"Klein is a True Alpha, just like you," Colin says, stating the obvious. I nod and look briefly at my father, he's studying Klein and most likely trying to find differences or similarities between us, "He feels compelled to challenges... I'm sure you can relate to that.""Hmm," I nod nonchalantly again, then I raise a hand to call a waiter, "I'm hungry. Let's handle the important stuff first and order something, then we can talk about Klein.”My dad gives me a knowing look and tries to hide a mocking chuckle that would definitely piss me off if it came out. He has noticed I can't turn on my fake-nice personality around this guy, so he must know I feel rattled. Because I do. "Order whatever you want, kid. It's my treat," I tell Klein with a smile that only gets bigger when he gives me a pissed off look and clenches his fists. I absolutely love to piss people off, especially arrogant little brats like this one. "I'm not a kid," he mutters through his teeth, very immaturely, "And that
"Excuse me. I’ll be back in a minute,” I say and get up from the table while they talk about something I don’t give a shit about. I’d rather spend this time with Chelsea. Her table is not really on the way to the bathrooms, but I walk past it anyway. Luckily, Chelsea looks up as I walk by and she finds my eyes. She looks instantly terrified to see me, I just give her a pointed look and jerk my head, then I keep walking.I know she’ll come to see me… but if she doesn't, I swear to god I'll go out and punch someone, probably Klein. It cannot be this hard to get someone to fuck. Not for me. I lean against the wall to the bathrooms to wait for her. "I'm here," I say when I see her walking like a deer in headlights. I grab her arm and pull her to the service room in front of the bathrooms so we can have more privacy. She's still stunning, I realize. Even under the awful lighting in here. She cut her long blonde hair into a bob and that makes her look a little more mature, but I still
I hate when people are right. I hate it when they make sense. But Chelsea always made sense, she always had a broader outlook in a situation than me. It’s the teacher in her, maybe. But she is right, people in this pack really like Anya. And if I cheat on her, they might not confront me personally about it, but they’ll definitely judge me. And that could get me in trouble with the council, which I do not want. Fucking shit, since when people got so moral? Most of the girls I've fucked have had either boyfriends or husbands and I don't mind. I guess I’m fucked… or not fucked.“Where were you?” Klein asks as soon as I sit my ass back down, “That was like ten minutes.”“Klein, stop,” his uncle scolds him, “I’m sure he had a good reason to disappear around the same time that lady over there disappeared too.”What the fuck? “Are you my mother, Colin?” I ask, leaning on the table to be closer to him, “I don’t have to explain shit to either of you, do I?” “No, Sir. I apologize,” he sa
{ Anya }“What the fuck is going on?” I ask to myself as soon as Jae closes the door behind him after doing something… nice? For… me? I might be hallucinating or something. I look down at the tray full of stuff again, just to make sure it’s still here. There is the tomato soup, a grilled cheese, three different chocolate bars, the tea cup, and a box with some kind of fancy device I’ve never seen before. I don’t know what time is it, but he’s right, I haven’t eaten anything today. Maybe that’s why this grilled cheese tastes so damn delicious to me. I devour it and the tomato soup. I must admit, it feels really nice and warm as it goes down on me. Just like the tea he got me. Once I’ve eaten, I grab the box and I see it’s a heating pad. Apparently it helps with cramps if you place it on your belly. How in the fuck does Jae know about the existence of this device? I didn’t. But when I turn it on and place it on my belly, I realize it’s nice.Very, very nice.Oh, wow. My body doesn’t
I don't really know how one should dress for a fight, but after a quick search online I realize girls just dress slutty. That's not a problem for me. I put on denim shorts and a white baby tee that shows my belly button. And white sneakers. I flat iron my hair and put on make up. When I'm done, I spray myself with my favorite perfume just before my door bursts open and Jae appears, wearing his usual gym clothes. He looks me up and down and I wait for him to say something mean, but he doesn't. "Do I look good?" I ask, he's still just looking. I give him a twirl, "Or sufficient?""Sufficient," he says, nodding in approval, "Let's go now, I have to be there early.""I'm ready," I say and grab my purse before following him to his car. The ride to the arena where the fight is going to take place is silent, but it doesn't feel terribly uncomfortable. "I'll go get ready, go look for my parents and stay with them," he tells me as soon as we walk in. There's a lot of people already inside
Jae look nonchalant about his movements. He waits for the other guy to come at him first and when he hits Tiny, it looks kind of… half-hearted. It’s like a dance they’re doing up there, it almost seems a choreography the way Tiny tries to hit Jae but he just evades the hits until the first round ends.Jae looks fresh as hell as he goes back to his corner.I get as close to the ring as I can. “Wohoo! Good job, baby!” I yell with my hands up, making Jae turn to look at the other side of the ring where he expected me to be, then he scans the audience until he finds me at the front of the ring, just on the opposite side. When he finds me, he blows me a kiss, making everyone go crazy. The next round starts and this time Jae comes a little harder at Tiny, delivering more strong punches and making him look a little worried because he hasn’t managed to land a single punch. Now I see how everyone is always so sure he’s going to win. He looks untouchable while poor little Tiny is obviously
