Alpha Without a Pack...

Chapter 16

"I still haven't quite figured that one out, although I do have a few ideas." Her link was a gentle hum through my mind and I found myself relaxing out onto the dirt beside her as I rolled. I wasn't one to submit unless forced so having my wolf willingly roll over and show off his belly to her meant she had great respect from us and honestly I didn't mind bowing to her beauty.

                                          Daniel

Once Sidney passed Tucker off as a goofball that was at the very least tollerable, it was my turn to shift for her. I was nervous out of my mind despite having seen three of my pack brothers already pass the friend not foe test, considering my wolf was unsure about hers. I let the shift consume me as I studied her wolf and she studied mine, I found myself growling wearily when her eyes held my gaze. "Stop that Danny boy, trust me it won't lead to good things." Her own soft growl punctuated through her link and surprisingly it cut off the growl rumbling in my throat almost instantly as I cocked my head at her. "You don't seem scared of us at all." I found myself remarking and I sat on my haunches while she watched me.

 "I'm not. I can understand that your wolf is wary being on territory that doesn't belong to him and meeting a strange wolf, but I am not the enemy right now." Her link was quick as she trotted forward and circled me effortlessly, clearly her wounds no longer hindered her in the slightest. My hackles raised uneasily until she met me nose to nose with gentle body language and a friendly yip. The action and sound seemed to stop my wolf in his tracks and draw his interest even more towards her as I responded with a whine of my own, only to find my tail wagging happily back at her. "Go sit down with your friends silly, there are still more introductions to be made." Her link held direction behind it and I found myself obeying her without question, this was nothing at all like the deadly danger she'd described.

                                        Emmett

She was even more gorgeous than I thought possible, watching the way she interacted with the others was strangely comforting, but I couldn't place why. "Emmett." She motioned me forward with a tilt of her head as her link rang out to me. I stepped forward and stripped before letting my own shift take over, I silently preened over the fact it came quicker than the others had. I found myself posturing for her as she inspected my wolf form and allowed me to sniff at her muzzle in greeting. My wolf was more than happy to meet her, it was as if he'd been waiting for the perfect opportunity to engage her in play for forever.

 "Your wolf is just a big puppy isn't he?" Her amusement flooded through her link just as I gave an excited playful whine to her. "I suppose my wolf form can get a bit more playful than most." I hummed back as she shook her head slightly and passed me over to the rest who had already made their introductions. "Does anyone else feel weird watching her greet everyone?" Gavin sent through our pack link. "Well at least you can see, Bowen won't even let us peek out the windows!" Micah grumbled through the link. "I think I get what Gav means, for some reason I'm nervous for her to like all of us." Daniel sent out and I found myself in agreement. It was strange but not impossible for packs to accept nomads like we had, but this felt different somehow and that was the weird part.

                                         Jason

I could feel my wolf pacing beneath my skin, we were the last one to shift from our group of six and I was eager to get it over with. I hadn't even shifted yet and I knew my wolf would love hers, I could sense his excitement to meet her growing by the second. So when she turned her attention away from Emmett it was all I could do to rip my shirt over my head before my shift rippled over me and my wolf stood in my place. I stood stiff and still as she trotted up to me and tilted her head as I underwent her inspection. 

She was half my weight in wolf form easily considering I had more height and muscle than her, but she didn't seem fazed that I was the largest wolf around her at the moment. I noted that as a hopeful sign for when she would meet the others whose wolves were even larger than my own. "Well surprisingly I can still see the family resemblance with the color of your furs." Her teasing was clear as she looked between Daniel and me, I found myself huffing at her in response. "Funny little wolf." I growled softly as I playfully nipped at her shoulder.

 Her response was to nip back at me with a slight baring of her teeth, making it clear to respect her space and my wolf easily responded. I sat down and watched her as her slightly tense posture relaxed once more and she cocked her head at me curiously. "What?" I questioned. "Nothing, you just have a lot more control than I'm used to when dealing with packs, it's impressive." Her compliment had my wolf puffing up in pride as she brushed her fur against my own, letting our scents mingle briefly in a friendly acceptance. I didn't have any time to respond before she linked us to stay put and dashed off into the trees, leaving the six of us to watch the place she disappeared to in utter bewilderment.