Thread: A New Pack (V_M & Google)

The Alpha was old, the leader of the pack was not as strong as he had once been and soon there would be challengers to his position. He could probably hold on for a few more years if he was lucky, he might be loosing a step but he had experience on his side and that would count for a lot if anyone openly challenged him for the right to rule... but that would only end up weakening the pack from its position of strength. They ruled more territory then any other pack in the region, their strength was unchallenged and their influence growing... to fight for succession would put that status of strength in jeopardy and so it had been announced that the Alpha would soon be stepping aside, allowing a younger and stronger male with to take control and lead. Dominic Strauss knew that he was the sort of male to take up that role, son of the soon to be stepping down Alpha but it wasn't his birth that made him the right man to lead... of all the young men in the pack he was the strongest, the faster, the toughest, and the most clever, if it came down to a fight among the would be successors then he had no doubt that he would triumph... but he was also smart enough to know that such a fight would have quite the body count and to kill his would be rivals would deny the pack strength that they might need. There might be other ways to figure things out and Dominic had some ideas but none that were solid at that exact moment... the best he could come up with involved finding a mate, pureblooded and from outside the pack... a strong bloodline brought into the pack would help to cement his position of power making any challenge against him far less likely. Unfortunately the packs main method of gaining strength, forcing pack less females to join them in order to increase the strength of the pack and of course improve the breeding rate hadn't made them friends in the region, turning a lovely little human wouldn't do because he needed a pureblood for his Mate... it looked to Dominic as if he might need to lead a small raid against a smaller pack in order to capture a suitable female in order to ensure he would become the Alpha... and once he was alpha, the undisputed strongest leader of the pack he would be able to claim as many mates as he could support, something a Werewolf with the powerful sex drive that Dominic possessed would really look forward to. He had been out and about early that day, spreading word to the others what he was considering when the scent on the wind first reached him. Like many others in the pack his age he often let the wolf run close to the surface, let its instincts guide him without giving in entirely to the change. The wind was just right, blowing in from down the road and carried the scent of a female, pureblood if he was any judge at all and traveling alone... a pureblooded female was the pinnacle of what a werewolf could desire and would never travel alone if she had a mate... and even if she did have a mate then Dominic could just dispose of him with little trouble and claim her... something perhaps frowned upon but not against the code or laws of the pack. And so he watched, it wasn't hard to stick to the shadows of the village as he watched her entering, his powerful build didn't do much to stop him from remaining unseen, nearly six and a half feet tall with broad shoulders and a well defined body, perhaps not as bulky as some but just as strong as anyone else out there and quite a bit quicker. He liked what he saw, a pretty little thing, great body, practically built to be bred and produce a large number of powerful children... strengthen the pack and of course his own position... he was the right leader for the pack and so what was good for him would be good for the rest. He watched and listened as she inquired about a home, able to get a small place not far from the village itself, well within the territory of his pack and he also noticed some others arriving, he wasn't the only one who had noticed her and others might think the same way that he was. There was a moments confrontation between Dominic and other would be... suitors. A few punches thrown, some posturing and for a moment it seemed like he might actually need to shift to put the others in their place but before that happened they all slank away, knowing they were defeated and perhaps hoping to have another chance later on. And with the would be rivals gone there was nothing to keep Dominic from making his move and he walked from the edge of the village towards where the newcomer has chosen to make her home, rolling his shoulders as he did so in case anyone there wanted to start a fight rather then give him what he wanted before he knocked on the door.