The All Kinds Pack: The All Kinds Saga Book 1

by Ragnar Drabinski

  “With all due respect, why would we care about a Panther wedding? We don't even know who is being wed?” Diane asked, again she was just playing a part, all of these questions were being fed to the pair by way of Dominic's psychic pack link, a link that Valaria was beginning to enjoy, being able to send secret messages to her mate without anyone knowing was rather tempting.

  “Well, we see that now, but at first we were given bad inelegance that you may have moved here to stop the event, it turns out it was an Alpha from one of the packs that banished you, the Allacan Pack I believe they called themselves.” Mikhail scanned the room looking for tells of who might be from that pack.

  “The Allacan pack was indeed involved but no members of Riverside were affiliated with them, they were purely a pack for hire by the Swan pack, who were the ones who had rights to the territory.” Nick added hoping to answer the question for good.

  “I thought this might be the case, there seems to be a lot of rouge packs these days, spreading rumors and distaste for others, and now we see it is so, we can move on and begin living in harmony, we have no plans to remove you, or interfere with your dealings, I personally would like to talk about getting a contract with Predtech, but I can happily wait until after this delicious meal.” Mikhail returned to his food enjoying every bite.

  A few minutes of idle chatter between the two species began, each member staying off of the topic of weddings, mating and business, Dominic thought to himself that under different circumstances his pack could easily become friends with the Westingdale Pride, but he couldn't help but think once his mating to Valaria became public it could very well start an all out war between the pack and pride, using the deep bond that he shared with his mate, he sent loving emotions, keeping her at ease as the meal progressed, that is until the fifth arrived.

  When Steve entered the room Kacy instantly knew who he was, she hadn't even seen his face and like a light switch had been flicked her Panther was swimming in his scent, her long lost wolf mate was not only alive but in the very pack she was visiting, Steve felt it to, the natural pull to the She-panther egging on his wolf and filling him once again with that strange emotion that can never fully be described, it was a mix of love, longing and togetherness.

  Dominic and Valaria could feel Steve's connection through the pack bond, in an attempt to hide the situation Dominic stood and announced, “Ah, here he is, ladies and gentlemen, our fifth, Stephen Besnick.”

  Steve knew his role in this after a quick psychic message from his female Alpha, he nodded to the panthers and said, “Please accept my apologies, unfortunately my work is never done, it is a pleasure to meet you all.”

  As the new addition took his seat and was served his dinner, Kacy knew that she couldn't allow the Council members to know the bond she shared with Steve, she simply wiped her lips with her napkin and asked the newcomer, “Stephen, I know we are supposed to stay off of the topic of business, but please indulge me, what is it that keeps you away?”

  Steve swallowed hard and replied, “Logistics, I run the logistics division for Predtech and Kenji INC.

  Kacy smiled sending her mate a sign that she was playing her part in all this, “Ah, an important role, without people like you companies would crash and burn.”

  Dominic smiled, “You have no idea, if it wasn't for Steve, Predtech wouldn't be able to get our renewable energy modules to places like Africa, where they make the most difference.

  “A humanitarian too? You truly are essential.” Laura added, not knowing that the Wolf sitting opposite was indeed her father.

  Valaria was the last to finish her meal, as she placed her cutlery down she suggested, “Mikhail, Alexey, I'm sure you and our Alpha Guests oh and of course their Beta would like to talk business,” she glanced at Dominic wishing she could be close to him, even the sort distance was driving her Panther nuts, and his Wolf wasn't any different, he was getting to the point of wanting to bend her over the table. Damn horny Wolf.

  Alexey nodded and looked to Nick, “If you wouldn't mind,”

  Nick smiled and gestured to the side room, “We have all the information you might need through here, if you would care to join us,”

  As the two Panthers and three wolves left the room Valaria breathed a sigh of relief, “You could have told me that He lived here!” She directed the words to Kacy.

  Kacy had a soft smile across her lips but the eyes are what really sold it, the dull green that she walked in was now as vibrant as Garnet, “I thought he was dead,” her tone was soft and low and her eyes never left Steve.

