She nods her head and looks to Zane and Raken. They both bow their heads to her. “You both will lead our group to the lands and I will talk with the rest of the pack. We will see the pack become what a pack should be this day. Those whom do not wish to see a new leader or for that matter a female leader will be handled. Let us shift and start on our way.” Archibald bows to her before shifting into his wolf. He stands next to Gisela waiting for his new Alpha to signal that they are ready. Jess turns to Sunny whom has a look on her face. “Are you ready to ride? I am unsure of how long you will be in the saddle.” Sunny nods to her before mounting her horse.
Once everyone is mounted and shifted. Jess nods to the two wolves to lead the way. Archibald nods to her and noses Gisela. They turn together and head towards their home. They lead the group for hours only stopping to get a drink when needed. Jess barks once. Everyone stops to see what is the matter. She lays down letting the group know to take a break. She can tell the horses need to rest for a bit. Once the horses have been brushed and fed Sunny walks over to her. “Are you stopping so the horses may rest?” Still being in wolf form Jess can not speak but nods to Sunny. Sunny smiles and scratches behind one of Jess’s ears.
Archibald and Gisela both growl at Sunny when she touches Jess. She raises an eyebrow at their growl and chuckles. “You will learn very quickly to stop that or I will have some fun with you.” She says softly. They stop their growls and look at her as if she had horns sprouting from her head. Jess huffs at them and leans into Sunny’s hand. Showing the pups that she is a part of Jess’s pack.
They think they will be punished for the growls. Their tails tuck and they bow their heads with their ears flat to the skulls. Zane watches them for a moment before standing and walks toward them, “Jess, do you think they were beaten for trying to protect someone?” She sees how they are reacting and nods to Zane. “We will have to find out what happened in that pack. I know we are taking over but the pack will have to be evaluated. The way they are acting is showing us things I wish not to think on at this moment.” “I agree. I will nudge them and have them follow me a ways from here and talk with them. We shall be but a few moments. Love.”
Zane nudges them both before tilting his head and starts to walk away from them and the group. Once those three had left and could not be heard Jess shifted to human. “Sunny we may have more of a problem than we thought. The way they acted before being led away is very troubling. I fear what we shall find in those pack lands.” Sunny nods thoughtfully, “We will have to be careful and try to help them one day at a time for the moment. The whole pack will learn you are not the way of life they have lived. You will give them hope when they have learned this.”
Jess smiles and hugs Sunny “Thank you my friend. I can tell by smell we still have a ways to go as of yet. I will shift and go see what has become of those three.” Sunny chuckles and nods. Jess walks the way they had gone to find them. She finds them all in human form by the river not far from the group. She sees why Gisela wanted to stay in wolf form. She growls under her breath. The poor girl was bruised over most of her body.
Zane feels her anger and understands. He turns to her and opens his arms. Jess walks toward and leans against his leg. She stays in her wolf knowing if she shifts to human the anger on her face will scare those two. “What happened to the girl Zane?” She links him. “The former Alpha beat her almost to death for not being willing to join his war. Archibald saved her by saying he would ensure she came along. Though he did not say either one would fight. The bastard wanted to use them as fodder. He did not care for them. He had said to his other pack males if she did not fight they could use her as they pleased.”
She sighs in her mind and looks up to Zane. He kneels down and hugs her close. Archibald watches this and wonders why Zane is hugging his Alpha. As he goes to ask this Gisela elbows his side and shakes her head. Giving him the warning not to say a word. Seeing this Jess shifts to her human form. “We will not hurt you as you have been hurt for speaking up young one. I will not allow members of my pack to be used as you were. This has never sat right with me. My father and mother taught me to respect the voices of those I am charged with caring for. I took those lessons to heart. I am angry to see how you did not have the protection you deserve from your former Alpha. Know this I will never allow a female to be used against her will. If someone tries this you have every right to inform us. We will handle this matter.” Gisela starts to cry as Jess talks. She had been forced to be with males whom had taken what they wished and left her.
