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PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS 161A
APRIL Is this hell? That was the first thought that spawned into my mind when I woke up in an unrecognizable place and the only feeling searing through my body was unbelievable pain and discomfort. Granted, most of that pain was coming from the fact that my hands were tied above my head with chains while I was hanging from a rickety ceiling that could fall on my head any second…But it still felt like there was an additional pain shooting through every nerve in my body that contributed heavily to the discomfort that jerked me awake. “That was quite the nap,” the same voice I’d heard before I passed out addressed me, “welcome back to reality, you abominable wretched little thing.”When I rose my head up and met her gaze, I was stunned by both her boundless beauty and the hate swirling in her eyes as she regarded me. How could a woman that I’d never met before hate me so much? How could she refer to me in such a hateful manner when I’d done nothing to deserve it. All of that made
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YOU CAN SKIP UNLOCKING THIS CHAPTER. I MISTAKENLY SKIPPED IT BEFORE UPLOADING 157.APRIL When I heard foosteps trailing closely behind me, I felt a moment of hope because I assumed that Ace had come to his senses and was coming after me to explain that silly scene I’d just witnessed…. But when I turned around and spotted Nick instead, I was instantly reminded that we’d been together and those hopes of Ace coming to his senses were wiped away.“April, are you okay?” he asked worriedly, and from the deep frown lines in his forehead, I could tell that he already knew the answer to that question. “I’m fine,” I mumbled, fighting back tears much harder than I’ve ever had to. He noticed that, so he clearly wasn’t convinced by my response. He stepped closer to me and placed his hands gently on my shoulders. “I know it seems like a weird road to thread, but you can talk to me ab—”“I don’t want to talk, I have a meeting and I can’t be late,” I shrugged his hands off my shoulders and angri
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APRILThe next second, my lips were glued painfully shut again and this time she didn’t even have to snap her fingers for it to take effect. “Vile beings like you don’t deserve a voice, I should’ve known better than to allow you to use yours,” she gritted out, her fingers dancing in the air like she was weaving something disastrous. And that’s exactly what she was doing. I instantly felt the brunt of that action when the chains around my wrist started to burn and sear into my skin. I was in unbelievable pain and I could literally smell my skin being cooked. “You’ll die like a rotten bitch, burnt to a crisp the same way you would’ve set us all ablaze,” she continued to spew more rubbish as she worsened the already unbearable pain. Tears were streaming down my face yet again, and I’d never wished for relief as badly as I did in the moment. I was losing my damn mind and I could literally see my life flashing before my eyes repeatedly. All the moments I’d cherished. All the people I
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XANDERI never willingly got into a tux.But for April, I’d get into anything just to look good for her. Even spandex wasn’t off the list, I’d wear anything she wanted me to. I’d do anything for that beautiful twinkle in her eyes that shone when she was happy. That thought made the memory of her angelic smile from this morning flash through my mind. I’d been so elated that she was completely on board with going on a date with both of us. When we dropped the surprise on her, I’d assumed that she would be less ecstatic and more weirded out by it, but it just seemed like she’d been looking forward to it. I gazed back at my reflection in the mirror for the last time, trying to imagine the look on her face when I showed up in the dark blue double breasted tux and my perfectly slicked back hair. The thought of getting a compliment from her made a cheesy smile cover my face and it felt like I was a teenage boy with a gigantic crush all over again. Still grinning, I grabbed my car keys a
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XANDERWe headed to Enigma’s campus and immediately started to comb the entire school for her. On our way, I requested backup from some bodyguards assigned to me. That way, we could cover more ground while looking for her without wasting too much time. Only the gods know how long she’d been missing for and we desperately needed to find her before it was too late. Naturally, Nick and I headed to the library first and rushed to the table where we’d left her at. To our utter shock, the scene we met made it clear that she’d been abducted from that spot. Her laptop was open on the table, her bag was also open, her books were sprawled across the table, her phone was badly cracked and lying on the floor, and her pen and notebook were also on the floor. It was crystal clear that there had been some sort of struggle before she was taken against her will. My blood boiled at the thought of someone hurting her and kidnapping her afterwards. I had every intention to destroy the bastard that
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ACE The tailor’s apprentice was visibly trembling in my father’s presence as he adjusted his tuxedo. It was moments like these that reminded me that my father wasn’t just any regular man, he was one of the most revered Alphas because of the conquests he’d led and the way he was known for violently crushing his enemies and their allies. I bit back laughter when my father moved his shoulder and the young apprentice flinched as though that movement was enough to vanquish him into thin air. “Reggie, get me these shoes in black, I’ll help my father with the cufflinks,” I offered, deciding to put the young boy out of his misery before he soiled his pants from fear. Reggie looked up at me with deep relief and gratitude in his eyes, as though he knew that I’d saddled him with another task because I noticed his discomfort. “On it, Mr. Ace,” he grabbed the dark blue shoes and rushed off to swap them, but I knew he’d gone so quickly because he was desperate for a breather. Once Reggie was
