The Merciless Alpha(erotica)

Chairman Lewis Wolfe’s POV

Council Headquarters, PA

After the meeting yesterday, all our resources were focused on locating the Alpha Killer. The La Crosse Pack wasn’t cooperating, and the other logical place to look was in Texas with the Meechums. They were even less cooperative, as their son was mated to Talia now.

We had both Packs staked out, and we hit pay dirt last night. We had Enforcers monitoring the roads and airports near Sulphur River, and a private jet landed in the middle of the night. It was met by three SUV’s from the Pack. Photographs taken at long range proved two disturbing things. One was that the Alpha Killer was being supported by Alpha Brent despite the warrants against her. The second was that they were colluding with vampires.

I looked at the photograph and the comments of the Chief Enforcer. The four vampires were known to be from New Orleans. They must have been the ones who changed Talia, and now they were working directly with a Pack. It was intolerable.

I video called Councilman Miller, his oversight extended to the Texas, in fact all Packs in the South from there to Florida. “We’ve got a prob, Bob,” I said when he came on. I showed him the photo and told him what was happening.

He was outraged. “Alpha Brent has already shown his disdain for Council rule, flaunting our laws and decisions, and now he’s seeking the backing of our enemies. You MUST bring this before the full Council, and we have to act quickly. If he can turn a small female like Talia into the Alpha Killer, imagine what will happen if he turns Alphas and Betas! They would wipe us out!”

“I agree,” I said. “I’ll get a conference together. What I need you to do in the meantime is to put together a list of Packs who will help us. Eliminate those with strong ties to Sulphur River, we don’t want them tipped off this is coming.”

“How many warriors do we need?”

“It’s the Alpha Killer, idiot. ALL OF THEM.” I cut the call and went to get a drink. This information was giving me a headache, and it wasn’t even eight in the morning yet. What the hell, it’s after five in Australia.

“Mr. Chairman, it’s Alex at the main gate. We have Todd Aldridge in custody, he says he needs to speak to you.”

The missing Alpha Todd shows up at my gate? Now THIS is an interesting morning. “Cuff him and have him escorted to my office.” I sent a summons to my Chief Enforcer and Counsel to come to my office.

Five minutes later, the former Alpha of the Tomah Pack was sitting in my office with my senior staff. “I’m surprised you had the balls to show up, Todd. Your mate sends her regards, by the way. We barely missed you in Chicago.”

“I expected that bitch to save her own skin, that’s why I left. Don’t think you can threaten me with her, I could care less what happens to her anymore. I’m here to make a deal.”

“We don’t need to make a deal, Todd. We have you, which will appease the Midwestern Packs when we execute you. We know where Talia is and who is protecting her. By sundown tomorrow, Talia will be dead, and you’ll be facing trial.”

“Talia’s not an ordinary werewolf.”

“I’m fully aware of the abomination that Talia has been turned into,” I said.

“She’s protected by a Pack, you can’t just go in there and grab her. Give me a pardon and use me as bait. I’ll draw her to where you can capture her without collateral damage.”

I looked at my staff, and busted out laughing. “Collateral damage is required for this, the whole Pack has to go.” I sent for the Enforcers. “Take this man to the cells and bind him in silver for trial.”

“Yes sir,” the men said. They pulled Todd from the chair and hauled him out as he struggled and tried to tell us what a mistake we were making.

I sent for Dr. Himen, there was more here I needed to know. She showed up a few minutes later. “I wanted to follow up on what you said yesterday,” I said. I showed her the picture of Talia with the four members of the New Orleans coven. “You were experimenting with the captured vampires, looking for new weapons to use against them?”

“That was part of it, sir. The other part was analyzing their blood and venom to see if it was possible to transfer any of their traits to us.”

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“Ingesting blood did nothing, but we suspected that. The werewolves that have killed vampires in battle showed no changes, so I didn’t expect it. What I did find was that if I mixed vampire blood with werewolf blood cells, the vampire blood cells would surround and change the werewolf ones. I did some testing on prisoners, injecting blood directly into their bloodstream.”

“And the results?”

“Disappointing. The treatment was incredibly painful, and none survived it. They suffered for days before their bodies gave out. I did notice that their reflexes and strength increased as the change rolled through them, but they were out of their minds with pain and uncontrollable. We abandoned that line of research.”

I nodded, it WAS disappointing. “Do you think this is what happened to Talia Stillwater to make her into the Alpha Killer?”

“Absolutely. The Vampire Masters are millennia old, obviously one knew how to make this work and changed her.” She paused for a moment. “There’s another possible reason. The vampires we had to experiment on were fairly young. One was turned a few years earlier, one a century ago. Even between those two, the difference in the strength of their blood and their skills was apparent. Vampires become stronger and more powerful with age, and Talia fell in with a Master Vampire. It might not just be the method, it might be because his blood was powerful enough to make the change without driving her mad.”

More reason to kill them all. “Thank you. Return to your work.”

The video conference with the other Council members, who had all returned home after yesterday’s meeting, was upon me quickly. I kept my end small, just me and my two senior staff members. When everyone was on, I filled them in. I went through where Talia was, who she was with and why that was important, and Dr. Himen’s experiments. “We have less time than we thought to act,” I said as I finished my brief. “If the Doctor is right and the Vampire Master has the ability to change werewolves to be like Talia, his presence at a Pack is concerning. He could be changing some, dozens, hell he could be changing the whole Pack right now. Imagine an entire Pack, hostile to the Council and in league with our enemies, with her speed and strength. They could END us as a species.”

“We have to move quickly,” Councilman Miller said. “I’ve contacted Packs in the area I think we can rely on, and the response has been mixed. Those that were hesitant or expressed sympathy for the Stillwaters I didn’t ask. Those who feared what she could do all promised men and support. In two days, we can add two hundred Pack Warriors to our Council Enforcers. Surely that’s enough to take out the vampires and Talia.”

“Two days isn’t fast enough, they’ve already been there one. We need to invade before anyone he’s trying to change can make the change,” I said. “We need to attack in the morning, when the vampires can’t come out and fight us. We’ll take out the Pack and burn out the Vampires.” The next ten minutes we spent talking logistics, battle plans and command. My Lead Enforcer would be in charge locally, the Packs and Enforcers working directly for him.

When there was a lull, my Counsel interrupted. “Before we go back-slapping each other about what geniuses we are in battle, let’s back up a little and discuss the potential outcomes of our plan.” Lawrence tapped the table. “First off, you have the Council and allied Packs planning to attack a sovereign Pack, on its territory, with no warning and no charges. Then you are going to wipe them out to the last woman and child. How do you think the other Packs will react to that?”