Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Felicity

School continued to drag on. I loved school as it gave me an escape for 8-10 hours of the day. Tuesday and Thursdays were free days. While Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturdays were 10 hours days were directed towards training. Two hours of training, learning to escape and evade, tracking, first aid and combat medical, hunting and even different hand to hand combat. Some even advanced fighters got to learn weaponry. While I wasn’t advanced fighters as my father always stated, royalty did not fight but move the pieces. My father was also very against women fighters. While we were allowed to fight and be on roasters it was only on an emergency basis. After high school women were not allowed to train anymore unless there was a war. I at no point would call myself an advanced fighter but was still able to hold my own in a fight and had a higher pain tolerance. I am actually very good at escaping, evading, hunting and tracking. My father has told me from an early age that you don’t always have to be the greatest fighter to win the fight.

Today was Friday, thus I would be sore tonight and all weekend.

“Fay! Fay! Hey Fay, wait up” Lana came running up to me. Lana was one of the more advanced fighters and got to train advanced combat methods as well as weaponry. They would also train an additional half an hour to an hour extra.

For those that already have their wolf and are 18 they are switched to the adult training in the morning as Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday for 2 hours in their Wolf form. Those that are born wolfless or Human are typically removed from the pack or casted as outcast. Although I have heard of some of them being taken away and sold in the human trafficking. Yes, even in our world trafficking occurs and from my knowledge is horrible. Next week I dreaded joining the adults training as I will Have even more exposure to Rodger. Yet, I am extremely excited to finally meet my wolf and potentially my destined mate.

“What's up Lana? How was advanced training?”

“Uggg, Sometimes I absolutely hate it. They had me paired with that ugly potato Wilson. Like seriously, How the hell did he get into advance and not you? You're soon to become the Alpha.”

“Lana you and I know I won’t even be eligible for the Alpha till I am at least 20 unless my father dies and even then I have to get a majority vote from the pack. And really those Elders suck. They will never let a woman be an Alpha. Luna, Yes, but I will be forced into a loveless, abusive marriage to an Alpha's son.” I said reminding her of our pack laws that say women are not strong nor do they hold the necessary mindset to be a strong leader.

Typically each pack has a set of guidelines that also serves as their laws. Decades ago my great-great grandfather put into law the earliest anybody could challenge for Alphaship and or hold the title was a minimum of 20 years old. The only exception to this rule is if death was to occur in which the eldest child of the alpha would hold the alpha titled. And even still a woman was not allowed to hold the title and since my father did not have a male heir Alpha position would go to the man I marry. These laws were put into law to protect the young and naive from dying or the old Alpha from upsetting lost to the young.

“You and I both know that is totally horse shit. Why is it you can’t be called Alpha all because you hold a Vagina rather than cock and balls. You are much more talented than those egotistical, arrogant, chauvinistic ....” Lana trailed off as I cut into her femenist rant.

“Lana, it doesn’t matter the name of the role, it is just a name. More importantly is the responsibilities” I stated.

“Well still it is not fair.” Land grumbled before changing the topic. “So is Alpha Michel still to send you off to Alpha this year” Lana asked.

For the last couple of months my father and I had been discussing the future of this pack. My father didn't want to leave the position of Alpha without a strong male at my side. He feared death would come to our family and hard earned legacy, all because a woman was too weak on her own. Or so says my Alpha and father.

“Kid yourself all you want but you and I both know that most male shifters are extremely ‘Me man, make fire and hunt food. You woman, you make babies’” I laugh at Lana’s famous impression of a caveman.

“Okay Lana,” I said, still laughing as we finally made it to the parking lot.

“Uggg, “ I groaned as I spotted Rodger waiting for me in the pick up lane.

“Is the pedo still picking you up from school?” Lana asked with utter disgust dripping from every syllable. “I seriously don’t know why your father has not yet taught you drivers education. You think he would want you to depend on others. Like seriously owning a car and driving yourself around is a major right of passage” Lana exclaimed.

“I know but he just wants to know that I am always protected. And as he says ‘ A royal never drives themselves’” I said in my best imitation of my father. In my head I also stated that I could never leave. I was next in line for the so-called throne.

As I walked towards the town car I yelled back at Lana that I would see her otomorrow at training. Rodger and I sat in total silence. Until we reached a mile from the pack house Rodger finally surprised me by talking.

“So. Your birthday is next week right?” Rodger asked while eyeing me in the rearview mirror.

“Ummmmm.. Yeah. Why do you ask?” I question him.

“Well that means you will finally get your wolf and all her abilities as well as to find your destined mate.”

“Yes, I know all this already,” like duh, everyone in the shifter community know that at 18 a shifter was considered an adult and was gifted with their animal and the heightened abilities. So why was he asking me like I do not know how it works?

“Well you do know that is why your father has been stressing finding you a suitable suitor, right?” he asked. What the hell was he spouting off about now?

“I am guessing by the look on your face you did not know this.” He stated as I regarded him quizzically. “Your father is trying to find a suitable mate that he believes will follow his set rules before handing Alphaship to you. By finding someone that holds his same ideals he can have them mate and mark you before you even have a wolf and ability to find your fated mate. There are things in this packet darling that goes on you don't even know of.” He explained as we pulled up to the pack house. As I went to open the door to leave he locked the doors and left me one last comment to think on “Felicity!” He said as he turned around and making eye contact “Felicity, You cannot let him choose your mate. You cannot let him name a successor for if he does the horrors of this pack will continue.” He said before unlocking the doors.