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ACE“Wh—what’s happening?” my father grabbed me by my shoulders at the same time that a sharp pain shot through my heart. I moved away from him, stumbling over a stool and landing on my back while my groans of pain got louder. It felt like my heart was being ripped open for some reason, and at the same time, my burning wrists were only getting much worse by the second. My father looked like he’d seen a ghost, visibly trembling as he watched me being torn apart from unspeakable pain. “Ace! Ace! Talk to me, what’s wrong?” he crouched by my side and reached out to grab me. When his fingers grazed my skin, I flinched and moved away from his touch. Everything aside from the cool tiled floor underneath my back burnt my skin, including the pants I still had on. “I don’t… know!” I yelled back furiously, rubbing my wrists in a bid to ease them but only feeling the pain heighten despite my attempts. My father sighed, “Let’s get you out of here and get you some help.”He touched me again,
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APRIL My soul was just as shattered as my body as I lay sprawled across the cold floor. Arielle had rained more confusing and accusatory words at me before mentioning that her employer ordered her to take me back to where they’d found me, but she wasn’t going to obey that order because she couldn’t bear to be in the same space with me without ripping my head off. Then, she hatefully spat on the spot beside me and snapped her fingers for her goons to follow her out. When the doors of the dark and creepy basement were shut behind them, fear and anger gripped me where I lay hugging myself tightly and I felt like screaming my head off to let go of the crushing feeling in my heart and guts. I didn’t have the slightest idea how to ease the lingering pain I felt, or where to find the strength to leave the basement and get back home. I’d just decided to crawl to the door and figure things out from there when the doors swung open and I froze, scared that more harm was about to be inflict
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PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS EPILOGUE
PROLOGUEAPRIL“Sandy, stop making your brother cry. You promised that you wouldn't do that today, remember?” I groaned as my oldest child terrorized her little brother. She shrugged, laughing, the mischievous glint in her eyes matching that of one of her dads whose character she’d inherited; Ace. “It’s so easy to make him cry, I promise I wasn't even trying. I’m just being myself,” she flipped her dark lush hair over her shoulders, the glossy and stunning sight also resembling that of her fathers. She was such a daddy’s girl that she took every last bit of her being from them; her drop dead gorgeous looks and her fearless, stubborn personality. According to her dads, she got her stubbornness from me and not them, but I refused to believe that. “Sweetheart, putting a worm in your brother’s shoe doesn't count as being yourself,” Nick stifled laughter as he walked into the living room, dressed handsomely in suit that was identical to our son Samuel’s. “I’m a prankster and an anima
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APRIL“Well, it’s a good thing I know exactly where that asshole is,” Nick’s mom said, the anger in her voice superseding his.At least Xenia’s trip across the world had proven to be the answer to our problems. But now, we had yet another broken hearted mate to add to the mix, and just like me, the pain sprung from parental issues. However, there was no time to dwell on that. The moon goddess had given us an opportunity to reclaim the peace in our city, so we had to focus our all on that. After the city was secure, we'd find a way to tend to our broken hearts and find the emotional healing we all deserve.But for now, all that mattered was find Nick’s monster of a father and putting and end to his evil attacks. “Are you sure this is the place, mom?” Nick asked as we pulled into the empty driveway of an abandoned factory in the middle of nowhere. “I'm certain. I'll never forget it because I traced his assets all over the city in a bid to uncover proof of his evil agenda, but he cau
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APRILWe all followed behind him, running until we stopped outside what seemed to be a prison cell. There was a woman dressed in tattered clothes and covered in dust cowering in a corner and hugging her knees to her chest, and something about her was oddly familiar. My mates also seemed shocked by her presence, but not in the same way that I was. The look in their eyes told me that they knew something about this mystery woman that I didn't know. Before I could even ask about it, Nick grabbed the iron bars and broke them off with a deep growl before running into the cell and wrapping his arms around the woman. That? That was the most confusing thing I’d ever witnessed. And I needed answers right now.I started to stomp towards the cell when Nick said a word that made me freeze in place, understanding washing over me in a thousand waves. “Mom! It’s you!”I blinked repeatedly, awfully confused. “Mom?” Ace and Xander looked away from the emotional reunion unfolding before us and nodd
