And Then The River Went Dry (Wolf Creed Pack, 1)
Chapter 1

The booming of the speakers that were littered across the wide-open space of the club created an intoxicating primal need in everyone on the dancefloor, to move and experience pleasures separate and joined. The music playing was both eerie, sensual, and stimulating that Carmeta's hips took on a mind of her own, rolling, dipping, and sliding into a rhythmic motion. She was finally 21 years old and could drink and drink she did. The alcohol mixed with the pulsating music had her leaving her inhibitions at the door. Club Lux was a werewolf-only club in the Wolf Creed's territory and was where werewolves came to have a good time without worrying about hiding who they were from humans. They served alcohol modified specifically for the wolves, and the music was at the perfect volume for their sensitive ears. She was so glad that her best friend Maya persuaded her to come and now all four of her friends were living it up without a care in the world.

In the middle of her intoxicated gyration, four werewolf males came up to her and her friends, who were clearly high, and started to grope and grind on them. All five girls politely excused themselves from their presence before going to dance elsewhere, for the stench of the drug they were using was overpowering, especially since it was seeping through their pores. They thought that was the end of it but they just followed them with expressions of displeasure, the typical behavior of a wolf with dominating personality. One of them, with greasy unkept hair in this ridiculous tacky, get up, grabbed Carmeta's hand, and pulled her into his arms.

"Hey sweet thing, don't be disrespectful now. I only want to dance with you." He then proceeded to run his nose along her neck as he gripped both of her hands by her side and rubbed his body along hers.

"And I don't want to dance with you." With her knee, she sailed it right between his pecker, causing him to let out an animalistic whimper before quickly releasing her to grab it.

Before his friends could retaliate against her blatant disrespect and lack of submission. The entire scene was played out in front of some Wolf Creed enforcers who were off duty. They intervened and de-escalated the situation quickly and two went to escort the men and their fallen comrade off the dancefloor. Presumingly, to the exit.

"Thanks," Carmeta shouted in the ear of the one who was clearly the leader of the group, with a grateful smile.

Maya, with greedy eyes on the enforcers, pulled Carmeta closer to her and whispered in her ear.

"Do you know who they are?"

"Should I know?"

"Abso-fucking-lutely! They are Wolf Creed enforcers, the best of the best! Oh, I wouldn't mind running my tongue up and down anyone of them. I just want one night with one or more, the more the merrier."

With a chuckle, she released Carmeta and slid between two of the men and give her best impression of sex on the dancefloor. For the rest of the night, the men partied together with her friends, who were fully taking advantage of touching every inch of the men and the men with amused but pleased expressions. Carmeta did no such thing, however, and kept her sensualness strictly on the dancefloor. The last thing she needed was for any of the men to get the impression that she was going to sleep with any of them. It wasn't because they weren't attractive, she just had no intentions of sleeping with anyone who wasn't her mate, whoever that was.

Even though once a she-wolf turned the age of maturity in their wolf cycle, which was between 18 to 20, she would go into heat every month. This was in correlation with its human counterpart ovulation cycle and could be a quite painful and traumatic experience if one did not have a sex partner or a mate. She refused to have her first time with anyone other than her mate and wanted them to share that special moment with her. So, she opted for taking the werewolf version of birth control which disrupted the entire going into the heat process and made it more bearable for her. All she had to do was take a shot every time she started her period so that her ovulation cycle would not be that severe.

Everyone threw themselves into chairs in their VIP section as the last number on the fast-paced songs came to an end and now the DJ was playing slow music for all the mated pairs to dance to. Carmeta slipped off one of her heels and rubbed her ankle, which was now looking swollen. She was used to wearing heels to work, but they weren't this high, nor did she spend all night dancing in them. She literally just sat at her cubicle desk and occasionally got up to go somewhere or do minor tasks. Taylor, one of her good friends that came with her, looked at the time and whistled.

"Wow, it's almost 4. We have been partying for almost 5 hours now. I'm beat."

"Me too," Carmeta said with a yawn.

"Wow, you girls really know how to party. Whenever you're in town again, let us know so we can party with you again." one of the enforcer guys said.

