"Let's end this. It can't go on any longer." Those words left my lips just as my heart caved in. Tears dropped from her eyes. She pleaded with me. But my mind was made up. More like 'I had no choice.' She might be my mate. But there are a lot of things keeping us from being together. First, she's an Omega. And I'm an Alpha. A union between an Alpha and an Omega was forbidden. My family will never accept her either. Second, she's from Blueberry Pack. And my pack has been at war with her pack for decades. It's like a vendetta. So I can never be with a girl from her pack. But I loved her so much that I was willing to give it a try. See as long as it goes. Too bad our love story was very short-lived. I rejected her on the spot and we never saw each other again. Four years later, our paths crossed. This time, she looks more radiant than ever and has a son. And I never got over my feelings for her. Being away from her put me through hell. I drowned in regrets and missed her terribly. Now I'm ready to risk it all for her, but how do I make her fall in love with me again? How do I convince her that I can be a great mate to her and a great father to our son and that I'm ready to fight for our love? How do I convince her not to fall in love with another? How do I stop her from falling for the CEO Alpha trying relentlessly to win her heart?
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"Where is he?" I mutter worriedly, staring at the pathway. It's getting darker and that's because night is fast approaching.
He promised to meet me here, at our usual spot today. I've been waiting since afternoon and now it's almost night. Still no sign of him.
I stare sadly at the small red box in my hand. Hours ago, I was so thrilled to give this to him. I wanna see the happiness on his face when he opens it and sees that I got him a watch.
Maybe not as classy as the ones he's used to. But yeah, a watch. Because he loves watches a lot. I bought it to congratulate him on graduating high school today.
We don't go to the same school and I can't step a foot into his Pack for fear of getting beheaded. So I didn't attend his graduation after-party. So I thought…I thought we'd celebrate here…but right now, I doubt if he's still coming.
It's been over hours. Waiting here is pretty stupid of me. But I just can't find the will to leave. I miss him so much and I badly wanna see him on a day as important as today. I wanna tell him how proud I am of him. I just wanna see him.
Tears drop from my eyes as my heart sinks. He's not coming. Lucian isn't coming. I waited in vain. He's not coming…
"Alexa." A voice interrupts my thought. Slowly, I look up and beam at the sight of him, standing near the door of this little shack.
Excitement bubbles in my heart and I smile widely. "Lucian!" I ran into his arms, holding him so tightly. "I thought you weren't coming. I waited for hours."
"I'm sorry. I had a lot of things to take care of." His voice sounds very dry and cold. He must be tired.
"I understand. You don't have to apologize." I say, letting go of him. I'm grinning ear to ear like a lovestruck girl. "Happy graduation."
"Thanks." He nods, tucking his hands inside his pockets. For a brief second, it hit me that he didn't hug me back earlier. It was just me holding him.
And the forlorn look on his face is a bit daunting. But then, maybe he's just stressed, and he has every reason to feel that way today.
I should just be thrilled that he still came here to meet me. Yes, I should just focus on that.
"I got you a present," I say with my excited tone, refusing to get affected by the coldness he's emitting. I open the box and show him the watch. "Do you like it?"
"It's okay." He replies, not a falter in his eyes. Not excitement. Not curiosity. Nothing. Just a bland reply.
"Just…okay? It's not pretty? You don't like it?" I ask, unable to keep the hurt from my voice. I've never seen him so cold. And right now, it's breaking my fragile heart into bits.
"Alexa, we need to talk, please." He says, walking past me. I turn to look at him. He's running a hand through his wavy, dark hair. His tall frame is a bit sagged, emitting an unexplainable aura of misery.
What's going on?
He turns with twitching eyes. And he seems to be struggling to get some words out.
"Tell me, Lucian. What's going on?" Tears are already clouding my eyes. I don't know why, but I feel whatever he's gonna say won't be good.
"Let's never see each other again, Alexa." He drops the words, shutting me down with it.
I take a whole minute to assimilate them. They trigger hot tears from my eyes. I try to get a hold of his jacket but he evades my touch.
"What…what do you mean?" Stuttering and sobbing make one look rather pathetic. I just realized that.
"It means I'm breaking up with you, Alexa. It means I'm gonna reject you as my mate. It means what we have is over. It means I need to take my life a bit seriously now. Do you understand or do you need more explanations?"
I shake my head, refusing to accept those words from him. "Why? Lucian, why would you wanna end this? What did I do that's so unforgivable?"
"It's not you, Alexa. It's not…" he sighs, shoving his fingers roughly through his hair and gritting his teeth. "Please, don't make this harder for us. Just let me go."
"I can't. I can't, Lucian. I can't!" Crying out loud, I rush into his arms, hugging him tightly, ignoring the fact that he's not hugging me back again.
