Alpha Training - Chapter 6: Being a Beta

The travel back trough the valley was faster than their initial journey to the training grounds. Niera looked down to the den and bid her farewell to the place she lived in for a few months.

Now, that she knew that she would not return home, this was somehow a goodbye to her home. This den had become somewhat of a home and she would not have minded staying there with the other youngsters and Khara.

But they had to return, and she followed the alpha closely, while the other males ran behind them. She was the most valuable trainee after all and therefore had the place right behind the alpha.

She looked down the valley, when they got out of the cave at the top of the surrounding mountains again. She saw the sea in the middle, where the alpha met and where she had been given to Khara. It seemed like an eternity since she last saw her father and her mother.

It was hard for her to accept, that she would not return to them, even though she also was a bit excited to meet the new pack.

They climbed down the path and soon they reached the bottom and drank from the lake in the middle of the valley. No one was there except them and Niera wondered if there would be no one to get the youngsters back to the pack.

"This is the end of our training." Announced Khara, sitting on a rock and facing the young wolves. The youngsters looked up to him and their tails wagged softly.

"You learned a lot. Now will be the time, that you put that into action and use it to join your pack and climb the ranking." He looked at Niera. "There is just one more rule you need to follow. We always lived by this rule: What happens during the training camp is only for those who participated. We do not talk about it to others." He looked back to the other adolescents.

"I am proud of you. You worked hard and I think you have the best chances to be at the top of your packs very soon. Maybe even the alpha." He smiled. "Make sure to always stay strong and continue to make me proud. Maybe we will see each other in the future."

He climbed down the rock and nuzzled everyone once more and then Jeliso and Paqu turned their heads towards South and North, after they said goodbye to the others as well.

"Dad?" Chael turned to his father and his eyes looked at him with a questioning gaze. "Why shouldn't we talk about the training camp?"

The alpha chuckled. "First of all, former every alpha candidate knows basically what happens at alpha camps." His gaze fell upon Niera. "Well, maybe not about everything that we did, because it is rare for a female to be a part of the group." He admitted.

"But in every alpha school, there were things that happened, that would be embarrassing for the graduates. Most of this happens in the first month, when the trainees are messing up a lot." He looked at his sons and they lowered their gaze, because they remembered a few situations like this themselves.

"And in addition, what happens with a female during these camps is a secret for only those to share who take part in the same training." He closed and nuzzled Niera. "So don't go around and tell anyone, okay?"

Bahg chuckled. "You mean, don't tell mom?" Khara growled. "I said no one, you understand?" and the young wolf winced and then all of them laughed. "Okay dad." He agreed and after they all licked the cheek of Niera to show a bit of their affection for the last time before returning, they made their way towards the west.

They arrived at the home of the pack very late and the sun already vanished over the mountain tops above the hill of the western pack.

Niera winced surprised when a big howl started. The first guard that saw them, announced their return with a long and high howl and soon the whole pack started to tune in and they moved through the lines of wolves of all ages, while the sang their welcome to the group.

Niera looked around curiously. Most of the adults seemed to be bigger than the eastern pack, even though there were a few of the same size.

She had never paid too much attention to her fellow pack members at the eastern pack, but she did not remember any welcoming concert like that for her father. It seemed though, from the reaction of Khara, that this was his usual welcome, when he had been away for a while.

Every now and then, the wolves put their head down to look at the group, but they soon raised their voice again. Niera noticed that the young male wolves observed her with interest and made haste to stay close to her new alpha.

"Welcome home!" came a strong but warm voice through the howl and as if this was a sign for everyone, they stopped the howl and gave their attention to the small group.

A female wolf, with a very light fur and white belly fur and snout, closed in on them, while Khara stopped and the younger wolves respectfully stopped as well.

"I am happy that you are all well." The she-wolf nuzzled Khara and this left no question of who she was. Niera had never seen her, but she knew, that Khara's alpha female was called Vinya and the stories about her beauty, that her father had told her once, had not been a lie.

Her green eyes sparkled in the twilight and she ran her head gracefully along the head of Khara.

Then she gazed towards her sons and closed in on them, repeating the affectionate welcome with both.

