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. 

in a good mood,"

a nice day so far," I said with a shrug, "Don't ruin

is going to come with us to the base,"

And he ruined it.

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

"Leo...I-" I started.

Max said beaming at us both as he jogged over

to me I could still detect the cold expression in his eyes and I stopped my

to get going,"

busier atmosphere. There were people bustling around everywhere walking in and out of buildings. It was more like a town than anywhere

the base," Max said once we were

pointing to various buildings, "And down that road is the army centre where a lot of the training happens, supplies are handled

Leo announced, "Some of my brothers should be

between two trees. Around us there were boxing bags, archery boards, weights and knife throwing all distributed

20 minutes and neither of you is getting anywhere," A young strong-looking man said with a stopwatch in

I see," Leo said as we approached

think) muttered

punching his brother playfully on the shoulder to which he responded by hurling into him in a

sit-ups! Last to finish does 3 laps of Triton instead of 2," The trainer interrupted and they immediately stopped fighting

is Adolphus my head trainer," Leo said causing 'Adolphus' face to turn into a childish scowl. "But he prefers Ollie," Leo finished with

call me Adolphus," He said shaking my hand.

was practically made of steel.

here," Leo said,

smiled, "Soldiers aren't gonna train

through many more adult

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

looked up at him, "You don't teach them to

There's no need," Leo

"How so?" I asked.

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

seem short of resources, Leonardo," I said looking around me at the prosperity of this pack, "And have you considered that

"It's biology," Max said.

snapped my eyes

it's better for the pack and keeps everybody safer. My main objective is to protect the pack, not equality and

I asked and a loud snort to

supposedly at

Heaven forbid!

of good," I sighed. "The pack men might actually

Max laughed.

funny?" I

there was a pack left to have a say about that

that lowly of women?" I

"Ella," Leo warned. 

fucking raised you?" I

that is enough," Leo

reason that there are not more women in charge," Max

you and you," I began looking from Max to Leo. "Don't

independent why do they need men to give them the opportunity to lead?"

many times have the Alpha couple had a girl as their firstborn and given the Alphaship to her younger brother?! Men are given

giving a penguin

breath and

my arm. "Stop arguing with my

angry black eyes and I shut

around

wasn't expected to comply to the social structure of a pack where men can order women around and they have to submit and let

hissed with spite and every word I meant from the

understand equality better than you,"

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

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

then?" I asked. His jaw clenched and eyes

seething through his gritted teeth as we approached the

Loren!" A middle-aged man's voice called.

her. I need to sort something out," Leo

stood by the car whilst Leo did whatever boring pack stuff he needed to

light of day again after that little stunt," Max said. "The Alpha is

off Max. Our relationship is none of