Bullied By Twin Alphas
Chapter 23: Acting Up

“Well, that’s…awesome” I muttered, stretching my arm. I decided to join training even though I was Luna. I wanted to be able to protect my pack, and make sure they were safe. The cameras around the territory had been picking up brief flashes late at night, but we couldn’t recognize who these wolves were.

Unfortunately, I was paired up with one of Heathers friends. She smirked at me as she stood back in her offensive stance. I didn’t understand why she was smirking, she had landed a kick to my arm. Sure, it hurt, but it wasn’t debilitating. She had landed around 20 hits in the 30 minutes we’d been training, so she wasn’t bad, but she wasn’t as good as she could be. The good thing is that she hadn’t seen my offensive yet.

She circled her leg across the ground, trying to knock my feet out from under me. I avoided her move by jumping up, rolling over the ground when I landed. I popped up again, Dash laughing at her spinning to replace me. She was fast, but I can be faster. I’m confidant I could be. B***d Moon might have been training hard, but I know they didn’t do challenges like Green Leaf, Xavier told me so.

“Alright, switch!” Xaviers voice rang out. B***d moon members looked at him, confused. We’d only been sparring for 30 minutes. I took my opportunity and landed a punch directly to this girls jaw; I had already forgotten her name. That made me a bad Luna, and I ended up being angry. She took the force of the blow well, sprawling out graciously.

I let her stand, and jumped in the air quickly, landing a foot to her chest. She landed on the ground again. Before she could get up, I crouched down and picked her body up, lifting her above my head. Her weight shifted as she struggled in my arms, and I threw her directly onto the ground, back first. She made a wheezing noise as all the air escaped her lungs in a loud gasp.

I smirked down at her with the same look she had given me earlier. Her eyes bugged out as she gasped in air repeatedly, trying to catch her breath.

“Get up.” I said, and she wheezed again.

“Can’t-breathe-“ her voice was scratchy.

“You think that matters to an enemy? It doesn’t.” Dash growled in agreement, feeling high and mighty. “You’d be dead right now if this was real life. Get up.” She nodded, gasping less as her red face paled. She weakly knocked my kicks to the side, gaining strength as her breathing finally calmed down.

“Good. Now I’m going to punch. Read my movements to replace my target.” Her eyes widened, but they stayed on me as I wound my fist back and threw it forward. Too late, she realized where I was aiming, and it landed directly in the middle of her forehead. Her head whipped back, her hair flying as it sprung forward. She kneeled down with her chest on the ground and her butt in the air. Her hands were wrapped around her neck.

“Oh my goddess, Sarah!” I heard Heathers screech from the middle of the training area, and everyone stopped to stare at either Sarah on the ground crying, me standing above her, or Heather as she rushed over to Sarah and crouched down. I felt Xavier, Wyatt, and Xander step up behind me, and turned to see them just as confused as me.

“I can’t move it…it hurts so bad…” Sarah was crying to Heather.

“Xavier, she actually hurt Sarah during training! She can’t just do that; it’s against pack rules!” Heather cried out. Xavier brushed against me as he went to step forward, but I put my arm out in front of him. He looked down at me, confused, but I shook my head. He stepped back and allowed me to step forward instead.

“She’s hurt, not broken.” I said calmly, and Heather glared at me, opening her mouth to speak. “Second, that is Alpha Xavier, Heather. Just like it is Alpha Wyatt, Alpha Xander, and Luna Lilith.” Her face began turning red, her mouth clamping shut quickly. “Even if her neck was broken, she wouldn’t be so calm about it. She would be screaming, not crouched the way she is, but almost passing out.” Sarah peaked up, looking away when I made eye contact and sniffling. All eyes were on us, everyone looking shocked.

“Lastly, why are you so focused on someone else’s training? Like I said to Sarah, you’d be dead if this was real life.” I stared her down, but she kept her gaze on mine, not backing down. If it was a challenge she wanted, it was a challenge she would get.

“Because she’s my friend. And you’re a hateful person.” She spat. “Knowing she was your partner, I wanted to keep an eye on her to make sure she was okay. I know you hate me, I wouldn’t put it past you to do something to one of my friends you know I love.” My eyes made contact with Xander and Wyatt’s, our eyebrows all arched in surprise. She wanted to talk about bullying? To ME? Dash’s growl ripped through me as I crouched down to her eye level, glaring at her.

“I don’t hate you. I never did.” I began, my skin itching as I pushed Dash to the back of my mind. “I pitied you.” Her face dropped and she snarled. “You’re in love with my mate. In fact, you even tried to mark him against his will.” She started shaking, and I had a feeling she was about to explode. I smiled at her. “Sherri, where are you?” I yelled in her face, and she flinched.

“Over here, what’s up?” Sherri jogged towards us. As Gamma’s and Beta’s, Demetrius, Brenda, Lucas, and Sherri were expected to be at training. I glared at Heather again, and she looked at me with hatred burning in here eyes. “See? I don’t know where my friend is all the time. And she’s dangerous.” An expression I couldn’t identify flashed through Heathers eyes before she closed them and took a deep breath. Sarah sat up, still clutching her neck.

