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90: A Listening Ear
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2025-02-13 20:02:10
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Alpha Aidan's Rejection 91: The Details
TARAMy heart thrashed wildly against my chest as I thought about what Aidan was about to say. I waited with bated breath for him to confess that just like a great percentage of the people I’d come across in my lifetime, Aidan did not care about me or my daughter, and that he was just like everyone else.That was the only thing that made sense.Before we sat down on the side benches, Aidan had gone to what I was sure was his car to bring the papers he was referring to a few minutes ago, and I wondered what it contained. It could be more lies, but I told myself that I was going to give Aidan one last strand of my trust, even if it seemed stupid of me.I willed myself to remain calm, fingernails digging into my ribs from where they were tucked away at my sides, and my eyes trained on Aidan.“So how long have you been lying to me? Weeks? Months? As far back as a decade ago? Is this just some elaborate game you decided to dedicate your life to playing?”“What? No!” Aidan’s eyebrows furrow
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-14Alpha Aidan's Rejection 92: I Want You
AIDANTara was either too modest or too compassionate to realize that I was the definition of pathetic if my main goal for decades has been to prove my worth to the man who pushed my mother to her untimely and gory death. Did I need to add that I needed to toss my wealth in a woman’s face for me to have something as natural as a family?What a joke.Aside from the fact that I’d been mortified about admitting my shortcomings, Kayla and I signed a contract. Not many people knew about our arrangement, but that didn’t excuse me for not telling Tara about it. I thought I could handle being in between, and my stupid and slimy actions almost cost me the woman who had my heart in her palm.No matter how difficult this was for me, I was coming clean, just as I promised her.After my brief explanation of my tragic family history—a story that still burned my chest whenever I allowed myself to think of it—, Tara figured out my connection to Kayla. Tara’s mouth opened and closed in bewilderment,
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-15Alpha Aidan's Rejection 93: Kissing Kissing Kissing
TARA I couldn’t hide my apprehension when Aidan said he had something else to say. What was it?My mind ran in a million different directions, and my anxiety was reflected in my voice when I inquired. “What is it?”Aidan didn’t respond immediately, sending my mind into more spiral rotations. Instead, he motioned around us, saying. “It’s dark. The papers about what I want to show you are also in the car, so should we get Nadia, and I drop you off when we finish?”I looked around, shocked that I hadn’t even noticed how dark it had become. Aidan didn’t seem to be panicking too much about what he wanted to say…or maybe he was just better at handling his emotions than me, but I could calm down a bit.“Sure. Let’s do that,” I nodded, getting up on wobbly my feet.Within minutes, Aidan had said hurried goodbyes to some familiar faces, Nadia also said bye to the new friends she made just now, and we were all seated inside Aidan’s car.My heart was still racing, so I turned my attention to N
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-15Alpha Aidan's Rejection 94: The Chosen Grandmother
TARAActivities like these were fast becoming one of my favorite things to do, and that was doing absolutely nothing!We drove slowly in complete silence, the only sounds permeating the air around us being that of the car engine and Nadia snoring softly at the back of the car. Aidan’s eyes were on the road ahead of us, his left hand on the steering wheel, while his right hand was laced with mine over the console between our seats.It was perfect.And the only imperfect moment in all of it was when we arrived in front of our house, signaling the end of the evening for us. I didn’t want it to end. I didn’t want to say “See you tomorrow,” but we couldn’t exactly remain seated in the car, basking in each other's warmth, when Nadia’s neck was cranked in an uncomfortable position at the back.Aidan must have thought of this too, because he brought our interlocked hands up to his lips, and pressed a lingering kiss on the back of my palm that left me reeling.“I’ll help get her inside.”I nod
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-16Alpha Aidan's Rejection 95: An Expensive Request
TARA“Actually, I don’t think I want you to leave tonight. Do you mind staying?” I asked Aidan after he told me that he wanted to leave, and his answer was quick.“No. Not really.”I didn’t expect that answer, and I also didn’t expect the sting of his words to hurt my neck that much. Still, I managed to ask, not hiding my disappointment. “Do you…have to work or something else to take care of?”Aidan shook his head once, his face having an expression that I didn’t understand. “I just want to be home,” he said.“Oh.” I searched his face, trying to discern what was happening here…until Aidan’s lips stretched in a crooked, mischievous smile.“Come here,” he said, chuckling as he reached out to me, and I abandoned my drink, realizing that he was pulling my legs. Phew. “Like hell. I’d die to stay over. I was just messing with you.”As Aidan wrapped his arms around me in an embrace, I found myself laughing in relief before I swatted his broad chest. “Don’t play like that,” I warned, and he
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-17Alpha Aidan's Rejection 96: Having A Day Off
TARAThe feeling of Aidan’s hands on my head as he braided my hair was therapeutic, coercing the stress of the day from my body like magic. I melted into him on the bed, groaning whenever his fingers touched my scalp at how good it felt. Who knew that getting braids could feel like a massage?“I thought you’d be terrible at this,” I said to Aidan, one braid in as he combed out the other half of my hair. The room had been silent since he began otherwise. “You seem to have a secret talent.”I was sitting in front of Aidan with my back pressed against his front, my hands on each of his thick thighs, while his hands manipulated my head. My eyes were already dropping at this point with how surreal it felt.“Not a talent,” Aidan said, and I could feel him shaking his head. “Just something I picked up a long time ago. I remember doing it for my mom sometimes.”It was funny how I moved from not knowing anything about Aidan’s Mom to knowing how close she had been with Aidan in his early days.
