ALPHA JAKE’S POV
“There is something that I have been meaning to ask you for a long time alpha,” beta Robert said to me.
“Go on my friend, I am all ears” I replied.
Even after my approval for him to ask his question, he was silent. I threw him a punch which he was swift to dodge.
“I see you are getting more tactical my friend” I commended.
“I have to be, alpha. I would rather take kicks and punches from a thousand and one soldiers than to take even one from you” he responded.
“Hmm… is that to say that I am not deserving of throwing blows at you,” I asked.
He chuckled. “It is to say that I am not strong enough to bear your blows, my alpha. Have you ever tried throwing a fist at yourself, god your blows are terrible?” he said.
I targeted his shoulders this time and I got it.
Immediately I hit him on the shoulders, he screamed. “Ahh… that is a hard one”
“You think so, it is just a light punch” I replied.
“Light for you, alpha,” he said and before I could figure it out, he kicked my legs.
“Hmm, a surprise right” I whined.
“Not much of what I have been getting from you” he responded.
Now I have to be serious about this. I threw another punch at his face and as he tried to dodge it, my fist landed on his back.
“Good, that is a good one” he commended.
“I see my punches are getting softer,” I said.
“Not softer, alpha, my skin has learnt not to scream too loud” he replied.
I laughed and he joined too. “You are my beta, Robert and you have been with me for like forever. Moreover, you are a great warrior, my best so far so taking a punch here and there from me should be more like a daily routine” I said.
“Yes it would have if you don’t seem to get better by each passing day” he replied.
“Come on, Robert, and even you get smarter too,” I said.
I made to kick his stomach, but just as my leg is about to land on the stomach, he bent backward in a swift move making my leg fling in the air above him.
“Were you really going to hit me with that?” he asked after he regained his balance.
“Of course yes. What are you thinking, that I am here for a child’s play? You know, my friend that you are the only one that I can get serious with in fights. At least I am very sure that you will never go into a coma” I replied and we both laughed.
We continued in the battle, with each of us determined to get the other. After a while, I asked him. “You said that you have something to talk about, or is it not necessary anymore?”
“Yes, alpha and it is still very important that I talk to you” he replied.
“You can get on with it, Robert, I am all ears,” I said.
He inhaled. “I will like us to shift into our wolf and run into the woods. I will ask my question in the woods” he replied.
Now I know that whatever it is that he wants to say is very crucial. We go into the woods whenever we have a very important discussion as friends. It has been our routine since childhood. Robert is going to have this discussion with me as a friend, and not as a beta to an alpha.
“Yeah, I am in for it. It’s been a while I had a good run, you know” I replied.
“Thanks, alpha,” he said.
“Any time, any day, my friend” I replied and went to give him a hug and we both shifted into our wolf form.
BETA ROBERT’S POV
“Were you really going to hit me with that?” I asked.
That would have been a massive one. The alpha can be very unpredictable. What was he thinking coming for me in such a manner? Anyways, I know he is strengthening my skills for a real fight with the enemy and also teaching me to be wary of those I call our allies. But no matter how one tries to look at it, a mock fight with a friend will always have one relaxed and unprepared.
“Of course yes. What are you thinking, that I am here for a child’s play? You know, my friend that you are the only one that I can get serious with in fights. At least I am very sure that you will never go into a coma” he replied.
We both laughed over it and the fight continued but this time more fierce as neither of us would want to be easy prey to the other.
“You said that you have something to talk about, or is it not necessary anymore?” he asked into the fight.
“Yes, alpha and it is still very important that I talk to you” I replied.
That is my friend. He would never relent until he took care of my worries. And I am happy to have him by my side over the years. I am happy to be his beta and friend and even in those years when everyone else had seen no good in him, I was able to pierce through his soul and I saw an angel in waiting.
“You can get on with it, Robert, I am all ears” he instructed.
I inhaled before responding. “I will like us to shift into our wolf and run into the woods. I will ask my question in the woods”
What I want to discuss with him is something that I cannot conveniently do with my position as the beta. I have to do so as a friend and the woods would be the perfect place for that. The wood is a place where the alpha and I become those little kids with no awareness of ranks and status once again.
So in the woods, I would be able to relay even the most personal issues with him without fearing for his anger.
“Yeah, I am in for it. It’s been a while I had a good run, you know” he replied.
“Thanks, alpha,” I said.
“Any time, any day, my friend” he replied.
He came over and gave me a hug and after that, we both shifted into our wolf form and ran off to the woods.
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“It is about Scarlet, your luna” I announced after we have returned to our human form.
“Huh,” he murmured. “Okay, you can go on, I am listening” he replied.
I know that as beta and alpha, there is no way that he would allow me to talk about his luna but over here I am free to talk about just anything.
“Actually, it is about the two of you,” I said.
I watched his demeanor and when I saw that he was still okay with the discussion, I continued. “I know that you love the luna so dearly. This is a fact that is obvious to even the blinds in faraway Packs”
“Yes, Robert, you are right. I do love her with everything in me” he responded.
“But then I noticed that you are yet to mark her and I am curious, my friend, I have been wondering why it is taking you this long to officially make her yours,” I said.
“You see, Robert, you know my life before Scarlet came around and turned everything around. I want to make an event such as that with her to be so memorable and just be like such nights with my sluts. So many times, I feel I am not even qualified to call her mine” he replied.
“No, my friend. You have shown that you are deserving of her. Even the walls are testifying of that. Please do right by her, if not for you two, but the Pack. We are desirous of meeting our heirs soon” I said.
“Thanks, Robert, this may be the push that I have been looking for. I will do as you say and I am not going to delay any more” he assured me.
When he said these words, it was as if a great burden was lifted from my chest. I am glad that he listened to me without attempting to put up any defense for himself. I am so happy that my friend is finally so desirous of doing everything right.
“You are a great man, alpha Jake” I commended and shook his hands.
“And that is all thanks to friends like you and my luna” he responded.
Now it is time to go back to the Packhouse, and so we shifted into our wolves and ran off.