Alpha Aidan's Rejection
“How long have we been mates?” Aidan barked.
“Four weeks,” I cried, tears rolling down my face and neck.
“And how many times were we intimate, Tara?”
My lungs tightened in my chest as I whispered. “Once.”
“And we were being safe, so why do you think this lie would stick?”
Venom dripped from his next words. “Get out of my life because the next time you show up, I will kill you.”
*****
It wasn’t exactly a one-night stand, but the possibility of a pregnancy was almost non-existent even though he was my mate.
When I mustered the courage to break the news to Aidan Graham, the father, he denied me. He severed our bond and plotted my death, and my only option was to run.
Nine years later, my daughter walks into my office with a man, and the scent I recognize all too well fills my lungs. She says. “Mommy! I found you this handsome man!”
The match my baby girl just made for me…is to my ex Alpha mate.
I have been broken in the past, so how do I make this work for my daughter? Can I still try even when Aidan ropes us into a web of secrets, deceit, and brings me to a past I wished to bury forever?
The plot twists are bound to make you ask… “Wait…What. The. Heck??” So, read on!!
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Chapter: 13: Please Stay AwayTARAMy mind took a trip down memory lane to eight years ago, right after I put to bed. I was so scared, thinking that Aidan found us, or worse, Kayla, or Aidan’s father.Shortly after I was able to return to the pack, Alpha Collin showed up at the house to congratulate me, and when I brought up the topic, as well as my concerns about being found by the people who caused me to leave Pack Attica, my previous pack, Collin proceeded to confirm that he was the one who cleared my bills.It didn’t take a mathematician to put it together that Collin was into me, but I couldn’t settle for a relationship after what I’d been through. I also couldn’t ignore the fact that I didn’t see him that way, mostly because my heart belonged to another, even after such betrayal.Aidan was, after all, my mate. And even though our bond was severed, a heart was still a heart.Collin was kind to me and patient, and we later finally came to a conclusion to put a label on our relationship.The dynamic of our rela
Last Updated: 2024-12-11
Chapter: 12: The Welcome PartyTARA We were having homemade beef dip as an early dinner, and as I cooked in the kitchen, Jenna and Nadia played a game of cards on the dining table.“So, not only did he come in to make your emotionally starved feathers all ruffled up,” Jenna spoke with a cackle, “but he also stood up for you to a rude customer, in front of a crowd, might I add.”I rolled my eyes as I brought out plates for us to eat. “It wasn’t a big deal, madam,” I said to her, trying to ignore the feelings that were battling my mind.Jenna rambled on as if I didn’t just speak. “And then he gave you white roses?” She dropped her jaw dramatically, causing me to laugh.“I got some flowers too,” Nadia replied, kicking her feet together like it was prom night.“Nadia got flowers too!” Jenna repeated, adding special throat noises for dramatics. I just shook my head, refusing ti engage in this.As for Nadia, she was super excited about the flowers today, and it took minutes of pleading to get her to put them down after
Last Updated: 2024-12-10
Chapter: 11: Bigger And Stronger AIDANEven after the douchebag, Collin left and was nowhere to be seen, Nadia still feared for her safety. She was still tense, and her large hazel eyes welled up with unshed tears.All I wanted was for that feeling to go away and never return.I wanted to know everything about Tara’s and Nadia’s relationship with Collin, but I didn’t know if Tara would be okay with me pressing Nadia for answers, so I decided to keep it simple.Taking her cold hands into mine, I squatted to her level and smiled at her. “Hey, pretty, don’t be scared. He’s gone now, and he won’t be able to harm you on my watch,” I said to Nadia.It seemed like she didn’t believe me, but she nodded anyway. “You’ll stay and protect me?” She asked with glistening eyes.I nodded. There was nothing I wanted more than that. “Yes, Nadia. Anyone who tries to get to you will have to go through me first, and I promise you that they won’t be able to do so.”The well of tears cleared from her eyes as a small smile lifted her face,
Last Updated: 2024-12-09
Chapter: 10: Respect Or Fear?AIDANI knew without a doubt that Tara didn’t want me around her diner, but I couldn’t bring myself to leave.There were a million unanswered questions and an even greater number of impossible things that surrounded the events between us. There were explanations that I just couldn’t wrap my head around, but I still couldn’t dare leave her side. Not when I was hung up on her scent like an addict.I lingered around the premises of diner for goddess knows how long, making sure she didn’t see me of course, watching her attend to her customers with a glint in her mesmerizing eyes. I watched her laugh freely with the people around her, and all I could feel was the hurt from eight years ago.The hurt I felt when we parted ways. The betrayal I felt from seeing pictures of Tara hugging and kissing another man who wasn’t me.She denied it all, and she said she was having our child, and I didn’t believe her. Now, eight years later, all it took was one look at Nadia to know that she was my flesh
Last Updated: 2024-12-08
Chapter: 09: Lines BlurringTARAStaring at the lady who practically called me a whore in front of a room full of customers, and most especially, Aidan Graham, many thoughts raced through my mind.This wasn’t the first time that someone had been rude to me because they somehow thought that they were better than me since I had a child at such a young age, so I wasn’t too bothered.Aidan, on the other hand, looked like he was ready to commit first-degree m*rder within the next few seconds if caution wasn’t taken. His eyes burned like molten lava in the strange lady’s direction, so I quickly thought of a way to end the scene before it escalated.Like I said earlier, I didn’t want any bad dust for my business. So I spoke. “I’m sorry, ma’am, but I don’t understand what you mean. This is a place of business, and we have customers who would appreciate not being…”“I’ll make you understand,” the petite lady in the blonde wavy hair cut me off, gritting her teeth so hard, and pointing a disgusted look at me.Now, I was b
Last Updated: 2024-12-08
Chapter: 08: Opening DayTARAWith my newly made resolution about my standing with Aidan, I found it easier to get out of my house to my diner the next day for opening. It was the first day of the week-long Multipack Moon Meet, and Vermont pack was filled to its brim.I hoped that the crowds and business of the day would occupy my mind enough to not let it wander in the direction of a certain hot six-foot-four alpha, and luckily for me, it did.“Nadia would be occupied till three PM, so that should give us enough time to sell most of these out,” I said to Jenna, grinning proudly from ear to ear. We were halfway there already.As the guests settled in and took in the ceremonial decorations surrounding the pack, it led them straight to my diner just around the corner, as I had planned. The traffic was enough to get me, Jenna, and my single employee busy as bees from the whole of the morning till afternoon.The tables inside were occupied by guests and a few pack members that I could recognize, and so were the f
Last Updated: 2024-12-08
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