Chapter Thirteen

Waiting near the rest of the wolves preparing to hunt I find my gaze keep wondering to my mate, his scent is of fresh cut grass and pine trees, and I cannot help but breathe it in, even how faint it is from where I am it still draws me to him. Thankfully I am brought out of my trance by Sam, Conner and Lily as they appear all grinning ear to ear. I know Lily is determined to come with us not for the hunt but to let her wolf out, so I won't deny her it's not easy running in our wolf forms.

Due to our royal lineage, we have unique colouring and definitely not one of an omega wolf. Thankfully no one has ever seen our wolves outside of the pups and the royal pack. We are also lucky to be able to neutralise our scents and know how to control our aurora's, so we don't give anything away, just like I've taught the other pups, it was essential to make sure that no one knew who the rogue pups were.

Everyone moving out I excuse us by saying I don't want the pups to be distracted whilst I teach them, as we go in the opposite direction, I don't miss the snide remarks being thrown our way, mostly about how a female training pups to hunt is ridiculous.

Nearing the neutral territory, I push my senses out to make sure the area is clear of all shifters and other supernatural's. All clear we shift, picking up our clothes I let Sam and Conner lead the hunt as they use the knowledge, I have given them to track down some prey for us to hunt.

Watching them gives me the chance to marvel at their wolf forms, being from the royal pack we are bigger wolves than most other wolves our age. Sam has beautiful black fur that has a purple tinge when the light hits it just right showing his rank as alpha and the magic of royal blood. Conners is brown with a red tinge as a beta family they were also blessed with magic in their lineage. Little Lily is black with white socks and white tips to her ears with a blue glint.

Then there is me I have pure white fur with and ethereal glow of silver and gold, it's unique and not been seen in centuries, my wolf takes after the moon goddess, and I feel honoured to be blessed with such a beautiful wolf form.

It doesn't take us long to take down our prey, Sam and Conner both taking down a doe each whilst I take down a buck, as always, we made sure they have no young. Even Lily managed to secure herself a rabbit in our hunt. Thanking the moon goddess for a fruitful hunt we go to shift to get our catches back to the pack. However, hearing a whimper in the distance, a cry for help that I cannot ignore I launch into action knowing the pups will follow behind me without question. Within seconds I come across a wolf pup corned by an adult bear

Moving swiftly, I put myself between them and go up onto my hind legs as it does the same, we grapple for a few minutes trying to dominate one another until I finally scratch him on his face drawing blood he roars in pain before landing with a thud on all fours, gracefully coming down to all fours I watch and wait to see what he does as I snarl and growl at him warning him to stay back. Roaring in my face again to test whether I will attack again or not he finally takes his leave.

Nuzzling the pup where it is cowering cuddled up in a ball, he lifts his tail up to peek out from under it. Nuzzling him again he yips before nuzzling me back and placing himself between my front legs. Tottering forward I follow his scent, back to its own pack while the four pups trail behind me. Growls surround me even before I see the pack, I knew they wouldn't see me as a friendly so not surprised at the least that we are met with hostility. Bowing in my wolf form, Sam, Conner and Lily follow suit as the alpha appears out of the bushes in front of me, followed by his beta and gamma.

The wolf pup decides that it isn't going anywhere near the alpha and hides behind my front paws. The alpha stalks towards me growling, spittle going everywhere as he snarls at me, I nudge the pup forward, but it refuses to go. Sighing I sit and nudge it forward with my paw as I lay down the Alpha is still growling, and the pup still refuses curling up in between my front paws.

So not helping little pup, with no choice left I shift, wolves see the human as a weaker form, but I have been trained well and know I am not in any danger, and this is my way in showing them that I am no danger to them. Scratching the pup behind the ears I crawl forward towards the alpha submitting to him as I bring the pup towards him. Setting the pup beside him I don't move. Then he bows to me, and I know he has accepted us.

Alpha Joe POV

"Why is she here? I thought you were hunting?" Scarlet frowns at Cayden when she spots Jenni to the side, why on earth my son is with the annoying she-wolf I have no idea, I have expressed my opinion about her countless times before telling him to wait for his mate. I know he has searched for the past three years and had no luck, but he is impatient. I would rather him be with someone like Jennifer. Jennifer would make a good Luna to my pack when I step down, she loves and protects fiercely, whether it's her pups or that of another wolf.

"Dad is probably trying to make her feel useful. She probably won't even catch a rabbit." Hmm…I have a feeling she is going to surprise him; she keeps doing it to me so I am not doubting her anymore, knowing her she will come back with the biggest catch of all.

"Really pup? And what are you going to catch?" I cannot stop it when Godric pushes forward to speak for us, he is defensive of Jenni and seems dedicated to her and apparently even over our own son.

"I am bringing back the biggest catch of all, as always." he chuckles his wolf pushing forward to challenge us.

"Hmmm…ok pup here is my deal if you catch the biggest catch today, I will pay for your trip to Florida that I have heard you discussing with Zach, Scarlett and Giselle. If you don't you will owe the winner a future favour of their choice no questions asked as long as it isn't illegal?"

"Trip to Florida for all four if I get the biggest?" shocked that I am putting a prize so big on the table.

"Yep" I hear Dean chuckle beside me, and he knows me to well

Jenni?

Damn right Dean. She keeps surprising us, so I bet she is going to be the victor in our little bet. Want to bet yourself?

