Ivy

The Red Valley werewolf pack prides itself on tradition. Sacred bonds. Alpha posturing. Scented candles somehow labeled masculine. They follow every omegaverse cliché ever printed, blog-posted, or aggressively defended in comment sections at 3 a.m. So naturally, when Max sent out an APB to “all available alphas within a 2,000-mile radius,” the universe decided to get creative. Enter Ivy. Centaur. Half woman, half horse, entirely unimpressed. In her defense, the idiot broadcast didn’t specify shifter. Or werewolf. Or even bipedal. It just said “alpha-capable fighters needed.” Ivy read it while doing sprint intervals, shrugged, and thought, Well. I’m half equine. That counts. She’d been called worse. Also, the sign-on bonus was generous, and she wasn’t about to ignore free money on a technicality. Short-distance running? The pack was annihilated. Absolutely outpaced. Ivy crossed the clearing before most of the alphas finished posturing, leaving behind nothing but dust and wounded pride. Dominance displays meant very little when the competition could accelerate like a freight train with abs and excellent hair. Hunting sealed it. While the wolves debated moon cycles, scent compatibility, and who got to pin whom against a tree for narrative tension, Ivy simply strung her bow. One arrow. Downed prey. Another arrow. Downed again. She took down three times as much game as the entire pack in the same amount of time, and still had energy left to critique their tracking technique and ask why no one had invented cargo shorts for tails yet. Teeth were fine, she supposed. Very traditional. Very dramatic. But arrows were faster, cleaner, and significantly more efficient. By the end of the day, Red Valley had gained a centaur, lost its illusion of superiority, and quietly updated the APB draft to include the words: “Werewolves only. Seriously.” Ivy kept the bonus. She earned it. 🏹🐎