My Alpha Mate's Christmas Gift

They fired one more round, leaving the whimpering and wounded wolf on her knees. Roxanne could tell by the scent alone, the will was Rita. With her golden eyes and her gait, Roxanne could recognize her best friend, even in wolf form.

"R-Rita...." Roxanne muttered.

Her friend was in trouble. She was surrounded by armed Hunters, weakened to the point of kneeling before them. She didn't know why, but Rita couldn't fight back. Perhaps it was the effect of the Wolfsbane she had heard so much of.

Without a moment's hesitation, Roxanne launched herself in Rita's direction. She was still confused, she still didn't understand what was happening, why hunters were in the village to begin with, why so many people were suffering... The reason for so much pain... She could not comprehend. But that didn't matter now.

She didn't need to think about those things, so she brushed them away from her mind. There was only one thing that mattered, and that was her friend Rita!

"Awooooo!!!" Roxanne howled, still moving rapidly to save her friend.

Suddenly, her ears slowly morphed into that of a wolf's, and out of her mouth, proceeded fangs. Her nails grew sharper and brown fur began to cover her hand and legs. A tail popped out from her back and her body felt much lighter, much more powerful than before.

She didn't know how and when it happened. She was never able to succeed in it until that crucial moment, Partial Wolf Transformation!

She wasn't fully transformed into a wolf, like Rita, but she was partly there. A portion of her hands, from her elbow downward we're covered in brown fur, with her hands which were already partially shaped like paws, with claws on them. The same went for her leg, from her knee downward, she had taken on the Wolf features. Her ear was wolf-like, and her blue eyes glowed, having the identical look to that of a wolf. Her hair was no longer blue, but brown, taking on the colour of her fur. Her tail wagged, moving to and fro to show she was agitated.

She went on all fours and closed the distance between her and Rita in an instant.

The Hunters realised something was coming, and they hurriedly pointed their guns in Roxanne's direction. However, before they could react, or even think of pulling the trigger, it was too late! Roxanne leaped forward and used her claws to cleanly slash them all into shreds, not showing hesitation nor compassion, just raw animalistic rage.

She huffed and panted as she stared at Rita, who looked at her with surprise as she saw the bloodied corpse of the Hunters laying at her feet. "R-Roxy...?!" Rita muttered with her deep wolf voice.

Roxanne wanted to stay and talk, but she couldn't afford to do so. More Hunters were beginning to gather around them. Besides, others were killing off the other members of the pack. She remembered what Rita said.

Not everyone had mastered Partial Transformation, most of them had not. They were helpless and with the weakness of Wolfsbane possibly being at play, they were powerless. Even Rita, with her skill, was subdued. She had to help, one way or the other.

Thankfully, in her wolf form, her mind was clearer than before. She had let go of all unnecessary thoughts and now focused on the targets before her. They drew closer, holding their weapons and glaring a her with hate and caution.

"How could they... How could they do this?!" Roxanne's anger increased.

"I won't forgive you, I won't forgive any of you!"

Thoughts of the villagers she saw all around her and their pleas for help while the sadistic hunters laughed, played through her mind.

It was time to reverse the situation. She refused to be prey to these people. As a Wolf, she was an apex predator... And all other predators in her domain were subject to her.

"I'm going to kill you all!" She let out a bloodthirsty growl as she glared at them with her glowing blue eyes.

The hunt began!☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