Chapter 5 - Introduction

As Trensalous carried me naked through the compound I was amazed at just how open everyone was with sex. At one point I even spotted a woman on her hands and knees sucking a cock while another one was pumped furiously into her. "Good girl Mira." The man whose member was in her mouth groaned as he stroked her hair.

"Wow you weren't kidding when you said that people would be fucking all over the place." I whispered quietly as a young woman was lifted up and pushed against a wall.

"It's worse at this time of year because it's mating season. We are usually more in control of our lust but when mating season comes around everyone whose of age is hazed beyond all reason." He smiled down at me and my heart skipped a beat. "The season actually started last night. It's actually why I was so out of control." He added apologetically.

"Oh I get it now." I giggled at him. "Maybe after we eat we can take a bath together."

"I'm not going to lye I will fuck you again if we do." He smiled at me enthusiastically.

"Good I can show you that I'm better than Sarah ever was." I kissed his neck as he chuckled.

"That's the jealousy talking and I never should have mentioned her." He paused for a moment. "Also her name is Sena and you are about to meet her so be nice." A pretty burrnet girl rushed forward but stopped short as her eyes landed on me. Fear and pain mixed on her face but she quickly schooled her expression into one of curiosity. I couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor girl. I squirmed out of Trensalous' arms. That was when I noticed to other women looking at me like I was a piece of meat.

"Sena!" I said enthusiastically as I embraced her. "I'm going to need a friend here. I hope it's okay that I picked you." My voice was so low that not even Trensalous would hear me. Sena just nodded and finally embraced me back.

"When you're ready I'll give you the grand tour if that's okay." She whispered in my ear.

"That would be lovely. But come eat with us." Sena glanced at Trensalous and found only approval on his face. She accepted the invitation of her Luna. "I can already tell that you and I will be very good friends." I said and linked our arms together as we walked into the pack house.

"We're going to my office, ladies." Trensalous said from behind us. Once we were in the room Trensalous shut the door. I pulled Sena into another tight embrace.

"I'm so sorry Sena." I said. "I didn't mean to steal him from you."

"It's okay. Really. If I was meant to be his Luna he would have marked me last season." She sighed heavily and pulled back.

"Sena I meant what I said about us being friends." Sena sat in one of the chairs in front of the very large desk.

"It's okay. You don't want a weak omega as your friend, Luna." She was looking at her hands now. I felt awkward as Trensalous sat behind the desk and started to work on some paper work.

"Soo...you think that the two bitches that were looking at me like I'm their next meal would make better Friends? I don't think so."

"You're talking about Marcy and Lidella. Marcy's useless but my brothers like when they get permission to use her. Lidella really will eat you if you're not careful. She's a warrior."

"Well that is why I need a friend like you who isn't going to be a threat to me. If I'm not careful I will end up being lunch for Lidella as soon as Trensalous leaves me unattended." He growled. "Cool it Cujo." I said as I pointed a finger in his face. Sena snorted as He playfully sucked my finger into his mouth. "I wi- Why?" I jerked my hand back and he laughed.

"You don't want me to do that don't put your finger in my face." There was a knock on the door and he called to whoever was on the other side. "Come in." The twins entered each carrying a tray. "You remember the twins from this morning. Well they are Sena's brothers." He said. "Um...." He pointed at one of them then at the other. "INTORDUCE YOURSELVES!" He barked angrily at them.

"I'm Thomas but everyone calls me Tom." The one who had tried to convince her to leave Trensalous earlier said. "This here is Timothy." The other one just nodded at her. Then he motioned for Sena to follow them. She stood and made to go with her brothers.

"Sena I want to talk to you a while longer. Will you please stay and eat with us?" Both men seemed surprised by my invitation to their sister. Was it really that strange that I was befriending my mates former lover?

"Sena will be eating with us but you two are dismissed." Trensalous snapped at the twins as he waved them off. Tom shrugged at his brother and both left the room.

"What's wrong? Is it really that weird that I want to be friends with you, Sena."

"They think you'll kill me. It's not uncommon for a Luna to kill her competition." She was trembling.

"No I could never do that! You're my only friend here Sena! I'd be lost without you!" Sena finally looked up at her and surprise was evident on her face.

"But Luna I'm just a weak omega. You'd be better off making friends with Lidella. At least she can protect you when Alpha isn't around."

"Would she really eat me for lunch?" Sena nodded. "Than no thank you. I don't need someone I can't turn my back on getting that close to me." She looked around. "Where can I sit that's not going to end up ruined?" She asked Sena.

"Anywhere you fucking want. You're the luna." Trensalous said as he watched every single emotion run across her face in turn.

"I wouldn't recommend that love seat against the wall." Sena pointed in the direction of a love seat. "I've seen the beta and his mate try to make a pup on it more than once." She shuddered at what must have been a horrifying memory.

"Nice to know that they traumatized you back." I couldn't help but laugh. Trensalous spit water all over his work and a look of surprise crossed Sena's face. It was quickly replaced by one of amusement.

