Chapter Three The Alpha's Mate
Beware the full moon shining bright
Echoing through the endless night
A howl and a scream pierce the depths
In the dead of night, Meabh came up to Sam's house, something just didn't seem right. Looking through his windows, all she could see was black. It wasn't like Sam to leave without telling anyone. Trying the front door, it opened easily shocking Meabh. A sigh escaped her lips, the heavy scent of wolf blasting through her nose.
Walking up the steps cautiously in case they were still here, she paused at the doorway, from that point she could see most of the abode, the whole place was trashed. The wolves had come back looking for Emma, Alcide was going to pay. Making her way down the trailer to the back room, the bedroom, she saw that the bed was overturned.
She heard a noise and she could smell that someone was still in the room, one problem the house if you called it that was empty, leaving whoever it was under the bed. Picking it up she pushed it aside.
Red blinked her eyes as they focused on the body before her. It was Sam, and it looked like they beat the piss out of him. For the moment he was unconscious but he was the only one who could tell her what happened.
Leaning down, the woman slapped him, trying to wake him up. It worked after a few good slaps. "What the, Red. Shit where the fuck is Emma?" He cursed looking around, throughout the items in his room. "Those assholes took her!" Red called out, her eyes started to glow yellow in her anger.
"We have to go after her. I can track them. They can't hide from me." Giving into the turn fully she shifted into a wolf and raced off. Meabh wanted to be far away from Sam. She didn't want him to get hurt once again. Faster and faster her legs moved taking her further and further away. Coming to a dirt road she stopped, a car veered out of the way narrowly missing her.
A loud growl came from her. Shaking it off, Meabh started up the right side of the compound, watching a car pull up. Her ears flattened against her head, listening. The car doors opened, she could hear people talking, they were humans. They seemed scared and she knew it. Not many knew of the existence of weres but those that did kept it a secret. Screaming started making Meabh's blood boil.
The hunt was on "RIKKI DON'T!" Alcide yelled trying to hold back his mate, who jumped up and latched onto the human nearest to her. Meabh wasn't going to stand for it, she ran around the building, looking up she saw Sam. He was an owl sitting on a perch watching over where Emma was.
"No stand down!" Alcide ordered the pack, trying to take control of the situation before anyone else died but it was futile. Once the already wound up wolves smelled fresh blood, there was no stopping them. Meabh could only watch as the humans fell. They were slaughtered before her, gritting her teeth she turned to Sam.
He flew down once everyone was distracted and shifted back to his human form, Meabh was his back up. She watched as he went inside and scooped up Emma. The last human still alive caught her attention, she veered off running for her. A black mass was only a few inches before her, until she was shut down. A large red paw, the black wolf's muzzle slammed to the ground.
It coughed up dirt, while Red growled, protecting the human. Her gold eyes glowed, her ivory fangs admitted a rather intense pressure. Making the black wolf back down, its ears dropped back. A scent overcame her nose; it was Alcide who looked upon her. He saw what she did, and to him she did the right thing. He chased the black wolf back towards the center of the pack.
The black wolf shifted back into her human form, revealing it to be Rikki. Alcide turned around and joined her, angry he yelled. "Why did you disobey me?" He snorted; Meabh turned her head around seeing Sam help the human get up.
She felt her duty was done, she did her job. Until two wolves backed her in, a third one had started off for Sam and the girl. Shit. I can't let that wolf catch up to them. It will be a cold day in hell when I let that happen.
Lunging into the air Meabh bounced off of one of them. Pushing them down hard into the ground, a loud thud came from under her matching the impact. Her feet hit the ground only long enough for her to catch the wolf after her friends. Grabbing onto the scruff of its neck, she almost snapped it but instead chose to throw the wolf aside. It hit the side of the tree, breaking a few of its ribs.
Hearing one of his pack members in pain, Alcide shifted into his wolf form. Running towards where the cries came from. He looked at Meabh who was standing a little ways over. A small amount of blood dripped from her mouth, she licked it up trying to hide it. An angry growl came from his mouth, he wanted to rip Meabh a new one but she wasn't part of his pack.
