Both would have an impact. I think I'm gonna keep him alive. There are way to many different things I can do to add plot twists with him. And my char doesn't have an alpha. Well kinda, but not really. She's not a lone wolf either. 

I think a city would be fine. My girl and her pack can live on the outskirts in the forest near by. That way she can come and go in a big city. I think I'm gonna have it where my character hasn't dealt with vampires. She knows of them but has never encountered one before. So we are good starting in the middle of the city at night?