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Nina

I saw Alpha Leroy take his shirt off before handing it to Raff and stepped forward. I quickly took another look at Raff who looked anxious with a mixture of fear, anxiety, and anger swirling in his emerald eyes. I took a deep breath reminding myself not to be overconfident, but also to observe his movements, and take it slow. I stepped forward without removing anything, Valerie refusing to let anyone disrespect us on this day, or to show any weakness. She was pissed that someone would challenge us on the day we got crowned alpha, not to mention that same person disrespected our mate like that in front of us. I remembered seeing him as I stepped out of the car. His long black hair that almost touched his eyebrows, but stopped just short, was done in a messy way as if to show he didn’t care, but his green eyes said differently. The way they shone in the setting sun made me feel as if he would burn the world to get what he wanted. His strikingly black suit didn’t compare to the intensity of his eyes as they stared at me, and his strong jaw line was set in a manner as if to say he was pissed which made me wonder what had made him so. His shirt did nothing to hide his toned body underneath, and I could almost count the abs as he stood there. In that moment it took every ounce of willpower to not run to him, or to drool. The whole ceremony I had been trying to control Valerie without anybody noticing. Keeping a fake controlled smile on my face. She understood why I did it, because this day was special for both of us, but that still did nothing to calm her down. I wanted me to run to him, to kiss him, to let him hold me in his arms, but I resisted. This only resulted in a major headache throughout the entire ceremony. A mask was easy to put on, but keeping her in check was never easy. When Alpha Leroy challenged me I was going to let it slide, but when Raff spoke up to defend me Valerie went ballistic with excitement, but hearing the way that man spoke to our mate made me want to strangle him, so I accepted his challenge.

I glanced at Grey as I stepped up watching his dark wolf circle to keep me safe felt reassuring. I then glanced at Raff who looked like he might jump in at any moment to stop this, or shift and attack his father feeling reassurance with our mate here with us. Alpha Leroy and I walked to the center to shake hands, and be good sports. We all knew the rules to win either force them to submit or kill them. Valerie wanted him dead with the way he spoke to us, and our mate, but I didn’t want that, so I knew I had to keep her in check no matter what. We stepped back and began to circle each other watching and waiting for the perfect time to attack. You could hear the clapping of my heels against the pavement.

Alpha Leroy looked at my feet and lunged his eyes shifting up to my abdomen. I waited for the last second before I easily sidestepped to the left, and brought my elbow down hard on his back knocking him to the ground. I backed up, and waited for him to recover.I heard a few gasps from the crowd, and a growl came from Alpha Leroy who was struggling to stand up. When he stood up he swung around, and took a defensive stance obviously pissed at my move. A few snickers could be heard from the crowd, and his eyes began to dart around. When he looked back at me his eyes were black, and I knew his wolf had taken control. He ran at me for a punch, and at the last second changed it to a kick. I swiftly moved my head under, probably looking like something from the Matrix. I stood back up to my full height bringing my leg up with me and kicking him in his ribs. I heard the air leave him as he doubled over, and I swiftly brought my knee up, and heard a somewhat satisfying crunch as his nose broke. He stumbled back trying to regain his composure. Seeing he couldn’t win like this he shifted into his wolf which was large for a wolf, probably because of the alpha gene. His wolf was black with grey and white patches near and around his head. The coloration looked odd, but before I could dwell on this much, because in the next second he lunged at me once again. He went straight for my jugular, so I ducked under, and as I did I grabbed his front paw causing him to flip and fall on his back. As soon as he hit I heard a deep growl rip through the air. He was up in less than a second, and back at it. He ran at me with pure rage, and no control. I saw his eyes go for my throat again, but he didn’t jump that high. I realized this too late, and when I tried to duck he anticipated the movement, and clawed. I tried to block with my arms, but he still managed to get the left side of my face. My face and arm now covered in blood I decided to let Valarie have a little fun. As he landed you could hear a few gasps from the onlookers as I stood up. I knew at this point my hair had turned a stark white.

“My turn.” Valerie said in a viscous tone as she sneered at his wolf. He hesitated seeing my appearance, but as I kept my alpha aura in check it wasn't enough to make him stop attacking which is exactly what we wanted. He lunged again, and she began to run too. I knew what she was going to do only an instant before she did it. As he jumped to go at us again she jumped too shifting in mid air and aiming her snout right at his jugular. Having no time to react he was defenseless as we landed with him in our mouth. She quickly pinned his body to the pavement under her paws while we still had his throat in our mouth. When we landed we heard the gasps and awes from the crowd around. I heard a slight whimper from underneath me, and looked down satisfied to see that he was submitting. We took a step back not certain on what to do next as we had no spare clothes with us at the moment. As we did I looked up and saw only the wide eyes of the people around.

The only ones who didn’t seem surprised was my family, Derek, Grey, and the ten Alphas of the great packs. I scanned the wide eyes, and landed on a pair of bright green eyes that looked at me in aww, and they held relief too. They held me captive, and wouldn’t let me move, and I felt my pulse quicken. Derek bringing me clothes snapped me out of my trance. He always kept an extra pair of jeans, a shirt, and a jacket for me just in case. Alpha Leroy got up from the ground, and shifted right there in front of everyone. I quickly averted my eyes and looked away as Raff brought his father a spare change of clothes now looking annoyed. He put on his pants, and threw on the shirt he was wearing earlier carelessly. When he was fully dressed he looked at me and bowed obviously with great effort.

