Alpha Xander: His Contracted Luna

The day was much brighter on the west side. The sun parched the earthy grounds. The Deltas were all packed up on the oak trees. Xander and Ruben had just missed them. The firewood was still hot and the ambers were still lighted red.

“Seeing the pieces of rags around,” Ruben his palms behind his head and stretched. “I am guessing they are at the Manor too.”

“Possibly… I need answers fast,” Xander grunted. “So no one fucking noticed there was an ambush?” he fisted into a tree bark. The red leaves of the northern red oak fell on his grumpy crinkled face.

“The manor must be packed with the lot of them,” Ruben held his arms to his hips. “We can meet them on the road there,” he looked at Xander to give the go-ahead.

“The girl captured was a beta?” Xander raised a brow stepping forward. “I don’t recall any one of the betas having a piece of clothing tied to their head. And I know absolutely everyone.”

“I-I have no idea too,” Ruben slouched. “She could have wandered away from the spot,” Ruben rolled his eyes to the ground.

Xander’s stare was stern. He knew Ruben’s story didn’t add up from the jump.

“Okay,” Xander nodded and held his palms together. His body glistened in the sun. The hairs on his chest were stubbed like the dark paws of a wolf.

Xander walked right in front of him. The leaves fell off his bushy hair and swift down his chest with every step he made. Ruben trotted from behind.

The Alpha and the Delta were out of the woods. They were walking on the road. A straight path that led to the gates of the Manor.

From where they stood, they could sight a delta entering last into the gates. Ruben recognized him from last night. The curious delta that he and Joni ignored when he tried confronting them.

***IN THE COURTYARD***

“You want us to go on foot?” Eric thought carefully.

“Yes. She is missing alright,” Shawn furrowed.

“For all we know, she could have snuck out and wandered somewhere,” Faye lined her brow with a finger. “Only to come back showing her face after a bad trip.”

“You are one to jump to conclusions,” Shawn confronted.

“Hey easy now Shawn,” Eric held him back by the arm.

“Eve was left in your care and you-

“Don’t mix shit up delta,” Faye pointed at his face. “She came to me. And you expect me to have my eyes on her all night? That’s crazy.”

“Well you should,” Shawn yelled at her face. He pulled his hand off Eric’s grip. “Eve is gone. And Polo… he’s fucking gone too.”

Faye wiped down her face with a palm, “I will give you two seconds to back the fuck off,” she warned with a grim. “Get the fuck out of my face.”

Jamal burst out of the door. Another delta from Shawn’s main crew popped up from behind him. A few of Eric’s betas came out two. This was becoming a face-off.

The rest of the Alpha pack walked by or had a room close to the windows of the courtyard stopped to watch and looked out their windows.

“You aren’t shit,” Shawn lowered and spat at the ground to her feet.

“Oh that’s just about enough of it,” Eric pulled Shawn back by the shoulders.

Shawn jerked an elbow at the beta’s nose. He had an immediate nosebleed. Eric huffed and charged at Shawn. Shawn’s delta moved in close. Jamal grabbed the latter by the collar and fell him to the ground.

Everyone watched in shock. Some other deltas came out and fought against the betas outside. It was a harsh brawl. They broke some of the ceramic configurations in the courtyard.

No one dared near the fountain during the clash. It held a sacrament honored by every werewolf to heart.

A delta was tossed around. The fella stumbled into Faye and tripped at her foot. Faye was aggravated. She took the betas by the neck and bashed his head against a pillar. As much as she didn’t want to join in on the fight or care for any fuss with the deltas, Jamal was held down by the deltas.

She jolted with a kick into the deltas. Her fist went at the ear of one, another tried to attack her from behind, she took him by the arm and smashed his face into a vase.

The fight had been long brewing among the two factions of the Alpha pack. It was getting bloody. Decorations and antiques were being destroyed. The fight progressed inside the Manor. A little disagreement between a delta and a beta turned into the throwing of fists.

The wolves walking by were joining in on the fight. Werewolves got through on their backs. Necks were snapped on the spots. Werewolves passed pout on the ground due to massive impact with a fist from Shawn, a kick from Faye, and a spare from Eric.

There were only a few standing on their feet. Jamal was knocked out on the ground. He was at the Faye side next to some other betas who stood their ground. Shawn was still in heat and his eyes burned with revenge. A delta was missing and he thought it most likely of the death of Shawn but he was unsure of it.

It’s the Alpha. The onlookers shut their blinds.

Eric was restrained from throwing the first blow of the Elites. Xander was in the courtyard. His leg was pinned against Ruben to the ground.

“You guys quarrel over trivial things,” he shook his head slowly. “You left this unnoticed,” he took Ruben’s left arm and tore down his sleeve.

Everyone had their mouths open. Some were slightly open for the air to aerate. Others were wide in astonishment.

A traitor in our ranks.

“Every wolf of the pack will come out and strip naked on the fields,” Xander commanded. “Eric, Shawn, and Shawn… round up everyone.”

***HALF AN HOUR LATER***

Out on the sunny fields. The girls had their legs crossed and their hands crossed against their chests. The boys had their hands covering their groins. The werewolves of the delta didn’t mind showing off their skin and their underlying crevices.

They stood with their arms and legs wide apart as Shawn did. Revealing their v-shaped pubic hairs. And among others, they had a black spot or two on their nipples and freckles on their butt cheeks. A few minorities had wolf tattoos and some were trees and roman numbering. Eric had been inspected. He had the right to put on his clothes when Xander let him go.

Faye opened her body willingly for Xander to see through. In her own way, this was a way to entice and perhaps taunt him.

“You like what you see,” She whispered biting her bottom lip.

He looked behind her ears and pulled over her neck to check her nape. She arched her back. He moved away and inspected the other wolves.

Ruben was beaten up so badly. Xander had roughed him up when they got to the gates. He came at him when Ruben went into the gates first. His face was slightly disfigured by the Alpha.

Xander had been long searching for the traitors. Not just Faye partnering with the rogues and making life miserable for Catherine for a while. He knew there were other people in the pack who had other intentions.

“The ratchet claw as you all know… they are a secret collective of wolves,” he addressed everyone. They were getting back into their clothes and down on the grass. A few deltas remained nude. They might have been seeking this opportunity for a while.

“They have two black stars engraved on their right forearm,” he illustrated with Ruben again.

A few of the wolves felt pity for the beta they once knew.

“I can’t believe it,” Sandra’s eyes widened. “I never imagined he could do this. I guess we don’t really know people.”

“Better believe it girl, a female beta snapped her finger at her. “A traitor is a traitor, and he’s going to get what he deserves.”

“He was kind of cute though Shanice. Thought I had me a hot Spaniard back there, but he’s shady as hell,” another girl interjected. “He fine but he bad though girl,” the girl with the nose piercing prodded at Sandra.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

“Don’t feel sorry is what I am telling you,” Shanice squeezed a palm gently on Sandra’s shoulder.

“Yeah… I know,” she smiled and touched the girl’s hand on her shoulder.

The multitude scorned the traitor and wished they would get to kill him already.

“They should burn this nigga to a crisp man,” Manny tore through the grass.

“It’s really shitty man,” Joni gritted. “I almost fell for what he was going on about last night.”

“What did he tell you?”

“I will tell you later.”

Shawn held no emotion toward his discovered delta. He was never one to oppose Xander’s intuitions. And now these intuitions have been made true and visible for all eyes to see.

The Alpha shoved Ruben back to the ground.