04. Alpha

            Ethan Greenwood         

   

The smell of cigarette smoke mixes with the low-volume music.

My eyes and ears examined the movement in the bar, capturing every detail. It was another acquisition.

We hid a nightclub behind an innocent bar. It was one of our best strategies to keep our secret.

I owned the biggest lumber company in Colorado. I was also expanding other businesses around here.

I dominated my pack with an iron fist, and I never failed to make enemies wherever I went.

"You look cheerful today, my Alpha," my beta approached me, resting an arm on the counter as her gaze swept the room.

"New business is always exciting, Nick." I leaned on the counter, turning to face him, a subtle smile touching my lips as I watched the surrounding crowd. " But I hate these humans."

"They smell terrible," Nick commented.

Being an Alpha in a world of humans requires all of us to be very careful and discreet.

We had a reserve here in Estes Park, where we could just be wolves.

I drove to the reserve, needing to resolve something with the pack members. One of the wolves had rebelled, and I did not tolerate such behavior.

I arrived at the reserve and felt the air filling my lungs. The sensation of being home was wonderful. 

Nick, my Beta, followed me as a form of protection mainly because he is my right-hand man.

"My Alpha, it is a pleasure to see you here," the Delta responsible for assisting the reserve greeted me.

"Show me where the son of a bitch is," I referred to the wolf who had disobeyed us.

I followed him to the dungeon we had built precisely for this situation.

Wolves rebelled, and loyalty among us was important. Those who did not follow the pack's rules would be exiled.

Perhaps the exaggerated expectations everyone had of me left me exhausted. I was first in line for the Alpha throne succession. And when my father died, I knew I would be next.

I was raised to be one and taught to be strong.

Humans hated us, and the feeling was mutual. We lived hidden, in our non-natural form, and I could only truly be who I was in the reserve.

But in everyone's eyes, I was just a respected CEO.

I headed back to the bar again, only to go home afterward. Everything was tiresome, and sometimes all I wished for was to be free. I entered the office only to finalize today's payroll, and one of the wolves who provided my security called me.

"A woman is looking for you, my alpha," he approached.

"A woman?" I raised an eyebrow. "I don't know who could be, wolf, I'm very busy, and I don't want visitors, tell her to leave," I walked away towards the nightclub.

"She said her name is Mia Miller."

I stopped instantly in front of the omega.

Upon hearing that name, the flashback immediately came to mind; her in my lap, her hands roaming my abdomen, up and down wildly. She was the only human who truly attracted me.

Mia Miller, whose name I remembered clearly, definitely had something unusual about her.

I needed to know what she wanted.

"Tell the human to come in," I said coldly.

I sat in the chair, thinking about how this woman found me and what she could want.

It had been exactly two years since I was weak and slept with her.

The door opened slowly, revealing the figure of the human, who still had the same angelic face.

I looked at her intently, maintaining my seriousness.

"Why did you seek me out?" My voice sounded menacing.

As surprised as I was to see her, showing emotions was not part of being an alpha.

"I need your help." Her legs swung as if she were nervous.

"I don't understand why you're here," I frowned.

"My son has been kidnapped. And I don't have the resources to go after him. They told me that if I called anyone, they would kill him instantly. "She spoke quickly and in a jumble." And what does that have to do with me? "I observed her." Because he is your son."

I felt the ground disappear beneath my feet. My body trembled, and I leaned against the desk.

Upon hearing those words, I felt a torrent of emotions that I had long buried. The idea of having a pup, especially with a human, was inconceivable to me. My world, so rigidly structured, began to slowly crumble.

As an alpha, I had always prided myself on my discipline, on my absolute control over my emotions and actions. But at that moment, I felt as if I were standing on the edge of an abyss, and any misstep would make me fall.

Leaning on the table, I took a deep breath, trying to regain my composure. I couldn't let her see any sign of weakness.

Mia Miller. The name I couldn't forget. She was the only human who truly attracted me, who made me let my guard down for one night. The memory of her hands tracing my abdomen, her touches burning and desperate, surfaced, along with the realization of what it all meant now.

A pup. My pup.

My heart, which had long since hardened, now beat with an almost painful force. And then, a new emotion began to take hold of me: anger. An intense anger that burned like a fierce fire. She hid this from me. Mia knew about the existence of our child and kept this secret for two years.

That human would pay for doing this to me.

 

That was one of the reasons why I did not get involved with this breed, they did not respect anything.

But I have a hybrid son now. This woman had something different that I couldn’t even explain, fate brought us together for a reason, and I was going to rescue my son to make him forget that one day he was human.