Revenge of the Female Alpha: Their Missing Mate

By Solange Daye

"I will not reject him," I tell Luca. "This is not up for negotiation."
"If Father were still alive, he would be terribly disappointed in you, Rowena. He would never want to see his daughter mated to an Omega," Luca growls.
"Lies," I scream back at Luca. "He would want me to follow my heart."
"You are the daughter of an Alpha," Luca screams at me. "You are of noble birth. I will not allow this."
Rowena Rowen is the daughter of the former Alpha of the South Redwood Pack. After the untimely death of her parents, Rowena feels trapped by her older brother, Luca. Luca controls every aspect of her life, but she assumed when she turned eighteen, all of that would change. But Rowena couldn't have been more wrong. After shifting for the first time against Luca's wishes, she finds out Luca has something more sinister in mind for her.
Finding out her brother plans to sell her to a neighboring pack, Rowena realizes she has no other option but to run. Will Rowena be able to survive her brother's wrath once he realizes that she is gone?

• Language: English
• Publisher: supernovel
• Release date: Feb 3, 2024

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Chapter 1 First Shift

Rowena POV

What do you mean I don't get a party? I yell at my brother Luca. 

I stomp foot in protest. It isn't fair. The Full Moon Square is open for every pack member on their eighteenth birthday. Why should I be any different? 

There is no need for you to find your mate, Luca says as if he is bored.

This isn't about me finding my mate! I squeal. This is about tradition and me being able to shift for the first time. 

You are the center of attention every day, Luca rolls his eyes at me in frustration. You don't need a party. You are being completely unreasonable. 

Me! I gasp. I am being unreasonable? 

Yes, Luca says. As your Alpha, I am telling you that you don't get a party or the Full Moon Square.

Tears fill my eyes at the injustice. Father would have never denied me the square. 

Father is no longer around for you to continue to get your way, Luca says, his words hurt. 

I square my shoulders and try to look unbothered by his decision. Fine, I say, fighting back the tears in my eyes. 

I leave my brother's office and slam the door on the way out. Tonight, I turn eighteen. Every werewolf in the South Redwood Pack dreams of shifting for the first time in Full Moon Square. 

When my father was Alpha, it was not an exclusive place. Everyone got the privilege of shifting in the Full Moon Square. Alphas and Omegas alike. But now that my brother is Alpha, it is reserved for only the highest-ranking werewolves, and apparently, that doesn't include me. 

I run to my bedroom, ignoring the looks of everyone that I pass by. I swing the door to my room open and throw myself on the bed dramatically. I know I am acting like a brat, but I don't care. 

A knock on my door makes me sit up and dry my tears quickly. Who is it? I call out.

Whoever is at the door doesn't bother to answer me. They just barge right on in. It is my brother's Beta, Zoe. She had a concerned look on her face. 

What's this I hear about you not having a birthday party? She asks. 

Why don't you ask that blood-sucking vampire of a brother of mine, I retort bitterly. 

Luca said the decision was yours, Zoe says. He said you didn't want a party because you didn't want to find your mate. 

Fucking typical, I growl. I don't care about a party. I just want Full Moon Square opened for me. I didn't think that was too much to ask.

So, no party and no Full Moon Square? Zoe looks confused. 

Nope, I say. If I want to shift into my wolf, I must do it out in the woods like a fucking savage. 

Zoe chews on her bottom lip for a moment. It is something that she does when she is deep in thought. 

You know, Zoe finally says. Your brother isn't the only one with keys to open Full Moon Square. 

What are you trying to say? I ask excitedly.

I am not saying anything. But if you want to shift in the square tonight, I suggest you meet someone there at midnight, Zoe says cryptically.

A jolt of excitement rushes through me, and I squeal. Oh, Zoe! This would mean the world to me! Thank you so much!

Zoe raises her arms in the air and shakes her head back and forth. Don't thank me, she says nervously. Thank whoever meets you at the square tonight. 

I pace my bedroom and watch the clock tick on the wall. I am waiting until 11:45 p.m. to make my way down to Full Moon Square. I have decided to wear a lightweight white dress.

It is customary for a werewolf to wear white on the night of their first shift. It is a tradition passed down in the South Redwood Pack for decades. It symbolizes the purity of the bond between one's wolf and human self.

