Slade took her hand, he could see she had many alpha oath marks, they went all the way up both her arms, “How many can you hold?” he asked as he looked at her oath marks.
“Hm, you’re the first in a long time to ask that question. The answer is as many as one likes. The markings will adjust in size to accommodate them all. Good to see you are curious and already asking questions.”
He smiled, just thought that was good knowledge to have, he turned his eyes to the card and read it out, his first Alpha Oath. “I Slade Southerland of Highland Hills Pack, agree to not start any fights with any of my pack’s enemy heirs, that I may come across. I will do no harm to anyone, and I will not in any way attempt to try and start a war while I am here. I will not harm, m**m or kill any other Alphas, male or female. During physical training, I will restrain myself from truly causing harm to my opponents. This oath binds me and my life to Alpha Gretta, for the entire time that I am here as a student of Alpha College.”
She smiled at him. “I Alpha Gretta, of the Alpha Council, will show care and restraint, patience and provide good healthy guidance in my looking after Slade Southerland, the future heir to the Highland Hills pack. This oath binds me to my words, and punishment from the full remaining 11 council members, if you should die under my watch.”
He watched as the band formed around his wrist and hers, saw all the ones already there shrink a little and rotate around her arm a bit to adjust for the new council symbol. They, he noted, wound up and around her arms, like a sweeping staircase, so that none of the council symbols touched each other.
His was black, hers was blue. It was a bit on the tingly side and his pack symbol appeared on the inside of his wrist, a circle with three mountains overlapping each other. “Why the different colour?” he asked.
“Because you’re bound to me, but I am not to you, to the Wolfen Council only.” She smiled at him. “I like your curiosity, Slade. All done,” she told him and released his hand, “Come, let me show you to your dorm, you’ll be in the North Dorm, second floor, room four. All rooms are singles, and yes, before you ask, it is fully soundproof. Not for the reason you want it to be. But so that you can make phone calls back home, and not be overheard by enemy heirs if they are here as well.”
He smiled but said nothing. They walked back out the front doors, and she took him to the building next door. He was a little confused as to why it was called North Dorm. It was not the north building, it was in fact east of the main building.
“Why is it called North Dorm?” he asked.
“After Alpha North himself. He was one of the first Alphas to put forward the idea of Alpha College and have one built.” She answered him simply. “You, Slade, will learn only useful things to you and the current era. Don’t concern yourself with the histories of our kind. A savage bunch of beasts that only concerned themselves with war and bloodlines.
“This is a place to learn the Wolfen laws you must abide by, not the past. A place for you to understand when you’ll be about to, or do, break our kings’ laws. If someone around you breaks them, say a pack member, and if it needs to be reported to us, the wolfen Council.
“Or if you, when you actually reign, can punish those for those crimes. Write us a report and what is expected in it and proof of said broken law, with the details of the crime and full details of your investigation, and punishment dealt out, as well. For us to see if it is fitting or not.
“Alphas jobs don’t just involve running their packs as many think they do, they have to maintain all Wolfen laws and hold those accountable. If they choose not to punish wolves which they don’t have to, they do have to report the infraction immediately, so we can punish those that have broken the law.”
“I imagine some don’t report.” Slade nodded.
“Yes, that is true, a few bad apples out there, and there are those afraid to report, fearing their pack will be retaliated against and slaughtered for it. But we here are trying to weed that out. Why we focus on the laws, and not the histories. What’s in the past should stay in the past, be forgotten and moved on passed. Easier for some than others though.” She sighed a little, “Not all Alphas send their heirs either. So some slip through the cracks.”
“Why don’t they send them?” he was curious.
“Likely they have their reasons for it. Personal to each Alpha out there, though many that flee destroyed packs, don’t get the opportunity to come to Alpha College, it’s not exactly cheap, and you need an Alpha parent to register you as well. So again, no parents, no funds, no Alpha College.”
“Oh, I thought everyone just came at 18.” He murmured.
“It would be nice.” She nodded, “but for everyone I have here.” she stopped at his dorm room. “There are probably one or two, maybe more that aren’t here, and those in the Kingdom don’t come here. They, I think, need it the most. We’re hoping that there will be one established within Nightingale sometime soon.”
“Lots of war there.” He nodded.
“Yes, unnecessary war at that. This is your room, she motioned for him to use his swipe card and access it, the panel went from black to green and the door clicked open. “Now Slade, I and all the Council members that reside here, have master access cards.” She smiled right at him.
“I like to conduct random unannounced inspections for contraband. Please keep your room tidy, it will make the searching go quicker and there are no omegas here to clean up after you either. So, you have to maintain your own cleanliness, new linen will be provided.” She rolled her eyes, “Every day due to you lot being a horny bunch of 18-year-olds. But you are required to change the sheets yourself. The dirty linen chute is down the end of the hall. Use it, don’t be a grub.”
Slade
He smiled at her words ‘don’t be a grub’ as he put his suitcase in the corner of the room. She didn’t come into the room, just stood in the doorway and talked from there, “Your first class will be tomorrow morning, all meals will be held in the main building, where you registered just now. Step through the front door and take the hall on the left of the staircase, something I don’t think you did; take a look at the main building.”
“A bit distracted,” he admitted.
“Mm, I saw.” She nodded “Got yourself a handful of a girlfriend.” She raised an eyebrow at him.
“Not my girlfriend, my Beta.”
“Could have fooled me, you fought like a couple.” She shrugged it off, “go down that hall to the left of the stairs there is a grand dining room, there’s a sign. Breakfast, lunch and dinner all have set times, we do not provide an all-day buffet browsing like inside your pack. Turn up and eat your fill at the correct times or go hungry. Mealtimes are displayed outside the dining hall, and we close up on the dot.
“Everything else you need to know is in your welcome package there on your bed. I suggest taking a stroll around for the rest of the afternoon, meeting some of the new arrivals. Anyone that arrives today will be in your class group. Classes are allocated due to day of arrival, so you all come together and leave together.
“Though do not interrupt any classes you see in progress, even if you see others you know, that is a fine, day one against your name, and one I will personally issue, and report to your father and mother.” She smiled at him. “Please don’t do that, as much as I enjoy it, you won’t, I assure you.” she even chuckled softly. “I’ll bid you farewell for now, I hope you and your…Beta, ate on the way, the dining room is closed now.” Then she just walked away.
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