For around an hour, we just talk to people who come and congratulate Jae. I’m very lucky I’m so sociable, because I would totally hate this if I weren’t.“Good job, Alpha Jae,” yet another girl says, walking directly to Jae wearing a very short black dress and looking at him as if she wants him for breakfast, lunch and dinner, “I never doubted you.”Wait. I know this girl. Jae sent me a couple of photos of him with her during ‘our’ honeymoon. That’s the Anya-lookalike who took my spot in the honeymoon.Great… amazing, really. I should be thankful that Jae thinks I look like her, she’s absolutely gorgeous. We have a similar body and our hair looks almost identical, except mine is natural and hers clearly isn’t. “Thanks, Jess,” Jae says and gives her a hug. The same hug he gave Sophie when she came to congratulate him, the ‘we’ve been intimate’ hug. I look away and decide to walk to Vivian and Riku. I don’t even care if I’m being rude, I don’t want to spoil their romantic moment wit
{ Jae }My head is a confused mess as we walk into the restaurant to join my family. I knew I was going to win that fight so I'm not shocked about that, but I am shocked about the fact that I allowed Tiny to sneak a few punches on me because I was distracted... distracted because I saw that little fuck Klein talking to Anya, a lot closer than he should be. I knew he was saying something I wouldn't like by his psychical language and the nervous little laugh Anya was giving him. He's officially my enemy now. How dare he say that to my wife? That amount of disrespect would get him killed in his own pack. Maybe that's what he wants, for me to break my own pack's rules and be reprimanded and eliminated from the Alpha Challenge. But I won't give him te satisfaction. I have other ways of fucking him over. But the most confusing thing in my brain right now is... Anya. The way she's so good at being my wife, so much so that everyone is absolutely convinced that we have the most passionat
{ Epílogue }Six Years Later The day I hate the most is finally over. The third Alpha Challenge is done and, unsurprisingly, my man won. He fought for almost two hours against five very brave but very dumb competitors. He's once again, the Alpha of Ellington. And now we're back home, all safe and sound, so I can finally breathe. I guess you could say I am a little traumatized about what happened at the Challenge when Jae almost dies and lost his memory. Things are so, so different now."My daddy is the strongest," Iseul says, looking up at Jae with sparkling eyes because she loves her dad. She looks at him like he's the fucking sun."And you're the sweetest daughter alive," he says, finally picking her up even though I know he must be tired as hell. He kisses her chubby cheeks over and over, making her laugh in pure joy. Jae walks a few steps until he can sit his ass on the couch and he groans, "Where's your brother, huh?”"Still outside," Iseul says. And that's true, Tate never
I remember being told Anya sent me a 'good luck' little pastry and I thought, ‘damn she knows I don't like sweet treats, but I'll eat it anyway because I don't want her to get mad at me for not doing it’.Next thing I know, I can't even move my body correctly and my mind is all slow and slurry. I couldn't even move my mouth enough to fucking talk. "What happened after I went down?" I ask my father when I'm back in their house after being discharged. My memories are back into place, so now we're allowed to talk normally. My dad growls in anger."Anya ran to you," he starts, making me lift my eyebrows in complete shock, "She ran and shifted to attack Klein in wolf form, she got him real good actually. His arm got the worst of it, but she managed to bite his head, too. The council was going to let the Challenge continue, but Anya and Rogan figured out you ate that pastry thing, which you never fucking do. Also, Anya never sent anything. The fact that they figured it out so early was the
I shake my head. I don't know much about myself, but I do know I wouldn't do something like that."No," I say, the girl frowns and looks at me, then nods, "Nu-uh.""Yes.""No," I repeat, "There is no way.""Jae, I'm the only one in this room that remembers anything," she spits out at me, "I remember what happened, you don't.""But I'm me," I say and I point a finger to my head, "And I don't think I would do that.""You did," she says, clasping her hands into fists, "And I want you to say you’re sorry again.""Why? I don't even remember. I think you're lying to get my attention and get me horny for you again," I joke, making her eyes get red, so I relent. I take a deep breath, "I'm just joking.""I know you are fucking joking because I know you and your stupid jokes," she yells, "I know you! I remember everything. And you don't."She starts full blown crying then, so I force myself to take this seriously. And consider the fact that I... hurt her on purpose? For what reason? The only wa
