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PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS 183
BROOKEI tucked the last wad of crisp hundred dollar bills into my birkin bag, adjusting my thickly framed sunglasses over my face before walking away from the ATM.Five hundred fucking thousand dollars, to be the next Luna Jackson. I snorted at the thought, strutting towards my car while the weight of the cash weighed down my left arm that the bag was strapped over. The further I walked, the more it seemed like that money wasn’t worth spending to be Ace’s wife. What I’d much rather spend it on is a vacation to every island on the planet where I can drink countless cocktails and shake my ass on yatches. Unlike the thought of marrying Ace, that fantasy brought a huge smile to my face and sent excitement flooding through me endlessly. I didn’t let the fantasy linger though, because all it would do is make me bitter when I eventually came to the obvious conclusion that I would never be privy to such bliss. A hiss slipped my lips as that harsh realization sliced through me and I yank
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-25PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS 183B
BROOKEI froze in place, going over a sensible response in my head and being unable to find any that didn’t make me seem like a crazed person. So, I chose to lie. “I love Ace, and I believe that we belong together, so I’ll do anything to make him realize that as well, even if it means eliminating the woman who’s feeding him nothing but lies and delusions,” I answered, nearly gagging when I said the words… I love Ace. Of course I didn’t love him, he’d never given me a reason to even like him. But that didn’t mean I wouldn’t marry him anyways, love had nothing to do with the power and fulfillment I stood to gain by marrying him. “You hate his guts. I don’t even need my powers to figure that out, there’s an undertone in your words that easily gives it away,” she saw through my lie without trying.“It doesn’t matter, he’s mine,” I bit out, unable to think up a better comeback. “I can tell that this marriage isn’t something you want. It’s something you think you need to do to be wort
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-25PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS 184
ACEShe didn’t respond, but the deafening silence told a dreadful tale.“What the fuck? April! Can you hear me?” Xander asked despite the sinking hole that was now piercing through the mate’s bond, answering his ask. She couldn’t hear him. She wasn’t near. She was gone. “You’re scaring us April, where are you? Speak!” Nick was even far more deeply rooted in denial than Xander judging from how hopeful he seemed to hear her speak. Why did they choose to act oblivious? The mate bond was telling us more than enough, that our mate had left a gaping void in the space she was meant to occupy because she wasn’t near and she was in danger. I was about to put an end to their annoying delusions when the dark fog clouding over visions mysteriously faded. And April was nowhere to be found.We all got off the floor in a frenzy, equally panicked and confused about what had just happened. It was the strangest fucking abduction either of us had ever witnessed and what was even scarier was the fa
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-25PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS 184B
ACE“She’s exhaled an unhealthy amount of dark energy and we just need to get her out of her so that she can expel it from her system. The longer we’re in this cave, the more we’re exposing her and ourselves to this nasty energy,” Xenia said, already making her way towards the exit. “Shit,” I hissed. Nick threw April over his shoulder that very second and we all made our way out of the cave as quickly as we could and got back into the helicopter. As soon as we got off the ground, the sound of April coughing as she woke up made all of us turn our attention to her. “She’s awake,” Xander and I said in unison while Nick adjusted her over his body. Slowly, she opened her eyes, looking around with deep confusion, almost like she didn’t know who she was or who we were for the first few seconds.“April, can you hear me?” Nick asked her, worry etched deeply into his every word. April looked up at him blankly, but she made no move to respond, she just kept looking between us like she was
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APRIL I’d thrown enough punches to put Zeus to shame. The training sessions that my mates suggested had been an absolute blast for the past few days and I was genuinely having the time of my life. At first, I thought it would be exhausting and annoying, but it turned out to be the exact opposite. Each time they taught me a new move, I felt like we’d become somewhat closer, more knitted tightly as one. The eye-opening experience of being trained by them had somehow become a means of strengthening our bond and I loved every thrilling second of it. For combat, Xander was my trainer. He was a true warrior, in guidance and in demonstration. I loved how he helped me learn my body and how to manipulate my opponent into revealing their weaknesses before every move. When it came to perseverance exercises, Nick was the master at the time wheel. He taught me how to persevere through pain and get a hit in even when every muscle in my body was begging me to retreat. He taught me patience and
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-25PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS 186
APRIL “I’m Amelia, we spoke on the phone.”I recognized her voice when we exchanged greetings merely a second ago, but the introduction helped to confirm that it was indeed her. She was dressed in a blue pantsuit, her hair pinned to the back tightly and her expression looking serious as a heartbeat as she adjusted her glasses over the bridge of her nose and opened her laptop. “Hello, Amelia, thank you for calling me in for this interview, I’ve been looking forward to holding a post in school governance for a while now and I didn’t know I’d get an opportunity so soon,” I told her as I settled into the seat opposite her. “You’re welcome, Apr—”A knock on the door of her office cut her off and she darted her away away from the screen before her and refocused it on the door. “Who’s there?” she asked calmly. “It’s Emma, I have the coffees you requested for,” the lady who’d introduced herself to me as Amelia’s assistant when I walked in spoke from behind the door.“Oh, of course. Come
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-26PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS 187
APRIL The feeling of a palm slamming into my face harshly jerked me to life. To my horror, the first face my eyes landed on was the last one I’d seen just seconds before I lost consciousness. Brooke’s. “Wakey Wakey, slut,” she flashed me a mischievous smile. I looked around, trying to figure out what the fuck was going on. I’d gathered that she was the reckless idiot that collided into the Uber I was in since she was the person I saw after he hopped out to confront her angrily. What I didn’t understand was why I was now in the back seat of her car and being rudely awoken with a slap. Why would the driver have allowed her take me? I was his fucking passenger and his damn responsibility. When this mess was over, I’d ensure that he never drove another car in this city, and my mates would make sure of it. “Cat caught your tongue, hun? Or have you lost your manners because you’ve been chugging three cocks at once?” she said in the most annoying sing-song voice. I didn’t care one
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-27PLAYTHING OF THE ALPHA PREDATORS 187B
APRIL Brooke seemed elated to carry on with how she’d pulled off poisoning me. “Amelia was pretty oblivious to what was unfolding behind closed doors. All she got was a direct order from the Dean of Student Affairs that you’ve been further pardoned because of your academic background and should be offered a minor post,” she smiled gleefully as she carried on.I wished I could slap that smile off her face. I owed her a slap anyways. “And then, her assistant—the foolish and gullible Emma was the last peice of the puzzle. All it took for her to spike your coffee with the poison was a chance to join me for a private tour of the model agency so she could meet the models she had helpless crushes on,” she dangled a potion bottle in my face, the dark contents making my skin crawl. That had to be the poison. The one that was now wrecking my body to shreds. “Why keep yapping about your diabolical plan? Why not just shut the fuck up and let me die in peace at least?” I refused to give her t
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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
