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10: Respect Or Fear?
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Alpha Aidan's Rejection 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 : 2024-12-09Alpha Aidan's Rejection 12: The Welcome Party
TARA 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 : 2024-12-10Alpha Aidan's Rejection 13: Please Stay Away
TARAMy 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 : 2024-12-11Alpha Aidan's Rejection 14: A Second Chance
TARAI stared at Aidan after he asked us to go somewhere and talk, and I kind of panicked a little.Eventually, Nadia and I were going to have a conversation about Aidan being her father. It was only a matter of time, but Jenna and Esme were also going to be aware of that too. I couldn’t also ignore the fact that Nadia shared an uncanny resemblance with her father. Just like Aidan, she had piercing hazel eyes. And just like him too, her hair was a deep brown color.There were other minute but noticeable similar features that Aidan and Nadia shared, and one only needed to look twice to see it.Eyebrows were bound to start raising soon, but I wasn’t ready yet.Aidan and I needed to have a conversation, but for some reason, I was pushing it off.“Can we talk for a minute, please?” Aidan asked again, staring at me from his standing position.“I don’t think now is the time, Aidan. The party is about to begin,” I said, gesturing to the crowd that was now settling down. “You won’t be able
Last Updated : 2024-12-12Alpha Aidan's Rejection 15: Won The Race
TARA‘Let me try and fix it,’ he said. ‘Give me a second chance,’ he said.I stared at Aidan, and memories of how I almost lost my life to Kayla’s acid and knife attack because of him resurfaced. As the doctor said, Nadia was a fighter, so she survived.But what if she hadn’t?Memories of the hardship I faced because of him resurfaced. The loneliness, the sleepless nights, the hunger and pain, and with all those thoughts, my answer to Aidan’s plea fell from my lips.“No.”Aidan let out the breath he was holding, and goddess, I could feel the pain he felt.Without waiting for him to say anything else to me, I blinked the rest of the tears away from my eyes, and I turned my back to him, walking away.I took a moment to get myself together before reappearing in the open space, making it seem to the outside eye like nothing just happened.When I got back to our seats, Nadia was stuffing her face with snacks, and Jenna and Esme were no longer deep in conversation, but now watching the alp
Last Updated : 2024-12-13Alpha Aidan's Rejection 16: What These Threats Were
AIDANI paved the entire length of the massive bedroom I was occupying for the duration of the pack event, and it already seemed too small with the way my frame ate up the space.I was at a loss, and what I hated the most aside from not being with the mother of my child and my daughter right now, was being stuck.“Even after you asked around, nobody had any idea of who it could have come from?”Jace stood in the corner of the room, eyeing me cautiously as I paced.“No,” he replied, shaking his head.“I just have to think about who could have a problem with me from this pack.”Jace snorted, and I growled at him angrily, so he quickly cleared his throat and regained his composure.“That would be half of the pack members here, Aidan,” he said.I racked my brain, but I couldn’t come up with anything meaningful.“It could be Collin,” I muttered, feeling my blood boil from under my skin as I stormed the room to my bedside drawer and yanked it open to pull out the letter that was sent to my
Last Updated : 2024-12-14Alpha Aidan's Rejection 17: Alliances and StoneWolves
AIDANI briskly changed into a more formal outfit and made my way over to the conference room of Collin’s pack, and by the time I got there, the seats were almost all taken as most of the alphas were already present.Finding a place to take my seat, I checked my watch and prayed that whatever they wanted to discuss in the meeting was done quickly so that I could return.Movement from the opposite direction of my seat caught my attention as I scrolled on my phone to get some work done, and on lifting my head to see what it was, Collin was sitting directly opposite me, and I internally sighed.“You are a bit late for a meeting that was supposed to start twenty minutes ago, Alpha Aidan,” he said, grinning in false respect.I looked around us before I spoke back. “Good thing the meeting hadn’t started then, right? Why don’t you be mature and find somewhere else to sit, because we both know that the two of us are the last people to want to be around each other,” I glared.The only other se
Last Updated : 2024-12-15Alpha Aidan's Rejection 18: A Chance With Her
