Ascension of a Gamma novel Chapter 7

Chapter 07 Our History

On a rocky cliff that oversaw a wide expanse of the woods, three teenagers kept their eyes on the horizon, yellows and oranges streaking the skies as the golden celestial slowly retreated from view.

It was the last day they spend together as ‘normal’ humans. All of them would be going through the coming-of-age ceremony that year to awaken their wolves. Their training would intensify as they enter the second phase, to prepare them for the responsibilities they would bear in due time.

Each born into the top positions of the pack, they gladly accepted their future and from a young age understood the importance of their roles.

They were raised and trained differently from an ordinary child and warrior at the tender age of five and they’ve made tremendous progress since. Their respective families were proud and satisfied and the pack already anticipated the day they would take over their

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Cold wind blew past them, ruffling their clothes and hair as if sympathizing with their conflicted hearts. They knew only their duties that awaited them, and the consequences should they fail. Although they have accepted that their lives wouldn’t be as normal as those around them, their teenage hearts still longed to experience that which was deprived of them – a choice of their own free will.

Over the years, they had formed a bond between them – having gone through life and death situations together. It was through this bond that they managed to endure and ultimately exceed expectations. They understood each other’s pain and joy and it was enough to keep them grounded.

Breaking the silence, Flynn raised a fist i in the air and declared, “I’m going to be the strongest Alpha there is, Anna. Stronger than my father and anyone else.”

“And I will be the strongest warrior you have,” she giggled, standing up and

Cre,” she giggled, standing up and mimicking his pose

“And I, your loyal second-in Command,” Carson said, joining them.

Alpha Flynn slapped her hard as the memory replayed in his mind. They used t odream of leading the pack together, all three of them, and they swore they’d surpass their predecessors until the incident happened, and they couldn’t look at each other the same way anymore.

“Why, Anna? Why did you run away? If it wasn’t because of you, my father would still be alive!” he shouted as the sharp sound rang throughout the room.

His heart ached. He didn’t want to hurt her but only by hurting her could he ease the anger that arose every time he remembered that day – when the Alpha died, when his father died.

Warm tears trickled down her cheeks and she sniffed.

I’m sorry, Flynn. I’m so sorry,” she whispered.

“I’m sorry, Flynn, I’m so sorry.” Anna cried when the warriors brought her before him. She repeated the words like a mantra, but he couldn’t hear her. The pain that his being felt at that moment was unparallel to all that he went through up to that point. His wolf grieved too and had retreated to a part of his mind he couldn’t reach. No one had to break the news for he felt it – the last dying breath of his father. So did the rest of the pack – when their connection with the Alpha broke and their wolves unleashed themselves to release a pained howl.

In the open grounds, every member of the pack was gathered, waiting for his judgment. They held nothing but contempt and disgust towards her, their Alpha’s noble sacrifice wasted on her. In the open channel, they voiced but two thoughts – that she should have died instead of the Alpha and that she was a living disgrace to her father’s name.

The girl he secretly admired wailed before him, but he wouldn’t comfort her this time. There would be no treats, no soft caresses on her back, no shoulder to

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If the situation was different, he may have cried with her for he hated seeing the pain in her eyes. Those times when the training became too hard on her, he was always beside her to bring back the twinkle in her hazel eyes. And his heart would skip a beat when she raised her head and smile at him, knowing that he brought it out of her.

Tonight, there was only the Alpha’s son

His father was gone, and it was because o f her. She was no Gamma, she would never be a warrior. She was wolf-less, she should’ve been born human. She was Ho Luna; the pack would never accept her. And at that moment, he couldn’t bring himself to accept her.

His eyes studied the pack with a passive face – their Beta was nowhere to be found and a search party was dispatched, led by Carson, much to his relief. There was no one to oppose his verdict. Carson would hate him for it but what would he know – his father still breathed.