Chapter 1

"They are coming Alpha Ashton," He says; his voice cracking its way out.

I relaxed back on the chair acting as if what he said meant nothing.

"Alpha Ashton," He says

I turn to look at him; still relaxed. "They are coming." He says panicking his words out

I exhale, turning to face my front. I know what he said and I know what that means but no one dares to come to my land and make me panic.

"Alpha….."

"Does anyone know about this?" I ask

"I was going to tell the others but you are the alpha so I thought..…."

"Yes or no" I cut him off

I hate it when people beat around the bush.

"No one knows ." He responds

"Perfect, I can handle it myself. Go." I instructed

He kept to where he stood staring at me bewildered. "But.."

"You heard what I said, Andrew. Go." I say

He exhale probably wondering why I said that "Okay."

As he turns to leave I called out his name; making him turn to look at me expectantly. "Do not alarm the others." I say

He nods and walks out of the room.

I know what he’s thinking about right now, but there is nothing to worry about. As the Alpha, I like to challenge myself, most especially when the enemies come I love using them as my challenge opponents. I glance at the clock hung across the room and exhale taking a sip of coffee. The coffee tastes bitter and so hot it blistered my tongue, I have told Aiden a billion times that I hate too much caffeine and too much milk in my coffee. If he is going to make coffee for me then he should at least do it the right way. I just can’t do this again, as the Alpha I am meant to get whatever I want and all I’m asking for right now is a fucking coffee that has the right amount of caffeine in it and less milk and most importantly, it shouldn’t be too hot to gulp down. As I kept the cup back on the table, Aiden entered the room in a rush almost as if he ran his way into the room.

"What the hell Ashton!" He growls walking over to me.

"What amount of caffeine did you put in my coffee," I ask directly glancing at the clock

"What did you say?"

"It’s bitter, I don’t like it."

"Are you insane? Dude, the land is that emergency and you are worried about some dumb coffee." He yells

I glance at the clock again, keeping count of the time "Don’t put too much caffeine in my coffee, I don’t like it at all."

"Okay fine now will you come with me"

"Also, don’t add too much milk to my coffee."

He rolls his eyes "Holy shit! Are you serious right now?"

Glancing at the clock again I turn back to look at him.

"Look Ashton, no more coffee talks, just come with me." He says

I clear my throat "Why is my coffee bitter when I specifically told you to never add too much caffeine and sugar to my coffee."

"Oh my God! Enough of the stupid coffee thing, I’m sorry okay, I will make you a better coffee but please now we are in a crisis."

I turn around and glance at the clock "No we are not, there is still time."

"Holy shit! Shit! Shit! What is wrong with you? Just please get your ass ready and come with me.” He yells

I glance at the clock and said "Not right now."

"What?"

I glance at the clock again; it’s mostly time. "Five, four, three, two, one." I count innerly

As I felt the wind blowing the trees around in no particular smooth motion, I knew I was right, they were shaken by the wind. It only means one thing, they are here.

"It’s time," I say looking at Aiden

As I rushed out of the room with him, I stopped at the front door.

"Wait, who told you about this?"

He stares for a second looking extremely confused "Andrew, why?"

"Let’s go."

My hand balled into fists as I tore out of the house without taking a single breath, I leaped into the air. My body metamorphosed into a wolf, shedding my clothes in pieces as I land on my four legs I loudly growled.

"Do not call the others, we can handle them." I mind-link Aiden

"Too late, they are here." He responds through the mind-link.

I turned around and saw my pack members, standing around the field fighting with a bunch of werewolves. I hate this fight already. I could have handled this alone.

As I hear a wolf's paws thudding against the ground close behind me, I instantly turned around and cupped his body into my mouth. I continuously chapped into his skin until he became motionless. The rest of the wolves growled out to the trees and many of them began yelping. They are calling their members.

Nice, I guess I spoke too soon, I might enjoy this fight.

"What are we going to do?" Aiden asks through the mind-link.

"Let me handle this. ALONE"

"You can’t handle them alone."

"Just go with them," I growled

Aiden and I are best friends since we were young, he is like a brother to me. We started this pack together and I got positioned as the Alpha. I love being the Alpha of the pack, not only because I love challenges but because I love respect. I want to show my pack members and everyone else that I was chosen for a reason not because my father was the last Alpha but because I’m capable of being the Alpha.