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-18Alpha Aidan's Rejection 97: A Message
TARABreakfast was on my lap an hour later, and I couldn't stop grinning like a child opening presents on Christmas morning. It wasn’t anything too special, but it still tasted like a meal at a fancy restaurant.And damn, Aidan looked delicious as hell, serving me breakfast in bed with his bare chest, tattooed muscles, and a devilish smile on his pretty face. While having my meal, I pulled out one of the books I had DNF for so long that it had started to collect dust in the storage, and I dug back in.I was still a little worried about how Aidan was going handle Nadia on his own for the whole day, but when Nadia came into my room at around thirty minutes to her school time, dressed up nicely with her lunchbox in Aidan’s hand to say goodbye to me, all my worries melted.“Are you excited to spend the day with Aidan? He’ll bring you back, and we’ll have dinner together.”Nadia seemed even more excited than I was about the new development as she nodded.“Everyone at school will know I wa
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-19Alpha Aidan's Rejection 98: Chef’s Special
TARAI had just ended the call from Aidan, and he said they were ten minutes away from the house. I didn’t want to spend that time thinking about what Kayla’s cryptic text meant, but one thing I thought about was how cruel Kayla was. Feeling the need to check up on my mom and make sure that she was okay, and that Kayla was nowhere near my family—I had no idea why I thought of that—I decided to call her. Besides, we had barely spoken much in the past week when I was dealing with the mess from our pasts.She picked up on the first ring, and her voice already did something to calm my unsettled heart. Her voice was low, but familiar, like a season of the year I missed, spreading over me like butter.“Hi, Mama,” I said, smiling into the speaker even though she could not see through the phone.“My Tara,” she said in reply, reminding me of the many nicknames she had for me during my childhood. Emotions gathered in my throat, both from reminiscing about those times and from being grateful th
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-19
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Alpha Aidan's Rejection 110: Feelings For Aidan
TARA The attack from the Stonewolves had become stale news. People freely went about their businesses now, so it was no hassle for me to go restocking Aidan’s kitchen with foodstuff one week after everything happened. I had to admit, it wasn’t easy feeding a man the size and stomach of Aidan, but what was a girl to do when he took care of her and their child with so much dedication? Aidan could as well eat portions meant for me and Nadia combined and doubled, and he still wouldn’t be satisfied. It was why the foodstuffs in his house never lasted more than two weeks without needing a restock. His love for food was what made me conclude that it was why Aidan could not only whip up meals that could pass for a chef’s standards, but could also make actual fancy meals! Back to shopping. I loved the activity’s semblance of serenity, so this was a win win. And since Nadia was with Esme for the Saturday afternoon, it was the perfect way for me to spend it. With the trolley in han
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 109: Home Safe
TARA Everything Aidan said made sense. They were going to try to reverse the Stonewolves’ curse, and if anyone would have the resources to do so, it was going to be Aidan, whether in Vermont Pack or Attica. But if that didn’t turn out to be successful, we would have to stick to other means of protection, and that included our wolf sides. I wasn’t much of a shifter. I couldn’t even remember the last time I saw my wolf. After everything that happened all those years ago, I couldn’t help but feel more vulnerable than safe when I wasn’t in control of my physical body. Not after I’d been stabbed in the back, almost taken out at the hospital where I should have been recovering, and having to spend years trying to heal those wounds. I knew my wolf was capable of protecting me, but I just had to get to trust myself on that again. And I had to do it for Nadia too. If she was going to have a chance at being in tune with her wolf side, she had to actually experience her wolf side. No one was
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 108: Your Safety
AIDAN As soon as Tara and Nadia were out of sight, I did the first thing that came to mind. Made sure the multiple entrances to the house were well secured from intruders and activated the security alarm system around the house. I was back in my spot before Tara came back out, hoping that this plan I had in my mind worked. Having Stonewolves spring up where they both lived was a chance I wasn’t willing to keep taking. Not after the scared look on Tara’s face whenever they were mentioned, bringing back the trauma of her experience with them that prevented her from being able to close her eyes to sleep for months before now. “How badly was Jace hurt?” Tara asked, cutting through my thoughts with the sound of her voice, eyes trained on me from across the kitchen island as she picked on her cuticles, nervous about the welfare of her friend, Jenna, and Jace. I shook my head, voice low as I watched her advance. “He’s out cold.” The outline of her neck held in a gasp as she asked with
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 107: How Bad
