Beta Wolf — L.J. Breedlove

They Were Promised A Home

Beta wolves. Powerful, dominant wolves banished by their birth packs because they were a threat to their pack Alphas. Cast out as lone wolves, they drifted, solitary yet belonging to a species that yearned to belong.

Some found a place in the military. Some found other places. But there was always the danger of the first rule -- do nothing that reveals shifters to humans. Betas who did, found an enforcer on their doorstep.

And then, a pack rose up on Hat Island, home to Yui Ito, and her mate Okami Yoshida. The pack there had been killed off during World War II, all but Yui. For 80 years there had been no pack on Hat Island.

And now there was. A female Alpha had called a pack into being.

And the word came. Yui was calling the betas home. They were owed. There was a pack that would accept them -- if they wanted one.

There was nothing a beta wanted more than that -- to belong to a pack, to know that there were people who had your back.

Nothing.