2. Cold Alpha

Alice POV:

It's 7:30pm and I spent almost the whole day with Susan at the Pack Clinic while my dad was dealing with the Pack's matters.

I rushed over the pack house and changed my clothes.

I heard when my dad came in and I sighed in relief.

I went down the stairs to have dinner and soon my dad joined me.

We were both in the dinner room eating silently, I know I'm not allowed to leave the Pack House for whatever reason and almost nobody comes here.

When it's the Alpha's meeting days, my dad makes sure that I'm locked up in my bedroom, our Pack House is huge and it isn't rustic even though it's all over woody, it makes our Pack House different from the other ones I guess.

We have a small fancy city in about 30 minutes from here that my dad takes care of, he built it a long time ago along with his pack members, he really is a good leader and he was also a great father when I was younger, but something changed.

He is really tall, about 6'7, he has natural ash blonde hair, mid-length, natural tan skin, blue with some green flecks eyes color and he's very strong, very handsome man and I'm sure she-wolfs flirts with him all the time.

I barely see him and he barely talks to me about whatever is the subject, he leaves and stay out for a day or two in every couple of weeks to the Royal Pack meetings.

Of course, he only leaves our Pack after he makes sure there's plenty of warriors around guaranteeing no one gets in…or out, my dad screams at night sometimes like he's in extreme pain, I'm getting worried, I know I shouldn't ask about it, but I can't help it.

"Dad, we need to talk about the nightmares you're having at night."

"Enough. I don't want to talk about it, one more word and I'll lock you up in your bedroom again." He yells back at me.

"But I think I can help, just talk to me, you barely talk to me, let alone ask me how my day was when you're home. Why do you keep me locked up like a prisoner? I don't know anyone, even my professor that home-schooled me doesn't come to visit anymore, only Doctor Susan comes and you make sure it's always quickly." I try to sound as nice as I could.

"SHUT UP, ALICE. GO TO YOUR ROOM AND STAY THERE UNTIL YOU APOLOGIZE, I WON'T ALLOW ANYONE TALKING BACK AT ME, EVEN IF IT'S MY OWN DAUGHTER."

I looked down and did as I told, I knew better than to try to argue him, besides he's my father and I knew I had to respect him.

We have more technologies than the Human Realm, all thanks to the Wizard Realm that intersect the connection between the Realms with blue energy, a natural energy from the galaxy that we use for anything, electricity and all kind of connections. It made our life easier because we could only mind-linking beings from our pack.

This kind of energy is yet to be discover by Humans but they will get there.

I took a bath once in my bedroom, got my hair dried, wore white T-shirt and white knickers only and laid down on my bed to sleep.

"Good night, girlfriend." I told Hope in my mind.

"Good night, I love you, be back in a few hours" my wolf Hope chuckled in my mind.

Damn, I forgot I made a promise to take her for a run tomorrow, I better get to sleep as soon as possible.

I fell sleep quickly and in my dreams all I could see were dark smokes trying to possess me and then I could see a powerful and sparkling amethyst alike fire surrounding me as if it's wanting to protect me, I waved my hand like a witch flowing a light from my fingers and the dark smokes disappeared.

It's the same dream over and over again ever since I was a little pup but it's happening often than before and so as my dad crying and screaming like he's in extreme pain when he's sleeping.

All of a sudden, I hear…

"Oh! I smell a deer, I'm so hungry…" Hope said pacing and swirling side to side, back and forth in my head. I checked my cellphone and snorted sadly.

"Please Hope, it's 4am, just 1 hour more" I muttered with a very sleepy voice in my mind as I yawned in my bed.

"C'mon, you promised! I rather do it while it's still dawn."

"Goddess! Fine, you always get your way with me, huh? Lucky you're part of me, my best and practically my only friend and I can't live without you." I told her.

I stretched, made my hair a bun since it's early and I washed my hair last night…I mean, a few hours ago, I didn't need to do it again, I took a quick shower trying to wake up and get my day started…I mean, my dawn, my bathroom and my room were very spacious and luxury and fancy décor, the only different room from all over the house, I wasn't the one who decorated it though, I was never allowed to.

It was the only room on the third floor of the Pack House, it also had a very beautiful and spacious balcony, if my dad was trying to compensate me for something, I could even tell that he truly loved me. I always spent my time reading lots of books about the Realms and studying about pretty much everything at the cozy suspended bench, my wolf was happily whining and pacing all the way on my head, I didn't even know it was possible.

"Are you OK, Hope? You're giving me a headache with all this whining and pacing around."

"Sorry, I'm just anxious to hunt and I have a good feeling about this, Alice." My wolf said before all the pacing around started again.

