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.

Nora, are you listening?” Mom said and I blinked. Noticing that all of them

thinking about the ball”

sighed and Sandra laughed while Emily rolled her eyes at

arrive tonight and I also want you to choose and set up the rooms. This is a list

chose me for

me? I want to meet them first” Emily

her birthday so I will give you another task til tomorrow, okay sweetie?” Sandra

looked at mom and she smiled

tomorrow if I don’t shift right? Turning me rogue.”

secrets between my parents

need to speak with you and dad tonight about something I have been hiding from both of you.” I say but she shakes her head at

your wolf and so does our alpha.” Mom says and looks like she is

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

and fix their rooms, honey” mom

I smiled and then turned around and walked to the packhouse. I was relieved to have something to do, so I didn’t have to think

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

way over to the beta quarters and I am in luck as the female beta, Jessica, is there when

something.” I tell her and she nods

I help you

will come tonight and I don’t think the pack house will be comfortable for them or us. So I was

many are there? The

“Ten” I answer

fetch

hoping that I

sorry if I disturb you but I’m speaking with 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

Tell Jessica that I would appreciate a cup of tea* Sandra answers

I will ask her*

will see you soon then.* Sandra says before closing

she asked for some tea” I told Jessica that I noticed it was back

make some tea, please take a seat in my office.” Jessica answered and

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, except for the furniture

with 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

the corner. The office had two desks beside each other

I help her set the table just as Luna Sandra comes in. Luna Sandra sits down on the couch and we drink some

of course they will have the mansion. I will

supposed to stay there in the

stone pack and his guests” Jessica

pack is known for their warriors but their alpha is known for not wanting a mate. It’s rumored that he killed his first mate and every female he has

well then place them inside the pack house in the blue quarters” luna Sandra

quarters are usually reserved for her family members when they come to visit. Luna Sandra comes from

the mansion can house the

villa?” I am

the silver lake pack and for the guest house

beta Jessica wrote everything down

said and I got up and walked to her

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

arrange

you think, Nora?” Luna