Hell no. Not against that little hell fire. Damn Jenni never stops surprising me.

"What's the catch?"

"No catch. Only rule you have to be the one that takes down the prey all on your own and no one can know about this competition, so they don't let you win."

"Ok Deal. And they would never let me win" he smirks knowing full well that they would be worried about having to ask him for a future favour since being with Scarlet he has been getting a slight reputation and not a good one. I cannot wait for Jenni to put him in his place, I was hoping the trip to his aunt's would have helped but clearly not.

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Back at the packhouse I feel Godric pacing in the back of my mind worried about the pups, glancing over all the wolves in front of me I don't see them and realise that I haven't seen them in a while. After confirming that no one else has seen them I head back off into the forest in the direction they left to find them, Dean following beside me.

"You don't think they headed off territory?" Dean questions and even voicing it we realise that we never showed them the borders of the pack or the pack itself.

"I hope not. The wild pack has been close to our lands lately and you know how territorial they are." we skid to a stop dragging a couple of does behind them. "Wow."

"Sorry Alpha. It is taking us awhile to get them back. I have mine back there would you mind helping with this one so I can go get it. Mind you I may need help with that one too if that is possible." I just stare they have caught two full size deer.

"So" Dean smirks "who caught what?" Lily holds up her rabbit proudly and I can only presume she caught it. "Now that is a decent catch."

"Oh, this is mine" Conner says proudly gesturing to the one the boys are struggling to carry.

"Wow not many can catch something that big" I respond making Conner's grin widen even more.

"That one is mine" Sam points excitingly to the one Jenni has slung partially on her shoulders as she drags the rest of it behind her "Jenni as always caught the biggest" he grumbles making me chuckle "but we couldn't manage them all in one go."

"I'm not surprised you four have done better than any of us. Let's get some help to get them back" Linking some of my warriors I smile as Sam and Conner tell us about their hunt with Lily chiming in where she can.

Oh, Alpha your son is going to be pissed. Not only did Jenni beat his arse but the two pups even caught bigger than him.

"Wow you guys are skilled at hunting." I tell them once the boys have finished explaining "Jenni, I might need you to teach my pack. If this is what these two can do, I would love to see what you could teach them." Jenni blushes slightly before masking it as the warriors I called come to help. "Ok guys help bring Conners and Sam's kills back will you whilst we go help Jenni get hers." I have to stop myself laughing when their mouths gape open in shock.

Well fuck me sideways stepping into the clearing to help Jenni, I was not expecting a full-grown buck to be Jenni's kill. I cannot even say anything I'm too stunned, but she doesn't seem to mind. It takes the three of us to get it back and even with the three of us it was a struggle, trying to think how she took it down literally blows my mind.

Placing it next to her hunting groups does, it is clear as day that no one has done as well as them and the hunting party and warriors stand around gaping in shock before pulling themselves out of it to congratulate them. Even the ones I heard snarking her off earlier are impressed and joining in the conversation as the boys gladly tell their story. It is the first time I have seen them so animated, and I can see how happy it makes Jenni and feel the pride swelling off of Godric.

Cayden. Come here please.

Coming Dad. I feel his confidence through the link and have to call Sarah to witness the Cocky gits down fall. Stepping out of the back door he is joined with his group of hopeful friends all looking smug. He cannot see his downfall yet the group behind me currently hiding the deer behind them as requested.

"So, son, a deal is a deal."

"I told you I was going to win. Flori-" I get the pack to step aside, and I watch as his face falls. "But…Who…What?" I watch as each one of their faces fall and cannot help but smirk as I hear Sarah slightly chuckle beside me.

"I would like you to officially meet Conner" I say gesturing to him "and this is his kill" I then do the same to Sam's "As you can see, they have caught bigger prey than you so you will not be getting that trip but as part of the deal you made with me. You owe that favour to Jennifer" I then step aside with Sarah and Dean allowing him to see her catch.

"There is no way that, that she-wolf could capture a buck that big."

"How dare you call my sister a liar" Sam yells stepping forward.

"Sam calm" Jenni says, and I feel a wave of calmness pass behind me, well that was weird. "Sorry I don't know your name but if you choose to believe that I didn't catch that" she points to the buck "that it is fine. I do not care. What I care about is that we have enough meat to feed this pack. Alpha Joe, Luna Sarah, Beta Dean and Chelsea and many other members of this pack have done a great deal for us and the other pups they have taken in and this was our way of contributing." She bluntly tells Cayden.

I am so proud of her I want to hug her, but I hold back knowing it's not appropriate right now, Cayden looks absolutely stunned not expecting her to stand up to him, I see his wolf peeking out to look at her and I can see he is intrigued by her. Interesting I wonder if they are mates after all. "If you do not need us to help prepare them for the barbecue, would you mind if we go get ourselves cleaned up." She softly asks Sarah.

"Thank you, Jenni, we have it from here. Oh, I forgot Scott is in your room having a nap."

"Thank you, Luna. Please let me know if you do need any assistance." She bows before leaving and I wait until I know they are out of hearing range,

"Cayden, I expect you to make a formal apology to her and the pups. They did not cheat, they were with no one and as you can see, they have markings of a wolf kill. All three are different." I point to each of the kill strikes, his face paling further as he glances back in the direction they went.