Prompt 091

Title: Lycan Tales
Genre: drama, fantasy
Characters: Ethan, Dominica
Prompt: 091
Word Count: 1227
Rating: PG-13
Type: Series
Summary: Ethan is not satisfied.
Warnings: Language, violence, some sexual overtones




He turned his head slightly when he footsteps coming down the hall. He tapped his fingers together. She did this shit just to piss him off, he thought in annoyance. She knew that he had asked her meet him at noon and here it was after one and she was just sauntering her ass down the hall as if she didn’t have a care in the world. Clenching his teeth against the growl he could feel building up Ethan stared unseeingly at the wall in front of him. His face fell into placid lines when the doorknob turned and the door opened silently.

“Imagine,” he said without turning his head to look at her. He knew it would irk the shit out of her. “Just imagine that you asked for one simple task to be done. One little thing that should have been handled ten years ago. And just imagine how you would feel if said task still was not accomplished. What would you do in my place Dominica? After all I am alpha and I do have to set an example before everyone starts talking. So, what should I do Dom? Hmm?”

“Jesus! Are you still on that bullshit? Ethan, it won’t be long until the boy is caught and then you’ll have every little thing that you ever wanted when you were a pup growing up in the shadow of your cousin. Jesus, you’ve been harping on this for ten years now. You would think if it was so damn important to you that you’d get from behind your desk and do it yourself! I mea-”


Before she could blink Ethan had spun her around and slammed her up against the wall. She winced as her elbows struck the wall then she stiffened when she felt Ethan take a handful of her hair in his hands. It wouldn’t be long now before he was using that fistful of hair to yank her neck back and demand she tell him who was alpha. Who was her alpha. She had always known Ethan needed to be in control but she had never realized the extent of it.
“Such pretty hair. That’s one of the things that drew me to you Dom. What other female would be worthy of her alpha than one that was so uniquely beautiful as you? Your white fur just stood out. And you wanted to be alpha bitch didn’t you?” He gave her hair a hard tug when she didn’t answer fast enough for him.
“Yes.”
He laughed. “I know you did. You made sure that I would notice you at every opportunity. Are you happy where you are now Dominica? The fancy house, the newest car, the unlimited amount of money? Are you happy?”
Before she could answer, and she seriously didn’t know what her answer would be, they both heard the pounding of footsteps outside the hall coming steadily nearer.

Ethan released her hair and she moved away from the wall just as the door burst open and their son sprinted in. Dom absently rubbed her elbow as she stared out the window at the yard. It was huge but bare. Ten years ago there would have been people milling around during the day and at night they all would have changed just to go running. But it wasn’t ten years ago and they all had a different alpha. Something that she regretted being a part of every day.
“Mom! Dad! Guess what? I-”

“Didn’t I tell you to knock before you enter my office Julius?” Ethan growled.
“Sure dad! But I gotta-”
“And yet, you didn’t knock this time. What do I have to do in order to get you to listen to me boy? You’re not a pup anymore. You’re almost eight. In a few years you’ll be forming your own pack. Hopefully. Do you want to end up being the Omega of the pack? No son of mine will be rolling over on his belly for anyone? Do you have that?”
“Yes sir.”
There was a moment of silence and Dom had to resist the urge to go cuddle her little boy.
“Now, tell me what was so important.”

“Well, I was playing with cousin Kyle and he said that you weren’t the true alpha ‘cause Uncle Duncaine was still alive. I told him nu-uh. That you was too the alpha. And he said of course you was the alpha NOW but only ‘cause you murdered the REAL alpha and that it wasn’t even a fair fight ‘cause you had to drug him so it don’t count. Then I told him that you could take anybody down you didn’t need no drugs to win a fight. And then he says,” Julian finally took a breath before finishing his tangent. “And then he says that no one really respects you dad. He says that when the old alpha was in charge that everyone liked him and respected him without him having to slaughter all the people that didn’t like him like you did ten years ago. What did he mean dad huh? Huh? Anyways, I told cousin-”

“W-what did you just say?”
His voice was like cold steel and it cut through Julius’ chatter like a knife.
Dom could hear a rumble working its way up his throat and she quickly spun around.

“I said…I said…”

“You know how children are Ethan. They’re always boasting about things they have no knowledge of.” Behind her back she waved her son out of the room. She felt him squeeze her hand before he darted out of the room.
“Bernard was weak,” Ethan snarled as he spun around and punched the wall. “He was weak and spineless and didn’t deserve to run this pack. The stories regarding the Lancaster bloodline, the pure bloodline,” he said with a sneer. “Were a myth. We change into wolves and we change back. There’s nothing more or less!” He punched the wall again and over his shoulder Dom could see that a red streak had been left behind.
"It has to be a myth. I couldn't find that book anywhere. Bernard was weak," he said again.
“Yes, Bernard was weak,” she said soothingly.
“I do have the respect of the pack. They all fear me.”
“Yes.” But fear and respect weren’t the same thing. She should know. She had once respected the man standing before her. The ideals that he had spouted as they laid together but now, he was just a tyrant ruling over the people who lead.
“And yet they talk about me behind my back. Compare me, ME, to Bernard. They’re like parasites. I thought I had gotten rid of those mongrels years ago.”
‘Those mongrels’ were the people who had stood up to Ethan. They hadn’t turned tail and ran once they had found out their old alpha was dead. No, they had waged a full on war against Ethan and in the end he had come out the victor. Inwardly sighing she run a hand up his back. He spun around and mashed his mouth against hers.

Even the sex wasn’t the same, she thought dispassionately as he thrust his tongue in and out of her mouth. She shivered when he reached down and grabbed her ass. He groaned in satisfaction and she had to squeeze her eyes shut to prevent herself from crying. Ten years ago she had made a horrible mistake. And now she had to suffer the consequences.
"You will find Duncaine for me," he whispered in ear as he slid off her top. "And when you find him you will kill him and bring me his carcass." He pinched her nipple and she hid a wince. "Do you understand me?"
"Yes."
"Good, now show me how much you respect your alpha..."