TARA“Thank you for keeping an eye on her, Jenna,” I said through the phone as I moved around my office. “I would have been forced to leave the decorations as they are if it weren't for you. Thank you,” I said again.“There’s no problem, Tara, you’re welcome. And you talk as if I wouldn’t jump on any chance to spend time with goddaughter. Girl, bye! Don’t come back till tomorrow.”I laughed lightly as I responded. “Well, if you would be more open to the males, maybe you would find yourself someone suitable and have a sibling for Nadia. What do you…”Before I could finish my sentence, Jenna’s long and dramatic response blasted through my speaker. “Capital nooo, thank you.”I didn’t expect anything less. “Now is the time where I am the one to tell you to never say never,” I said, opening the drawers to check through a set of keys.“Whatever, Santa,” she jeered. “I would love to get back to my game of cards with Nadia since I’m about to beat her fair and square, thank you very much,” sh
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Alpha Aidan's Rejection 48: Lurking
TARAThe next two days were hectic for me because even after the back and forth with Aidan about not buying a whole house, right after we finished from the boutique and got changed into warmer clothes, Aidan signed the papers to a new building, and handed the keys over to me.The house was flashy, massive, spacious, and more of a home than was befitting for just me and Nadia.All through the signing process, my mind did a whole marathon of speculating about the many ways that the day would end, but to my surprise, Aidan left almost immediately, after making sure that we had everything we needed.When I asked him where he was off to, he told me he was going back to his hotel suite.And just like that, Nadia and I had Aidan’s new home to ourselves till ours was repaired.Nadia was currently in school, and I had just finished putting up some plants and furniture around to make the place look more cozy when I heard my phone ring.Picking it up, it was Jenna.“Where are you, Tara?” She ask
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 47: Change Of Clothes
TARABuy me a what?I don’t think I heard him right, but did Aidan Graham just say he was going to buy me a house?Heck no.I was about to start arguing, rightfully so, because he was out of his thoughts to just decide out of the blue that he would buy a house for me, but Aidan was gone before I could get a word out. A humorless laugh rumbled from my chest, and I stared at Nadia who was still half asleep on my lap, oblivious to the chaos going on around her.“Can you believe this guy?” I asked out loud, knowing that I wasn’t going to get any response from anyone.Folding my hands across my chest, or rather, Aidan’s shirt, I went mute.The material of the shirt was soft on my skin, giving a stark contrast to the very hard surface that was Aidan’s bare chest.Unconsciously, I inhaled deeply, forcing Aidan’s perfect scent up my nostrils.Christ.I almost messed up by throwing myself over to him when he unexpectedly took his shirt off. Why did he do that?And most importantly, how on ea
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 46: The Seductress’ Temptation
TARAI didn’t realize it when I first took a look at the address that the lady who called sent, but when Jace called me back an hour ago to tell me that the affected block was in fact where Tara lived, I went mental.She must have deleted my number because I could swear that I called her a hundred times within that time, but I couldn’t get to her.Different evil thoughts crossed my mind, and it physically hurt to think that something may have happened to either one of them.Since Jace was closer, I sent him to check up on the houses that were affected and confirm that Tara and Nadia were okay while I made my way to them.I didn’t bother changing out of my sleep clothes as I barged out of the hotel to find my car.When Jace called back telling me that he hadn’t seen them among the people outside, I struggled to keep myself upright. While I was driving, it took the moon goddess’s protection to not run myself into a tree.I arrived at the block to see the number of people standing outsid
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 45: You Are Soaked
TARAIt had been minutes since I put Nadia to bed, and even longer since Aidan drove off my front porch, unsettling me in so many right but yet wrong ways.I came back down to the kitchen to grab some water, and I found myself stuck in one place, while my mind wandered in different directions.After Aidan and Nadia left together in the afternoon, I found out that I was able to get so much work done even after running my errand, and it was all thanks to him.Realizing that almost everything I did today wouldn’t have been possible if Aidan had not walked into the diner, and because he made Nadia so happy that she wouldn’t stop yapping about him for days to come, I decided to show my appreciation.“It’s not such a big deal, so do not make one out of it, Tara,” I said to myself as I thought about what I could do that would show Aidan that I was thankful without doing too much.“Maybe I could call him?” I asked rhetorically.Deciding against that, I considered buying him a cup of coffee.A
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 44: Another Chance
