‘Salem; the most peaceful pack in all of Summerville, home to the finest of warriors with the gentlest of souls. It was the happiest day in all of Salem; Alpha Jared Silver, the 5th in succession and his Luna Carmen Teal were throwing a party, one that had been anticipated for 15 years, the next alpha would be born that day.

The seers were gathered together at the pack square making sure all the necessities for the naming ritual were in place, everyone of royal blood gets a middle name at birth, the name of the wolf it would be given.

Carmen Teal was lying on an altar surrounded by 4 seers and a midwife with the brightest smile she’d ever worn, today she’d finally meet her son.

“What would you name him, Luna?’” a seer asked

“Asher. Asher Silver” Carmen replied

“Very well Luna, he will indeed be a blessing to us.” Another seer concurred

Few minutes later and the cry of a baby filled the night air. Shouts of joy erupted amongst the pack members as they celebrated the birth of prince Asher, this went on until a seer motioned for silence. She stared into the baby’s eyes for some seconds and then announced.

“Ray, Asher Ray Silver”

Ray, that was the name of the 1st alphas wolf.

“Princess Asher Ray Silver” the seer announced again and all that could be heard was silence.

A princess, not a prince. The first ever princess in Salem, born with the wolf of her great, great, great grandfather.

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18 years had gone by since then and Asher was getting ready for her awakening ceremony, the day she’d meet her wolf, Ray. Everyone was once again gathered together in the park square but today it was Asher who was on the altar, patiently waiting for the moon to take its position above her. What color would her fur be? Brown like her hair or grey like her eyes?

The silence was broken by the sound of breaking bones followed by an ear-piercing howl causing everyone’s attention to shift to the altar. Red. A red wolf larger than Alpha Jared’s stood tall on the altar, exuding authority only an alpha can wield.

And so she began, training everyday with the warriors and eventually, she became their leader; the finest commando Salem had ever had. For decades, Asher led Salem to countless victories; conquering multiple rogue territories and expanding the land until Salem became the largest pack in Summerville.

All seemed to go well until Alpha Jared’s time was rounding up and there was no successor in sight. Asher had found her mate, one of the generals of a pack they rescued years ago but the people of Salem refused to be led by someone from another pack, it was either she got married to the beta’s son and ruled alongside him or became his beta.

Either way, the betas son was next in line as alpha___reason being; females couldn’t become alphas.

Determined to continue in her father’s steps as alpha, Asher wrote multiple letters to the alphas that sat in the presence of the Lycan king and alas, a law was passed.

The first offspring of every alpha is by birthright next in line, irrespective of whether male or female and is expected to assume responsibility upon the passing of the alpha. In the event that the offspring is not competent enough, the lead warrior is to be made alpha in his/her stead.

Signed

Alpha Black

And that was how Asher became the first and only female alpha in not only Summerville but all wolf communities. She got married to her mate turned beta, Casper Leon Luxembourg and together, they had__’

“Me. Aria Iris Luxembourg”, I have heard this story one time to many but still it seems to be everyone’s favorite.

“Can we just skip the tale?” I grumble

“Aria, it’s all part of the process. An alpha has to be well informed about their history” Melissa says and I can’t help but roll my eyes at her.

“ I doubt there’s a single person in the whole of Summerville who doesn’t know this story.” I retort and she just stares at me.

“Fine then, we’ll find out when you take the quiz. Carlisle is waiting for you outside” and with that she leaves.

Being the firstborn of the only female alpha has it’s perks, alpha classes are definitely an exemption. Allow me to tell you a thing or two about my daily routine; breakfast is always tea class with Shannon, after that is history with melissa, where we recycle the same old story. Then there’s gym with Carlisle because mother raised the bar so high, lunch is social ethics with Rupert and some random kid of a high-ranking parent in Summerville, after that is my worst class__swimming.

It wasn’t part of the alpha classes initially as Melissa mentioned but mother made sure it was included, simply because she met dad at a pool or he was drowning in a pond…well something of the sort. Last but not the least is dance class because werewolves live for an incredibly long period of time and what better way to spend it than partying.

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Then of course there’s dinner; the only time I get to spend with my lovely parents__scratch that, the only time my alpha and beta put me under the lens and tell me what a sloppy job I’m doing. Don’t get me wrong, we actually spend the weekends together and holidays touring Summerville but I’m a brat and want their attention all the time so__

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“What’s my princess thinking about?” there’s a light knock on my head and I raise my head

“Dad? What are you doing here? Where’s Carlisle?” I ask looking about me for the said person

“Carlisle is out on alpha duties” nope…there’s no way I’m buying that. I blink at him continuously

“I told Asher I wanted to spend some time with you so she agreed to let me train you for the day” he sighs. “follow me”

“I don’t feel like lifting weights today” I pout

“We are having a picnic princess, just us two” he laughs and I can barely contain my joy. The last time we had a father-daughter picnic was 5 years ago, way before these alpha classes shenanigans.

“You’ll be 18 next week, what would you like me to get you this year?” dad asks. How did we get here? Last I remember we were catching up on the week so far

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. To be honest, I’m both nervous and excited about it, I can’t wait to meet Iris.