Carmeta wasn't lying when she said she was beat, and by the looks of it so were all of her friends, but Maya. After all, they had to get up and leave early yesterday morning to drive five hours from their pack to the Wolf Creed territory. They had not even had time to rest at their Airbnb before they had to go grocery shopping, which was a longer task than necessary as the five girls had fun taking their time exploring the little village in the neutral territory before actually going to the supermarket. By the time they got home and packed away all the food, they were through the door again to grab dinner at a cute mom-and-pop restaurant. When they finally got back in, it was 8:30 pm and Maya had the brilliant idea of going clubbing to start the festivities off right. So, they all spent an exorbitant amount of time fixing each other's hair and makeup, getting ready, and drinking wine before they were out the door by 11 to go to the Club Lux.

"Thanks again for the help earlier and the good company," she said as she slipped her shoes back on, grunting inwardly at the displeasure of having to put back on the wretched thing.

"No problem. Is it okay for you guys to drive?"

"Yes, don't worry, I didn't drink much. So, I'll be good." With that, all the girls took their belongings and marched to the exit.

The parking lot of the club was dimly lit but it was perfectly fine for a werewolf because all the ladies' eyes adjusted to soft glowing lights as they strutted to their car. Neither of them thought anything of the creepy shades that seemed to reach for them with greedy tentacles because they were in the Wolf Creed territory. It would be stupid for anyone, either wolf or human, to try something. Alpha Maximillian Adalwolf was many things but not a forgiving man and when it came to protecting what was his, he was ruthless but fair. Anyone in his territory or passed through it was granted safe passage unless he stated otherwise, therefore crime did not exist in his domain. Carmeta pressed the unlock button on the car keys and was about to open the door when her wolf went on alert, but it was too late. Something that felt like a boot slammed into her back and she crashed into the car door. A grunt followed by a menacing battle growl came tearing from her chest before she quickly spun around in a crouch, bracing herself to fight. However, before she could unleash her beast on the intruders which turned out to be the men from earlier. They were all swooped up and thrown across the parking lot like a bunch of rag dolls then quickly knocked out and dragged off by security that came pouring out of the club. Carmeta looked up at the men who disposed of the vermin so quickly and efficiently and saw it was the enforcers from earlier.

"Are you okay?" one of them asked as he reached out his hand to her. She shook her head gently to clear the projected thoughts of violence that came from her wolf and placed her hand in his for him to help her up. "I had a feeling they would try something since they weren't kicked out of the territory."

"OMG! Car! He just came out of nowhere. Are you okay, love?" Maya said in a panicky voice as she snapped out of her shock.

"I'm fine. Should have been more alert. I guess I'm a lot more hammered than I realized, making my response time a bit slow."

"Don't worry, we'll handle it. Alpha Max has already been informed, and we are told to escort you ladies back to your residence."

"That isn't necessary. Really, I'm fine. I'm more shocked that he got the drop on me than anything."

"The Alpha insisted, and your vehicle will be brought to you later in the morning."

And with that, it was final. There was no point in her trying to argue her way out. The Alpha made a direct order, and he was going to follow it through, even if he had to throw her over his shoulder and into the SUV that pulled up behind her car. So with that, all five girls were marched into the back of the SUV and were driven off to their Airbnb in town. It came as no surprise that neither of the girls once told the two enforcers escorting them where they were staying as the vehicle turned into their driveway.

"What do you think will happen to those idiots from earlier?" Maya whispered among the girls.

"Whatever it is, I don't wish to be them right now."

The door beside Carmeta opened as the enforcer who rode shotgun extended his gentlemanly charm. Each girl thanked him and the driver and headed off to the front door.

"I want to extend my deepest apologies to you ladies," the enforcers said with a courtly bow. "This should never had happened, and I want you to know that the situation will be handled as quickly as possible."

"I don't doubt that" Taylor mumbled.

"It's okay, I swear. You guys aren't the ones who need to apologize, it's those idiots." Carmeta reassured the young enforcer, who seriously looked like he was on the verge of tears.

"That is beside the point, miss. It should have never happened. I should have let them leave the territory, not just the building."

"Listen, kid, let bygones be bygones. It's totally fine. Besides, it is clear to me that they weren't a part of the Wolf Creed pack" And with that, Carmeta waved to him cheerfully as he got back in the SUV and drove off.

Alpha Maximillian really ran a tight ship with his men. The poor guy looked only 18, and he made one mistake, not that it's a big deal, and acted like he was going to die. Alpha Max, you are one interesting man...

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