New feeling

BALIN

I followed the guard out of the main hall, my mind racing with the realization that today was the Empire meeting day. With the full moon approaching, we needed to plan the hunting grounds and address the issue of young wolves going rogue during their first shift. As the empire’s greatest and strongest Alpha, my presence was crucial. But my thoughts kept drifting back to the mermaid I had left behind.

Suppressing the urge to go to her, I focused on the meeting grounds, where the other Alphas stood to welcome me, except for Ryker, the old wolf whom I wondered what he was still doing alive.

“Pay your respect to me,” I growled in my Alpha voice.

Ryker was thrown off his feet. He fell flat on his face, making me nod in satisfaction. All the other Alphas tried hard to suppress their laughter.

“Let the meeting begin,” I pronounced, even though Ryker was still on the ground, probably too embarrassed to get up.

“Is the ground more comfortable than the couch?” Alpha Smith, Alpha of the Dar