The Alpha: The Vampire & Werewolf Chronicles, #1

By Chrissy Peebles

A gripping, paranormal romance by USA Today bestselling author Chrissy Peebles.

Fueled by rage and revenge, Logan, a werewolf, goes on a hunt to seek justice and find the creatures that destroyed his life. With his best friends, a vampire and a gargoyle, they're intent on taking out the dangerous vampires and stopping the impending apocalypse.

This is a 9 book series. 

Book 1 - The Alpha
Book 2 - Love & Faith
Book 3 - Lost Souls
Book 4 - Raging Chaos
Book 5 - Brewing Storm
Book 6 -  Royal Secrets
Book 7 - Blessed Union
Book 8 - Rising Darkness
Book 9 - Courage & Defiance

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dark Shadows Publishing
• Release date: Dec 9, 2016
• ISBN: 9781540134912

Chrissy Peebles

Sin da piccola, Chrissy Peebles ha sempre adorato leggere e scrivere storie di genere fantastico. Vive in una città frenetica con suo marito, due figli e tre gatti. Nel tempo libero ama anche scattare foto. Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chrissy-Peebles-Fantasy-Author/351121651567296 Scrivetele pure con i vostri commenti. A Chrissy piace molto il contatto diretto con i lettori. 

Book preview

THE ALPHA 

Can one lone werewolf stop the Falcars from destroying the immortals?

LOGAN IS A WEREWOLF tormented by his past and a need for revenge. The Falcar, half demon and half vampire, destroyed his life when they killed his entire pack. He's the last royal prince werewolf, and the Falcar were determined to end his bloodline once and for all. Logan goes on a mission to find the Falcar and destroy them forever. When he meets an Ankh witch named, Sophia, his world is turned upside down. Can she save Logan from himself?

This series is a spinoff from The Crush Saga.

Listen to this song list on Spotify! Over 300 songs!