Rikki caught up with them, seeing the wolf on the ground, she moved closer trying to figure out who it was. Finding it to be a family member, she bared her fangs going straight for Red. Latching onto her neck, clamping down hard blood started to spill. The metallic taste of it filled Rikki's mouth.
She loved that taste, it felt right to her, but something seemed off. Red wasn't collapsing like she should be, the pain should have her on her knees. Shaking Rikki off her neck, Meabh turned on her opponent sinking her fangs into Rikki.
Rikki cried out in pain, but Red did not let go. Her eyes had glazed over; she was becoming the beast she kept locked away. The reason most called her Red, the blood spilled to the ground covering it quickly, pudding down to the tree line. Alcide shifted into his human form. "Knock it off Red you're going to kill her." He shouted at her.
Her eyes turned back into their normal gold, an almost lifeless Rikki lingered in her mouth. Dropping the poor wolf to the ground, she stood up. No strength left she shifted into her human skin, "What the fuck?" Meabh turned human as well. "Sorry about that, but you came after me. You're luck to be alive right now." Turning to face Rikki, Red showed her a smile. Her eyes usually blue were now a deep red.
Red's blood lust hadn't subsided just yet, even in her human form the urge to kill lingered. It was just easier for her to kill in her wolf than her human. Rikki leaned in closer to Alcide who looked at her. He was annoyed by her actions. She had no right to attack Red even if she hurt one of her family members it wasn't right attacking when she wasn't ready to defend.
"Look Alcide I understand I did something wrong. So I promise I will pay for it. Under one condition. I want you to leave Sam and Emma alone." She pleaded, Meabh didn't want to see the girl ripped from Sam. She knew what it was like growing up, at an early age she lost her mother to a pack debate. So her father was left to raise her. If she had lost him too, that was the worst thing she could imagine. She couldn't let that happen to Emma.
"I can't do that. Emma is part of this pack. As for your punishment. I'll have you join my pack. I take full responsibility to your actions. So don't do it again." He spoke to her now as her alpha, she bent down on one knee. Trying to show him some well deserved respect, even if she didn't agree with his actions.
So Meabh looked around seeing what she could of the pack she had regrettably been forced to join. She watched a few wolves start to run off, Alcide spoke "After Sam." They took off into the woods, howls echoed throughout the woods.
Shaking her head she turned to see Alcide walking up to Rikki, checking her wounds. A grin over came the woman's face, she was showing Meabh she was barely hurt; but to Alcide she made a big deal about it.
Red turned away, her wounds still dripped blood. No one seemed to care that she was walking away from them. She wanted no part of their love fest, someone gestured for her to come over. It was Alcide's father, her old pack master. "So I see you made your way down here." He walked her into his house.
"Yeah It wasn't too hard. Once I saw the both of you leave I thought it would be good to come after you. Then Luna called me. So I thought it would be a good idea to be here instead. Luna sounded so distressed on the phone. Like she knew something was going to happen to her." She looked around.
Seeing that there was a chair not too far away from her, she moved over to it and sat down. A smile curled around her lips," I need a favor from you." He rolled his arms around, crossing them he smile lightly. "Alright. What is it?" She leaned in closer to him, trying to relax a little.
"I want you to get my son away from Rikki. The only reason he's going after Sam is to prove to her how much of a man he is. He is doing anything he can to impress her." The male growled softly with his voice becoming hard.
"Alright I'll do my best. I was kind of going to try to win him back over soon. I could tell he wasn't acting himself. I'm surprised he spared me, the old Alcide it would have never been a question." The woman nodded, Alcide's father walked into the kitchen "Do you want tea or coffee?"
"Coffee. Light and sweet." He turned on the coffee pot, "So how do you think you'll adjust to pack life?" He asked pulling a few cups out, he started through the fridge to get some cream for Red's coffee. He walked over putting the cream on the table, she smiled "Thanks. I think I'll do fine." He poured the coffee, putting four sugars in hers.
"I'll make sure nothing happens to Sam. I have your back Maebh. I don't think what Alcide's doing is right. Nor was what Rikki did to those humans." She nodded in agreement, there was a knock on the door. Alcide entered the house speaking fast "We caught scent of Sam. We're going after him. I need you two with me."
Rikki attacking humans? Do you think that's too OOC? And Meabh going after Alcide. Good Idea? Let me know.