Leashed 《DISCONTINUED》

Lessons Being Learned

After learning a thing about rankings: alphas, betas, gammas, furthermore, he stood up, grabbing a large book off the mantle of the fireplace. It was dropped into my lap, a painful "oof" sounding a second later. "Now to anatomy. Humans tend to forget that we have the same human anatomy when in human form. There isn't anything different until we transform. Usually werewolves just turn into larger versions of wolves - dire wolves, is the correct term - sharing the same anatomy of the now extinct species. Tell me, Annora, do you know why I am the Alpha of this pack?"

I shrug, "family?"

He paused a moment, his eyes opaque, "well... yes... but mainly because I am a lycan. I have quite a few differences than typical werewolves. My form is half human and half wolf. I cannot transform fully between them, and some may call my lycan form horrifying to see - which I find quite rude - but, it gives me more advantages. Such as strength, opposable thumbs, and top qualities of both humans and wolves. Lycans also have the power to turn humans into werewolves, though not into lycans. The lycan gene is rare, and very rarely is it passed onto offspring. We are slowly going extinct." A moment of silence passed between us.

"So... what about you and your wolf? Do you communicate often? What is it like? Do you or your parents name it, or does it ju-"

"Slow down! Werewolves don't have inner wolves. Honestly I find that quite offensive, but I see that you simply don't understand, can't really be mad about that. It's a common misconception that we are separate from our wolves, but no. Our wolf instincts come from ourselves, just as human instincts come from yourselves. And being out of wolf form will not make us lose our powers if we don't change often." He then got up, not even concluding his thoughts.

So much learned, so many more questions.

Him leaving me to my own devices, I opened the book in front of me, beginning a long read.

This is mostly just a filler chapter, sorry, but I just wanted to give some history on werewolves (and I changed it up a little) to make it more understandable in the future. I want suggestions, too, who should Annora end up with: Orla, Master (who has yet to be named), or should another come into play? Let me know!