"Alexa…"
"Don't do this to me. To us. Please, Lucian, please." I cup his face, kissing his lips. "Please, please don't do this."
"I'm sorry but I can't change my mind about it…." He takes my hand off his face, dropping them roughly. "So don't touch me like that anymore. And don't kiss me anymore."
"Is it…is it because of the watch? You don't like it?" I ask frantically, shaking from the tide of tears welling up inside me.
"It's not about the damn watch! It's about us. Where we truly stand. And because I need to take my life a bit seriously now. I just graduated and I can't afford to mess around anymore…"
"Is that what you're doing with me? Messing around?" His choice of words is very harsh and has me sobbing even harder.
"Just…just take it as I said it, Alexa. Don't make this any harder than it is. What we have has never been more than just a joke. And I think it's time we end that joke."
"A joke?"
"Yes. A joke. And that joke might cost me my future and put me at the risk of being disowned if I don't end it now."
"Do you really have to end this?"
"Yes. Yes, I need to. It was great while it lasted and I might never find a love as passionate as what we shared. This might be my only chance at love and I might be miserable all my life…"
"Then why are you throwing it away?! I don't understand. Why are you breaking up with me? At least, give me a good reason, and let's see if we can work it out. Don't just end things like a coward."
His eyes blare and terrifyingly glisten with tears. "Like a coward?" He repeats, sounding really hurt by my words.
"I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I shouldn't have said that…"
"No, hold on. Let me get this straight. So I'm a coward for being realistic? You wanna work this out? How do you plan on doing that?"
More tears drop from my eyes. "I don't know. We'll talk…"
"Talk? About what? Alexa, let's get fucking honest with each other. Yeah? You're an Omega and I'm an Alpha heir. A union between an Alpha and an Omega is forbidden and you know it. Also, you're from Blueberry Pack and I'm from Red Hills Pack. The two packs have an unending feud…"
"I know…"
"And that's why I've never visited your house and you've never visited mine. Because they're gonna kill me if I step foot in your Pack. And they'll do the same to you if you step a foot in my pack. What we shared was fated to end. So don't call me a coward. You don't wanna know how much strength it's taking up for me to do this right now…"
"Lucian, please." I drop to my knees, bawling my eyes out. "At least don't reject me."
"I'm sorry." He sucks in a harsh breath and shuts his eyes firmly. And then he opens them, looking more stern. "I, Alpha Lucian King, of Red Hills Pack, reject you Alexa Dawn as my mate and future Luna."
"Please. Please, don't do it." I sob endlessly, clutching my shrinking heart. I can already feel the impact.
"Goodbye, Alexa." He finalizes, as he walks out of the shack, shutting the door behind him.
The men come back again to my cell still in arguments about on whether to harvest my organs Or not. Earlier the other man had spotted my pack sign and informed the masked man of which pack I belonged to and it would be a problem if it was later traced back to them. He informs him of how dangerous it would be to their operations if they were to have a run in with the other pack and suggest they let me go so as to avoid any problem in the near future.“Do you know we are already running short on our deliveries this month and you want to let one go? An expensive one at that. If we get this one it’ll be worth ten others and that would be enough to spare us from the big Boss wrath this month. I know you clearly remember what Hal the last time we failed him” The masked man turned to his companion and he looked awayI had a suspicion as to why they were putting on masks and I guess it had something to do with their punishment. I wanted to feel bad for them but they had taken countless of liv
I wake up with a banging headache and the metallic taste of blood in my mouth. I can feel it ran down my face and was roughly treated. The room is dark and it does not look like there is any light in view and I struggle to recollect what was the last thing that happen. It comes in bit and pieces. I remember being on a call with Amaya and then I remember flipping and losing the phone. Next thing I remember is being lifted and dumped and the back of a truck and it all went dark. As the last memory comes in I call out for help and no one answers me. I call out a few more times and no one answers me.I think back to home and how I left things recently contacted Amaya and Trevor is with her. Trevor. I remember that I have not beards from my son in a long time and by now he will be worried and here I am in a dark room that I don’t know where I am. I call out for help so more and the calls turn into screams as no one seems to respond m. I let out an ear piercing scream which echoes of the wa
It takes a lot to convince Amaya to take care of Trevor and make sure the boy is comforted and isn’t suspicious of his mother’s disappearance. It’s going to be a big job as I know that Trevor is a really smart kid and it’s not going to be long before he starts asking the right questions about his mother and when he does not get the right answers he is going to start getting suspicious and worried. It’s already been a day since he heard from her last and it’s already been too long for him.I also plan on talking to him to get him relaxed a bit and might even go see him to comfort him in person to distract him all of this in midst of making plans to get his mother back home. It’s all he can think of at the moment. We all gather in the room making calls and plotting to get her back. Everton has a contribution from Cole, Drake and Elena even chips in occasionally. Amaya is one a call with Trevor trying to do her best to make him not suspect what is going on. From the distance he can see h