Once it is 11:45 p.m., I give myself one final look in the mirror and make my way down to Full Moon Square. My skin is humming in anticipation.

I sneak out of the pack house through the back door. I shiver against the cool night air in nothing but my sheer white dress. Wrapping my arms around myself, I make my way around the pack house. Sticking to the shadows, I keep myself hidden.

It is something that I have become good at. Sticking to the shadows. Things have been awkward since my brother took over as Alpha of the South Redwood Pack. Luca runs things differently than my father did. Luca likes to keep me under lock and key. I am required to have an escort wherever I go.

Before I know it, I am standing in front of the massive coliseum we use as our Full Moon Square. I make my way to the back entrance and see Zoe standing in the shadows as well.

You made it out, she whispers in relief. Are you ready?

I am ready to meet my wolf, I say with my head held high.

Zoe unlocks the padlock on the massive cement door and pushes it open with ease. We walk into the center of the arena together, and Zoe pulls me in for a bear hug.

I have to leave you, she says with a frown on her face. If your brother finds me...

I understand, I say bravely. I can do this on my own.

Zoe leaves me standing in the center of Full Moon Square. I strip off my white dress and stand naked in the moonlight. The moon's light dances off my skin as it begins to stretch and sprout fur. I watch in awe as white fur begins to cover my body.

Pain spreads through my spine. I can feel each one of my bones breaking and reshaping all at the same time. No longer able to stand the pain, I drop to my hands and knees. I am shocked to see large paws hit the ground in front of me instead of my hands.

Suddenly, the pain subsides, and it is as if I am looking at the world through different eyes. Every color is sharper, and the images are more crisp. My skin is no longer cold; I realize it is because I am covered in fur. I twist my body around in a circle, trying to catch a glimpse of my tail.

'Are you quite done making us act like a puppy?' A voice echoes inside my mind.

'Are you my wolf?' I ask.

The voice chuckles in my head. 'I am your wolf, Freya. Are you ready for your first run?'

'I am afraid that we can't run tonight, Freya. I'm sure they will have noticed that I am missing by now,' I tell my wolf.

'You don't know the truth,' Freya responds.

'What truth?' I ask, but Freya doesn't have time to respond.

The scent of hazelnuts and chocolate wafts through the air, and Freya is running in the direction of the smell. There is nothing that I can do to stop her.

'Mate,' her voice rings through my head.         

Chapter 2 Buy A Mate 

Tristen POV

'Alpha Tristen,' Elder Walker yells in my mind. 'Are you listening?' 

I rub my fingers against my temples, trying to rid myself of Elder Walker's annoying voice in my mind. But it is of no use. He is insisting that we have this conversation, and we have it right now.

'Yeah,' I answer back through the mind link. 'I am listening.'

'It is time that you consider forming an alliance with the South Redwood Pack through marriage,' Elder Walker continues. 'The new Alpha of South Redwood is looking to exchange twelve Omegas along with the former Alpha daughter for Three Million dollars.'

'I don't plan on getting married any time soon,' or ever, I leave the last part unspoken. 'Why would I make a deal such as this one?'

'You need a Luna to help you run the pack,' Elder Walker hisses through the mind link. 'There are parts of running a pack that need a woman's touch.'

'Not in the North Twilight Pack,' I mumble back.

'Yes, even here in the North Twilight Pack,' Walker answers me grumpily.

'Three Million,' I whistle in my mind. 'That is a lot of money.'

'For thirteen new members of our pack, it is quite the deal,' Elder Walker snaps at me. 'Make the deal.'

Elder Walker cuts off the mind link between us, and I am left staring at my Beta Mason. Mason has been my Beta since I took over the pack from my father at eighteen. He was the logical choice for a Beta, as his father was Beta before him. He had been trained all of his life for the position. But there are certain things that we don't agree on.  

That looks like it was a fun conversation, Mason says with a smirk on his lips. He knows how much I hate interacting with the Elder Council.  

We need to prepare the pack for thirteen new members, I say curtly. And we will need to prepare a transfer of Three Million Dollars to the South Redwood Pack.

