Anchor Me
Prologue
He stood in the circle surrounding the baby alpha who was in the worst part of phasing for the first time. The sounds of bones cracking was heard in the woods where he and Sam had carried Jacob to. Paul stood with the rest of the pack, waiting for Jake to change into his other form. Sam already phased in anticipation of telling Jacob what was happening to him, and what it meant to be a shifter. They couldn't do so now, because there would be no way for the new wolf to hear and understand while feeling the agony of shifting.
The night had started like any other for Paul. He was home from working with Sam on a construction site. For the first time, he didn't have plans for the Friday evening. Usually he would be going out to get his rocks off with whatever pretty thing caught his eye. Instead Paul wanted to have a cold beer on his back patio, and relax his tired muscles.
Then came Sam's urgent call that Jacob was getting ready to phase and to get his ass over to Billy's. He cursed Jacob for choosing today of all days to finally join the pack. It didn't take all that long for him to get there. From what Billy said was Jacob had gone out with the leech lover. He came home angry, sick, and about ready to explode.
Paul was brought out of his thoughts when Jacob's screams were cut off with a strangled cry as he shook so bad that he was but a blur. A few heartbeats later, a large reddish brown wolf stood in his place. He was massive and his body flexed, probably trying to get used to this new form. The baby alpha was definitely the tallest wolf. Jacob practically towered over them. It was intimidating, and it only became worse when his lambent eyes roved over each pack member.
There was wildness to his golden gaze that was very unsettling.
He then tipped his head back into a howl that reverberated through them.
Suddenly, Paul found his own body convulsing with the need to phase. It was not of his control when he found himself on four legs. He glanced at Jared and Embry seeing them to be in the same predicament.
And as fast as his involuntary change, the hierarchy of the pack shifted from Sam being alpha to Jacob.
It was done without bloodshed, because they only needed to be in his presence to feel the need to submit to the most powerful wolf plague them.
Paul knew that things were about to seriously become crazy.
Power always had a price.
End of the Prologue.
Thanks Sonic Bug-a-boo for looking over this and editing it.
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