Let's Meet Alsie

Alsie POV-

Ugh… it’s happening again, that damn phone! I feel like I just got to sleep. I reach over to my nightstand and answer it.

“Yes, this is Detective Alsie.”

“We caught another one Als.”

“Sarah, how is this even possible? We weren’t next to catch Floyds and Banks were. Have you been home at all tonight?”

“Floyds and Banks caught a double with robbery as a possible motive. That means we’re next up. Gotta love budget cuts. No, I haven’t been home yet. I know you live about 4 hours away, so I’m going to crash in the bunkroom until you get here.”

“Alright. Let me get showered, grab something to eat quick and I’ll head back in. I should be there in about 4-5 hours.”

“Ok, Als. See you then.” Sarah hangs up. I look at the alarm clock on my nightstand and it reads 2:14am. I guess 3 hours of sleep is better than none. I’m so taking a day off after this.

I stand up, grab some clean undergarments, and walk into my bathroom to shower, brush my teeth, and get ready for another long day. This was one of those times when I thought about living in the human world city. It would make my job so much easier. The commute time alone would be worth it. But truth be told I liked the comfort of the pack.

My name is Alsie, and I am a member of the Far-Side Moon Pack. I am 24 years old. I am a Human-Werewolf Hybrid. My mom Ariel was a human, and my dad William was the Beta of the Far-Side Moon Pack. Both of my parents died by the time I was 11 years old. My mother passed away when I was 9 years old, due to complications with cancer. My father died in battle when I was 11 years old. After my father’s death I lived in the packhouse with Alpha Kordell, Luna Jazmine, and their triplet sons Osiris, Evander, and Andrew. 

The triplets were supposed to take over the pack at the age of 18, they didn’t. Alpha Kordell made a proclamation that they couldn’t take over the pack until they met their fated mate. If they didn’t find their fated mate by their 25th birthday, and they could agree to a mate, they could take a contract mate and in turn take over the pack. Their 25th birthday was coming up in 21 days. The she-wolves throwing themselves at the triplets were insane and rather pathetic.  

I, along with the triplets will be turning 25. The triplets and I are not that close anymore, even though we lived in the same house for 7 years, we are the same age and went to the same school. When we were younger, we would play together, but because I am a hybrid, I stayed on the small side and I didn’t have full wolf senses, so as I got older, I stayed to myself. 

I was looked after, never picked on or bullied, but not treated all that well by the Alpha and Luna. They did their job, I was fed, clothed, housed, and made to go to school. I liked school, so I did well, I got good grades. 

Once I turned 18, I was allowed to move into one of the warrior cottages, if I got a job. I got my 1st job right after graduation at the Far-Side Diner. It was there that I met Brooklynn. Brooklynn is the one who encouraged me to go to the human police academy, I did. She said I’d be good at it and since I’m part-human I could get by. I passed my courses with flying colors, was placed at the 14th precinct and 3 years later I made detective, homicide division. That’s what I do day in and day out, I solve human murders. I love my job. It’s like a real-life game of Whodunit, or Clue. Sometimes it feels like a tv show. I still can’t believe that I get to do this job, and I get to do it away from the Far-Side Moon Pack. Don’t get me wrong, I love my pack and my home, but I also love the independence my job gives me.

Since I’m half human I didn’t get my wolf on my 18th birthday. I did notice some heightened senses like my hearing, my sense of smell, and my vision were for lack of a better word “better”. When I’m focusing on something, I get mad or irritated, my eyes will get a little darker in color. Sometimes when I’m trying very hard to figure something out, it’s almost as if there is a voice in my head talking me through the issue or problem, helping me along the way. I think since I didn’t get my wolf, that is why I haven’t found my fated mate. It may never be in the cards for me and that’s ok. I have a good life. I have a good job, I make decent money, I have friends both in the pack and in the outside world. I’m fine with how my life is. If this is all the Moon Goddess has in store for me, then that’s ok. It’s not a bad life. It’s, quite the good life.

I get myself showered, dressed, and I go to the kitchen to grab a quick bite of some leftover take-out, make myself an iced coffee, grab my keys, and phone. I put my shoulder holster on and put my badge in my zip-up hoodie pocket. I do a quick look around my place to make sure the lights are off, the milk is put away, and the windows are closed. Everything looks good. I ask myself, “Are you forgetting anything?" YES! I need my notepad. It's upstairs on my nightstand, next to my phone charger. I grab my little spiral notepad and out the door I go.

Right before I close the front door, I turn on my porch light. I know it’ll be daylight soon, but that doesn’t mean it’ll be daylight when I get back. Nobody likes trying to unlock their door, tired after a long day at work, and you can’t see anything. Fumbling for your keys in the dark is the worst. I close the front door and lock it. Then I turn around to go to my car.

“AWWW! Osiris, what the hell? You scared the shit outta me. Why are you here? Why are you standing in the shadows of my front porch? What the hell?”

“You said that already.”

“Ok, what the hell? Saying I said that already isn’t an answer, and that was creepy.”

“Sorry, my fault. You couldn’t sense me at all?”

“No. I’m half-human and don’t have a wolf, you know this.”

“Hey guys.”

“AWWW! WHAT. THE. HELL? Evander, what are you doing here? Andrew are you here too? I can’t take another jump-scare, I think I’ll stroke out. Geez Osiris, you didn’t sense your brothers?” I ask with the words dripping with sarcasm.

“Hey y’all.”

“Can any of you explain this to me? Why are all three of the Sandolf Alpha triplets playing hide and go seek around my cottage at the same time I’m trying to go to work?”

“Umm, I was out taking a walk, couldn’t sleep and I noticed your lights come on. I didn’t think anyone in the pack was awake at this ungodly hour of the morning. Then you walked outside and yelled at me.”

I giggled quietly, “Osiris, I don’t think that was the exact order of it, but ok.”

“I was watching you.”

“Andrew, that’s creepy and it’s called stalking. Pretty sure it’s illegal even here in Far-Side.”

The four of us laughed, for a moment it was like our pup days in the packhouse together. It’s moments like this, when I miss these guys. When it’s just the four of us, it’s easy and care-free.

“Alright you guys, I must get going to work. I’ve got a long drive ahead of me.”

“I’ll walk you to your car.”

“We’ll all walk her to her car, Osiris.” I thought I heard a little bit of possessiveness in Evander’s voice. Weird.

“Hey, my car is 20 feet away in the driveway, as long as you three don’t have any other brothers I don’t know about, I think I’ll be fine. I mean, come on, I carry a gun.”

The four of us proceeded to my car together. They weren’t going to take no for an answer. I clicked my key FOB, unlocked my door, and as I was about to get in the driver’s seat Osiris put his hand on my shoulder. I turned to face him, he pulled me close, and kissed me.