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She nods to Jess unable to find her voice. She shifts back to wolf form and lays there trying to control the storm inside of her. Archibald knells beside her and tries to calm her. He looks to Jess, “I understand what you say however time will be needed for her and others whom have suffered at his hands. Though I would ask for her if I may end the life of the second delta whom stayed on the lands. He is the one whom she suffered the most from.” Jess watches his face and eyes as he speaks, reading the truth as well as the hatred.
“I will allow this. If he has made her suffer I do not doubt for a minute that others have as well. We will stand back and allow you the kill though he will be chained in silver. I do not wish for you to be hurt when taking his life. I understand your need for this. This will be an execution for the pack to watch and know we will take the words of even those whom are not of rank and find the truth.”
He bows to her as best he can while holding Gisela. “We should start moving again soon. We will meet you back at the group in a few moments. She needs to calm down before we continue Alpha.” Jess nods and heads back to the group with Zane in tow. Once they are far enough from those two Zane asks, “Are you doing well my love? I know this was hard to hear. We will do better by the pack when we have finished removing the last of his loyal men.” “I will be soon. I will have trouble allowing him to take the life of that bastard. I want to be the one but to allow her to start healing I will hold back.” she sighs.
Zane nods before shifting to his wolf. Jess does the same and they walk the rest of the way in silence. Once there they cuddle together near the group as they wait for the others to join them. Gisela and Archibald walk to the group. Jess raises her head and looks toward them. Gisela walks up to Jess and noses her softly before turning to the direction they will be heading. Sunny, seeing everyone is here , gets started readying the horses.
Jess stands and goes to Gisela before nuzzling and licking her face. Letting the poor girl know she understands and will be by her side for as long as the girl chooses to be with the pack. The group waits for those riding to mount before starting to move once more. Gisela and Archibald move at a faster pace now knowing they will be protected from those in the pack that would harm them.
The whole group reaches Jess’s new pack and lands a full days ride from where the fight had taken place. They were all tired and on edge knowing some there would be angered by the loss of the old Alpha. The border warriors were surprised by the group. They had been almost asleep with the dawn almost on the horizon. They growled out saying with a tone the group was not welcome on those lands. Jess steps up and lets out a growl. Showing she is an Alpha and their new Alpha at that. She makes them submit to her by showing them without force.
Once they know she is the new alpha they lay down and show her their throats. She steps onto her lands before howling out. This is to let the pack know a new leader is here and to meet at the pack house. The rest of the group follows behind. She nods to Archibald to lead the way. He does a half bow to her and takes the lead. Once to the main house she stands in front of the door with Zane and Raken on either side of her before shifting to human.
The pack gasps seeing a female standing in front of them. The men still loyal to the old Alpha growl at her. They will never allow a female to rule them. One of those men try to jump at her but ends up with an arrow through his wolf shoulder. Making the lung impossible. The whole pack had been solely focused on the new Alpha; they did not see the others. Sunny has her bow still posed to shoot the next one whom tries something.
Jess shakes her head, “Sunny I could have handled that male. There is no need for you to jump in. Though I will thank you since you have shown the males not all females are weak as they think. Now some of you think there is a mistake a female can not rule. I will allow you to challenge me for this right. Though Gisela and Archibald will tell me about the one whom abused their power and used this to do evil. The person when I have won will be executed for those crimes.” She growls the last part.
Most of the pack was happy to hear the one in charge will not tolerate what had been happening to them. Only three were unhappy and stepped forward to challenge her. Though at the time they did not know the one would be in chains shortly. Sunny is watching Gisela for signs knowing something had happened to the girl but not what. Seeing her start to shake as those three stepped up she nods to David without taking her eyes from those men.
“Archibald, do you know the one whom is responsible for how she was treated? If so you need to point him out to us so we may ensure he stays in place for what will happen to him.” Jess says. He nods and looks right to the one closest to Sunny of the three. Sunny smiles and shoots two arrows pinning him in place. She hit each of his feet with ease. The arrows were silver tipped. Keeping him in human form. He lets out a growl after both arrows found their marks. “David, if you would be so kind as to chain him up and then remove him from the area where the fight will take place.” Jess says with a smirk on her face.