Finally, her gaze fell upon Niera and it was so strong and sharp, that she wanted to hide behind Khara, but managed to fight down this instinct. She knew, that she would have been a laughing stock, if she would have hid behind the alpha when facing the alpha female like a small pup.

"Our sons have grown big." She still had her voice raised, so everyone of the listening wolves could hear her. "I can see, that they have mastered their training. But it seems, you brought us someone else as well."

She circled around Niera and sniffed at her. The young she-wolf let her be and tried to not look into the sharp green eyes. She notices, that the alpha female nudged her flank a few times and sniffed under her belly and under her tail. She wondered if the alpha female knew something of what happened.

"This is Neira, the princess of the eastern pack." Explained Khara. "And not only that. She might not look like that, but she is the one who passed the training as the best." There was a mumbling in the crowd of the watching wolves.

"Come here Niera. Let the pack see you." And he nodded towards a small rock that was right in front of him. He hopped up and looked down to the girl. Vinya also stopped her observation and left the girl a bit space to follow the command and Niera was happy to oblige.

She bent her knees a bit and took a wide stance, calculated the distance to the top of the rock and then she jumped. She even adjusted to the light additional weight in her belly, that made it bulge so faint, that it was not noticeable under her fur.

All followed the agile movements of the young she-wolf and an entranced sigh went through the masses, when she stood there on the rock in the light of the just emitting moon. Her red-white belly fur started to glow a bit in a light red glimmer and her eyes looked over the wolves, that looked up to her, like sapphire gems.

"I hope that you all will help me to welcome out new alpha candidate and beta female: Niera!" he introduced her and Niera felt a bit embarrassed, when the howl of all wolves started again.

She imagined hearing a very faint response of howls across the howling valley, but if they were an echo or if the other packs answered the howl, she was not able to tell.

After a few minutes of howling, Khara had Niera jump down again and together with Vinya and his sons, he stayed next to the rock, also making Niera sit next to Chael, to have the pack welcome them back.

It was an event, which Niera never had seen before. If her own pack had such customs, she had most likely been too young for them at the last spring.

Each wolf, male and female, came forward and bowed their head towards the alphas and sniffed at Bahg and Chael to take in the scent of the new betas.

They took much more time to observe Niera and she began to get a bit nervous from all the wolves sniffing at her and looking her up and down. Chael told her the names of the wolves, but Niera forgot most of them in a flash, because there were just too many names and she was anxious.

Over thirty wolves passed her and finally, a group of four females, the ones that greeted them as the last, stayed there and Vinya introduced them to Niera.

"These are our beta, females." She introduced. "Pinya currently is the leader." She pointed at a brown eyes she-wolf, that looked like she was around 6.

"The others are Saliza," she introduced a 5 years old wolf with light blue eyes, "Nena, " equally 5 but with mint green eyes, "and Mirya." The last wolfess was clearly older than the others and had yellow eyes.

"Mirya joined our pack over the alpha school like you four years ago at age of 3." Vinya added and she smirked.

Niera greeted the older girls and let them sniff at her to take in her scent, which she equally did with them to recognize them. The ears of the beta females were pressed to their head while they observed the new beta and their gazes were cold. Niera felt a shiver run down her spine and she felt like they were not so happy about her arrival.

"Niera will stay with us for the first nights, until she is used to our pack and knows everything." Vinya said and her voice had some undertone, that made clear for Niera that she had to pay attention. It sounded dangerous to miss a single word the alpha said.

"You will have to learn the rules of our pack and our customs, before we can let you mix with the others. I am sure, Khara did only teach you to fight, but not the proper behavior of a lady of our pack, right?" she looked to her husband and he put on an apologetic gaze.

"It is better this way anyways. Don't give a man a job of a woman." She alpha female chuckled. "I will personally teach you what is expected of you and make sure to not tarnish the name of my husband by behaving bad, do you hear me?" Niera looked up into the eyes of the alpha.

"Yes ma'am." She responded fast and felt the pressure of her gaze. The alpha female made her at the same time feel safe and extremely nervous. She felt like she was dancing on a tight cliff. One step to the wrong side could have serious consequences.

