7. Silver Pack's Gamma

"You must be a new werewolf entering this pack."

Unlike Esben who was immediately friendly to Ullric, the werewolf who held the position of Gamma in the Silver Pack clearly showed his dislike for Ullric when he spoke to the man. The man with a large body looked at Ullric with a gaze full of hostility and consciously stood in front of Lulla to block Ullric's view of his mate.

"Even though you're a new member of this pack, you seem to be bold enough to interrupt our training time. New man, do you have a problem with the training methods I teach the members of this pack?"

If Ullric was willing to pay attention to the surrounding area, it was indeed not only Lulla who was injured in the martial arts training in that place. Some female werewolves had also been injured, but no one had protested like Ullric did at this point.

Ullric's actions made Lulla feel ashamed for the second time. She was the most powerful pack warrior among children her age. Being treated like a fragile girl made her feel very humiliated, especially after she still held anger for someone who was supposed to be her mate.

"Mind your own business, you freak! I told you that I don't recognize you as my mate, so leave before I hate you even more!"

Being rejected for the second time made Ullric again feel like his heart was pierced by thousands of needles. His expression crumbled for a moment but returned to normal when Ullric knew being pathetic wouldn't make his mate worry about him. As a former leader of his own pack, he certainly knew how much werewolves valued hierarchy within a pack. He had just interrupted his new pack's gamma training, so Ullric knew he was in the wrong for now.

"No, there's nothing wrong. I apologize for interrupting your training."

Seeing the stronger alpha apologize to him gave the gamma a certain satisfaction. Her gaze was still fierce. But in front of Esben, who had given her a look to let things go, the gamma could only nod slowly.

"As long as you understand, then everything is fine," the gamma said in the end. The gamma looked at Ullric who looked so docile before he joined in introducing his name.

"My name is Jorgen, and as you know, I am the Gamma responsible for training all the werewolves in this pack. Therefore, from now on, you will also be trained by me."

For an alpha, hearing that someone would rule over them should have made Ullric feel so humiliated. But until the end, Ullric just kept quiet and listened to everything. The man obeyed all the orders Jorgen gave. All except the order to reveal his wolf form.

"I ... Can't do it here," Ullric said honestly. Looking at these young werewolves, Ullric finally realized that the new generation seemed to be shrinking in size. Ullric was used to seeing giant wolves all his life. But in this place, everything seemed so small and easy to crush.

Ullric wanted to comment on the matter. But as a subordinate, he could only end up swallowing his confused feelings whole. Ullric only knew that he couldn't change in that place, or he would probably injure many werewolves while doing so.

"You want to say that your form is too big to transform in this place?"

After hearing Ullric's answer, Jorgen, who had been quite calm, ended up furrowing his brow again. Even if alphas usually had a larger wolf form than most werewolves, he had never heard of a case where an alpha felt that the training room they used was too small for him to transform. Even their alpha never struggled to train in the spacious room. Their new member, however, testified that his wolf form was bigger than their alpha.

It made Jorgen feel that Ullric was just bragging about his strength. His annoyed expression returned as he spoke to the man curtly.

"Then, can you fight me without turning into a wolf? As a warrior, you're still useless if you can't be flexible in fighting your enemies."

The atmosphere grew tense as Jorgen challenged Ullric to a fight. As the gamma of a large pack, Jorgen's fighting skills were unquestionable. Even Lulla, who was known to be very good at fighting in her human form, could never match the man's fighting skills. But Ullric easily nodded. In a pack, demonstrating one's skills directly is better than talking too much.

"Jorgen, Ullric should just do a normal tour today. Even if he acted disrespectfully towards you, inviting him to fight in this place is still not a wise choice."

When Esben saw that the situation was again out of his control, the man immediately attempted to mediate between the two adult werewolves. Jorgen confidently engaged Ullric in a fight because the man had no idea that the person he was engaging was actually stronger than himself. Even Esben wasn't sure he could stop the fight if Ullric was serious about using his powers.

"He has accepted my offer, Esben. You don't need to worry, I won't use all my power in this exercise. I just want to know how much power the person who made a mess at the entrance of our pack earlier has."

Esben shook his head in disbelief as Jorgen could not understand what he was saying. It was not Ullric Esben was worried about here. While the training room was filled with pack members practicing, Esben was afraid that Jorgen would only embarrass himself by taking Ullric on one-on-one.

Jorgen was indeed the second strongest person besides their alpha. But when compared to the pressure of power Esben had felt because of Ullric before, Jorgen's strength might not compare at all.

"If I win this fight, I can be counted as useful to this pack, right?"

Taking the opportunity when Jorgen was preparing, Ullric began to ask in a calm voice. Jorgen agreed without saying much. The man was so confident of winning that even Stefan would have a hard time fighting him if his alphas didn't use their special powers.

"If you manage to make me immobilized, I won't force you to change into your wolf form again," Jorgen promised. The others immediately retreated when Jorgen gave the signal to prepare. Everyone watched nervously. The fighter himself, however, instead focused on staring at his mate who finally looked a little worried.

It seemed that even though Lulla fought hard to deny her own feelings, the uneasy feeling remained as she detected the danger of trying to get close to her mate. Although Lulla tried hard not to show it too much, her eyes that occasionally kept looking at Ullric made the man realize that the girl was worried about him.

Ullric involuntarily smiled as he received the warm treatment. The corners of his lips unconsciously rose, when the simple attention was enough to make him so happy.

Now, all that remained was for Ullric to finish the fight. The man felt he must not keep his mate worried for too long, or he might not be able to prove himself capable of protecting Lulla with his powers.