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APRILGlinda was confirmed to have been dead for good, but our hellish experiences still didn't cease after her death. Personally, I was still grieving my mother and the wonderful life I would've enjoyed with my parents if she hadn't swooped in and turned things upside down. My mother’s burial was an emotional moment for me and I broke down completely while delivering the eulogy. The guys even had to come upstage and keep from falling apart some more. The days that followed weren't any greener, especially with the dark void around the city worsening and swallowing us into a vortex while I was still grieving.Of course we were terribly confused as to why the spiritual attacks had carried on even after Glinda’s death, but no one had a reasonable answer to that. It was fucking frustrating having to watch people in pain almost every damn day. It sucked the humanity out of one’s soul and replaced it with nothing but bitterness. The only thing that was clear to me about the pattern of
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APRIL“You rotten lads, you couldn’t just mind your damn business? This is your fathers’ karma, why did you have to dig your stupid snotty noses in it?” she hissed angrily, overly displeased that she’d been found out by us.“We should be asking the questions,” I responded, upset that she hadn’t even made an effort to explain herself, “we came here thinking this whole fiasco was orchestrated by Glinda, only to see that it’s you, mom?!” The disappointment in my voice was thick, but she obviously didn’t give a shit about my feelings because she broke into hysterical laughter. “Mom? I’m not your fucking mom you idiotic little whore,” she rolled her eyes, and then she snapped her fingers, causing her face and physical appearance to warp instantly. Suddnely, she was a silver-haired woman with countless ancient tattoos of the moon and a shiv stuck in her heart that told us more than we needed to know. Later on, the Alphas had given us a more detailed tale of the day they finally took dow
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APRIL It’s been almost a month of back to back horrors breaking out in the city.We’d successfully chased the rogues out of the city and the sorceres were stationed alongside the armies by the borders, making sure that no more enemies were able to breach our defenses and get in.Heaps of bodies had been buried over the weeks and the entire town was reeking of grief. Loved ones were being mourned in different corners of the city were candles were lit beside framed photos and bouquets of flowers. Each photo of the dead that I saw brought me close to tears, but for children’s photos, my heart literally ached and felt like it was going to explode. Living in a place that was shrouded with pain and darkness was suffocating. Even though the sun came out each day, it felt like there was a dark void enveloping the city because everyone was in a sunken mood. We had to find Glinda and put an end to her attacks before the city was ruined beyond saving. Our search for her so far has proven fu
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APRILThe ticking clock in the ICU waiting room was the only audible sound.Xander had been taken in for an emergency operation a while ago and we were still waiting to hear back from the doctors.When we arrived at the hospital, he was barely breathing, and it seemed like they might’ve stopped his heart for the surgery because I couldn’t feel even a shred of his presence through the bond. On our way to the hospital, we’d dropped Natalie at one of the safety bunkers where security and magic borders were keeping people safe. If she was here, she’d have been a great distraction for me. And god, I’d do anything to be distracted from this godawful unending pain. My chest fucking hurt. Every nerve in my body was on literal fire. My head was pounding as though a line up of high school bands were in a competition. All I could think of was the pitiful state we’d found Xander in a while ago. The way he looked helpless and near death’s door. The way his blood was like a second skin masking
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APRILThe city was a mess. A bloody one.“Natalie, stop using your fucking phone or you’re going to get us killed,” I whispered to my best friend whose face was a mess of dry tears. She glared at me. “If I’m going to die, I need Hector to know that he was the best sex I ever had and I always wished we became more.” I frowned at her, both disturbed and confused that she’d picked that as the most important thing to put in order in a life and death situation. What a freaking clown.“Nat, I’ve told you a thousand times, you’re not going to die,” I bit out, “Nick asked us to stay hidden here and he’ll come get us, and I know he will.”I reminded her of the instruction we’d gotten almost an hour ago when chaos broke out in the city.Apparently, some rogues breached the city’s gates and began to brutally attack every living thing in sight. They've been killing anything in their way and no one is exempt from their wrath.Not women. Not innocents. Not children. Not animals. It was a battle
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XANDER Today, just like every other day for the last two weeks, we’d split up to search for Brooke. April was able to fully recover from the effects of the poison she was heartlessly fed by Brooke after a full day or more. Once we were certain that she was in a perfectly healthy state, we decided to go on a hunt for Brooke to make her pay for hurting our precious mate.No one seemed to know where she was. No one had seen her since she ran off that day. Even the city cameras had no footage of her since that day. It was almost like she’d vanished into thin air after that day, but we refused to give up on our search.We even had the authorities officially interrogate everyone she knew, especially those she worked with at her modeling agency, but no one had any reasonable information to share with us that would narrow her search.Even her personal assistant only heard that she was missing from us, he’d assumed she was taking a mental health break when she didn’t come to the office for
