Their Lycan Queen by Foxtail

The yearly mateball is coming closer and every unmated wolf from the age of 18 is invited. This is my second year participating. My name isNora and I live in my pack, Silver stream pack.

“Are you excited for this year’s ball, honey?” my mom asks me.

“Yeah” I say and roll my eyes at her.

This year our pack is hosting the ball and our luna is in charge of arranging it. So my mom and I are helping her and this year’s colors are silver and green, our packs colors.

The dress code of the ball is formal but we need to dress in each pack’s color so we can easier tell what pack we are in.

Mom has prepared my dress since she found out that our pack will host it but I´m not allowed to see the dress, hmpf.

“Hello Mrs J” a sickly sweet voice said and we turned around just to be greeted by the princess of thispack. Emily is the daughter of this pack’s alpha and luna.

My parents are the gammas of our pack. Their job is to protect the luna and her pups. So I basically grew up beside Emily, we were like bestfriends. The daughters of the alpha and gamma, no one would even dare to bully us and everyone wanted to be us, but all of that stopped three years ago when I turned 16.

At the age of 16 we gained our wolves and shifts for the first time on the next fullmoon except I didn’t. For our pack, the first shift is something special so all of us that will have to shift for the first time, will do it in a special ritual and all of us will shift at the same time and strengthen the pack. Except me, the entire night I stood and waited for my wolf and the shift but it never happened and I was shunned by the pack. But since my parents have a high title in the pack the alpha and luna didn’t turn me rogue out of respect for them.

All my friends turned their backs on me and started to bully me, calling me names. One of the names got stuck though, wolfless. My parents told me not to listen to them and said that I will get my wolf, that I Am just a late bloomer.

I guess they were right. My father suggested that I should train with him and Build up my strength, so I started to train with him everyday. I didn’t understand what that could help but I found comfort in it. Doing the same thing everyday, like a routine, it kept the bad thoughts at bay.

When I turned 18, I heard her, my wolf came to me, I was so happy and relieved. She told me that I was too weak so she couldn’t shift, I needed to train harder so I could become even stronger.

As I trained with my dad I became stronger than him and he decided that I should train with the other pack warriors instead . After roughly a year I took the test of pack warrior and I defeated all the deltas and the alpha gave me the title of top warrior since I was too young to be delta.

But still I am too afraid to tell anyone that I have my wolf since she still thinks that we are too weak to shift.

I didn’t pay attention when my mom and Emily spoke so I also missed when my mom walked away and left me with Emily.

“Where did my mom go?” I asked out loud.

“To fetch more balloons,” Emily answered before smiling at me.

“So do you think you will find your mate tomorrow night? But then again, without a wolf you will probably not even sense the mate bond. I wonder if it’ll even hurt to get rejected?” she said while circling around me and giggling.

I felt sad over the fact that she said those things just to hurt me. My wolf growled in my mind.

“Who knows” I answered with a shrug, refusing to let her see that she had hurt me with her words.

“ Yeah, who would want to have a mate with no wolf? And have more muscles than your typical warrior?” Emily shrugged back with a small laughter.

Before I could answer her back we heard my mom coming back and we turned around to look at her but she wasn’t alone. Emily’s mom and our Luna, Sandra, were with her, carrying a large box. I rushed over to them and took the box from her and she wiped my tears that were threatening to fall down from my eyes.

“I have some good news and you two will be the first ones to hear them” Sandra says and smiles at me.

“What is it mom? Is someone of high ranking coming? An alpha perhaps?” Emily says and practically jumps on the spot.

Emily truly believed that her mate would be an alpha or she would reject them.

“Oh my, so excited. Yes Emily, a few alphas are coming but I have been talking to the lycan kingdom and some of them are also coming to the ball” Sandra says with a bright smile.

“The lycans?” Emily squealed.

The lycans are coming? I don’t know much about them except what everyone else does. We are taught in school about the lycan king and his two sons. The queen and their daughter, the princess, died in childbirth, because of a witch and a curse that she placed on all lycans so all their females died.

that all of them were staring at me. Damn I

was just thinking about

mom sighed and Sandra laughed while Emily rolled

also want you to choose

that she chose me for this task, usually it

mom, what about me? I want to

task til tomorrow, okay sweetie?” Sandra says and looks at me and mom nervously. Then she took back the box from me and grabbed Emily’s hand and

at mom and she

me out tomorrow if I don’t

have never been secrets between my

and dad tonight about something I have been hiding from both of you.” I

and so does our alpha.” Mom

at her, they know? And the alpha too? I hugged my

on and fix their rooms, honey” mom said and

around and walked to the packhouse. I was relieved to have something to do, so I didn’t have to think of unnecessary

at the guestlist, ten lycans are coming. I know that there are more lycans but not all can come. With their auras no one would be able to breathe normally. But ten lycans in the pack house? No, I need to find the beta

the beta quarters and I am in luck as the female beta, Jessica,

need your help with something.” I tell her and she nods

I help you with

will house some VIP guests for the ball but they will come tonight and I don’t think the pack house will be comfortable for them or us. So I was thinking if I could house them in the guest mansion, if

are there? The guest house is

“Ten” I answer

check, wait here and I will fetch the

mindlink Sandra, hoping that I

beta Jessica about our guests. I thought the pack house would be too stressful for them and us. So I thought that the guest mansion would be better as it’s closer to the forest but beta Jessica explained it’s occupied. Can I tell her that the guests are lycans

Are you in the beta quarters? Tell Jessica that

I will ask

soon then.* Sandra says

I told Jessica that I noticed it was back and waited for

please take a seat

is making tea, I walked into her office, knowing my way over there even if I have never been inside the beta quarters before. The beta quarters and the gamma quarters are identical as well as the delta quarters,

light brown and blue furniture while mom and dads office had mahogany and green furniture. But usually we would have this meeting in Luna Sandra’s office but with all the preparations for the ball, it’s overflowing with decorations and besides beta Jessica’s tea

two desks beside each other and in one corner were two blue armchairs and a blue couch with a low round table

a tray in her hands, I help her set the table just as Luna Sandra comes in. Luna Sandra sits down on the couch and we drink some tea before she explains the situation

have the mansion. I will rearrange for the other

supposed to stay there in the first place?” I

of the silver stone pack and his guests” Jessica answers

silver stone pack is known for their warriors but their alpha is known for not wanting a mate. It’s rumored that he

the pack house in the blue quarters”

members when they come to visit. Luna Sandra comes from the

house the

villa?” I

yes, the villa perhaps… yes, book the villa for the silver lake pack and for the guest

Jessica wrote everything down and nodded for

here” beta Jessica said and I got up and walked to her and

we deal with all the alphas in one place?” I ask both beta Jessica

question, should we arrange runs or

think, Nora?” Luna