Avenging The Triplet Alphas
Chapter 60

KLAUS' POV

I couldn't believe my luck when I had been named the successor to Alpha Xavier Van Tyson instead of the Van Tyson brothers. It was like a dream come true after my years of service to the pack, I had devoted my sweat, tears, and blood towards making sure that the pack excelled over all these years and it had been prosperous under the reign of Xavier but now, it was time for me to take over and I would begin with making several changes to the constitution.

I had always felt that a change was needed anyways and all of my suggestions at the several Council meetings I've attended over the years were rebuffed but now, there wasn't anything stopping me from carrying out my ideas. The first course of action would be to impose strict sanctions on the trade laws in the pack. Every business in the pack, no matter how small or how large would be required to pay a tenth of whatever profit they make in a month to the pack's treasury, this would be the first step into gaining maximum control over everyone in the pack. If I controlled the finances of the pack, everyone would be forced to submit to me. The reign of Xavier was marred with several riots and upstarts in his time but I wanted nothing of that sort to happen under my rule.

My rise to power hadn't been an easy one. I came from nothing, my real father owned a shack in the slums of the Van Tyson pack and every day I was forced to do hard labor that had several kids killed but I managed to survive hoping that I would soon grow old enough to run away from the life I detested so much.

One day, after having starved for days. My five-year-old self tried to rob a high-class woman, I didn't know it at that time but she was an influential wolf and she was married to one of the leading werewolves in the pack

She had laughed me off at first, I mean I was only a five year old but I was hungry and I had to eat after starving for days. I don't know gave me away or pushed me to tears but I suddenly broke down and I was crying.

The kind woman was fortunate enough to rub my head and wait kindly on the pavement next to the local pub till I stopped crying. When I was done, I wanted to run away after apologizing for trying to rob her but she wanted me to come home with her.

I was only five years old but I'd heard tales of wolves of my level being maltreated by high-class wolves so I hesitated. The woman was kind enough to explain that she only wanted to help me become a better person in the future and that was all the invitation I needed. My father cared less for me and my mother was dead, I had no siblings and frankly, there wasn't anything waiting for me back home.

I went home with her and the rest they say is history. KLAUS' POV

I couldn't believe my luck when I had been named the successor to Alpha Xavier Van Tyson instead of the Van Tyson brothers. It was like a dream come true after my years of service to the pack, I had devoted my sweat, tears, and blood towards making sure that the pack excelled over all these years and it had been prosperous under the reign of Xavier but now, it was time for me to take over and I would begin with making several changes to the constitution.

It had taken quite a while for me to adjust to the new environment but I was a fast learner and I soon got the hang of the new lifestyle I was now fortunate enough to have. Compared to the rest of the kids all through my years in school, I had an edge over them. I was coming from nothing and I knew what it felt like, I didn't want to go back there so I put in double the work than the rest of them and I soon became the number student in academics and sports.

My foster father who hadn't been rather fond of me was starting to become impressed with my feats in school but I was glad I was making my mother proud. She had been the one to believe in me from the first day till the day of her death.

But my life changed for the better when I got into college. Unlike high school, there were a lot of competitive hungry wolves willing to go the extra mile as I would both in sports and academics. I met a few wolves like myself who had come from nothing and they were determined to make their life turn out better than it had been before posterity had granted them this opportunity.

I welcomed the challenge and he had gotten down to work. After several months, the real wolves began to separate themselves from the rest of the packs in contention.

I couldn't outrightly say that I was always on top but I had my fair share of being top dog for a while.

It was in college that I met Xavier Van Tyson, the son of the Alpha of my pack. He was my fiercest competitor in academics and sports and we pushed each other to the limit but due to his enhanced ability, he often got the best of me in most cases but a friendship had been built. And soon after, we became inseparable. We were everywhere together and we did everything together as well, he introduced me to people I had only dreamt of meeting and the one I'd only seen on the television screen. It was now an elite wolf, this wasn't my dream yet but it was a major part of what I wanted to accomplish and Xavier had helped me with what my foster father's name hadn't been able to give me over the last fifteen years. Xavier was now my best friend and I knew to repay what he has done for me and to even elevate myself further away from poverty, I need to always be with and I did just that.

It might have come as a surprise to many people when Xavier picked me as his Beta during his coronation but I was no stranger to backlash and I did what I've always done over the years, shutting my critics up.

But my lust and desire for power had grown over the years. I was wealthy and I had a beautiful family but it wasn't enough, there was a void inside of me that demanded to be filled else I wouldn't be able to feel content or happy till the day I die. It hadn't been an easy decision to make but I knew that I had no choice. If I wanted to be on top like I was in school, I had to take control, and taking control meant you would resort to doing several things that societal values would frown on but no one would've to know if it kept a secret.

I stumbled upon a discovery during a late-night reading in the private library in my room. I was second in line for the Alpha crown and if several unusual things happened, I would be Alpha of the Van Tyson pack. The boy from the slums would've risen to the pinnacle. I suddenly knew my purpose in this world, I had to get to the top by any means possible. It had taken me twenty years to carry out my mission but it had been worth every minute that I had to wait and to make everything easier for me, every single event that took place seemed to be working in my favor. All eyes were on the Van Tyson's and no one cared about the Beta in the corner of the dark room and I used it to my advantage. It had taken quite a painfully long time to get something I would have over the head chef but I finally found something to hold against him. He had been found guilty of several counts of murder nearly four decades ago and he had fled before the law could prosecute him and just like that, I had him working for me.

Another milestone was achieved in my plans to take over and it was finally time to put my plans in my motion. The idea had been to take out Xavier's sons and leave him with no other option than naming me heir but I then figured it would be just as easy for him to get a woman pregnant and get himself another heir. If I wanted to take care of a problem, I had to do it from the root of it all. Xavier had to go first, I could always sort out the boys later. They lacked their father's cutting edge and I could tell because I'd spent over three decades with Xavier and I had watched them grow up.

It had taken a couple of months but the poison finally took control of Xavier's body, eating away at him slowly. Just like I instructed the head chef, one drop a day and nothing more. Even though I wanted him gone, it had to be a smooth process.

I knew I was going to become Alpha someday but I didn't know how long it would take for my plans to come to reality but it eventually did.

Xavier still controlled a part of the pack but I was in charge of the major happenings going on in the pack. There was no denying that I, Klaus Mikaealson was in charge.

There was no denying it. Twenty years after I first dreamt of being one, I was now the Alpha of the Van Tyson pack.