Abbie Peterson pedaled her bike in the direction of Karnstein Manor. Alpha Selena had asked her and the rest of the werehyenas to meet her in the woods on the manor's grounds to "sort out some pack stuff." Abbie wasn't entirely sure what that meant, but she was intrigued. She rode into the vampire manor's spacious grounds and hopped off the bike, ready to continue on foot. She paused for a moment to admire the elaborate flower gardens. She suddenly spotted Liesel von Karnstein kneeling in a flowerbed with a trow in her pale hand.
"Hi, Abbie!" the hippie vampire grinned.
"Nice to see you," said Abbie. "I actually didn't know vampires were into gardening."
Liesel giggled. "Well, I may be a vampire, but I'm also a flower child. Besides, vampires have an instinctive appreciation for beautiful things. Thank Night for my Amulet of Daywalking, or this'd be impossible for me. Hey, what're you up to? Your aura's buzzing with energy today."
"There's a pack meeting in your clan's private forest today," said Abbie. "I don't know what it's about, but Alpha Selena made it sound pretty damn important."
"Oh, I hope you have fun!" Liesel grinned, the afternoon sun glinting off of her fangs. "Remember, my clan's got your pack's back. If you ever need anything, we're more than happy to give it to you. Now you go and have a groovy time."
"Will do!" Abbie said, waving as she jogged off into the woods. "Bye!"
After about ten minutes of searching, Abbie found the pack's favorite clearing. Everyone was there: Selena, Skyler, Zoey, Ashlee, Ellie, Harper, Taylor, Beck, Brianna, Layla, Kadie, Chloe, Summer, Riley, Sofia, Maddison, Jenna, Naomi, Jazmyn, Hailey, Cassidy, Katelynn, Lily, and Hannah. They were all naked and in their hyena-person forms, and many of them were sharpening their claws on trees.
Abbie tore off her clothes and shifted. She smiled as she felt her fur growing in and her muscles bulking up. She cupped her four breasts with pride as they grew to full size. Best of all, shi felt hir massive cock growing between hir legs and harden slightly in the cool forest breeze. Now a proper werehyena, Abbie sprinted over to Selena to find out what the alpha was up to.
"Abbie, you made it!" Selena smiled, giving Abbie's dick a friendly grope.
"Of course I did," Abbie chuckled. "It was either this or spend the afternoon with my wretched foster family. Kind of a no-brainer. So, what exactly are we gonna be doing out here?"
Selena seemed ready to burst with excitement. "We'll be sorting out pack status. Alpha Zuri's letter talked about werehyena social structure and how a lot of status is determined through ritualized sparring matches. That's what we'll be doing today." Selena almost jumped three feet into the air. "We're gonna have our first proving!"
Abbie smiled. "Sounds like something I can handle. What are the ranks?"
"The alpha's on top, obviously," said Selena. "The beta's the second in command. Then come the deltas, then the gammas, and finally the lowly omega. Of course, not all deltas are totally equal to all other deltas, and not all gammas are equal to all other gammas. If one werehyena beats another of equal rank, shi still gains status over hir even if shi doesn't knock hir down to a lower rank. Sorry, is all this too complicated?"
"Not at all," said Abbie, flexing hir fur-coated muscles.
"Good, there's more," said Selena. "Besides the general ranks, there's also some specialist leadership positions that come with an automatic delta ranking, like shaman, Mistress of the Hunt, Lady of War, Queen of the Dance, storyteller, and trickster. The last one's honestly more of a werecoyote thing, but Zuri thinks it might be worth absorbing into our own culture."
"I am so fighting to be Mistress of the Hunt!" Abbie grinned. "What ranks and jobs have been filled already?"
"Skyler's our beta and Hannah's our omega," Selena answered. "Taylor's our shaman, and I think Lily has what it takes to be our storyteller once Kibibi, Asanti, and the rest of their party show up to teach hir our traditional lore. If anyone else wants the job, they can fight Lily for it. Queen of the Dance hasn't been officially claimed yet, but I'm pretty sure that Ashlee wants it. Shi's captain of the cheer squad in hir human life, after all. She might have to defend the title from Summer, though. I honestly don't want anybody claiming the Lady of War title. I'm saving it for Kibibi Mwangi once shi gets here, you see. Same for trickster. I'm giving that title to that cub Asha if we decide to keep her with us."
"And even what's claimed has to be defended," Skyler smirked as shi sauntered over to Selena and Abbie. "I fully expect Beck to challenge me for beta rank. I intend to prove to hir that there's only one real beta in this pack." Skyler grinned, baring hir mouthful of sharp, gleaming fangs.
"That's later, Skyler," Selena chided. "Right now, we're finding out who's a delta and who's a gamma. Everyone except me, Skyler, Taylor, and Hannah in the center of the clearing now! We're settling this with a battle royale!"
Abbie rushed into the clearing, ready to show hir fellow werehyenas exactly what hir claws and teeth could do. Time to show hir challengers that shi was a delta and they were gammas!