{ Jae }It's been almost twenty four hours since I woke up after my fight and fortunately, some things are starting to make more sense, but I'm still struggling to remember 80% of things. I don't even remember my best friend, but it helps that he's here, forcing me to remember."Rogan," I close my eyes with stress, "I believe you, dude. I just don't remember.""Well, shut up and let me continue," he spits with a furrowed brow and opens his mouth as if he really wants to keep telling me our entire friendship story, from the very very beginning, when we were ten years old. This bastard really has a good memory, "We've only had one fight, back when we were in sophomore year, it was over a girl. I didn't actually like her that much but I..."The door opens slowly and I sigh in relief because someone is finally saving me from this storyteller. A head peeks in and I recognize her as the crying girl from yesterday, the one with long red hair."Anya," Rogan says, and he suddenly tenses up, lo
{ Anya }I leave Jae's room even though Vivian is telling me it's not necessary. I close the door behind me and cover my mouth to control my sobs, but I can't.No. No. No.I refuse to believe this is really happening to me. Jae has been in intensive care for two days while the swelling in his brain goes down from the fracture that idiot Klein gave him. I've been here with him, holding his hand and wishing with all my might that he'll be okay.I know he's going to be okay now. And I also know, logically, that it's completely normal to have trouble stringing thoughts together after such trauma. I know Jae could be back to normal in a few hours or a few days, once he gets better.But logic doesn't fix how I feel right this second. Jae looked at me and ignored me like I was nobody, then implied he didn't remember me. And then he talked to me that way... like he used to when I first met him.I can't do it again, I can't deal with Jae treating me like crap again. I won't, I refuse. I've l
"What's going on?!" I grumble once we're backstage, completely disoriented. When I see Jae being brought in on a damn portable stretcher, I run towards him."Luna Anya, please stay away," a paramedic tells me, holding me back. I'm about to tell him I'm a doctor and I have a right to see what the hell is happening with my mate, but Rogan grabs me from behind and pulls me away."This isn't normal. Jae didn't do anything to fight, that’s not him!" I say, but Rogan keeps restraining me and trying to quiet me down, "You can't let this happen, Ro. Something was wrong with him.”"Anya, Anya, please," Ro continues, "I know it's not normal, but you need to calm down first. I can't take care of you and find answers at the same time."That makes me calm down because he's right. I can't be another problem right now, I have to help."Okay, okay... what do you know?""Nothing. I was here with him when he arrived, while he was getting ready and before the fight began. Everything was perfectly normal
Before I realize it, the day finally arrives. The day of the Alpha Challenge.Jae has been more focused than ever on his training, so we haven’t had any more time to explore our relationship, but I’m not worried because I know it’s necessary and important… maybe not as much as our bond, but close. Because this is not just about his position and his future. It’s the future of our family, a future where the pack will bear our name.When I arrive with Tate and my aunt and uncle at the arena, Jae’s family is already in the family booth, so I greet everyone and then I have to go through the worst anxiety ever again, just like five years ago, except this time it’s even worse because Klein is not just another True Alpha who came to Ellington to try to fight Jae. Now it’s personal.Klein is my ex-boyfriend and he wants revenge for being ‘humiliated’ at the last Alpha Challenge. I don’t know why, but I have a bad feeling about this. Or maybe it’s just worry because this time what I feel for J
"And because you're mine to use whenever I feel like it,” I continue, sucking on his bottom lip and making him let out a low growl from his chest. "We can't do this here," he whines, trying to take a step back, but I don't care. I follow him, "Baby, I mean it. I can't fuck you here with my parents and my son downstairs.""Why not?" I ask, running a hand down his chest until I reach his hard dick. I grab it through his pants tightly and pull, making him moan, "I know you want it.""Of course I fucking want it," he grunts, thrusting his hips against my hand for just a second before ripping my grip off his erection and flipping me over until my back is to him. Jae takes my hands and in just a second crosses them across my chest until he has me completely unable to move...at least my upper body, "Damn it, Anya. You don’t change. Don't you ever think with something other than your clit? We can't do this here. You can wait until we get home.""I can't," I moan, wiggling my ass against him,
When we all arrive at Vivian and Riku Kyung’s house together, I can see the surprise on both of their faces. I don’t think Jae told them I would be joining them for Sunday brunch.“Anya, darling, hi!” Vivian exclaims, coming over to give me a tight hug, which I return. I haven’t seen them since the news about our bond started circulating in the pack, so I’m not surprised when she holds onto me for longer than would seem normal, “I heard the news. About your bond… whatever decision you make regarding that, I want you to know that I am SO grateful to the Moon Goddess for choosing you as my son’s mate. You are such a wonderful girl, and I will never stop considering you part of my family.”I blink several times when my eyes start to sting, returning her hug with equal intensity.“Thank you for your words. I consider you part of my family too,” I let her know. When I let her go, Riku takes me into his arms.“There is no woman more perfect for my son. I hope he knows how to treat you as yo