"I guess you could look at it like that." I was liking Sena more by the second.

"This is a start to a beautiful friendship." I giggled and horror filled Trensalous' eyes.

"What the fuck have I done?" Another Knock sounded from the door and Trensalous rose to open it this time. A blonde man stepped in with a young woman who was as dressed as I was. They were followed by a familiar face. One of the men from the fire the night before. I could now see that he had ginger hair. Trensalous shut the door and stepped back behind the desk. I followed and sat in his lap. Sena looked awkward and moved over by the wall in the far corner.

"So it wasn't just the haze last night." The ginger grinned.

"You should remember Triston from last night. He is my gamma. The blonde is Jack and the one sucking him off is Maribeth." The girl stopped long enough to push Jack down on the love seat and straddled him. Jack put his hands on her hips and encouraged her to ride him. "Now, if everyone is comfortable, let's get started." Trensalous said as she leaned forward to take one of the sandwiches from the tray on his desk. "What is our first order of business?"

"The harvest feast I suggested to boost moral? Have you given it any thought?" Maribeth panted with out slowing her pace.

"Not really." Trensalous grumbled.

"At this point can we even call it a harvest feast?" Triston asked.

"Ginger ale!" I yelled. Maribeth stopped mid grind and looked over her shoulder at me.

"I beg your pardon, luna?" Triston was confused.

"It's a turn of phrase." Maribeth lowered her head into Jack's neck to stifle her laughter.

"I'm sorry but I'm confused." All the wolves were and I went red.

"It means you're the safe option. You're good and get the job done but you are boring and bland." Maribeth said between giggles. Sena put her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing. Trensalous was snickering and Jack straight up laughed. "Hey Triston. Just so you know another name for a redhead is 'ginger'." He looked grumpy now.

"Safe and boring." He muttered to no one. "I'll show you I'm not safe and boring."

"Oh no! I'm fucked for laughing." Jack said. "Oh well I don't give a fuck." Maribeth went back to riding Jack and Trensalous looked at the room at large.

"Thoughts on a harvest feast?"

"It's a human tradition and it's always at the end of November." I said and took a bite of my sandwich.

"Do you like the idea?" Trensalous asked and I shrugged.

"All the memories I have of them are of having to be the perfect little lady so as not to ruin my stepfather image. I also remember the belt he'd beat me with if I did anything he deemed inappropriate." Everyone stared at me in shock.

"Wait he beat you with a belt?" Jack asked. "Please for the love of all the gods tell us that is turn of phrase too. Tell us you weren't beaten with an actual belt."

"Well, not always. Some times he'd use his walking cane if he was in a particularly bad mood." I looked around.

"Is that why you ran away from Sunset?" Triston asked.

"Oh no! That was because I was being married off. To fat Drake. The fattest ugliest guy in town." I paused. "Hey what time is it?"

"1:30 in the afternoon. Why?" Trensalous said.

"Whoops! Looks like I missed my own wedding." Sena giggled at this. "Oh well. I ended up with the premium package."

"You're not sorry that you missed out on marrying fat Drake?" Maribeth asked.

"Let me ask you something. If you ended up with Faletmion would you be sorry you missed out on spam?" Maribeth looked at Jack and then giggled at my comparison.

"Fuck no!"

"Can you enlighten the rest of us?" Trensalous asked.

"It's a human female thing. We like to compare men to meet. In this example you are Faletmion and fat Drake is spam. Faletmion is a premium cut. Spam stands for stuff posing as meet. It's all filler." Jack stiffened under Maribeth as I finished my explanation. After he relaxed into the love seat Maribeth stood up and turned to sit in his lap.

"You said Sunset right?" She asked Triston. "I've heard of that place. I'm not surprised that you ran away so much as that you survived a living hell." The meeting continued to get more boring from there. Her declaration that she had been beaten had been the most interesting part of it all. Triston proved to be a ginger ale.

"Sena put him under a breast!" I yelled inturpting Triston's rant about an obsolete mode of transportation and Maribeth laughed. Sena, on the other hand stood up removed her shirt and placed a naked tit on Tristons' head.

"Luna I fail to see how this is helping." Sena said as Maribeth rolled to the floor laughing. I was laughing so hard that I couldn't breath.

"What the fuck are you doing Sena?" Triston asked.

"I was told to put you under a breast. So i did."

"A joke! It's a joke!" I wheezed.

"Are you serious right now?" Triston growled. "She is an omega in every sense of the word! If you tell her to do something she will! Joke or not!"

"Sena smoother him with your tits." I giggled. Sena jerked back in shock.

"I can't do that!" She shrieked in horror.

"Relax Sena it's another joke. At least I think it is." Maribeth chimed in.

"More to prove a point really. Sena is too sweet and nurturing to do anything she thinks would actually harm you, Triston." He got up and dragged Sena from the room.

"Oh that's how it is now huh? Fine! Sena we will not be the butt of their jokes!" He slammed the door.