“I apologize for my misconstrued judgments, Alpha Nina.” He said this loud enough for everyone to hear, but I didn’t miss the disdain in his voice as he continued. “As promised, the Alpha title of the Blue Shadows pack is yours.” He said this while avoiding eye contact, and setting his jaw. Still in my wolf form I looked down at him and spoke to everyone through the mind link.

There will no longer be 12 Great Packs. Today you witnessed history as the Blue Shadows pack is now one with the Valley pack. To all who are in these packs treat each other fairley, and with the same love and respect you treat your own pack. You are family now, and remember this. Whoever disagrees with this can speak to me personally. If I find out any of you have been disrespectful you will be dealt with accordingly. You are family now. You are our pack. Alpha Leroy, stand. You will maintain the Blue Shadows pack, but you will govern under me. Now let's all enjoy the rest of the celebration.” I say the last part as I sever the mind link. People look at me again with wide eyes, some fearful, others loving, and others with pure wonder. I can tell they are wondering how I managed to mind link all of them. Most can only mind link one person at a time, and it is limited to those in their pack, and their mates. Slowly the people disperse, and my father comes to me and gives me a hug with only pride in his eyes. At his touch I realize I am still in wolf form. I let him hug me before I turn and I take the clothes from Darek that he has been holding this whole time. I give him a nod of thanks as I head back inside to the restroom. Finishing up I look at myself in the mirror, and see the cuts on my face have almost healed completely. When I walk out I instantly feel his presence, and turn around to be face to face with Raff.

“Oh, Hello,” I say as I feel my heart leap into my throat, my mask already falling into place. Realizing we are alone I look at him, and I actually look at his face. Goddess he is beautiful. I think staring at him captivated me, and without realizing it I dropped the mask.

“Of course he is our mate.” Valerie says sarcastically. I internally roll my eyes at her, and look at him. He looks uncomfortable which brings a look of confusion to my face. Slowly his eyes move from my own to the side of my face with the scratches on it. I realize he might not be happy with me because of what just happened, and that I just became his alpha. This realization makes me look down feeling bad.

“I am sorry...for...taking your pack” I whispered the last few words, unable to look at him after this realization. Slowly I see him move out of the corner of my eye, but what he does makes me freeze.

“Don’t be” he says as he gently cups the side of my face with the scratches on it making me look up into his concerned eyes. Wide eyed I stare into his emerald eyes unable to look away. “I never wanted to be alpha,” he says with a sigh, looking saddened. “my dad was trying to force me to be alpha. I’m actually glad you took that away. Now I won’t have to have that responsibility.” At this I look at him confused. If he is my mate then he would still be alpha. His hand on my face with his thumb gently running over the scratches I suddenly realize when his face morphs to one of pain. A sudden horrible thought crosses my mind.

No he can’t! With this thought I panic, and I do something I never thought I would ever do in my life. I kissed him. I lifted myself as tall as I could go, and I grabbed his face, locking his lips with mine before he had a chance to react. I can feel his body stiffen from the shock, but then he relaxes, and I can feel him kiss me back. He wraps his free arm around my back keeping the other on my face and angles me up more so he can deepen the kiss. I wrap my arms around his neck to pull myself up more as the sparks ignite through my body. His hand on my face moves to the back of my hair getting tangled in the waves. I bring one hand to his hair, and grab tightly telling him I want more. As if answering he brushes his tongue along my lips asking for entrance which I readily give. This makes him growl in approval as he pulls my body closer to him. His hand on my back slowly begins to travel making the heat pool low in my stomach at feeling this. Suddenly a fury of sparks more intense erupts on my back where one hand has found its way up my shirt. I slightly moan at the feel of him touching me, and the fire it ignites in my core. As if smelling my arousal he pulls me closer again growling into my mouth. I lean in giving him permission as he slowly starts kissing down to my neck making his way to where his mark would go. I gasp when I feel him begin to suck, and I lean my head to the side giving him easier access. As he starts to nibble I feel more sparks erupt where his lips touch, and I moan again. He looks at my face, his eyes dark with lust. Kissing him again he moves his head to whisper in my ear.

“You taste so good I don't know if I will be able to stop if we don’t stop now.” His voice low and husky just made me feel the ache in my core more. I was about to tell him not to when we heard someone clear their throat right behind me. Startled by this we broke apart, and I sheepishly turned around only to see Grey standing there still in his wolf form holding clothes in his mouth.

I immediately started blushing at the situation I was just caught in, but realizing he was waiting for the restroom to change I quickly moved out of the way realizing I was still blocking the door. Without another look he walked in, and shut the door. I looked back at Raff who was looking at the wall with his jaw set. When he felt me staring he looked over, and I got a full view of his face that looked furious. I couldn’t tell if it was at me or at himself, but before either of us spoke his face lost all expression, and his eyes got a far off look in them. I could tell he was speaking to his wolf. When he was done he looked beyond pissed off, and without another word he turned around and left. I was so confused with what just happened I hardly realized Grey had come out of the restroom. He just looked at me knowingly, and gave me a hug. When he did this I let out a breath I didn’t realize I was holding.

“Please don’t tell anyone, I will tell Darek after the party, just please don’t tell anyone.” I pleaded as he pulled away from the hug and looked at me with his hazel eyes.

“Your secret's safe with me sis.” He whispers as he kisses me on the top of my head before we walk back to the party like nothing happened.

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