“Unmarked.” She said, barely audible. I heard it, but Sarah didn’t, and neither did anyone else. I snorted.

“Say it louder for the people in the back.” I shouted, making her flinch again. She cleared her throat and stood up, pulling Sarah up with her. Sarah whimpered at the motions of her body.

“Sorry, Luna Lilith. I said ‘I’m sorry’.” Her eyes held a challenge, and I never back down.

“You’re damn right.” I growled, and Xavier looked at me in shock. Wyatt and Xander had been straining to hear what was said, and trying not to laugh the entire time. “Sarah can go to the infirmary by herself. You can get back to training.” I ordered, and Heather looked at me in surprise. Sarah looked like she was about to cry as she turned and walked carefully towards the infirmary.

“You heard her, back to training!” Xavier barked, and everyone immediately paired up and started sparring again. As I made my way to the front with Xavier, I kept my eyes on Heather. She glared at me the whole time, her sparring partner doing the same. I lifted my nose and she flipped me off.

She thinks she’s scary. I’ll show her scary.

Dash was muttering in my head, and I ignored her as I scanned the crowd, watching everyone train. B***d Moon members weren’t bad at all, and Silver Mountain members were starting to pick up the pace. A few people still lagged behind, and I had a feeling a few more Omegas would appear before Blue River Pack was fully settled. There was a whistle from beside me, and everyone faced the front again.

“Hello everyone. In case you couldn’t make it to the ceremony, I’m Alpha Wyatt, originally Alpha of Green Leaf Pack.” Wyatt stated, clapping his hands together.

“And I’m Alpha Xander, also originally Alpha of Green Leaf Pack.” Xander stated from my other side. He looked at Wyatt to continue.

“At Green Leaf, we liked to take training almost too seriously. It was a tough pack, but we loved each other as a family. We would like to introduce you to a challenge.” There were cheers scattered around, and I noticed a few Silver Mountain members joined in the cheers this time. Pride coursed through me.

“Since it is our first time training with original B***d Moon pack members, we will again be doing The Run. We like to see our pack members speed with this one, and it gives us a better idea who to send out into battle, the next challenge will determine who generally protects the packhouse during a battle.” Xander said, running through the rules for The Run. Since the pack was way bigger, there were a mix of all three original packs as Hunters and Hunted; 75 members were Hunted, 50 were Hunters. The other 75 members were Watchers. As a bonus, I was a Watcher, but Heather was a Hunted.

After Xander finished explaining, half of the Hunted shifted, their wolves stretching out. When everyone nodded in recognition of their challengers, the Hunters shifted. After a few moments of stare downs, the Watchers shifted, and Dash stretched her limbs. She snapped her jaw in a yawn. I was happy to let her take control for a while.

At the signal, the Hunted bolted into the forest. I wasn’t sure exactly where the targets were, so this would be new to all of us. After a moment, the signal for us was given to go, and Dash sped forward, not going any particular direction. I watched as a Hunted almost got taken down, opting to headbutt the Hunter. They snapped at me in confusion, watching their opportunity run away, anger flashing through their eyes. I shook my head, bounding off as they went another direction.

There were so many howls of victory from the Hunters within the first thirty minutes, very different from the few howls of victory from the Hunted. I thought all hope was lost for the Hunted, so I sat back and watched. Wandering around the forest, I saw many wolves holding their Hunted in area very close to the marks that were supposed to be stood on. Rex trotted up to me, licking my jaw. Dash yipped at him, and I laughed as they played around a little bit.

A blonde wolf neither of us knew zoomed past, knocking us to the side. A large wolf known only as Xaviers wolf chased after it, snapping his jaws at her haunches.

His name is Jett.

Dash hummed softly at her mate. I nodded in her head. She was absolutely head over heels with Jett, and was excited to mate with all of her mates too.

Why have you taken so long to mate with Xavier?

Her question caught me off guard, and I was silent for a moment.

I’m not sure. I want it to be romantic.

You’ve already had s*x. Why not let him mark you?

My memory flitted back to the moment Xavier and I met. Holy Goddess, I just wanted him to touch me like that again.

Lily?

Dash’s voice echoed, and I focused on her again.

Huh?

Dash snorted in laughter, Rex looking at her in confusion.

I just want it to be romantic. Like it was with Wyatt. I said, feeling embarrassed. Dash nodded her head, and we heard Jett howl in success. We watched as humans struggled to climb the trees, Green Leaf members gliding with ease through the treetops. She snorted when someone fell out of a tree, landing on their back with a loud thud.

As soon as they hit the ground, someone pounced on them, howling out their victory. A loud roar echoed through the area, and Rex and I stood, making our way to the training area again. I snorted as I saw the blonde wolf lying submissively under Jetts weight, their ears pinned against their head as they watched in embarrassment while we stood around.

