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Chapter 21: Grin the Alpha
MAYA's P.O.V.
Me, my father and my mother were directed to what should be the place of the entire pack's dinner, but when we reached the place, dismay grew on our faces…Nobody was there…
"Where the heck did everybody go?" I thought to myself, getting slightly worried…Then I remembered what Grin did unconsciously to those who were my training partners, but I didn't say that part to my parents, out of fear that his characteristic they would have kicked him out from the pack instantly… She said to her parents that they wanted to harass her and her friends, and Grin and Oya intervened just in time to avoid the worst...but unfortunately, an her friend, Pia's sister, was brutally beaten by those beasts, and to stop them they had to kill them…They had become ruthless, and dying was the only thing that they deserved…
I shook from my thoughts, planning to concentrate on what to do… But suddenly a wolf jumped on me, tackling me, completely taken by surprise…I began to growl, thinking that he was someone that wanted to hurt me…I recognized him just in time: it was Grin…With a warm smile plastered on his face, directed towards me… Well, just staying in that position made me blush madly, but fortunately, thanks to my fur, was barely visible. He then screamed: "Surprise!" and then all the other wolves appeared, led by my brother Stinky, who said "Welcome back home!" and an howl of joy arose in the wolfy crowd. Last wolves to enter into main ground were dragging dinner…There was so much meat to feed an entire regiment!
Grin then let me stand up, and I could hear a giggling sound coming from my parents…Clearly they have organized this thing behind my back…the thing that surprised me is that Grin has also take part to this surprise…
I couldn't help but smile at this demonstration of affection towards me… And leave some tears of joy, too…
I said to them "Thank you all for this wonderful surprise…You really made my day!"
They were all there: Kate, Humphrey, Stinky, Matt, Alanis, my grandpa Winston, uncle Garth, even Tony, Grin, Oya, Pia, and all the others, just like my father's dear friends, Salty, Shakey and Mooch, Reeba and Janice, while Hutch and Can-do were dragging the last carcasses into the clearing…
Everything was set for the party…But before, my grandpa Winston decided to make a speech: "I know that all of you know me…And also you know very well that she is my sweet, adorable niece…" He began to say, looking at me, making me blush "But I also know that, from now on, she's gonna make me really proud of her, and I'm sure she will prove an excellent member of this pack…" He concluded with a smile "…Let celebrations for the return of my beloved niece begin!"
A wolf jumped ominously, camouflaged in the joyous crowd, waiting for a good time to strike… He tackled me down roughly, saying "WHY DID YOU KILL MY SON? HE WAS A GOOD GUY…HE HAD NEVER HURT A FLY… I DEMAND A WORTHY ANSWER FOR THAT!" He said, began to growl to me…Yet at the same time Grin gave him a shove, making him flinch…His anger was too much, he was ready to hit hardly Grin, but suddenly my dad spoke in a tone I've never heard before: he really looked like a Alpha leader… I guess my grandma and grandpa thought him some Alpha leader tricks…
"YOU, STOP IT IMMEDIATELY!" He commanded with an imperious tone of voice…But it didn't bother them…
Grin so began to speak to him "You're Burton's father, right?" , and he nodded, keeping his guttural growl and showing his teeth
"She didn't kill him, I did…He, with his gang, had done terrible things to some poor wolves…Pia's sister died for his fault…He was a pathetic excuse of a wolf, a scum among wolves…Honestly, I'd be ashamed to be called his father…And if I had not stopped him, I do not want to imagine what he would do the poor girls, here…" and he turned, pointing at me and Pia.
Grin's explanation made him go on a rampage…With bloodshot eyes he rushed upon him…Present were baffled to hear that…Truth finally had come to light… A moment of joy has turned upside down instantly…I closed my eyes, do not want watching what would have happened.
GRIN's P.O.V.
I saw Burton's father jumping, trying to leap at me…I noticed that anger had clouded his mind, it was time to think rationally and beat him on this… I could see him approaching me in slow-motion, waiting for an appropriate time to counterattack him… He opened his jaws, trying to bite me in the neck from left… Perfect timing.
I just raise violently my left paw, hitting him in the throat, and my ascending paw's movement give him an harsh blow, that stunned him momentarily, gasping momentarily for air, he bring his paws to his throat…Just when I thought, I gave him an headbutt in his chest, pushing him back and sending him straightly crashing into the ground, several feet away from his previous location… Then I stopped, willing that others would grab him.