The alpha female held the gaze for a bit longer and Niera felt her tail twitch nervously, before the gaze softened and she turned her head uphill. "You all must be exhausted. How about you rest a bit." She said and Khara nodded and followed her closely.

Niera felt a bit lost, standing there and watching them climb uphill. "Are you coming Niera?" Khara asked and looked back and she understood that she had been meant to follow them. With a last gaze towards Chael and Bahg, who seemingly already walked away with a group of younger wolves, she bounded after the pair, feeling the cold eyes of the beta females in her back.

She sighed a bit relieved, when she followed them into the den and felt safe from the gazes. The den was big, even bigger than the den of her father and her mother had been, and even though Niera had expected a few pups in here, it was empty other than the three wolves that just entered.

She looked around, with her eyes beginning to get used to the dark den, but she could not spot anyone else.

"No, we don't have pups right now." She winced and looked up to Vinya, who apparently observed her behavior." Chael was from my last litter. I am already quite old and will not have any more pups."

Niera felt a bit uncomfortable in the silence that build up after these words, until Khara let himself fall on a few branches and dry grass, that was softening the sleeping place of them.

"I noticed that she is pregnant already." It was neither a question, nor did it sound aggressive, but rather like a stated fact by the alpha female.

"Oh, yes." The alpha stated and smiled up to his wife, while Niera stood next to them, unsure what to do.

"I suspect that she is trained in the customs of a beta then as well?" the alpha female asked and Niera began to suspect that the alpha female knew very well what happened at the training camp. She now also remembered, that this was most likely something that happened to every female trainee at the alpha training and being an alpha, Vinya most likely had have such an encounter as well in the past.

"That is good. The beta males have been restless in the last weeks and without training it would have been a lot for her to take." Niera understood, that she would soon have to raise her haunches for the beta males to satisfy their lust.

"Mind to give me a rundown on her skills?" she asked her husband, still not facing Niera. "Sure thing, my love. I know how much you love to watch me."

With these words, he raised to his paws again and bounded over to Niera. A small pinch in her flank told Niera what he wanted, and she was not even hesitating. She ripped herself out of the thoughts and raised her tail while spreading her hind legs and crouching down with her front legs.

"She is well behaved." Vinya commented and Niera heard her laying down behind her. The next thing she noticed was the big wet tongue of Khara and she moaned loud when he washed over her snatch.

It lasted far too short, before he removed his tongue and left her huffing and dripping. But he did not let her wait long for the next phase. She felt his weight on her back, when he jumped her, and balanced out the extra with her legs, steadying her hind legs in the spread position.

When he entered her slick pussy, she groaned a bit, because without the heat the first entry hurt a bit when he spread her apart, but after a few pushes, she began to moan again, and her insides started to juice up.

"She seems well trained." Came a comment from behind them but Niera decided to not think about Vinya, because it made her embarrassed, that the alpha female watched them mate.

"And even though we trained her hard, she is still wonderful tight." Khara grunted on top of her. "She is by far the best female our pack has to offer right now." A short growl made him wince and chuckled. "After you of course, my love."

Niera knew that he would not knot, because she was pregnant and this might invade too far into her and damage the pups, and therefore she enjoyed the ride to her fullest, after her insides got accustomed to the stretching.

"Bahg and Chael also got very attached to her. I would not wonder if they would mess up the ranks in the beta quarter, just to call dibs on her." Vinya chuckled. "It seems that a female under the trainees is still the best modivation for ironclad results. We need to thank Holo for admitting her this year."

Khara howled when he stopped and Niera felt him spurt deep into her tunnel. "Yes..." he huffed, after he calmed down a bit and pulled back to slip out of the girl. "I will make sure to do just that at our next meeting."

Niera felt a tongue wash over her snatch and clean the semen that gushed out. She moaned and closed her eyes, until she erupted in a small climax under the tongue and then collapsed on the ground.

When she looked over her shoulder, she saw Vinya stand behind her, while Khara lay on the ground and groomed his retreating dick.

"Your turn." She just stated, after Niera caught her breath a bit, and faced her hind towards the young female with her tail raised.

