Alpha Werewolf Complete Set

They're travelling further from her home than she's ever been. She's eighteen now, which means she no longer need her parents supervision to leave her home. At least not for short periods of time and this is supposed to be a really short trip.

The only reason why she had been allowed to leave at all was because they know Darnell is going on the trip too and he wouldn't let anything bad happen to her. Darnell's a werewolf and good friends with her older brothers. They barter sometimes, him exchanging the He's working at his family estate now. They're a family of hunters.

Everyone's very protective of her because she's the baby in the family. Also, because the rabbit gene in her is stronger than anyone else they know. Most shifters keep their animals hidden inside of them, barely visible on most days and are only able to shift maybe partially. Ally's rabbit is on the surface of her skin, impossible to ignore and easy to spot.

When Ally's stunned, she yelps and shifts completely, turning into a fluffy white rabbit. It's a useless defense mechanism because then, she'll be all curled up and useless. It's kind of pathetic. Her brothers used to make a game out of getting her to shift when she was a baby, learning only once they've gotten older that it's dangerous because after she shifts, she's a rabbit with a beating rabbit heart and panicking rabbit mind. She would run if they accidentally let her out like that, though being at home helps cause she knows she's safe here. But her parents forbade them from scaring her in public.

They only needed to properly scared once for them to stop doing it entirely. She had been five and her brothers thought it would be funny to get her to shift while they are out tending their family's vegetable farm. She's never shifted outdoors before and panicked, sprint-hopping over their garden into the forest floor.

It had taken the whole village a week to find her, burrowed in a little hole she had burrowed. She had gotten bitten by a number of small critters, leaving patches of her fur torn out and bleeding sluggishly. If they haven't found her that day, the village doctor says they would have lost her.

The bus bumps along the road and she's grateful for Darnell's arm tightening around her to keep her from falling off the seat. It's an old bus, one that makes a lot of noise as it moves and doesn't feel very steady, but it's the best they have in their little village.

"You alright?" he asks. His heartbeat is steady and calming, so she focuses on that.

"I'm fine," she murmurs when she realizes he's waiting for an answer. She's never liked travelling and she knows the rest of her teammates aren't faring much better. They're mostly human with a few cat and wolf shifters among them and none of them are used to travelling so far away from home. The predator shiters must have it worse, leaving their territories like this. None of them are over thirty, though, and aren't old enough to own their own territories yet. They don't generally have their own land until they're married with a family of their own and then, it'll be mostly impossible to have them leave their nest.

It's the first time she's gone so far. They left the town premises eight hours ago and they're still inside the bus, trudging steadily towards their destination. Their initial enthusiasm at the trip have long since ebbed away, replaced by pure exhaustion and boredom. Even the rest stops they were impressed by in the beginning of their trip have lost their freshness.

They just want to get there.

By the time the driver pulls up at the parking lot of their hotel, they are so happy that they spill out of the door the second it opens, some of them even abandoning their bags in favor of a breath of fresh air.

The trip is supposed to be a week-long trip in order for the neighboring towns to get to know each other better. "It's a friendly sports event, that's all," her gym teacher had said when he pitched the idea to the sports team at their school. But that hadn't stopped his eyes from gleaming when he told them about the big dinner he would treat them to in the city an hour's drive from the school if they win him most of the events, or their mayor from sending most of the shifters in their village who are able to spare a week because some of them are faster, stronger, and better at sports.

All Ally has to do when she's running is imagine a predator shifter running after her and her heart will pump faster, adrenaline coursing through her veins pushing her to run as fast as she can.

There are a few students from her school here since it's easier for them to take the time off, but most of her teammates are slightly older, having taken a few days off their busy schedule in order to participate in the event. It's a good networking opportunity too. They have another bus of farmers and hunters who will be exchanging information with the business people here so that they could barter and trade in the future. Maybe they can convince some entrepreneurs to bring their businesses to their little village.

It's the first time an event like this is arranged. Apparently some big-shot billionaire in some city thought it would be a good idea to get all the different villages together so they're not so isolated. Something to do with fostering relationships and helping them grow.

Ally takes a deep, deep breath the moment she steps out of the bus but she's not trying to replace the recycled air in her lungs. She's trying to figure out if there are any shifters in this proximity, if she could pick up the scent of other predator or prey shifters who've come from different areas. She so rarely gets to meet other shifters.

She has her hair tied back and her rabbit ears folded between her hair carefully to keep them hidden. She's wearing baggy clothes too in order to hide her more animal characteristics. Mostly, she worries about her tail being seen. It's small enough to be hidden if she wears a dress. She's kind of glad that she grew into it and it's easier to hide now. It was all kinds of humiliating when she was younger and the kids were cruel and would tug at her tail since it's uncomfortable to keep it hidden. Her mom would cut a hole in her skirts and dresses so her tail can poke out, and then kids would make a game out of pulling it. They've stopped doing that ever since Darnell sort of adopted her as the little kid sister he's never had.

Howard, their gym teacher has a soft spot for her and used to get the older kids to make sure none of the students her year would mess with her and that's how she ended up with Darnell as a sort of bodyguard at school.

"You alright?" Darnell asks, his head tilted a little in the sort of way that tells her he's trying to pick up her heartbeat and make sure she's not panicking.

"I'm fine," she rolls her eyes. Sometimes, he's even more overprotective than even her brothers. They would be here too if they aren't all married with their own burrows to take care of.

The driver drops out of the bus and opens the compartment space. Darnell goes to get their bags while she looks around, trying to familiarize herself with the new scents. The hotel they're staying at looks expensive. She's never seen a building so tall or imposing before, all glass and metal, so devoid of the greens and browns that she's used to seeing at her village. The light coming from the reception office is a glaring bright yellow that hurts her eyes a little bit.

She feels the hair on the back of her neck rise and her prey instincts cause her heartbeat to go erratic and fast. She looks up at one of the windows of the hotel and sees that she's being watched. There must have been some sort of conference taking place because she can see a lot of people sitting around an oval table. There's a man standing by the window, eyes glued to her. Even from this far away, she can tell he's a predator of some sort. Her rabbit ears twitch and she brings a hand over her head, trying to hide it without thinking.

She's not sure if she's imagined it or if he had really smirked at the sight of her. His eyes are dark and foreboding, pupils dilated and, as she continued to watch, completely ca

ptivated by the strange man, she sees his lip pull back into an unmistakable smirk. It's only a little bit frightening.

She considers waving at him, but Darnell materializes beside her before she can do anything she will regret later and she thanks him for getting her bags for her. There aren't that many.

The sky is starting to grow dim, sun sinking into the horizon and taking daylight away with it.

"Is there anything wrong?" Darnell asks abruptly and she realizes she hadn't been paying attention to what he was saying.

"Nothing's wrong," she lies, unable to keep herself from glancing back up at the window. Darnell follows her gaze up, but the man had taken his seat and has his back against them.

He frowns at the window before turning back at her with a light smile. "I think you'll be rooming with the Montoya sisters. You're alright with that?"