They wanted to fight someone, anyone, and I was the biggest target. Knowing every member of my pack, though there were several good warriors, I didn’t think there were any that could actually take me in a fight. My role of Alpha wasn’t in danger from these challenges, but my time and energy sure was. As Alpha, I needed to take the time to plan and strategize, as well as to continue to run the pack. If everyone was trying to fight me all the time, and I was obligated to accept every challenge, I would soon run out of time to do the work I actually needed to do to run the pack. What a headache. Although… Perhaps there was a way to use this to our advantage. If aggression was running high, and so was tension, maybe giving people a healthy outlet would benefit everyone. They could fight to

