No 1

POV Calvin.

"You know I'm right. You need a wife or you'll never be recognized as an alpha. And you know that Alex, will take advantage of this to make his way, he is married with children himself! "

 

I watch my father spout the same speech for over an hour now. I hold my head in my hands. Does he really think I don't know that? Since I was a little boy, I know what my duty is, to find a mate who will rule with me, all this pack, of which I am the leader. I know my duty by heart. It is not easy to find a mate, and it is not for lack of trying, I went out with several favorites of the pack, they are chosen in other packs to be the wives. I've even dated humans, but none of the girls attract me to the point where I want to make them my forever companions. No, not one. Just because I really want to be alpha doesn't mean I have to give up the side in which I would be happy in my marriage, I refuse to stick with a wife just for conventions because yes, I believe in love. I lock my brain so I don't have to hear any more of my father's reproaches, he was very lucky in his love life. 

He and my mother married for convenience and fell madly in love with each other. So he predicts the same future for me. It is feasible, because according to him if he could do it then so can I. I look out of the window of the small café where I am sitting with my father, I see Alex's son running with other children. It makes me smile, it's unbelievable that he already has such a big boy, who would have thought it? The little boy who kept to himself and didn't talk to anyone is now married and has a family! Alex is my cousin by marriage, my aunt, my father's little sister, married this wolf who came from another pack and already had a child to support. 

They came to live with us because Dad did not want to be separated from his only little sister. The cohabitation was not easy, with the strong character of dad and that of Uncle Tom we had some headaches. And later it was between Alex and me, always sneaking me but I don't think it's very mean, but dad always sees it as an affront. My father continues to rant about marriage, I look at him, he has aged a lot, his forehead is wrinkled, he has lost a lot of weight too, I worry about his health, but he will never acknowledge his weaknesses in front of me, I am now the alpha but dad continues to interfere in the management affairs. Yet he should take this time to rest and make up for all those lost years with mom, I am a good leader, most of the time my subjects fear me, but to my father I can't forbid him anything. The door of the small café opens on two young girls, they are human. 

Here in Lakecity, the humans live with us werewolves without threatening anyone, they know who we are, of course, before allowing them to stay we make small inquiries about them, we are peaceful all right, but we don't have to look for us either. The first Annie, works here, she is a pretty blonde, very pretty of whom Michael is secretly in love, I do not know if one day he will manage to admit it to her, besides I feel him waddling since she entered. She throws us a smile. I answer her with a nod. 

The second one is Penelope, she's been here for three years, I don't know why everybody likes me, except her. So I get a kick out of pissing her off, she owns a little bookstore down the street, a pretty bookstore owner, but you should hear the language that comes out of her mouth, she swears more than a carter. She has ebony hair with brown eyes, when she smiles it brings out her beautiful dimples, her heart shaped face makes you want to spend the whole time kissing her. And her body, I already had the opportunity to see her in a bathing suit, and damn the wolf in me roared with satisfaction, it was blood red, I even remember the color. The little top molded her beautiful full breasts, and the bottom highlighted her ass, with her beautiful tanned skin the result was worthy of a magazine cover, and to top it all off she was soaking wet so her nipples were pointing at the bikini. Since that day, every time I see her my inner wolf comes out. As soon as she sees me, her smile disappears, I form a heart with my two hands and show it to her, she gives me the finger, I smile. What did I tell you? She loves me. My dad turns around to see who I'm all making faces at, then he turns to me. 

"I'm talking to you and you can't think of anything better than chumming around with that human?  "

I swallow a glass of coffee before answering him. 

"I thought you wanted me to find a woman. "I said sarcastically. 

I see my father turn red, Michael elbowed me as if to say, you went too far. Maybe so, but I've had enough, my father is no longer the alpha, if I have to get married I'll do it with a girl I've chosen, a girl I like. He even went so far as to choose a fucking wife for me! A girl with no other ambition in her life than to be the wife of the alpha. Okay, I admit it, I banged her a couple of times, maybe more, to be honest, but I was horny, and I had her on hand. But I wouldn't marry her. Otherwise I'd have to marry everyone I had sex with and the list is long, believe me!  

"But you already have a wife. "He raises his voice even more. 

"You mean that girl with no personality that you brought to my house? There's no way I'm going to claim her as my wife. "

"But... She did tell me that you had..."

 My father can't pronounce the word, he's far too uptight for that. It would be really bad form for the most respected alpha we've ever known to utter such phrases. 

"Fornicate? Fucking? Yeah dad I did Laurie, but that doesn't mean I'm going to marry her. Come on, you banged a lot of women before you married my mom, does that mean you married them all? "

I think I see smoke coming out of his ears, or not. One thing is for sure, my father is very, very angry, maybe I went a little too far. 

"That doesn't mean I'll let you marry anyone! "

 By anyone, I know he means a human. But I don't care so much today what he thinks that just to piss him off I'd be willing to marry even a witch. 

All my life I've tried to make him proud of me, but today I've stopped, because I realized that it was time to stop living my life according to him. Today I do what I like, if he still interferes today in the management of the pack it is only because I want to please my mother and nothing else, otherwise I would have kicked him out a long time ago. With these last words my father gets up and leaves the small café. Michael lets out a sigh. 

"You shouldn't have pushed him around like that. "

"Until when, Mich? How much longer do I have to act like nothing happened? When I'm tired of my father's behavior? " I say, banging on the table violently.

Mich is surprised at my renewed anger, I don't get angry very often.

"Look, do it for your mother. You know she would die if anything happened to her, and you know the only thing your dad really cares about is the pack and your mom of course, if we take her away..." 

"Well thank you. It's nice to know that I don't matter to my dad. "

"Sorry man," he said, taking a sip of beer, "you know I'm right. "

 I glare at him, the tension between me and my dad is no secret, and now that this marriage thing is coming into play, it's making things even worse. Annie goes towards us, I see there an excellent way to get back at my friend.  

"Hi beautiful. " 

"Hey Cal. You okay?" 

"Yeah. You know what, I have something Mich would like to say to you. "

I feel my friend's fingers on my jeans, you should never have provoked me, that will teach you. I pretend nothing, I finish my coffee and I slip away. I hear Annie ask Mich if everything is alright, I turn around and I see my friend sweating profusely, he gives me a murderous look. I give him two thumbs up and give him my most innocent smile, then I walk over to Penelope. 

"Hello Penis. "

I know she hates it, it's way too sexual for her. 

"Fuck you Calvin. "

"Don't say that baby. "

"Is that what you call them all? "

"Yeah, but only with you do I mean it. "

She finishes her cup of coffee and gets up. Her flowery dress, color lilac, suits her so well. She is indented at the level of the size and puts her chest in value. Moreover her breasts swing with each movement which she carries out. My wolf growls with approval. 

"You're just a big jerk. "

She turns and heads for the door, throws Annie a kiss and leaves me standing there like a jerk.