Forgotten Alpha

by Alexi Maisonet

  “Soo, see you …let's say...... in a day?”

  “HELL YEAH!!”

  I hand Reuben the phone back who places it to his ear saying “yeah”. “He is amazing Alpha. A true mystic. Can’t wait to meet him.” A tinge of excitement in his voice. “He is a wonderful mate for you Alpha”

  I smile “Thank you, Thom, I say the same thing. Ok Listen, this is his phone so record the number. If you need to call me on it for anything Feel free. Until I replace my phone which I crushed. Don’t forget to tell dad what Luna asked. Explain to him your LUNA wants to meet you sooner.”

  “Yes Alpha, it’d be my honor. See you soon Alpha” Smiling and satisfied, Reuben ends the call looking at a smiling Carmen. He mouths a “thank you”. She smiles back, giving him a thumbs up.

  We join a frustrated COCO “FINALLY! Bitch took ya long enough!!”, Reuben phases and the three of us head towards the barrier. Crimson turns his gaze to COCO saying chuckling “Impatient much” with his tongue hanging out as if laughing. Coco shoots back “Wait till you see him track and hunt Alpha. Then say that! Our Luna is AMAZING” he responds. Tongue hanging out his mouth like he is smiling.

  THE WULF WITHIN

  Walking between them, I blush a little at their comments as we went deep into the woods. Then I stop walking, taking in the scents of the wind. I tell my pack mates what I pick up “hey you two I smell deer, moose, bear, rabbit, & yup, a few boars. The boars are the furthest from our distance” My eye sparkles with a twinkle “All right hmm, how about boar?” my voice full of mischief.

  I sniffed the air but unlike my mate, smell nothing “My love, I don’t smell boars” Alejandro responds “Small pod about ... um... Say 3-4 miles.... THAT WAY.” He says Pointing North East.

  “GO, GURL, BOAR IT IS !!” COCO eyes held a mischievous glint in them. His looks to Crimson. “Ahhh he has a nose that only a mother could love. Which, while talking about his nose, he scented you from his apt balcony” Crimson feels his chest swelling with pride as he inhales. Expanding his chest with head held high “I know, Adelphi told me that.” he says in a happy tone. As my brother and newly found mate continue talking, I change from my sneakers into my running ones. Placing the sneakers in my large backpack.

  After strapping the running sneaker straps, I stand to scent the air. Closing my eyes concentrating to lock onto the scent. Turning, I lock onto the direction where the scent is strongest. Crimson remains studying my every move. His muscles are coiled. Waiting for the hunt to begin. COCO & I have hunted together so he has learned to follow me as I turn. Positioning himself behind me using my head shifts as a queue to know which direction I will pick he waits for it.

  Then I freeze right in place, my back to Crimson and opening my eyes, I point in the direction I found the scent strongest “that way” coming to stand in front of my mate and brother. Looking back at them. They both see my eyes glow to silver “try and keep up” I say and BOLT!!

  As in the past with Randall, the exhilaration for the hunt which now calims me is maddening. I did not realize when I bolted, I left Crimson and Coco two yards behind me from my initial sprint. I want to keep running faster and faster. The elation of the hunt surges through me driving me on, pushing my body to run even faster. My desire to taste the boar’s blood in my mouth as I rip out his throat fuels my speed. The lust for boar’s blood is so strong on my tongue, my mouth waters now. I can smell the boar scent becoming stronger in my nose with every stride. Barely does my feet touch dried leaves, dirt and gravel before lifting once more bringing me, with every stride. Closer to my food. My prey.

  IMPOSSIBLE! HE BOLTED SO FAST!! Before Coco and I even knew what happened Alejandro was fading from sight. We bolt behind him. Observing his pace, it is fast but his breathing, his chest does not exude laboriously in the manner a human’s would. His breathing is even, controlled as a wulf’s. His paces are also sure-footed. He is not breaking a sweat and his SPEED IS INCREASING! Alejandro’s foot barely touches the ground, indenting on it, before lifting off again. While I AM RUNNING AT FLAT OUT!! It is as if Sable is leading the hunt using Alejandro’s body! wulf speaking to Randall pride in my tone “THAT’S MY MATE!” . My thoughts now invaded by my new Beta’s wulf spoken voice.