There was a sharp bark, and we all shifted back to our human forms. Wyatt, Xander, and I joined Xavier at the front, dressing in clothes left under bushes and in trees like everyone else. I noticed the blonde wolf shifted into Heather, and Xavier shoved clothes at her for her to get dressed into. He crossed his arms, staring her down in anger. She would only look at the floor, even when she was dressed.

“I have a mate.” His voice thundered across the area, shocking us. Xavier, Wyatt, and I whipped our bodies towards them. “I am not marked because I have yet to be able to take my mate on a date. She does not have my mark for the same reason.” I huffed in anger. “This is in no means an invitation to try and force yourself on me, or try to mark me without my consent.” He scanned the crowd, and I huffed in anger.

“Heather, would you like to challenge me for the title of Luna?” I snapped, and she faced me. A toothy smile spread across her face.

“I, Heather Brown, challenge you, Lilith Winters, for the title of Luna. A challenge to the death.” She smiled angrily, thinking she’d won. I stopped up in front of her, the couple of inches of difference not doing anything for her as I stared up with just as angrily of a smile.

“I accept your challenge, Heather Brown. Name the time and place.” The smile slid off her face as she thought for a moment.

“A week. Right here, at 5 pm.” She said. Before I could respond to her, she turned and stomped her way up to the packhouse.

“Oh no, Heather.” I called, and she turned towards me, confused. “Since we can’t trust you to leave my mate alone, you are hereby kicked out of the packhouse. There are many houses you can move into, but you need to be out of the packhouse in two hours.” She screeched.

“You can’t do that!” She yelled, pointing. “I’ve lived here for four years, you just came in!” Snickers echoed around me.

“As current Luna of Blue River Pack, I CAN and I HAVE. You now have one hour to get your things and get out. Anything left behind will be thrown away.” She stomped her feet, her face turning red. She looked like a child. I slid Xavier a look, and his face was red with embarrassment. She finally disappeared into the packhouse, the echoes of laughter following her inside.

“What the f**k?” Xavier whispered, sliding his arm over my shoulder. “I’m embarrassed to have ever been with her.” I laughed.

“No need to be embarrassed any longer; you’re mine now.” I said. He nodded, and we followed Xander and Wyatt inside, everyone sitting down to eat. The omegas looked around, one of them scrambling to tell the others to make more food. They weren’t expecting most of us to come back, probably only a quarter of us was who they expected.

“Congratulations, Hunters.” Wyatt said, standing up. “You have done exceedingly well today, so we don’t have to take a run. We still aren’t sure of everyone’s speed and strength, so we will be keeping an eye on that for the next week or so. For now, enjoy your meals; you all have earned them very much.” Everyone nodded, some cheering towards each other.

The room was filled with activity, laughter and happiness spreading like rays of light around the room. I was taking a bite of my taco when I noticed Heather and a few of her friends dragging boxes and suitcases down the stairs. On her last trip down, she noticed me looking at her with a smirk. Her gaze met mine, anger and hatred filling it. I waved and she stomped her way out of the packhouse.

“Luna Lilith, what have you done?” A stranger came up to me, teasing. She was pretty, but young. Her confidence flowed off her in waves as she extended her hand for me to shake, posed in a bow. I shook her hand, smiling. She was barely taller than me, with stark black hair and bright blue eyes. “I’m Hannah Brown. Heather’s little sister. May I sit?” I nodded, and she sat across from me. My mates watched with curiosity.

“First, I want to say thank you. Heather might be my sister, but she is insufferable. Our parents died a couple years ago, and she’s been my caretaker since. I’m only 15.” I nodded, taking a bite of my beans. “She came in throwing the hugest fit! I would be very surprised if she unpacks a lot of boxes and the items inside WEREN’T broken. She was very angry.”

“She can’t have my mate. So she’s mad.” I said when I finished the food in my mouth. “Something about a deal Xavier and her had when they broke up. I guess when he met me, they were two weeks away from getting back together.” Xavier started choking on his food, and I rubbed his back as he chugged his drink.

“We we’re going to do no such thing. What deal?” He asked, his face red.

“You were supposed to get back with her if you didn’t replace your mate in a year. Apparently you found me two weeks before that.” I looked at him, confused. He shook his head.

“No such agreement existed.” We turned our attention back to Hannah.

“Be careful with her. She’s conniving. She’ll be in the packhouse under your nose without you realizing it.” Hannah said, looking between me and Xavier. “She knows this place and most of the secret entrances. She’s told me about them, but never shown me. I’m sorry I couldn’t show you myself.”

“That’s okay, because I know EVERY entrance and exit to this castle. So they will be blocked off.” Xavier said, standing. I nodded at him as he walked upstairs, Xander and Wyatt’s eyes following him.

“Sorry, Luna Lilith. I never really talked to her before, so I doubt I will get the chance to talk to her again. She hates me. But I am her little sister, so she did have her moments of care.” I nodded as she walked away.

“Well, I guess it’s time for a bath and bed.” I said to the twins, making my way upstairs myself. I definitely had to think ahead and prepare for the next week.