“What do hell do you mean by that Amaya” I asks again and she turns to face Drake for an explanation.Drake keeps his head down in shame and I’m so close to losing my cool with him if he does not start speaking.“Drake if you don’t start speaking I swear to God that I’m gonna…”“It was yesterday and I needed to go for a meeting out of town but decided against it and needed a representative so chose Alexa to go represent me at the meeting…”The more Drake talks it becomes clearer that sending Alexa out was all a rouse to get her out of town so I would not see her as they concluded the deal. I can’t believe that he would do this sort of reckless thing just to keep her out of sight from him. The more I listen to him the more I want to break his stupid face.He finishes and no one says anything about it. Cole looks away not wanting to be involved and from his actions I know that he was clearly against this but was ignored so he’s leaving him to carry his cross.“You claim you love her but
Authors POVDrake is restless as he has not heard from Alexa in over a day and tries calling her but it keeps going to voicemail. He wonders why she didn’t call when she arrived but then again thought could he blame her. After all she did not want to go and he made her go for this so it only makes sense that she would not want to talk to him. He paces around his room unable to get some sleep and is filled with regrets as to how he acted towards he. He thinks that he should have been a more matured person and not let petty rivalries get in the way of their relationship. He is lost in thought of how much of a good person she has been and how she navigates the struggles of being a single mother. He thinks about Trevor also and feels guilty, at a time she would have brought Trevor for him to look after and now he does not even know where Trevor is as she is away which is also his fault. He tries calling again one last time and it goes to voicemail.“Alexa when you get this I want you to k
Author's PovAmaya was really excited to watch Trevor and I could understand that, he could be sweetheart but when she tried to inquire about my situation I have to deflect it and ask about her and her family, what she had been up to and work. I know that it does not make up for the lost time and how I handled things but I’m glad that we could do this right now. She tries again to inquire and I know that I can’t keep deflecting what happened for too long.“So how is your boss?” Amaya asks“He is doing okay” I reply lightly“Is he the one sending you on this errand?”“Yes he is, but it’s a really important meeting and he’s sending me to handle it. I guess he trusts me that much and I won’t let him down”.“He must really be a good man for you to really want to deliver this for him”“He is…”We both end say our last and I tell her that I’ll see her in a bit while I put together my things and have to go get Trevor’s things and also talk to him about my journey for the next few days. It’s
Authors povDrake tells Cole about how much he likes her and how hurt he felt there last week with Lucien all over her trying to make her his girl. Especially with the negotiations going on and trying to make her part of the deal.“See Cole I don’t want her to actually work for Elena but I have to do this and keep her at a distance Lucien be a the more she is close by the more he feels like he can get her and I simply cannot let that happen” Drake explains to Cole.“So if you do like her this much why would you have to do all this? I really don’t see the need to be all mean and non chalant about the whole Elena thing because it is well within her rights to refuse to do anything that is not within her employment” Cole says to Drake.“I know that but I had to draw a boundary between us. No matter how I much I feel about her I am still her boss and that respect needs to be there”“As much I understand this what you did this lot was going a little of the top to stamp your authority wasn’t
Author’s POV)It’s the first day for Alexa to work under Elena, and she completely hates the idea of doing it and the fact that she is actually going to be doing it daily for the time being. She hates that Drake is doing this to her for trying to leave the office. Now she’s not only still sick here with all that has happened but also having to work directly under, not with, but under Elena. She walks into the office, and the air feels thick, and she wonders if it has always been like this and swears that it was not always this way. Maybe it was her mood that made the place feel gloomy and dark.Alexa heads to her office, and on her way, she runs into Drake, having an uncomfortable encounter.“Hi, good morning,” Alexa greets and forces a smile.“Yeah, morning,” Drake mumbles a reply and walks by without saying another word, which is unlike him. But she understands and does not want to pursue it further. She slowly picks up her pace and continues to her office to settle down before the
The constant vibration from my phone disturbed the peace and tranquility of the morning. This morning, my sleep has been going off and on as I have tried to force myself to sleep away through the pain of Alexa’s rejection and frustration of the contract.Nothing was going according to plan, and I experience and feel new levels of anger and frustration every time I wake up and realize my situation. Now, to add to that, someone is blowing up my line this early morning, and honestly, I’m not having it.My two guesses will be Letty and my Mum. They were the only two people who have the mindset to bother me this morning. However, I have no intention of dealing with them this early morning but finding my peace of mind. The calls, however, don’t stop, and I can’t switch my phone off, so I have to answer.“Oh my God, Lucien, I have been calling for ages now. Why didn’t you pick up?” Letty screams into my ear. “I may have been shot or in real danger, and you would not have answered on time. Wh
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