  At this point, Laura and Stacy were looking at each other, each of them as perplexed as the other.

  “What are you two crazy Panthers talking about?” Stacy asked no one in particular.

  “Stacy, this is Kacy, my Mate, who I was told by the council was dead.”

  Stacy's jaw dropped as to turned to Laura,

  Laura knew something inside her knew from the beginning and her Panther knew too, floods of emotion rushed over her, a mix of familial excitement and anxiety.

  “Dad!”

  “Dad? What?” Steve replied looking between Laura and Kacy.

  Kacy turned to Laura, “he doesn't know sweetheart, I didn't find out I was pregnant until after we were banished,”

  The atmosphere in the room changed dramatically, Stacy and Valaria knew it was time to move this to a more private location, “Stacy can we use your room?” Valaria asked,

  Stacy nodded still in awe of the situation, the five of them made their way to Stacy’s room with a Vampire escort in the way of Valor, as they entered the room Stacy and Valaria went straight to the bedroom while Valor took his post outside the door, Laura took a seat on the sofa while Steve and Kacy just seemed to stare at each other, in their heads it lasted for hours but to Laura it was only a few seconds. Their animal sides were reconnecting, they literally felt their bond growing again, they were never soul mates, but they did have a full bond, this was now heightened by the fact that Steve now knew he had a child, even his wolf was happy.

  “So... is someone going to speak?” Laura said pulling her iPhone from her pocket and swiping through a preternatural social network app called Preterlife,

  “Steve, baby, Maximilian told me that your pack killed you, it was only after Valaria’s father took me in that I found out I was pregnant.”

  Before Steve could reply to his mate Alexey stormed through the door, splintering the large oak frame and immediately pounced towards Steve with a murderous look in his Jade eyes, Valor and Dominic entered the room next reaching out with preternatural speed to stop Alexey from reaching his target, Valor reached him first, wrapping his arms around his abdomen and dragging him to the floor, Stacy and Valaria hearing the commotion entered the living area ready for a fight, Steve took up a protective posture in front of Kacy and Laura while Dominic helped to pin down the old Panther who was struggling in Valor's grip,

  “Fucking Heretic!” Alexey spouted with such anger and distaste in his voice, Valaria walked over to Alexey and knelt down in front of him, Valor lifted Alexey's head to view Valaria,

  “And you, Fucking Traitor!” he spat again this time directed at the Panther princess,

  Valaria dropped her head and spoke under her breath, only the Vampire and the wolves could hear her words, “Goddess forgive me for what I am about to do,”

  Dominic rushed to stop his mate but before he could reach her she had already extended her Panther claws and swiped at Alexey's throat, Kacy and Laura screamed and Steve took them out of the room while Valor and Dominic stood in complete shock, Valaria stood and began to leave the room, as she reached the doorway she paused and said, “I know, before either of you say it, I know what this means, so don't say it, I will tell Mikhail what I have done, he will tell my father and he will send his enforcers to kill me,” her voice then changed to a mix of hers and her Panthers, “Then I will kill each one of them, no one hurts My Pack, I will kill the Fucking King if I have to, but this
will end in blood.” she exited the room and both men just looked at each other, eventually Valor spoke,

  “Go Dom, I got this, I will get the clean-up crew from Predtech to deal with it and get extra security,”

  Dominic shook his head, “No, no extra security, she is right, this will end in blood and I won’t have my employees be that blood, this will be the pack against the pride.”

  Valor bowed his head, “What about when the blood is spilled and the war is done?”

  “Then I will offer the pride an ultimatum, join the pack or leave Westingdale, it is time the truth came out, the Panthers have been in charge of our history for too long, each species should rule themselves.”

  Valor hadn't seen this side of Dominic in many years, not since the day of Illumination, he remembered what he was fighting for, not for the pack, or his mate, but for all preternatural, Valor watched Dominic leave the room, pulling his phone from his pocket he dialled Predtech and arranged a clean-up crew to remove the body and clean the scene.