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Playlist For The Series

1. CRUSH – MANDY MOORE

2. I Want You To Want me – Letters To Cleo

3. Crush – Yuna/Usher

4. Freaks Like Me – Joe Nichols

5. True Colors – Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick

6. It’s The End Of The world As We Know It – REM

7. Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Reviva

8. How Far We’ve Come – Matchbox Twenty

9. Road to Nowhere – Ozzy Osbourne

10. How to Save a Life – The Fray

11. Avril Lavigne’s – Keep Holding On

12. Firework – Katy Perry

13. Stronger – Kelly Clarkson

14. What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger – Kelly Clarkson

15. Survivor – Destiny’s Child

16. Titanium – David Guetta

17. Win - Brian Mcknight

18. When You Believe – Whitney Houston duet with Mariah Carey

19. Hall of Fame – The Script

20. Beauty and the Beast – Ariana Grande and John Legend

21. Rise – Katy Perry

22. My Immortal – Evanescence

23. The Climb – Miley Cyrus

24. I Believe I can Fly – R. Kelly

25. P!nk – Just Like Fire

26. If You're Goin' Through Hell – Rodney Atkins.

27. Warrior – Demi Lavato

28. Beautiful – Christina Aguilera

29. Roar – Katy Perry

30. F**kin’ Perfect – Pink

31. Who Says – Selena Gomez

32. Fight Song – Rachel Platten

33. Confident – Demi Lavato

34. I Am Changing – Jennifer Hudson

35. I’m Coming out – Diana Ross

36. Break Away – Kelly Clarkson

37. Burning Gold – Christina Perry

38. Can't Help Falling In Love – Twenty One Pilots

39. We Found Love – Rihanna

40. Bonfire Hearts – James Blunt

41. I Can Love You Like That – John Michael Montgomery

42. It’s Your Love – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

43.  Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars

44. Crazy For You – Adele

45. With Ur Love – Cher Lloyd

46. No One Compares – Jessica Sanchez

47. Fall Into Love – Wrathschild

48. Echosmith – Bright

49. What It Takes – Aerosmith

50. So Into You – Tamia

51. Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis

52. Hands to Myself – Selena Gomez

53. How Did I Fall In Love With You – Backstreet Boys

54. To Be With You – Mr. Big

55. Enchanted To Meet You – Taylor Swift

56. Fallin' For You – Colbie Caillat

57. Can’t Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon

58. Beautiful Soul – Jesse McCartney

59. Into You – Ariana Grande

60. Crush – David Archuleta

61. Fallin' For You – Colbie Caillat

62. (Song for Eve) The Lonely – Christina Perry

63. 1000 Times – Sara Bareilles

64.  Lovestrong – Christina Perry

65. Supernatural – Oh Death - Jen Titus

66. Renegade – Styx

67. Animals – The House Of The Rising Sun

68. Bad Company – Bad Company

69. Highway to Hell – AC/DC

70. Just Breathe – Pearl Jam

71. Charmed – How Soon Is Now?

72. Bring Me To Life – Evanescence

73. I’m a Believer – Smash Mouth

74. Lifehouse - You And Me

75. The Edge of Glory – Lady Gaga

76. All Kinds of Kinds – Miranda Lambert

77. Hero – Mariah Carey

78. Hero – Enrique Iglesias

79. Black Sheep – Gin Wigmore

80. Imperfect is the New Perfect – Caitlin Crosby

81. Born This Way – Lady Gaga

82. What Make You Beautiful – One Direction

83.  Send Me An Angel – Real Life

84. I Need A Hero – Bonnie Tyler

85. Love of a Lifetime – Firehouse

86. (Song for Logan) Carry on Wayward Son – Kansas

87. I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith

88. Amazed – Lonestar

89.  Secret Garden – Bruce Springsteen

90. Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

91. Everybody Hurts – R.E.M.

92.  Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley

93. How to Disappear Completely – Radiohead

94. Transatlanticism – Death Cab For Cutie

95. Mad World – Gary Jules

96. Love – Lana Del Rey

97. Perfect – Ed Sheeran

98. Hide and Seek – Imogen Heap

99. Fade Into You – Mazzy Star

100.  Wicked Game – Chris Isaak

101. It’s Not Over – For King and Country

102. I Want to Know What Love Is – Foreigner

103. (I Just) Died in Your Arms – Cutting Crew

104. You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker

105.  Crush – Jennifer Paige

106. Crush – Dave Matthews Band 

107. Freak the freak out – Victoria Justice

108. Rise Up – Andra Day

109. Angel Theme - The Sanctuary (Darling Violetta)

110. The Lost Boys - Soundtrack - Cry Little Sister (Theme From The Lost Boys) - By Gerard McMann

111. Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding

112. Wherever You Will Go - The Calling

113. Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls

114. In The Air Tonight - Alex Midi - Delaney

115. When The World Ends - Joshua Micah

116. Thunder - Imagine Dragons

117. Human - Christina Perri

118. Toxic - Britney Spears

119. Hot N Cold - Katy Perry

120. How Far We’ve Come - Matchbox Twenty

121. People are Strange - The Doors

122. Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Wedding Version - Iron & Wine, Breaking Dawn Part 1

123. Girl On Fire - Alicia Key

124. Complicated- Avril Lavigne

125. Hungry Like The Wolf - 2009 Remastered version - Duran Duran

126. Timber - Pitbull

127. Wolves - Selena Gomez

128. Beautiful- Bazzi

129. Never Be The Same - Camila Cabello

130. Inside Out - Camila Cabello

131 Consequences - Camila Cabello

132. In The Dark - Camila Cabello

133.  Into It - Camila Cabello

134. Him and I - G-Eazy ft Halsey

135. Love On The Brain - Rihanna

136. Close To You - Rihanna

137. XO - Beyonce

138. Unconditionally - Katy Perry

139. Best Mistake - Ariana Grande

140. Bad Decisions - Ariana Grande

141. Can’t Help Falling With You - Haley Reinhart

142. Marry Me - Jason Derulo

143. If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys

144. Breathe - Tony Braxton

145. Dusk To Dawn - Zayne featuring Sia

146. Abracadabra - Remastered 2017 - Steve Miller Band

147. Crazy Train - Remastered - Ozzy Osbourne

148. Dress – Taylor Swift

149. End Game – Taylor Swift

150. Out Of The Woods – Taylor Swift 

151. Stay – Taylor Swift

152. Sweet Sacrifice – Evanescence

153. Canvas - Imogen Heap

And more!!!! Over 300 songs!

Chapter 1

MY NAME IS LOGAN AND I’m an alpha, a werewolf to be precise.

I lie in bed tossing and turning, sweat rolling down my face as I had that same nightmare once again. The memory seemed to haunt my dreams, that horrific nightmare of my entire pack being slain in cold blood while on a camping trip. I remembered it like it was yesterday; in fact, I remembered it so often, so vividly that it was completely destroying my life.

First, there was nothing, just the gentle sounds of the forest: birds chirping, leaves rustling in the autumn breeze, and children giggling, splashing, and playing by the pond.

The afternoon was like any other, a day bathed in sunlight and illuminated by glowing patches of blues and greens here and there. A perpetual blur of warm, familiar faces and peals of laughter brought life to the place as the forty or so people who had become the very world to me prepared the fire for dinner.

That dinner was why I was sent away in the first place or, more specifically, because of the fire. The night before, some of the other teenagers and I were roughhousing, horsing around a little too close to the angry flames. The huge stack of kindling the elders had gathered tumbled inside and went up in smoke before any of us could stop it. The others scattered to the wind the second the stack went down, but I froze in place.

