Chapter one
Tyson
These bloody meetings were boring, but Ryker insisted we sit through the Alpha meet every year. We still had a year before we took over Black Moon Pack, so I thought it rather pointless when we didn’t actually get a say in anything yet.
They weren’t so bad, though. My entire family was here, seeing as we all came from Alpha bloodlines. My aunty Lily was here with her husband Damian, from the Crescent Pack. My older sister Lana and her two mates, Tate and Drake, from the Forest Pack were also here. And of course, my other older sister Arial and her mate Chase, from the Red River Pack were here sitting next to my mother. Black Creek Packs Alpha, Jamie, and his Luna were also here with two other packs, whom I couldn’t remember for the life of me. Kind of pointless when my family ran the majority of the packs. Not like the other three packs could argue; no one wanted to piss off hybrid wolf packs. And they sure as hell didn’t want to piss off my brother Ryker, the Alpha King, a title handed down from my mother, the former Alpha Queen.
Ace nudged me with his foot under the table, trying to get my attention. Looking over at him, he nodded toward the Luna of the Black Creek Pack.
“Check out the tits on her,” he mind-linked, and I rolled my eyes at him.
“Close your mouth. You just drooled on the table,” I shot back at him, and he smirked.
“What I would do to those puppies,” he said, wiggling his eyebrows at me.
“Fucking nasty! She is old enough to be your mother!”
“Got a nice rack, though,” he said, and I sighed. “Think they’re fake?”
“I don’t know. Why don’t you ask her mate?” I told him, turning my attention back to Ryker, who was looking at maps laid on top of the round wooden conference table.
“Not possible,” he said, looking at the Black Creek Alpha. He was in his fifties and thought his shit didn’t stink. Couldn’t stand the old fart.
“Why? What could they possibly need all that land for? They aren’t even running the pack.” Alpha Jamie said before glaring at me.Shit! What did I miss?
Ryker looked at Ace and me before nodding to us. I got up, walking over to him.
The Black Moon Pack, the pack that would be handed to my brother and me next year, ran alongside Black Creek Pack. Only a river stood between the two packs, dividing their territory.
He pointed to the map, indicating the open fields running along the river on our side.
“What about it?” I asked, kicking myself for not paying attention.
“I’ll buy it off you.”
“Not interested,” I told him. That was a large empty space we planned on turning into training grounds.
“What could you possibly want with it?” Alpha Jamie asked.
“None of you bloody business. What do you want with it? You want more land? Go pester him for it. I’m not giving you even an inch of fucking space!” I told him, not liking the prick’s tone.Who the fuck does he think he is?
“He has enough. He is just being greedy,” Damien said, sitting back in his chair and folding his arms across his chest. Alpha Jamie was not liked by many. He was arrogant and stuck in the Stone Age with the way he ran his pack.
Alpha Jamie growled at Damian but soon quietened down with one look from my brother.
“Enough! He said no, and that’s it. It is their land, their pack. Moving on,” Ryker tells him.
“They are fucking seventeen, for fuck’s sake! And know nothing about running a pack! What could they possibly need it for? This is bullshit! And no longer fair to the rest of the packs surrounding the area, when your family runs over half the packs around here,” he said.
His Luna grabbed his arm, trying to calm him, and if looks could kill, she would be dead ten times over. She was a timid woman, she had her red hair tied in a bun and a stern face. Yet the fear of her husband was evident in her eyes as she cowered from his glare. I felt sorry for her, having a husband like him. It was clear she feared him. He tugged his arm away from her and stood up, placing his hands on the desk. His dirty-blond hair fell forward over his eyes before he swept it away with his hand.
“Fine! You want it so bad? I’ll challenge you for it,” Ace told him, also getting up from his seat. I folded my arms across my chest, sitting back with a silly smirk on my face. The old man had better sit down, Ace would eat him alive. The difference in size alone made Alpha Jamie look like a boy compared to my brother’s large frame.
“Well, don’t you think you’re something!” the Alpha spat back at him.
“You want it, old man? Take it,” Ace said.
Ryker sat down with a stupid grin on his face. “Offer is there, Jamie. You want the land? Challenge him for it.”