I never thought she'd miss hunting that much, I mean, we last did it in a couple of weeks past. We've been too busy training on our own all day, almost every day.

I brushed my teeth, also brushed my ginger hair and tied it half-up as usual and wore black legging pants and white tank top instead of one of my cute floral dresses, I stared at myself in the mirror and kept staring at my brown hazel eyes, I'm a very small lady 5'2, I'm sure I'm the smallest of my pack, my skin is brighter than the regular wolves because I barely get out.

Whoever sees me don't ever figures I'm the daughter of the Black Moon Pack's Alpha Randall Blackford.

My dad is the Alpha and most of the wolves says that my dad was ruthless.

He kills anyone who tries to run away from our pack or either the ones who comes in without invitation or scheduled, he was merciless on rogues, he kept me locked most of the time at the Pack House indeed but I always end up finding my way out without him knowing, obviously.

I still had my doubts about my dad's behavior, I'm sure there might be worst beings.

Like in the Vampire Realm's past King background was not pretty, he did awful things on the war and got all the dragons extinct before the current King dethrone his father, things got better on their Realm but some says that the King could pierce a soul only by looking at his eye and that the King killed his own mother. This thought made a shiver ran down on my spine.

Actually, all the Realms fought against the Dragon's Realm and it collapsed, the antique books are written that the dragons was about to attack our Realms and they were extremely strong and no specie would stand a chance.

My dad never hurts me, let alone he lets anyone sees me and he's over protective but I must follow his every command inside the Pack House.

Our Omegas were also very afraid of him and they walked around the Pack House always looking down, I tried to talk to them many times but they just smiled and simply avoided me, my dad changed, he wasn't always like that…

Darkness took him over after his mate, my mom, died 20 years ago when I was 2, but nobody ever talks about it.

I'm currently just 22y old and haven't found my mate yet. How could I if I spend most of my time around here?

My Dad had found his mate at the late age of 500y old, we're immortals ever since my dad was the Alpha and I'm his daughter, other ranked-wolves has a 1000 years life expectancy just like others ranked species that aren't royal or leader besides the Elves and Vampires which are all immortals, unranked and omegas wolves has 300 years life expectancy but we all get old physically until the age of 30 when we reach our maximum potential and unlock all our powers and strength, every wolf had an special power to unblock, my dad was an Alpha, so he had two special power, one was being immune to magic and spells as defense and I never saw he using the other one so I have no idea.

Surely my mate isn't from our Pack and my dad doesn't take me with him on the meetings in the Royal Pack, it might take centuries for me to find him like anyone else and again, besides the Elves, they were the species that are closest to the Moon Goddess and they find their mate as soon as they comes to the mating age which means 18 years old.

It was already a miracle my dad could survive his mate's death, it was unheard of, last time it happened, it was with the past King of the Vampire Realm.

My father always cursed the Goddess and said that the reason Goddess didn't take his life was because of me, but he didn't mean it in a "thankful" way, it was more like in a "cursed" way.

He felt guilty because he didn't think he was a good mate for her and because of my size he was always ashamed to train me in front of his pack members I guess, nobody might even know I exist.

He was the strongest Wolf, maybe even stronger than the King itself. Even though my dad isn't one of the best references, I just couldn't treat peoples in the same way, I guess I have my mom's side, she was always so caring and lovely, I miss her deeply.

I have some blurry memories but I already heard lots of wolves talking about her in a very tenderness way when I make my way out to our small city disguised and hidden from everyone, they kept talking about how great those 4 years with a wonderful Luna was.

Sadly I never heard anyone talking about me, as if I don't even exist, so maybe, they didn't even know the Alpha has a daughter indeed.

"Alice…don't cry, I'm here with you now, woman. We're adults, strong and we will always be facing it all together, we are one. Dad and Shadow will come to his senses sooner or later." My wolf said and only now I realized the tears falling from my eyes. Shadow is my dad's wolf.

"Thank you, Hope. You're the best wolf and friend anyone could ever think of having" I whispered in my head.

"I know, look at us, we're beautiful and we'll find our mate soon."

"…Oh, careful or we'll end up high on the sky with your ego…" I laughed, today was all about shifting and Hope's fun, not training.

I checked myself one last time in the mirror and then the clock on my cellphone, it was 4:30am already, got my bag with some stuff to eat for breakfast and rushed to the forest by my window as I always did on my ways out the Pack House, I'm very sneaky, skillful and fast but I can't get away with the feeling that someone is always watching me, I shook off this thought.

I didn't want to face anyone this early, nobody's going to miss me home anyway since I'm always on my own and my small size lady have its benefits.