I couldn’t just run like them, as much as I wanted to, because the man who peeled himself way from the other adults and started walking slowly toward me was more than just the leader of the pack. That man, the one with the furious scowl on his face, making a beeline in my direction and paralyzing me with that cold stare, was my father.

Logan? he questioned, his voice stern, though still harboring a note of amusement buried beneath the harshness. Would you care to explain what’s going on?

I gulped and looked down at the fire that was roaring away, crackling with delight as the burst of new fuel fed the flames and sent them stretching up to the trees. I was... I paused, my mind racing in panic. I was just trying to add some more wood when the whole thing slipped inside. I’m sorry, I added half-heartedly, as if my lie had even the slightest chance of passing his scrutinizing ears.

My father lifted his eyebrows in disbelief, and suddenly, his amusement was far more pronounced, almost sarcastic. It was as visible as the guilty shifting of weight I tried so hard to hide. Really, son? That’s the story you’re going with?

I sighed and lowered my voice, then cast a quick glance over my shoulder. Look, it was an accident, okay? Me and some of the... I mean, I was just goofing around and knocked the pile over. I’m sorry. I’ll replace it tomorrow.

He chuckled, deep and low, before glancing over my shoulder as well. It may have been my imagination, but I could have sworn I heard half a dozen pairs of feet scrambling back into the woods.

You protect your friends, he said softly, looking me up and down, with a strangely fond, proud smirk on his face. That’s a good thing, Logan, but they are only one small part of this pack. To protect one of us is to protect all of us. We mustn’t ever draw lines from within. That only leads to infighting or...worse. His dark eyes searched mine as his face tightened thoughtfully. Do you understand?

I nodded quickly, standing as straight and tall as I could. Yes, sir.

These lessons were given to me more than they were given to the others, but I cherished them. One day, my father’s job and responsibility would be mine, and I had to live up to some pretty great expectations.

He looked at me for a second more before nodding briskly. Good...and yes, you will gather another pile before dinner tomorrow night. When a high-pitched cackling echoed behind him, he grimaced in pain. In the meantime, I must now listen to Mrs. Catterly’s story about her tone-deaf niece.

Haven’t you heard that story before?

Only nine times, he said, shaking his head.

I grinned and watched as he headed slowly back to the others, flinching every time the old woman’s voice soared above a certain decibel. I knew that would be me someday, but I really couldn’t wait. But in the meantime...

Logan!

I turned around and saw five pairs of bright eyes gazing back at me from the dark.

Dude, is he, like...really pissed? asked Isaac, my best friend.

I shrugged and pasted a cocky grin on my face, then returned to the others. We continued our fun without a care in the world, each moment as blindingly utopic as the next. What we didn’t realize at the time was that fate had a cynical side, a way of taking all that away from us in a heartbeat.

It was that unfortunate convergence of events that carried me out to the woods the next day. To gather the kindling, I had to wander through the trees, picking up random bits. I tilted my head up to the setting sun and listened to the sounds of the woods.

My father had taken me out there often, ever since I was a boy. He always encouraged me to close my eyes and let my other senses range out around me, picking up on everything. I heard the birds, the wind, the distant brook. I even heard the gentle, muffled footsteps of a lone fox padding the forest floor a half-mile away. Then I heard a sound I had never heard before out there. Screams?

The kindling dropped from my arms in what felt like slow motion, before I even made a conscious decision to let it go. For a split second, I just froze. I couldn’t move even if I wanted to; it was as if I had simply forgotten how.

Then, again without conscious thought, I looked down and saw my legs running, my feet pounding the ground faster than I had ever run in my life, as fast as my father. The trees streaked by, blurring into a single wall of green, until I came to a sudden stop. I looked around in horror and confusion at the place where our camp was supposed to be. What the...? I muttered, shocked beyond belief.

All I could do was gaze around in utter heartbreak, taking in the sight of the smoldering remains of what had been my life. The burning cabins and scorched grass were littered with the mangled bodies of my kin, my friends, all torn up beyond recognition, massacred and bloody. The few who weren’t yet casualties were doing their best to fight, but it was doing little good, and it was clear that they were about to join our fallen comrades. It all happened so fast, and some just stood there, as stunned as I was. Five old women were piled up beneath a picnic bench with an ongoing game of poker on top; I doubted they’d even had time to look up from their cards.

Almost worse and more unsettling than the carnage was the fact that I had no idea who the enemy was. Who—or what—the fuck are they fighting?

One of them blurred past me, and I stumbled instinctively away. The thing laughed, emitting a cruel high-pitched sound, before returning to its