  Valaria entered the conference room with Alexey's blood still dripping from her extended claws, Mikhail could smell that it was in fact Panther blood,

  “So, it is done then?” Mikhail asked causing Nick and Diane to question what the hell is going on,

  “It is done,” Valaria replied with a smile, Mikhail turned to Nick and said,

  “I am truly sorry that we deceived you but Valaria has told me about her mating and that you are not the Alpha of this pack, that being said I hope this deception doesn't stop us from being friends, for too long The Council has hidden truths from the other Preternatural, including that cross species soul mates is not only possible but has been the case since the first of us,”

  Nick's look of shock turned to one of understanding, “I see, so you intend to overthrow the council and what?”

  Mikhail stood and handed Nick a small ornate wooden box about the size of a cell phone, as Nick opened it he found a single coin with a primitive engraving on it, depicting all Preternatural by way of their ancestral symbols, but each symbol was joined to the next creating one cohesive symbol.

  “So unity?” Nick posed,

  Mikhail nodded, “Unity, under our Queen and your Alpha, I believe this pack of misfits and outcasts found each other for a reason, to rid our world of segregation, it's like the 50s and racial prejudice all over again, the panthers are the white men while everyone else is the minority and it has to end, it ends with this mating, but it will bring blood to your door,”

  “Blood we can deal with,” Mal said as he entered the room followed by Dominic, Stacy, Laura and her mother, “This ends with us, no matter what comes for us, it will either die or yield to the new ruling,”

  “And what is the new ruling?” Diane asked no one in particular,

  “Each species rules themselves and this pack will be a haven for any species that wants it.” Dominic's voice was soft but dominant, each of his wolves and even Kacy and Laura bowed their heads, without meaning to, Dominic had just unified two species, maybe he could do the same with the impending threat.

  Chapter 8

  Nearly two weeks had passed since Valaria swiped her claws through the throat of the highest seated Council member and Mikhail had told the Pack leaders the truth about their history, there has been no activity from the Pride other than Lucian's arrival to Westingdale and the odd bar brawl in the town between pissed off Panthers taking out their aggression on other Preternatural, no contact had been made to the Pack and life seemed to be back to normal, which worried Valaria, every day that passed she grew stronger and more in-tune with her new abilities, she knew that she would have to use them she just didn't know when, Stacy was working with Tyrone to train other pack members not only with the modified firearms but in Preternatural combat, most of the wolves had never been in a real fight, Stacy had to make sure they could protect themselves, she wouldn't be able to, she would be too busy protecting the compound, but should any Panthers slip through she wanted to know that the wolves could deal with it until help arrived.

  Valaria was sat by the river watching Stacy train a group of middle-aged businessmen in the art of paw to paw combat, she couldn't help but smile at Stacy's keen teaching technique, she would place a wolf in a ring and blindfold them, she would then walk around the gathered enforcers and tap one of them on the shoulder, letting them know to attack, the wolf in the ring would then have seconds to hear the tap, shift and fight for their lives, there was blood and bruises, broken bones that were expertly set by Mal and Charlie and two enforcers had even had their asses handed to them by two of the female wolves who clearly had a knack for pouncing men.

  Valaria rarely took pleasure in seeing people get their asses handed to them but in this case, the men got what they deserved, she had noticed over the past week how the lower ranked males of the pack bullied the lower rank females to make themselves feel superior, it was time that she asserted herself in these situations and became the Alpha she was clearly destined to be, she stood and walked over to the training circle, the gathered female wolves happily made way for her, each of them basking in the dominant vibes that emanated from her very core, the males on the other hand were typical males, the enforcers watched on as their Alpha female made her presence known.

  “You may want to get the Fuck out of my way!” Valaria whispered in the ear of one of the lower males, his reaction could have been better, he turned to his Alpha and replied,

  “Make me Panther!”