  Can’t help but laugh at my Alpha“Yeah, Yeah I know he is something to behold. But, THAT IS MY LUNA HUNTING!!” I redirect my from my new beta, to Crimson “I love him Crimson. He was worth waiting for all those years alone.” Crimson corrects me “WE love THEM. It is Sable who is hunting, not Alejandro”. COCO wulf speaks with an undertone of mischievousness “Wait until he finds the boar.”

  We both turn our attention to Alejandro still leading the hunt. As if on cue, and just before reaching a clearing Alejandro stops and crouches low. Coco & I join him. Coco becomes fidgety, excited, a small excited whine escaping him. But with one silver eyed look from Alejandro, he stops. I come up alongside the opposite side of him, crouching low. Alejandro, parts open the brush enough of us to see them. But all I can do is watch my wulf mate running in human form in sync. His sights locked onto the boars, his nostrils flare with their scent, keeping his attention onto the boars. I am certain, This is Sable, not Alejandro.

  Seeing the pod now I see they are only about two feet IN FRONT OF US! I see the male, He is huge. About a good 5-foot-tall and about 500 plus pounds, big fellow. A few sows were also close by. Like the boar, they were focused on foraging. Oblivious to the danger now in their mist. Alejandro turns to look at me.When I meet my mate’s gaze I see something I have never seen before. His eyes! He may be in human form, but Alejandro is PURE wulf right now. Eyes become ashen, almost black orbs, pure lust for the hunt. The scent permeating from him is pure wulf. This is Sable, my mate. His intent is clear, he wants to kill.

  His muscles tense as he reaches into the inner lining of his left sweatpants pocket. Next, he withdraws it without making a sound, So as not to alert the pod of our presence. only, I see a huge serrated hunters knife coming out being held in his fisted right hand. Adjusting it so it points outwards behind him.

  It looks about 3 or 5 ft from tip to hilt. Thick, smooth on one side having one-inch serrated teeth on the other. The hilt is thick around. An amazing weapon. HOW THE FUCK DID HE HIDE, LET ALONE RUN WITH THAT!

  Without warning, I watched as Alejandro leaped up and forward clearing the bushes, closing the few feet gap between him and the boar. As he comes down, he aims and drives the serrated hunter’s knife dead center and to the hilt into the surprised boar’s skull all with one motion. The boar got to squeal and that’s all it did. So fast was ALejandro / Sable’s attack. He drops it on the spot without so much as a step. I see my mate on top him, crouched with a snarl. Holding the hilted knife with both hands now where it struck. I am awestruck. Hi snarl is pur beast while staring at the head of the dead boar. That is until a female sow draws his attention.

  The remaining sows bolt scattering from the scene except for one. She is big, almost as big as the male. Turning, she faces the trio now reunited looking to her and snorts. Alejandro stays crouched but with a snarl, he meets the sows gaze. Then stands. Having kept his grip on the knife. Alejandro slides out the embedded blade from the dead boar’s skull as if it were paper. I hear a squishing sound as the teeth retract, exposing pieces of the brain matter seen surfacing with his pull.

  There is a cold stealth to Alejandro’s movements now. He is calculating, holding the blade like a nail file while his gaze merge with those of the big sows. His movements become slow, deliberate almost catlike as he begins…...stalking her? It is at this moment I feel Cocos Elation of this hunt and he clarifies

  “Now THIS!! This IS your mate Alpha! Luna not only can hunt as a wulf. But a Lei-Lei, a Wer-tigress! also trained him. So he has the skills of a were-tiger both in battle and when hunting.”

  Responding to my new Beta “I have never seen a wulf hunting in human form. Yet His body language, his eyes, his behavior, the hunt scent he is emitting THAT IS WHAT HE IS PURE wulf!” With my tail thu
mping I respond to my new alpha “Yeah, pure wulf / tiger”.

  For the first time, CRIMSON and COCO share a wulf Spoken thought “He will kill her” Crimson sees murderous intent emitting from his destined mate, cold steeled conviction. Crimson finds it unnerving. The sow also realizes something is wrong. Her eyes following the glowing-eyed two legs who now holds the shiny bloody stick pulled from her mate. He steps forward cautiously and begins circling her. Never once does he take his glowing eyes off her. Moving just like the four-legged shaggy toothed ones that sometimes hunt her pod. She snorts & mock charges but stops short. In the past, many two legs have run from her when she short charged, yet this one does not. Not ever the other two shaggy ones join him. Something is wrong.

