Enemy Mate

Alice’s Point of view

As I land after a 6 hours trip, I see my best friend Sam in a car. He welcomes me with a big smile and grabs me by the waist to make me turn in the air while laughing. Goddess I missed him!

"How was your trip?"

"Very good. That was intense but I met a lot of future Alphas and kick their asses."

He laughs. "I bet you did. Come on we need to hurry. Everyone is waiting for you, especially Alpha John and Luna Mary."

I smile at the mention of my parents’ names and climb to the passenger side. The airport is located 30 minutes from my home, which is very convenient. As only child, I will succeed my father at the Alpha position when I will turn 21, in 3 years and I will lead the Blue Moon pack.

It’s very uncommon for a woman to take the Alpha position because most of them have a boy as first child. When they don’t, it’s the first boy who takes the position and the big sister has to leave the place.

No, it’s not a joke. It’s the 21st century and we still apply old rules. Luckily, it’s very rare. 

To give you an idea, I’m a first-born girl and the one before me was in China, 90 years ago. She got mated to an Alpha in Japan so she left her pack to live with her mate and became his Luna. The Alpha title went to her young brother.  

I, on the opposite, didn’t want to leave my place to anyone. I had worked too hard for that, trained harder, learned more than anyone before me. I’m not worried about a brother because I don’t have one but I’m afraid of what a mate will do to me. 

A mate is someone given by the Moon Goddess for you to love and cherish forever. Both feel a pull towards each other and feel attracted. We can find that person at the age of 17 but it can take some time to find him or her.

So if we find each other, he will probably want to take the Alpha position and I will be his Luna. It’s the Alpha’s mate, his equal but I think it’s degrading. And there is no such thing as a male Luna. And my mate will just have to show up to take the Alpha position when I was the one working all my life for it.  

Since my parents didn't have any other children and I haven't found my mate yet, my father had no other choice but to name me as his heir when I turned 18. That made some noise in the werewolf world because they think I’m too weak, just because I’m a girl. 

Some even asked for another to take the position. They taught about the second in command, his Beta, Sam’s father. That’s the moment he chose to do is coming out. Because his mate will be a man and a pack can’t be ruled by two Alphas, he can’t be an Alpha.

I told you that the werewolf world is closed-minded.

More than that, I had to fight for him to be my Beta and seeing how unflexible I was, other Alphas asked for the Third in command, the Gamma’s child, to step up because Sam is an only child like me. But unfortunately, her name is Melanie. And she’s also an only child. 

Without siblings, we grew up together and it seemed natural for me to name them my Beta and my Gamma. Even if it was a year ago that King Matthew gave us his blessing for my father's decision, other Alphas are still looking for another solution, in case I couldn’t find my mate in time. 

So, when I went to the castle this summer to train with future Alphas, I wasn’t welcomed. They all underestimated me except for the First Prince Benjamin who was with us. As our future King, he has to train more than us, every summer since he’s 10.  

On the other hand, we train with our pack warriors all our lives except when we turn 19. We spend the summer at the King’s cattle to train with the best warriors of the entire world. Those 2 months allow us to know the future Alphas of our age and bond with them. Plus, it’s very beneficial for heir’s of small pack who don’t have a lot of warriors to train with. 

This year was very particular. First because I was there (and never a future female Alpha went here) and second because it was the last year of Prince Benjamin. He turned 21 this year and will take his father's place, King Matthew, at the end of the year. 

Indeed, we need to have a King. There are rules that every werewolf has to follow, otherwise it will be anarchy.