As I looked on their faces, they were somewhat stunned… The huge red wolf, Maya's uncle, suddenly ordered to his subjected to bring to him Burton's father… Perhaps for a punishment.
While they managed to bring Burton's father to him, he turned and said to me: "I'm impressed, kiddo…There are not many wolves here that can stand up to him…He's one of our best fighters…But, don't worry, his reckless act will not be left unpunished" He finished with a hint of a smile.
Then I nodded in approval to him, smiling a bit too.
"Well…We are going to take care of him a bit away from here, so you can continue with your party, okay?" He added, saying to the others
Humphrey and Kate nodded, and Humphrey said: "Thank you, Garth, we trust your judgement…I recommend you to choose a proper punishment for his actions"
Garth nodded, and began to pad away with his guards who carried the unconscious body of Burton's father away from there.
Then Humphrey turned to me and said: "Well, it was unexpected, but it seemed to me that your actions have spoken clearly for you…Your fighting abilities will certainly be valuable to help the pack through many situations, I'm pretty sure about that…Without further ado, I think you can enter in our pack as an Alpha-fledged…I know that I gave you some time to decide, but it feel right about that…What do you think about it?"
"Uhmmm…" I said, thinking about it… Effectively, Valen's teaching could be very useful to help the pack in any possible way…And this also meant ensuring the protection of all the members of the pack, including those most dear to me…We say that free time would become a luxury, but, all in all, it was a price worth paying for…Especially for someone…
I began to slighly blush, and answered him: "…Okay, I accept your offer to be an Alpha!" I ended up with a grin.
"Perfect!" Humphrey said to me and then turned to presents "…And well, let's continue from where we left off!... Oh, I was almost forgetting about that, tonight there's gonna be a special session of Moonlight Howling…Come along, you're not gonna regret it!"
A loud chorus of howls erupted from the mob, expressing their joy for the organized event.
"Uh…A moonlight howl? I've never take part to one before…I wonder how it works…And I wonder if she would like to go with me…" I thought to myself
But then I decided to postpone what to do, focusing more on the succulent and plentiful dinner waiting for me…
Other HUMPHREY's P.O.V.
Me and Ethel were traveling through what seemed to be the last portion of that sad wasteland that she used to call home… Until then, no one thought came back in my mind, even if I had this deep hatred against a woman…Her face was clear to me like a reflection in water, but I wasn't still able to remember her name… Suddenly, she came to an halt… I was going to ask her what was going on, but she put a paw on my mouth, keeping me in silence…I just whispered to her "What's going on?" and then she didn't care to answer me…It seemed that she was focused on something in front of her…But there seemed to be nothing.
"Stop…IT!...CALM DOWN, beautiful…There's nothing you can do from there…AH!" She spoke in a shouting whisper, and that made me worry about her…So I shake her, telling her: "Hey, snap out, Ethel, what's going on with you?" and she seemed to snap out from her momentary trance…
"Uh, oh, I'm fine…I just guess I'm extremely tired…Why don't we find a den in which we could spend the night?" She said turning to me, looking at me with her lavender eyes, still a bit dazed…Indeed, it was getting late, a bit of rest would have been useful…but that her bit strange behavior began to make me suspicious…I began to doubt about her normality.
Back to GRIN's P.O.V.
After I gorged for good, don't knowing anything about Moonlight Howls, I decided to catch some drifts from someone, and well, the only one who seemed quite friendly and frank to me was Humphrey, buti t was indeed a bizarre situation… I'm gonna take some advices from the father of the girl I wanted to invite to Moonlight Howl…I'm weird, right?
Oh well, I do not think I'm going to tell him my clear intentions, to invite her daughter…As far as I know, he could end up killing me…Ahah, how pathetic, being killed from lady's father during my first Moonlight Howl…
So, I took him aside for a moment, after he had finished dinner, and asked him my doubts. He laughed a little at first, but then he said to me:
"Well,so it's true that you've never been in a pack before…I'm gonna tell you some driftes, but remember…" His tone of voice lowered to a whisper"…This is gonna be a secret between you and me, okay?"
I nodded, eager to learn his tricks…And judging by his wife's beauty, must also have a high coefficient of success…
I become all ears.
So...What Humphrey's gonna unconsciously tell to his daughter's probable companion of the evening? STAY TUNED TO KNOW his..."DRIFTS"GrinWolf...Over and Out.