"Well there goes my friend." I sighed.

"Youtwo took that joke way too far." Jack growled.

"What the fuck did I do?" Maribeth demanded.

"He's right love. Sena is easy to take advantage of and she didn't understand it was a joke."

"Don't pretend she hasn't put you under a breast before." I stood and started to gather up the dishes. It was one of my nervous habits.

"No and I know better than anyone how easy it is to take advantage of Sena."

"How would you know that?"

"Because I've fucked her! And if you don't think I took advantage of my arrangement with her then you over estimate me!"

"Let me guess you raped her too!" I spat venomously. Shocked silence filled the room.

"Or am I just special like that?" He opened and closed his mouth like a fish out of water. "See it's impossible to underestimate you when the bar is on the floor and what you did would get you put in prison in Sunset. Like I said the bar was literally on the floor and you couldn't even step over it." I jerked the door open and left the room.

"Luna wait!" Trensalous yelled as he rushed to stop me.

"What is my name Trensalous?" He froze.

"You never told me your name."

"But you know Sena's name. You know the beta's mate's name. Did I never tell you my name or did you not care enough to ask? You want to paint me as the vilian, fine. But do NOT pretend that you're any better than me! My standard for men is so fucking low and you couldn't even step over it." I walked away to try and find Triston and Sena. I found them in the kitchen Sena was sitting on the counter and Triston had her caged by his arms as she giggled.

"Tweedle dee! Tweedle dum! Out now!" I snapped angrily at the glaring twins.

"Who th-"

"I'm pissed right now Tom. You and your brother get the fuck out." They looked surprised but complied with my wishes.

"Sena, I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to make fun of you. Ginger ale you were the butt of the joke. The joke wasn't even that bad. Under a breast sounds like under arrest." I explained and when neither of them responded I continued by handing Sena her shirt. "See that is the joke."

"I think I understand now. It's a play on words." Sena said as she placed the shirt next to her on the counter.

"Alright. I have a riddle for you Luna. What is small blonde human and not supposed to wonder around unprotected?"

"Is it me?" I crossed my arms over my chest as I answered.

"That's right. And I don't see Alpha letting anyone guard you during mating season. So where is he?"

"Alpha Fuckwad is probably still trying to work out how to pull his head out of his ass. I just hope he figures it out sooner rather than later." I went to the sink and started to wash the dishes by hand.

"Has anyone ever told you that you can't go around insulting people like that?"

"Has anyone ever told you that you look blonde in fire light?"

"What? No. But that has nothing to-"

"Do with this conversation. I know I just thought we were pointing out observations that we've made. My bad." Sena giggled. "Look all this is new to me and it's kind of a default setting for me. Actually it's the main reason I ended up on the receiving end of my stepfather wrath."

"A defense mechanism." Triston said.

"Yeah I guess you could say that." I said as I fought back tears. Triston sighed but didn't force the issue.

"Okay. Come on. I'll take you to the alpha's room." I nodded.

"I need to apologize to him too." Triston gave her a gentle smile. "My name is Ardessa. Any way you would call me by name in front of Trensalous later."

"Oh. I get it. Another joke. Very funny Luna. Of course the alpha knows your name." He laughed.

"It's not a joke this time, Triston. He never even asked me for it. It was one of a few things that I used against him in our argument."

"Oh dear gods he didn't- Hmmm! I'm so sorry. He is supposed to accept you officially before he marks you. In order to do that he has to know your name." He sighed again. "Fuck wad. Ha more like fuck up." He chuckled.

"Where the fuck have you been?" Trensalous roared at me as he burst into the kitchen. Triston stood up straight and gave a warning growl.

"Isn't it obvious fuck up? I've been right here!" I shot back at him.

"Fuck up? Tell which it is either I'm so low that I don't meet your shirt standards for men or I'm a fuck up!"

"Why can't it be both? You know what we have another word for people like you."

"Oh really? What is it? Come on I dare you to say it!"

"Disappointment!" I screamed and he fell silent again. "Seems I may have been wrong about which of you was spam." I spat and stormed out of the kitchen. Sena followed close behind me.

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I watched her storm out of the kitchen my mouth flapping like a fish trying to breath air yet again. "Pick up your jaw alpha. You look ridiculous."

"Are you going to hit me, Uncle?"

"It'll hurt more if I don't." He poured himself a cup of coffee and took a sip. "She is not wrong you know."

"You did fuck up."

"What do you know about it?"

"Fair enough. But can you tell me her name?" I froze.

"I...um...Meribella?" He heaved a sigh and shook his head.

"No Trensalous, it's not." A sad look crossed his face. "What a way to start mated life. You didn't even ask her what her name is. Such a disappointment." With that he turned to leave.

"Uncle how do you know her name isn't Meribella?"

"Because unlike you I listen to what she has to say. Because of that she felt heard enough to tell me her name. And before you ask, no I won't tell you." He turned to leave again. "Fix this, Trensalous, before it burns us all."