  I continue watching as my human mate come to a slow halt. His steps are deliberate as they press down on the earth, Calculating. Standing stock still, smiling her way He prays for her “Thank you, GODDESS, for the nourishment these creatures will give my family” then lunges. A loud squeal resonates throughout the woods. Then silence.

  Later in the afternoon, we return to the cabin, Randall screams to Carmen “Witch HAZEL COME LOOK AT OUR ALPHA!! GURRRL HURRY!” Carmen comes running to the door and laughs at the site she now sees. Reuben is walking into view towards the cabin with Alejandro on his shoulders, pulling the two huge boars now tied up, across makeshift cart sticks like a workhorse pulling a plow. The boars held by their feet with ropes for straps. Seeing Carmen in the doorway, Luna Alejandro taps Reuben on the head and says, “GIDDY UP Horsey!!” Carmen curls her lips inwards containing herself from bursting out hysterical long enough to say “Sorry Alpha should have told you. THOSE TWO MAKE THE STUPIDEST BETS WHEN THEY GO HUNTING!” but Reuben takes it in stride with a grin “This is the easy part Seer. They get to cut them up and CLEAN THEM!”

  The chuckling pair; now realize why Reuben laughed earlier. They say “FUCK HE’S RIGHT!” Carmen gives Reuben a proud thumb up “DALE (go) ALPHA!” as she laughs and turning, heads back inside. That night over dinner, we all laughed over the sight of Reuben hauling the boars behind him like a pack horse. Then we laugh harder over Randall & Alejandro bitching and moaning for the next two hours over the smell of the boars they had to clean and cut up.

  We spent the rest of the night talking. Explaining to my ‘pack’ mates of Thom’s impending visit and to expect him. Carmen explains, from moms’ direction, how to get to the pools again. Randall & Bella go out for a run as Reuben notices I help Carmen clean up. Without saying a word, he came and stood in the archway just watching us laughing again over the days events. Saying good night to Carmen, We shower and head for bed. Reuben, cuddling me to him, falls asleep like a baby. But, I could not sleep well.

  Turning over, I gaze into the bear angel sleeping with me. Lifting a hand I gentle place it on Reuben’s cheek. He stirs, slowly moving his head a little upwards, his cheek into my hand. My thoughts were on tmw whispering my words “For you my mate and the burning force you now give me, I hope to find those pools Reuben. I pray to whatever gods are guiding us, That whatever is there will unlock my memories. All I have is hope.” Yet I feel peace for the first time in fourteen years. I want to remember. I have since this whole nightmare started. So why am I starting to feel like it's not so important anymore? Like what I needed has arrived?

  His resting form grumble three grunts like words “You. will. Love” with eyes remaining closed, his thick hairy arm returns to encase me pulling me towards his chest. His head shifts upwards on the pillow, my face buried into his chest hair. Here peace comes and like a blanket, warmly covering me. I drift to sleep.

  THE POOLS

  We wake up early in the morning and get ready. After a short breakfast, Reuben & I start out for the pools. Because I had a knot in my stomach which did not let me eat, I had cut my breakfast short. Reuben held me in a hug while whispering in my ear, how I better get used to a cuddle leech on me. I laugh and kiss him.

  As always Carmen (miss worry wart) tells me again where to go and how to get there. I invited them to join us and they declined. Randall saying “I have known my sister as a saintly homo. NOW!!!, ohhhh NO NO NO, if you two do da NASS TTTYYY!! EWWWW. I DON’T NEED DA THERAPY OR LOSS OF EYESIGHT!!” we laugh hysterical.

  Reuben ground his bulge into me from behind adding “yuu mmm that sounds hot!! Can I??” I shied a little awkward. When asked, Bella also declined. She said she had a ceremony to prepare for. We all raised an eyebrow as she walked out past the screen door sashaying her ass. We started out. Not getting far from the cabin about two miles. I hear & smell rather than see, running water. An urge of excitement comes over me as we got closer to some pools. “That’s them pa!” Reuben looks ahead to see for himself. wulf’s senses are sharper than humans, so far. After arriving at the pools, I sat down.

  Disappointment coming over me. Nothing. Nothing. Not a fukin flash of light or a light bulb of recollection or even a headache. Just nothing, Blank. I recognized the area as if by instinct. I knew where I was going, where to turn, and yet something was still urging me forward. But giving in to my disappointment, I stopped at these pools for a moment I stand still, head and shoulders sagging giving in to my growing despair. “FUCK ME!!!”