AIDANIn all my thirty-four years on planet Earth, I’ve only considered a handful of people to be perfect, if any. And if one of them had told me that my list of those people would include the eight-year-old that was currently sleeping in my arms, I would have laughed in their faces.She was perfect in every goddamn way, and I still couldn't believe that she was mine. That she was my daughter. My flesh and blood.Hours with her felt like minutes, which was why I was currently struggling to hand her over to her mother. “Thank you so much for keeping an eye on her, Aidan. I hope she didn’t stress you out too much or try to burn down your place?” Tara asked, chuckling nervously, and I only shook my head.“She was good like she promised.”“Okay, good,” Tara breathed, and memories of how I could practically taste her lips from how close to me she was in this same suite just a while back resurfaced. She continued speaking, but I could hardly focus on her words.I did not trust myself to no
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 43: Aidan’s Proposal
TARANadia was the only person who didn’t feel the tension and the awkwardness in the diner with Aidan’s presence. In fact, she was elated to see him, and the way she was currently holding on to his very large palm—the one that was caressing mine only a few days ago—was an indication of that.Riley was behind us, basking in her glory about the fact that she was right with her earlier speculations.Jenna, on the other hand, was the only one without any readable expression, so she was going to be my distraction from talking to Aidan directly.I realized that this was the first time that Jenna and Aidan had really been in the same spot, except for the opening day of the multipack moon meet which was weeks ago, and even then, they didn’t get a chance to speak to each other.I stuck with introductions.“Jenna,” I began. “This is Aidan Graham. Aidan, this is my friend, Nadia’s godmother, Jenna, or Jen,” I said, sputtering unnecessary details.Nadia giggled, saying, “Aunt Jenna.”With a smil
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 42: Cancel My Plans
TARAIt was Saturday already, and I was presently at the diner, but I couldn’t wait for the days to speed up on itself. It had been days since Collin and a number of his loyal allies stormed out of Vermont pack, and not one person that had come into the diner since then hadn’t talked about it.They had something to say, while others had quite a lot to say.Aidan’s name was heard left, right, and center, and that didn’t mean well for me since I was trying to rule a line on things between the two of us.When everyone was either singing praises about him for taking out the cruel alpha of Vermont pack or swooning over how in their words, ‘he did it for me’, it was hard to keep my thoughts in one place.Yeah. They spread the rumors that Aidan accepted the challenge because of me.“I didn’t think it at first when you zoomed off to go and try to put a stop to the challenge, but I see it now. So y’all are a thing.”It was Riley speaking, and we were both by the counter, attending to a few aft
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 41: Take My Chances
AIDANSince going back to sleep was out of the picture after Tara and Jace left the suite, I went into the bathroom to take a shower, hoping that it would take my mind off some of my troubles, or at least give me some clarity on things.I couldn’t help but think that I had made such a terrible mistake by getting Collin out of the picture, seeing as Tara handled things earlier.The truth is that I thought about how both of them would feel safe, but I didn’t really think through how Tara would take it. Or rather, I didn’t expect her to take it that way.As I showered, I wondered what I could do to make it better. To make her hate me less for making her upset.I came up with nothing.So when Jace came back to the hotel suite after making sure that Tara got home safely, I brought up the conversation.“Do you think we made a mistake?”“I don’t think I understand what you are asking me, Alpha,” Jace said, confused.“I mean with Collin. Do you think interfering with Vermont pack’s line of au
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 40: An Official Title
TARAI was going to pretend like I didn’t know that Aidan’s beta was currently following me as I made my way home after I walked out of them earlier.Certain that Aidan must have sent him to be my bodyguard since it was still the early hours of the morning, I walked home in silence, wondering why within the last few hours, Aidan had riled me up more times than I could count.When I got to the front of my house, I turned to Jace, who was still following me, and I watched his failed attempt to act natural like he was just some stranger passing by.“You can go now, Jace. This is me,” I said, pointing to my apartment. “It was nice meeting you, even if it wasn’t under a much better circumstance.”After a few seconds of waiting without getting any response from him, I unlocked the door and went inside. Letting my bag drop to the floor carelessly, I shrugged off my coat and my shoes.I needed to see Nadia, and then I needed coffee or sleep, or both.I was still contemplating on which one to