Niera did not think about it but just complied with the request of the alpha female. She had never done this to another female before, but she extended her tongue and started to lick over the snatch of the she-wolf in front of her, feeling insecure if she was doing it right.

A moan from the female in front of her told her, that she at least managed to make her feel a bit good and Niera started to get bolder. She pushed her tongue through the lips and licked the inside of the vagina, which started to juice up a bit.

The taste of the girl juices was mild, not as strong as the taste and scent of the males had been when she had cleaned their dicks after their mating sessions during her heat.

Her tongue caressed the inside of the tunnel of the she-wolf in front of her, making her moan and push against her snout.

The walls clenched around her tongue, when she pushed it as far as she could, and she felt juice splash against her nose and into her muzzle.

Niera was not sure if she could pull out her tongue and waited for the alpha to voice her wish, but the said female just started to move forward, pulling away from her tongue, after her clenches got weaker and faded away.

"Inexperienced, but not too bad." She commented with a huff. "I think she is a good addition to our pack." She faced her husband again and let Niera glide down to the ground exhausted again.

"Yes, indeed. She is also very strong. Overall, very good breeding material." Khara mentioned and nuzzled Vinya, who lay down behind him and snuggled her back against his.

"Come here Niera." He called out to the girl. "It is spring, but the nights can still be cold. Snuggle up with us."

Niera lifted up and felt the exhaustion of the tension and the day of running in her muscles. She went the few steps towards the lying pair and let herself sink on the branches and grass in front of Khara, which felt wonderful warm and soft.

Niera did not think about anything or that Vinya was there as well. Like in the last weeks, she just lay down next to Khara the same way she did the last weeks. Her nose pushed between his legs, soaking in his strong musk while he as well pushed his head over her frame and his nose between her legs, touching her belly with his cheek, to take in her warm scent.

Niera did not think about anything else after this. The scent, the warm touch of Khara and the darkness, that fell over them, was so familiar for her, that she fell asleep instantly.

The next days were exhausting for Niera. During the day, Vinya showed her around in the pack territory and showed her where the dens of the wolves were. She also got a peek at the beta den, where she was to stay after the week.

The other beta females greeted them, but Niera had the feeling, that they avoided her. They left the den soon after they greeted Vinya and did not return while the alpha showed her around the cave.

Vinya also showed her the dens of the beta males and the other regions of the sleeping places. They did not go closer to the dens of the males, but Niera saw Chael and Bahg from the distance. They to youngsters were in the middle of a group of wolves, who looked over to the two females, but did not come closer.

Niera could see, that they were interested in her, but it seemed that the alpha female made sure that they did not approach them without being asked to.

In the nights, Vinya continued to enhance the training of Niera and asked her to lick her before they went to bed. "You will have to learn how to get on the good side of other females, as long as you are not at the top of the ladder." She mentioned and Niera did not like the sound of that. She was unsure what to expect after the week.

She only saw Khara in the evening and when they lay down to sleep, it felt a bit like home, like at the training camp, with his scent around her and his warm touch.

Deep inside her, Niera wished that this week would not end. Even though she had problems at first to get used to Vinya, she soon adjusted to the requests of the alpha female and listened to every word.

Despite her being rather dominating, the alpha also was very wise. She was one of the oldest wolves in the pack and she taught Niera a lot of things and even a few more tricks for fighting.

The older female also told her to make sure to rest well while she could, because her pregnancy would draw a lot of energy from her very soon.

The week went by in a flash and then came the day, that Niera was to move to the beta den and live with the other beta females. She felt a bit reserved and was not sure what to expect. She had not lived with only girls before and she knew none of the betas yet, because they always avoided her when the alpha and Niera visited their den.

The first day in the beta den already was exhausting. On the order of Vinya, all of the beta females met up with them and were tasked to show her to ropes and support her. They did not look to happy, when the alpha left and snarled at her, so that Niera was unsure what happened or what the problem was.

There was no long time for any talks, because shortly after, a few male beta's came into the den and talked to Pinya. By the face she made and her nod towards Niera, she was sure they had come to introduce the new beta female.