  “Mulatto, you ok?” Reuben caught up with me placing both hands on my shoulders turning me for eye contact. I meet him with glowing eyes showing sorrow. Seeing his face full of concern, for the first time, I half release a howl. Powerful, loud, carrying through the trees. Causing them to sway as if caught in a wind gust.

  “Go ahead bebe release yourself. Feel and let your wulf out.” Reuben smiles seeing my eyes glow silver, powerful. Then he lets me go stepping back. A force not my own wants to vent and I allow it to take over. Instinctively knowing what to do it leads, and I follow. Crouching to all fours the power rises faster yearning for release “Do it” it whispers “Be free, become one with nature. Release me.” and I howl. Releasing my whole being into it “AAAOOOOOOO”

  Powerfully it carries. Felt rippling into the air, causing clear white clouds to become gray, rumbling with thunder. Through the woods it travels, across the water, my presence is felt. So powerful is it, the wind kicks up and treetops sway. Then without finishing, I am stopped… A… A response. Acting as a guide for me, a howl. A howl responding to mine. Flooding me with renewed hope and strength. looking in the direction to where it came from. I am excited, why? Yet, deep within me, a whisper combines with strong, pride “MY PACK.”

  My renewed excitement causing my head to snap in the direction of the howls. A surge takes over me to seek it out again the whisper “MY CUB, MY PACK!” Louder it spoke. It was all I needed, I know what I must do. In an instant, Reuben is by my side eyes glowing forest green. I feel his warmth becoming heat, my lover, my protector. Facing my mate

  “Reuben, I know THOSE HOWLS!! I can’t explain it but I have to Find THEM!!” my nostrils had already begun to flare feverishly.

  Reuben's eyes don’t lose their glow he asks “Are you sure mulatto”

  I get up excited “YES!! I can’t explain how I know but YES!”

  Seeing my face, knowing a caution is not on my mind. He sighs, giving in. A slight smile and hug then let’s me go “Dale (go) BUT.. Stay close. '' I turn around looking in the direction the howl came from. scanning for the wulf that made it. But nothing. It is then I see a small narrow dirt path. Almost covered, overrun by the bushes and tree branches. Pushing through I follow the thin hidden dirt trail first at a jog leaving the previous pools behind. Reuben stays a few steps behind me. The sound of the waterfalls behind me slowly fades till they are no longer heard.

  Yet a few minutes later another sound, coming from ahead of us. The anticipation of what awaits causes my heart to renew it forcesive thumping. Renewed sounds of trickling falling water become stronger and stronger, changes my sprint to a run. Mentally I pray “Please, please GODDESS let these be them”. As if answering me, I am halted. The trail ends, leaving me at the base of a visual feast. Mesmerized I sta
nd in awe of...of...of the most beautiful three cascading water pools I have ever seen. Reuben comes up beside me, wrapping one arm around my shoulder, pulling me to him in a hug “So these are your waterfalls eh?” His voice baritone more than usual “They're beautiful. Crimson and I saw them two nights ago. When we came for you”.

  I was listening to my mate. But my eyes were fixed on the cascading pools. They were indeed beautiful. Made more beautiful from the glistening rays of sun dancing on their surfaces. Each watering pool pouring into the one below it. It’s water foaming white, rushing through rock crevices, pouring into to the one below it. Visually, I follow the watery path made by the water through years of erosion. From the summit of the cascades down to where we stand. It’s base.

  The man-made concrete dam fed the first. Holding back thousands of gallons of water. But it poured over its top. Sliding over the top of its wall Feeding the first pool below it. The water collects in the first pool building along the watery trail coming to a cracked boulder where it squeezes and rushes out into the Second pool.

  Here, in the second pool, it gathers and rushes away. Only to push through a tight wedge, coming through like a true waterfall. To fall into the third and final pool. The third pool is deep. It gathers all the water forming a deep pool. Towards its center, it holds a textured flat leveled stone which then divides the water along its sides allowing it to continue running down behind it into the small mini river. It is to this ledge rock I take two jumps and land on. Landing I slip one leg drops into the pool. Reuben jumps. In a flash and lands right next to me. Show off. He wraps me in his big arms and lifting me out of the water. Then sets me down, both legs on the rocky ledge. I look around then up and see it. THE CABIN!! I make a bolt for the other bank “Alejandro WAIT!” I am grabbed and stopped by Reuben.