TARA “I can’t ask you to come with me, Tara. Not when Nadia is all alone at her training,” Jenna said, the second we got outside the restaurant, her eyes still brimming red with unshed tears. It had been only months since Aidan and Jace first came into Vermont Pack, but I couldn’t blame Jenna for falling head over heels for Aidan’s beta in such a short time. I mean, the same thing happened with me and Aidan. As much as Jenna seldom talked about the dynamics of her relationship with him, I knew she cared deeply for him, but she still had other’s interests at heart, even when she was currently breaking with the news about Jace being hurt. “Jenna,” I breathed, scared shitless, and worried to my bones for both my friend and my daughter. “Will you be okay?” She shook her head once, her eyes full and almost spilling over. “I have to be. Be on the lookout, and avoid them as much as you can, okay? Get Nadia to safety and stay indoors till you hear it’s okay to come out.” I nodded, pulli
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 106: We Have To Go
TARA Someone else could have been fooled by Kayla acting as if she knew nothing about the text I received on my day off, but even if I hadn’t suspected her, it was still her number that sent me the message. “What text?” I repeated her last question out loud, chuckling lightly, already irritated at the fact that she was ruining my brunch with Jenna who was still fuming across the table, but trying her hardest to remain quiet, letting me handle my business. Beneath all that calm, I could see that Jenna was charged, ready to act if push came to shove with Kayla. Kayla shrugged at the question, and I shook my head. “Why are you in Vermont Pack right now, Kayla?” I asked, trying to look for any logical reasons why she would abandon the comfort of her pack to be where no one wanted her. I genuinely wondered. Was it because of Aidan? Or was it for the fact that she saw me after all these years, and found out that she failed in her plan to keep me and Aidan away or ruin our family. “
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 105: What Text?
TARA Jenna and I stood in front of the pack’s retreat complex on an already sunny Saturday morning, seeing Nadia off to her first day of football practice, and well, it was quite an interesting morning. Jenna was all smiles, encouraging Nadia to crush all her teammates even if it was just her first practice, and I was an entire other case. Nadia had suddenly picked up the interest the evening after we ran into Aidan here, and I wouldn’t have been as shocked if the new hobby interest was cheerleading or even football with a team of girls, but Nadia had stuck to her desire in playing football with all male kids team. I was not going to stop her from trying out what interested her, but it made me ask myself some questions, as most mothers would, seeing as this wasn’t the first time Nadia was choosing to do something that most young girls at her age wouldn’t be interested in. “Come on,” Jenna said, pulling me by my arm away from the complex entrance, and out of my thoughts. “We don’
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 104: Men Who Should Be Castrated
TARAAs soon as I crossed the entrance door to Jenna’s living room, her petite frame was the first thing I saw leaning by the door that connected her two rooms, and I halted, freezing like a teenager caught returning from a party she was forbidden from attending, intoxicated on all the wrong things.To make light of the situation, I teased her, saying. “Hi, Mom.”The lights were switched on now, and yeah, she looked everything like the angry mama in the sleepwear, red hair messily piled up on her head, while I looked like the rebellious daughter.Jenna only studied me for a few more seconds before her face scrunched up in disgust, only that I could see through it to know that it was faux, one hand coming to waft an imaginary smell away from her nose.“You. Reek. Of. Sex!” “Jeez, Jenna,” I bellowed, eyes wide in horror as I kicked my shoes off, crossing the room to where she stood. “Don’t say those words with Nadia in the next room hearing you,” I cautioned, and Jenna only waved me aw
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 103: Not Coming Home
TARAThe otherwise perfect date had been ruined by Kayla’s appearance, so me and Aidan called it a night early. Not that we couldn’t continue with our evening, pretending to not have noticed her, or choosing to ignore her outrightly, and not that I was worried Kayla would go and find Nadia, but my evening had already been soured with not just the topic of the dangerous Stonewolves wreaking their havoc now, but also with seeing Kayla’s face in Vermont Pack.I needed to go back to Jenna’s to be with Nadia and put her to bed, and Aidan understood this, as he drove me to her apartment, just fifteen minutes away from his inviting home.“I need to go over some more details with Jace before I call it a night, but call on me when you’re ready to leave, and I’ll come pick you guys up, okay?” Aidan spoke once we reached Jenna’s, and my mind broke away from the thoughts for a second, snapping back to the present.“There’s no need for that. We’ll call for a ride, Aidan. Handle your business,” I a
Alpha Aidan's Rejection 102: Announce Herself
TARAFor the days that came after that, I couldn’t go past a few minutes without thinking about all the unholy things Aidain did to and with my body in his room that night, and neither could I stop my body from shuddering whenever I recalled how dark and heated his voice had gone when he commanded me, owned me, and treated me like his property.By the time we were done, both spent, and many hours after I had put Nadia to bed, the side of Aidan that I’d come to know and love returned to me, stroking my scars, reassuring me with his words, taking care of my body, and cleaning me up, minutes before I drifted into absolute bliss.This was our new routine, only that we added so many dates to the list…and the flowers as well as the shopping supplies.What could I say? A girl was getting spoiled, and she wasn’t complaining.Aidan went through with his promise to get me at least ten other flowers before I could choose a favorite, even going overboard because I truly lost count of how many flo