"She is pregnant and I am sure you know the order of the alpha." Pinya said with spice in her voice. The males just nodded and approached Niera.

"Hello... Niera, right?" she saw the lust in the eyes of the boys. "Hello...?" she responded, but they seemed to not have the patience to wait. The male directly went towards her flank and with a small pinch he told her to turn around and lift her tail, which she did obediently.

"I love new betas." The male growled happily. "They are so obedient, not like the old bitches." Niera groaned, when he mounted her and pushed in. He was by far not as caring as Khara or his sons. He was here only for one mission, to pound her pussy, and that he did.

It was over quite quick, but new males came, and they all seemed to have just one goal. To get inside of the new female. When she got a small breather during the evening, she huffed exhausted and was happy to have survived the first day, but it was far from being over.

When the males left the den and Niera wanted to find some comfy place to sleep, Pinya and the others approached her. "You sure did not think you are finished already, do you?" Pinya asked and when Niera looked up, she saw that they had not been avoiding her before, but they hated her. The anger and hate spew from the eyes of the beta-leader and she turned around and lifted her tail.

"Because you stole away the beta males from us, you will make sure to at least show us your tribute."

Niera was too exhausted to fight and understood now, why Vinya had trained her in pleasing another female. She did not complain but just went to work and started to lick Pinya until she moaned.

After Pinya, each of the females demanded her to tend to their needs. Judging from them only demanding it once, she suspected, that they only wanted to dominate her. Their bellies were big as well and so Niera was sure, that they were just as pregnant as she was.

After an hour, Niera dropped down totally empty and fell asleep, not regarding the girl juices on her face and the spunk that leaked out of her snatch.

Things got worse in the next days. Not only did the males come back, and the whispering they did with Pinya she suspected, that the beta leader even invited them to fuck Niera, but they were more and more discontent with not being able to knot Niera.

"You sure can knot her." Pinya suddenly said, while Niera was already exhausted enough to have her legs wobble, because she had been taken non-stop without a rest, because they pulled out instantly and were replaced with a different male.

"But the alpha said..." started the male who took Niera first, she did not remember their names, because she had been very exhausted, when they told them to her.

"You can't knot her honey pot, but she got two other holes to fill, right?" Pinya said with an evil grin, that was returned by the beta male.

Niera groaned under the pushes into her rectum a few seconds later and the male did not go soft or caring. It felt like he wanted to punish her or was told to do so.

Niera cried out loud when he popped his big knot into her ass and shivered, when she dropped down. The only advantage of this was, that she was now able to rest a bit and gain enough energy for the next male, that stood in line already.

When the males left, all females still requested their tribute from their new addition to the group and Niera was happy, when she could drop to sleep this evening.

The next days were not much better, but Niera got used to the abuse of her tail hole and she groaned less when the males took her. What she discovered, while she was moaning under Chael, who finally paid a visit as well, was that she gained energy by this and did not feel as exhausted in the evening.

While he lay on top of her and slowly grinded into her pussy, Chael whispered to her and told her about Bahg and Chael already trying to rise in ranks in the beta group. He also confirmed, that Pinya had put the leader of the beta males up for this and that she wanted to break Niera to make sure she would not gain in ranks over her.

Chael and Bahg came every day from this day on and they used their time with Niera to give her even more of a breather, while grinding into her slowly. Niera actually preferred these two over the rest and felt her energy rising again, even though she made sure to not show this to any of the other beta females.

The brothers also explained her, why Pinya was so focused on Niera. Not only was Niera a real beauty and had all males look after her, but as a graduate from alpha training, she was the only female, next to Mirya, who however was quite low in the ranking as well, who would be a potential alpha candidate.

With Vinya being very old, the beta females all looked forward to replacing her, if she would die in a few years.

Before Niera came, naturally Mirya would have been the only option, however the other females held her low and grouped up on her in the past, which broke the girl and she was not alpha material anymore.

Pinya actually tried to use the other girls, to demoralize any possible rivals, in hope that even though she was not a graduate from alpha school, she would be the only option left for Khara, when his wife would be gone.