Mason looks up from the tablet that he is taking notes on. Surely you cannot be serious, he laughs uneasily. That is a huge chunk of money. What exactly is the deal being made?

I sigh uneasily. I know Mason is going to have issues with this deal. He is a hopeless romantic at heart, and I know he will not take kindly to the idea of me purchasing a mate. 

The South Redwood Pack has offered us twelve omegas in exchange for three million dollars, I say, conveniently leaving out the part about buying the former Alpha's daughter. 

But Mason does not miss a thing. Who is the thirteenth member? He asks suspiciously. 

The daughter of the former Alpha, I say, not looking up from the paperwork on my desk. 

There is something that you aren't telling me, Mason crosses his arms over his chest and leans back in his chair. 

I have told you all that you need to know for now, I tell Mason as I shuffle the papers.

Nope, He says sternly. You are not getting off that easy. If you want me to secure the funds, then I want to know what is going on.

The elders believe that it would be in the best interest of the pack if I were to create an alliance through marriage with the South Redwood Pack, I sigh. I guess the new Alpha over there agrees because he is willing to send his sister to be my mate.

This is absurd! Mason yells. You can't just buy a mate. A mate is someone who is given to you as a gift from the Moon Goddess. 

I shake my head in frustration. I knew that this was going to be a problem. Mason is convinced mates are a gift and the mate bond should be treated with respect. He cannot wait to find his fated mate. I, on the other hand, disagree.

A mate is not something that I ever want. I don't want to be tied to a single female for the rest of my life when I can have as many females as I want. I can still produce a strong heir with any woman that I choose.

Don't worry, Mason, I say humorously. I don't plan on actually making her my mate. 

But you told the elders… Mason's voice trails off in confusion. 

I am making the deal like the elders told me to, but I never promised to make her my mate, I explain to Mason.

What do you plan on doing with her? Mason's voice is becoming high-pitched. She is the daughter of an Alpha. You cannot force her to live as an Omega.

No one is planning on forcing the daughter of an Alpha to live like an Omega, I groan. Hell, if she is pretty, I may keep her for myself.

Mason's eyes widen, and I can't help but chuckle at him. You can't be serious, he says. She is the daughter of an Alpha. You can't treat her like some Omega pet.

How do we know that she's even of Alpha blood? Why are they so keen to make a deal when it comes to her anyway? I bet she is some lowly Omega born to an Alpha, I laugh.

If you don't plan on making her your mate, then why make the deal at all? Mason says angrily. I can tell this subject is really getting under his skin. 

Thirteen new pack members is a huge investment, I try to explain. This puts the North Twilight Pack one step closer to being the largest pack in the country.

We already are the largest pack in the country, Mason says as he rolls his eyes at me. 

Well, I shrug my shoulders. These thirteen members will keep us on top. Get the money ready for the transfer.

When do I transfer the funds? Mason groans. 

Not until we have the pack members, of course, I tell him.  

Chapter 3 Hunt Down 

Luca POV

A knock on my office door causes me to slam my laptop closed. No matter who is on the other side of the door, I cannot let them know I have been in contact with the North Twilight Pack. They would not understand.

Come in, I call out as I shuffle the papers around on my desk. Pretending like I am working on something else.

My Beta Zoe peeks her head in the door. I know by the look on her face that this will not be a fun conversation. 

Zoe wasn't my first choice for a Beta, but my father had already spent years training her. She was the only suitable choice. But I feel like having a female for a Beta makes our pack look weak. Don't get me wrong. Zoe gets the job done, but what I envisioned for my Beta. 

What? I growl in frustration. 

I came to talk to you about Ro, Zoe says stiffly. 

I cringe at the nickname that has been given to my little sister. I hate it. It isn't dignified. What about Rowena? I ask, emphasizing her name. 

I thought your decision to close her off from the Full Moon Square tonight was unfair, Zoe tells me with her head held high. 

It wasn't your decision to make, I growl at her.

I made it my decision, Zoe tells me. She was planning on shifting in the middle of the woods like some wild animal. That could have been dangerous for Ro. So, I opened the Square for her.

Getting to my feet, I slam my hands on the desk. How dare you defy one of my orders? I scream at her. "Rowena must not