  With those words everyone cleared a path to the centre of the ring allowing the two to enter, the male scoffed and removed his shirt, most people are under the assumption that all shifters are gorgeous and physically fit, that simply isn't the case, as with domesticated dogs, if they eat too much and exercise too little they end up looking like a fur covered barrel with paws, Valaria couldn't help but smile as she imagined this wolves form waddling along like a chubby golden retriever.

  “Something funny She-panther?”

  Valaria was unsure if she should even respond, she couldn't decide whether he was describing her species or trying to insult her, she instead decided to remove her own top leaving just a sports bra and a pair of three-quarter length yoga pants, Stacy made her way to the centre and stood between them,

  “Right, rules...”

  Valaria interrupted the female enforcer and said,

  “Fuck the rules, I'm going to teach this Mutt a lesson in reverence,”

  Stacy bowed her head in respect of her Alpha's wishes and simply said,

  “No deaths please, FIGHT!”

  Before Stacy had even put enthuses on the T, the male wolf had already landed a vaulting kick to Valaria's sternum, the immense force behind it shattered her Breastbone and fractured most of her anterior ribs, the shock wave forced her body back 10 feet and into a crumpled heap of agonising pain. Fucking Asshole.

  Dominic felt the surge of pain in his chest and instantly knew it was his mate, he bounded out of his office and through the compound towards the rear door, once outside and the light hit his face he sprinted towards the woods.

  Valaria spat blood as she slowly rose to her feet, the male wolf had a cocky grin plastered across his chubby features, Valaria's Panther was clawing to get out so Valaria did what any red blooded hybrid She-panther would do, she shifted to her Ursal form, in a matter of nanoseconds she had transformed from a petite framed woman with shaggy dark hair to a magnificent seven foot tall Ursal Panther with black and grey fur, most of the enforcers dropped the jaws, Stacy just smiled already knowing what her Alpha could do, Valaria stepped towards her opponent and with a single flawless movement kicked him in the same spot he had kicked her, his sternum shattered on impact, the raging pain blasted throughout his entire nervous system, for a second every organ in his body shut down, his heart stopped and he was clinically dead, all this while still hurtling fifth-teen feet through the crowd standing behind him, the force of hitting the floor shocked his heart back to sinus erythema, he just lay t
here, unable to move and unwilling to try, Valaria walked towards him and stopped feet from him, she could sense her mate who by now had not only reached the group but realised what was happening, she spoke,

  “Most of you see me as an outsider who is shacked up with your Alpha,” her panther was growling the words out, “I never asked for my soulmate to be a Wolf, but I thank the Goddess every day that he is, this is my family, and I would die to protect it, so if anyone else doubts my resolve then please take a look at this broken bloody mess of a wolf and think twice, if you are against me, then you are against this pack and I will not stand for it.”

  Dominic stepped forward and added, “By death or dishonour, any wolf disobeying my mate will leave this pack, do not test us, Charlie! See that Hank gets to the infirmary will you.”

  As Charlie and Mal dragged Hank away Valaria shifted back, her clothes shredded and torn leaving parts of her body exposed, Dominic comforted her in his arms, the warmth of her mate flowed into her very being at his touch, she was safe there, her Panther calmed inside her head and she could think clearly again, but that is the last time she would be able to think clearly for a long time, what would happen next would turn the pack inside out.

  “Hello, Dominic Kane speaking,” Dominic answered his phone which must have been on vibrate because Valaria didn't hear it ring, either that or she had been so distracted by her shift that she hadn't noticed,

  “WHAT!? Are you sure? Fuck! I'll be right there.” Dominic put his phone back into his jeans pocket and kissed Valaria on the forehead, “Baby something has happened, I can’t explain right now but I will, just as soon as I have answers.”

  Valaria could sense his pain and confusion, it wasn't like her mate to ever be confused, she simply nodded and let him walk away, well let is a strong word, she sent a psychic message to Stacy to stay with him at all costs, of course Stacy did as she was told, she would never let her Alpha out of her sight when he was out of the safety of the compound, once they were in the SUV Stacy began to drive, not knowing where to go she turned to her Alpha,