Niera felt anger inside her, when she heard about the intrigues, that Chael was able to uncover by inquiring the other beta males, who all seemed to know about the rotten nature of the beta leader.

Niera was also sure, that Vinya knew about this and therefore had prepared her as good as possible for joining the beta group. It seemed, that not even the alpha could help her with that and she had to solve this herself.

If anyone would protect her and safe her, she would lose face and would be seen as week, because the alpha or anyone else needed to rescue her. This would for sure make her even drop down from the beta ranks into lower ranks.

But she already thought about a counterattack, while Chael and Bahg were taking it easy with her and helped her to gain as much energy as possible for her actions. They were the only allies she had, even though they did not voice this openly.

Niera felt her belly grow strong and it took additional energy just to move around with this big belly and the extra weight. She understood, that she had to act fast, because she did not want her cubs to be born while she was still under the constant attacks of the other beta females.

Niera had planned for this for a whole week, when she finally set her counterattack into action. She had told Chael and Bahg to visit her as the last this evening, to ensure that she could rest up and they helped her with drawing out the time they lay on top of her for a few more minutes to help her gain additional energy.

Sure enough, as soon as the males left, Pinya approached her for the daily tribute and all the females were not on guard because Niera had been submissive the hole week to make them feel secure.

When Pinya had time to react, Niera already had jumped her and pushed her to the side, her fangs in the throat of the female, but not for the kill but just to hold her.

Pinya needed a few seconds to understand what happened, as well as the other females who looked at it in a shock, before she shouted: "Get her off me girls!"

Niera evaded the tackle of Saliza and jumped off Pinya, with her fangs bared and a dangerous growl in her throat.

Miya and Nena came from the sides, attacking the young girl. Pinya sure had the girls under her control and even though she had been defeated just before, the others did not submit to Niera.

She understood instantly, that she had to fight for her life at this moment and that she had to kill or injure each of them to make it out alive.

Pinya also got up and her growl echoed in the cave and was mimicked by the other three. Niera saw herself in front of four older wolves, ready to attack her together.

In the glimpse of her eye, she saw someone enter the den, but then the attack started. She had not time to check who entered or if it meant friend of foe.

She evaded the fangs of Mirya and spun around to send her flying against the wall. Knowing, that Mirya was the only other graduate of the training, she had been extremely careful about the female, but her movements showed, that she was not in training anymore and that Mirya lost the edge of a fighter.

Saliza followed up. What they did not have in fighting power, they tried to compensate in teamwork. Niera was able to evade the fangs if Saliza and also send her flying, but Nena hit her leg with her fangs and bit.

Niera howled and let herself roll to the side, forcing Nena to follow her. She used the energy of the motion to throw the female off, who let go of her leg.

Pinya used this seemingly vulnerable situation to attack with a jump but Niera had seen it coming. She rolled on the ground to evade the paws and yaws of the beta leader and her movement was quick like a flash when she snapped forward with her fangs and her fangs pierced through the ear of the female and cut it open. Blood splashed over the coat of the beta leader.

The other three females tried to help her, but in their haste, their teamwork diminished and they were hindering each other rather than helping.

Niera hit Nena with her paw and her claws dug into the leg of the female, who howled in pain. The young female ducked under the jump of Saliza, who collided with Mirya. She dug her fangs into the flank of Saliza and used the force of the jump, that pulled her head back, to do a summersault backwards and with her hind legs caught Mirya in her motion and send her flying against the walls of the den, where she groaned loud and only got up with wobbling legs and humping on the left hind leg.

The females around her were groaning and the only one still standing was Pinya. She tried to attack again, but Niera just danged around her and with quick snaps of her fangs she added more and more cuts into the coat of the beta leader, until she finally let her run into the voide and tackle her, so that Pinya fell on her back and she had her fangs on her throat again, this time with a harder grip.

Niera cold taste the blood on her fangs and smell the iron scent of the blood in the fur of Pinya. Her fangs pierced through the skin and made the throat of the female turn red.

"One step closer of any of you, and she will breathe her last breath." Niera growled from her chaps. Nina and Mirya, who humped towards them, stopped in their tracks and looked shocked, laying on her side and groaning from the pain of her wounded flank.