I turn around and growled at the woods, I knew the wolves were getting closer as their galloping was getting louder and louder. It’s about time I end this game. I hit the tree and it fell on them. I love the sound of my enemies growling. I growled rushing to the black-furred werewolf, I broaden my mouth and chewed the whole head out.

After what felt like forever, I eliminated all the wolves, I growled at the trees and transform into my human form. Another day of victory. I turn to look at my pack members who just rushed to me.

"Well done guys."

"For a moment I thought it will be over, but once again the Alpha did it all," Aiden says taping my shoulder.

"I love challenging myself and proving to everyone that I’m the best Alpha on this land" I confidently say. I’m not happy with that battle at all, I wanted to fight them alone but Andrew had to ruin everything.

"There will be a pack meeting after dinner, I want everyone to be there," I announce

As I began walking away, I turn to look at Andrew and a frown line appeared on my forehead. He disrespected me and now he will face the consequences.

"Andrew," I call out

"Yes, Alpha."

"You’re out of the pack," I say.

The pack members gasped as Andrew kept to where he stood, staring at them, confused and shocked.

"But Alpha…."

Before he could finish his sentence, I walk out of it. I don’t usually kick people out of the pack but I hate being disrespected and he knows that very well just as much as the other pack members know. I could hear Aiden talking to Andrew behind me but I refuse to turn around.

"I will talk to him, don’t worry," Aiden says to Andrew.

"Please do, I can’t afford to get kicked out, I recently joined the pack."

"It’s fine, I will talk to him," Aiden says.

Aiden never gets tired of convincing me, I know what he wants from me. I can’t be patient and friendly with the pack members, I’m the Alpha I am bound with a fearless spirit and I can’t be disrespected or agreeable with the pack members especially when they make silly decisions. All I told Andrew is to NOT alarm the others but he went ahead and did what he thought was right.

As I walked into the house, fast footsteps sounded behind me but I refused to turn back, I know it was Aiden and I know he wants to talk about Andrew.

"Ashton, Ashton wait up." I hear him say

I walked my way into the kitchen and sat on the counter. I watch Aiden as he quickly rushes toward me.

"Thank you for waiting for me." He says sarcastically.

I rested my arm on the counter "Don’t even try and…."

"No" He instantly cut me off "Do not try and make this worse."

Still resting on the counter, I cross my hand and nod making the most best serious expressions.

"I am very mad at you. First, you act like a jackass and didn’t listen to Andrew, then I come to meet you and you" He points at me before continuing "As always, act like a stupid idiot and start complaining about the damn coffee, I mean there are six maids in this house if not more but all of them tried making you a coffee in which you never appreciated and always insults. And then I, as the good person I am, decide to take the burden and make coffee for you but nope, you don’t like mine either, what the hell do you want." He says breathing in and out as if he didn’t breathe when he was talking.

"So this is about the coffee?" I ask

"Actually yes, but no. The coffee thing is damn annoying but seriously, you can’t kick Andrew out of the pack."

I smile picking up a banana from the fruit tray. "You want a banana?" I offer

"What?"

"Banana?" I offer again holding it up for him

He grabs the banana and throws it across the room. "Andrew is staying with us."

"He disrespected me."

"Yeah sure but he had no choice, and…"

"Disrespect comes with consequences," I say

"One mistake and you want to ruin his life?"

"I’m not ruining anything, he refused to listen to me and….."

"Andrew is staying."

"No, he won’t, I have already made my decision and I don’t want to talk about it." I snorted pushing my chair back making a scrape on the wooden floor as I stood up. "My words are final."

"Kick him out and am also out."

I pinned my gaze on him for answers but none came.

"Trust me, I’m also out." He says

"Fine but he’s not coming to the meeting," I say walking out of the room

"Yes!" He cheers

Before I could leave the room, I call out his name; making him turn to look at me expectantly.

"You still make the worse coffee."

Aiden is apparently the only one I laugh and joke with, he is the only person that can shout, yell and do other stuff without me getting pissed off. He is basically my brother.