there training for another half

padded mat underneath a canvas shelter strapped between two trees. Around

call it quits lads. Its been almost 20 minutes and neither of you is getting anywhere," A young strong-looking man said with a stopwatch in his hand, "Oh afternoon,

I see,"

Carlos (I think)

punching his brother playfully on the shoulder to which he responded by hurling into him in a messy pile of long limbs

finish does 3 laps of Triton instead of 2,"

 Adolphus my head trainer," Leo said causing 'Adolphus' face to turn into a childish scowl. "But

me a favour and never EVER call me Adolphus," He said

was practically made of

Leo

aren't gonna train

many more adult and teenaged males

trained separately over there," he replied, "They learn self-defence, first aid

don't teach them to fight?" I

no

"How so?" I asked.

weaker than males wolves so I'd rather focus our resources on the men,"

looking around me at the prosperity of this pack, "And have you considered that the women are only weak

"It's biology," Max said.

snapped my

safer. My main objective is to protect

asked and a loud

supposedly at the thought of a

Heaven forbid!

think a woman in charge could do this pack a world of good," I sighed. "The pack men might actually start to respect us and give us more of a

Max laughed.

funny?" I

pack left to have a say about that

really think that lowly

"Ella," Leo warned. 

raised

that is enough," Leo

that there are not more women in charge," Max

people like you and you," I began looking from Max to

give them the opportunity to lead?" Max asked. "Leaders

And how many times have the Alpha couple had a girl as their firstborn and given the Alphaship to her younger brother?! Men are given opportunities to lead and women are not.

giving a penguin the opportunity to fly and not

breath and opened

growled grabbing my arm.

at me with angry black eyes and

around to look straight

of a pack where men can order women around and they have to submit and let themselves be degraded to opinionless possessions or obedient 'companions' at the very most. Yes...I definitely miss it. The freedom mostly.

every word I meant from the bottom of my

humans understand equality better than

don't understand naturally hierarchy. If you, or any she-wolf here, can beat me in a

EXTREMELY thin ice but I continued anyway. We had reached the entrance to the camp road

willing to fight me then?" I asked. His jaw clenched and eyes

growled anger seething through his gritted teeth

middle-aged man's voice called.

need to sort something out," Leo demanded before following the

did whatever boring

you were my mate you would never be seeing the light of day again after that little stunt,"

relationship is none