"I think this is enough." A voice behind Niera shouted and it took a second for her to realize, that it was the voice of Khara. "Let her go." He commanded and Niera instantly let go of Pinya and jumped back, allowing the female to get up.

A growl from the throat of Pinya and her body, that crouched, showed Niera, that she prepared to attack again and Niera put a wider stance with her hind legs to evade to any direction if needed.

"I said it is enough!" Pinya winced from the loud voice of Khara. "Pinya, if you continue this, I will not stop her from killing you next time, and you should have noticed that none of you, and not even all of you together, are a match for Niera."

Pinya whimpered and let herself sink to the ground. Niera also relaxed finally and let herself sink down and licked over a scratch at her leg, that she just noticed.

"Good thing Chael told me about this." Khara said and looked at all the females with a stern face. "I was afraid, that I came too late to safe the girls." He sounded genuine. It seemed he had not been afraid about Niera but rather that she would hurt his pack members.

"And you four should take this as a lesson. Niera did not get best of the class for nothing. She is much stronger than even my sons, and if you did not hear already, they are on top of the beta males' group now, so you should understand just how strong this girl is." Niera felt a bit proud about the praise.

"I don't want any of you to be injured but let me make this clear. If any of you attack Niera again, she has my full approval to kill. Because I am equally concerned about her. She is part of the pack now and I can't ask her to keep herself back, when you gang up on her with four to kill her."

A long silence, only broken by a groan of one of the females every now and then. The silence lasted for a full minute, before Khara started to talk again.

"Good, it seems you all understand. I think it is best if I get you separated for tonight." His voice sounded a bit softer and not so angry anymore.

"Niera, you will come with me. Pinya, I will send someone to help you with your wounds and just to be clear. Niera will be the beta leader from now on. And if you can't accept that, you can always challenge her for an official duel in front of everyone else, like the rules of the pack say."

Pinya lowered her gaze. "Niera, come." The alpha turned around and got out of the den, leaving the whimpering and groaning girls behind. Niera made haste to follow closely and followed the alpha. Part of her was a bit afraid, that he would punish her for injuring them. She had been a bit too hard on the other girls. She tried to think hard if there would have been a way to solve this differently.

Khara send a few other females to the beta den to care for Pinya and the other girls, while he led Niera to the alpha den.

Only when they were out of sight of any others, Vinya, who had been in the den, left after a few words with Khara to look after Pinya, Saliza, Mirya and Nena, Khara looked at Niera with a soft gaze and licked her cheek and the scratch at her leg.

"I was afraid you would be injured as well." He admitted and sighed relieved. "Not that I did not know that you are strong, but it is quite something different to fight four at once." He chuckled and lay down on his bed.

"Come and lay down and rest. You have earned it." She said with a warm and caring voice, and Niera lay down next to him, put her snout into the warm fur at his belly and took in his familiar scent. It did not take long for her to fall asleep.

The pups of Niera were born a few weeks later and by then, she was recognized as the beta leader female already.

She got four pups that, from the looks, were from four different fathers, but because the kids did not always follow the traits of their parents, it was hard to tell.

Abu, the only male in the mix, had a black snout and black eyes, like the alpha himself. Leila and Tinya both had blue eyes like Niera, but while Leila had a white snout like Chael, the other one had black legs like Bahg and Niera's red-brown nose. Niera gave the last one the name Mint, because she had wonderful mint green eyes, just a big lighter than Jeliso's eyes had been.

Niera loved the pups all the same and with Pinya and the others finally accepting her, she learned a lot from the experienced mothers about the care and education of the young pups.

Niera sure had a lot of learn and she did a few mistakes, like any young mother, but overall, she had a keen eye on the pups, whenever she was home with them.

When she recovered from giving birth, she started to join the hunting squad. Often it was one of the beta males leading the hunt, but she had to lead a few as well, as the highest-ranking beta female.

During these times, when the betas were out hunting, the lower ranking females watched over the pups. Niera slowly got used to the new pack and even though her start had not been the happiest, she grow attached with the beta group soon and there was no bad blood between them.