Alpha vs Alpha part 2

Chapter 8

Day 3 - After camping we pack up all our belongings and head to the beach. There are a lot of food stalls at the beach to we don't cook anything for that day. Most of the time I just lay on the sand and read a book until someone comes and throws a bucket of water on me.  One of my favorite things is when we make a camp fire on the beach. If you didn't realize by now but it's a tradition the have camp fires for us. We sit in a circle yet again, drinking and telling jokes and stories. At around 10 pm we pack up our belongings and head back to the pack house.

Day 4 -  This day to for our wolves. We spend the whole day in our wolf forms. The whole pack goes for runs together and most importantly, we hunt together. This day is really to relax from all the activities we had the 3 days in a row. Most of the time pack members use this day to be with their mates and families. At around 2 pm we go and hunt together. We usually hunt small prey individually like rabbits  or squirrels but when the whole pack hunts, we go after deer, cattle and other big prey with a lot of meat. At the end off the day we go for a 3 hour run and howl to the moon at every stop we make. At around 3 am we all change into our human forms and head to bed.

Day 5 - We usually sleep in. Everyone wakes up at around 12 pm. This day is the last day of the feast so some of the younger wolves are usually on edge. For the last day we go out to a fancy restaurant for dinner. We reserve the entire restaurant so no one will disturb us, and  I doubt than anyone else would be able to fit considering that the whole pack will be there. The Alpha sits in the middle of the restaurant on a throne. Yes it may sound weird but  that's tradition. I have to sit on a throne in the middle of the restaurant. We have our dinner and talk crap for the rest of the night until I say it's time to go home.

So that's how the feasts go.

I took a shower and got dressed in a cute fit and flare  red plaid dress that reached me to my knees. I wore gold hoop earrings with a matching necklace and bracelet and I slipped on my black wedges. I tied my hair in a high ponytail and applied a light coat of red lip gloss, mascara and eyeliner. I took a long look in the mirror and smirked in approval.

I walked into the kitchen and saw my mom taking an apple pie out of the oven with a smile on her face. She loves to cook and she's really good at it too.

"Hey mom." I said and as she looked up at me, her smile vanished.

But she quickly slapped on her best fake smile and replied. "Hey honey! How did you sleep?"

I rolled my eyes. " Mom cut the crap and tell me what you wanna tell me."

She dropped her fake smile. "You know I don't like when we have to go to war. Couldn't there have been another solution?"

My face grew stern. Where has she been all this time? Doesn't she know that I have tried everything, but Alpha Hunter doesn't want to reason. He only wants a mate and if I become his mate, he will be their Alpha of the two packs. He will be both Alpha to the Grey Night and Black Moon packs.

"Mom, of course I've tried to reason with Alpha Hunter and avoid war but it's not as simple as it seems."

She gave me a look that I haven't seen in many years. The last time I saw and got this look was when my brother died.

"Well I don't like this and for this war, you do NOT have my support."

My heart ached with those word. I can't believe my mom told me than.

"I can't do this anymore!" I shouted at her and ran out.

I don't know where I was going or when I shifted but all I know was that I had to get away from here.

I was running so fast, the only thing I could have seen were various shades of green.

After what felt like hours, I stopped by a tree and cried.

I cried so, so much.
About what you may ask? Everything.

I cried because I'm the reason why my brother is dead.

I'm the reason why he can NEVER be the Alpha he was destined to be.

I'm the reason why the Grey Night Pack has the WORST Alpha  it has ever had.

I'm the reason why Tyler is still being held captive by the Black Moon Pack.

I'm the reason why we're going to war and pack members are going to die.

I'm the reason why people are going to loose their mates, parents, children, friends and family.

I'm the reason why Hunter doesn't have a good mate.

Hell, I'm even the freckin' reason why Jacob's mate is suffering!

I was so caught up in crying I didn't even hear the wolves that were approaching me.

When I looked, I saw the whole pack. My eyes widen, my pack is never supposed to see their Alpha like this.

They all shifted and when they approached me, they bowed.

I dried my eyes and stood up.

"W-why are yo-" I was stopped by one of my warriors, Mikael.

"We all heard everything. You didn't know it, but when you were blaming yourself for everything that went wrong, you were actually mind- linking the whole pack."

I looked at the crowd full of my pack members, and it broke my heart to look at them.

When I looked at their eyes, they were red with tears.

Before I could say anything someone else spoke. It was Jessica, one of the teenagers.
"You are the best Alpha! And don't you ever doubt yourself about that."

Then Sara spoke. "You're my best friend and Alpha, and it pained me so much to hear you think like that." She said while wiping a few of her tears away.

Then Jacob spoke. "Amber, you can't blame yourself for my mates suffering, I chose not to be with her so that's my burden to bare and the reason why is because I love you."

The entire pack gasped. I mean they knew about me and Jacob but they just thought that it was hook ups.

"Yes, there, I've said it. I love Amber. I've always had since we were kids. No matter who the Moon Goddess sends for me, they will never be able to replace you. I don't think I can ever love someone as much as I love you Amber, and I mean every word I say."

I wiped away me tears and looked at my pack with pride.

"Please Alpha, no one can lead us to this war better than you can. You were one of the pack's best warriors before you were Alpha and now you are the pack's greatest warrior now."

My head snapped in the direction of the person's voice. It was my dad. MY dad!

"Dad but mo-"

"That was your mother's choice, not mine. You have all my support for this war. If you think that this is what you have to do, then do it. I couldn't be prouder to have you as a daughter."

I started to cry, but this time they were tears of joy.

Jacob came up to me and wiped my tears always.
"Stop crying darling, tears to suit you."

With that I stopped crying.

"Well guys, we have a barbeque to start." I said while shifting.

I howled and my pack soon followed as we ran back to the pack house.