"Oh it's nothing at all alpha, I was just heading downstairs for pack training " Riggs commented with a straight face. He bowed his head a little and walked past me. My cheeks burned in embarrassment as alpha remained holding my wrist while my free hand tried to hold my towel in place. I couldn’t get over the fact that he had just seen me naked.I dared to look up at Riggs and found a smirk on his face and he just winked at me and hell that did not do well to make me feel better in any way.As soon as Riggs had left us both in the room, alpha turned to look at me, "are you okay? You should be watchful of your steps."I pulled free from his hold, keeping my eyes on the ground and nodding fast as I sprinted up the steps not wanting to meet his gaze for any reason."You took a while." My mom called to me once I was alone with her in the bedroom. I nodded, avoiding saying anything so I wouldn't get in trouble.I changed into a sports bra I'd packed and matching black shorts and joined my
"Alpha I'm so sorry," I blinked multiple times, as if trying to make myself understand this wasn't a dream but reality.The silence was deafening and from the stories I'd heard, people died from doing things like this to the famous alpha Kaden."You just hurt a pack member," Alpha Kaden frowned and folded his hands across his chest, "Talie." He pointed out like I didn't know. His eyes darkened and lines formed on his forehead, creeping me out, I hadn't seen him like this yet."She started it!" I pointed my finger at her.Shadow was now standing on her own two feet and sobbing, "I think she broke my fucking wrist, I can't move it.""Well, bitch, you deserved it, after everything you said." I clenched my fists by my side, irritated and feeling the anger all over again."Talie, I'm standing before you, watch your language, and how you speak." Alpha said but my eyes remained fixed on Shadow."Have you no respect? Alpha's literally talking to you and you are disrespecting him, do you even k
When I rejoined The crowd outside there weren’t too many people looking at me like I expected them to. I lowered my gaze and realised that the training had started. I felt awkward participating. Alpha Kaden was nowhere to be seen. I helped myself to a corner and watched the training. It was basically the warriors training the werewolves how to fight. I should have been patient and waited until the fight to beat Shadow's ass.I wanted to head back upstairs but I knew it would only drew unnecessary attention to me.I wrapped my arms around my body, I really didn't belong here.“Hey,” Jack's familiar voice called beside me.“Aren't you going to join the rest of the wolves?” I buried my face in my palm, thinking back to how I'd disrespected Alpha Kaden. It didn't matter much how he treated me when we were alone, I should have given him the ultimate respect.Jack sat down beside me regardless and shrugged his shoulders.“Ugh, you must hate me too.” I groaned, sighing and shaking my head at
Beta Riggs room smelled a lot like rose water. It had white walls and a lot of art pieces, I wondered where he found to make these himself. It was downstairs unlike Alpha's room.There was a king sized bed in the center of the room and his window had a view of training center. His bed, I reflexively plopped against. “Wow, this must be so comfortable for you to come home to especially after a long ass day out.”He only smiled at me. The look on his face was enough for me to figure out that he probably thought I was weird.“What do you think alpha and my mom are talking about?” I asked him as he set up the TV to begin watching his movie.“Hey, let's not get distracted by thoughts like that and just have fun okay?”I nodded at him.“You don't want to change out of your sports clothes?” He asked me, sitting by the edge of the bed and reaching for his remote beside him.“I clearly didn't participate in any activity so I see no reason to.”He didn't say anything at me and an awkward silence
He lifted his hand to hit him again when I jerked to my feet and stood between them, holding his wrist, "alpha!"I pulled my straps back on, panting heavily, "it's a misunderstanding."It was as though I wasn't present in the room as he faced Beta. He pulled free from my hand and held Riggs'to shirt even tighter. Because I was much shorter than the both of them, I was just sandwiched between them, my back pressed against beta Riggs' chest and my chest against Alpha's."What the fuck were you trying to do with her?" He continued to hammer."Alpha I swear nothing, she was hurt and I only wanted to help." Riggs continued to say in his defense."Alpha listen to me..." I groaned, realizing that his fur was now sprouting through his skin and his claws were taking over. It was only a matter of time before his wolf took over.I tried to push him backwards but he was too strong for me to move him.Maxwell was taking over his body. His eyes had gone completely dark and I could swear I just hea
I paced back and forth unable to decide what core of action to take. He had asked me to stay put, I didn't want to set him off and do anything to set him off but I needed to be sure that he wasn't going to hurt Riggs."Fuck it, what's the worse that could happen?" I barged out of the room and sprinted downstairs. I reduced my steps and walked on my tiptoes towards his bedroom door."...so why would you fucking do it? Talk man have you fucking gone deaf?" Alpha was making my heart race."I swear on my life alpha, I didn't touch her inappropriately, you know me, you know that's something I would never do." Beta Riggs was so calm and collected, I couldn't wrap my head around it. Any other person would have fainted in this situation."Riggs, why was she in your room in the first place?" There was a quick long pause."Answer me!" Alpha barked."Because I asked her to come here.""Why?"Goodness, did this man really want to know every single thing that happened? What was his goddamn problem
Alpha Kaden didn't respond to my accusations, just stared at me without any emotions showing on his face and then he walked away."Talie, what has gotten into you?" My mum gasped, giving me a slight knock on my head when he was gone. "I'm so sorry beta," my mum sighed, "we will get right to packing."Beta Riggs nodded at me, his eyes flickering to my shoulder and I knew he had unasked questions but he held it all in and went to do just as alpha had requested earlier."Don't give me that face, he should have told us earlier." I rolled my eyes at my mum as she glared at me."You act like we don't get to live here for free, I just can't phantom what your problem could be at this point." She was so done with me.I scoffed, "if only you knew the things he's been doing to me." I mumbled under my voice and headed towards the door."Where on earth are you go...""To get a glass of water." I snapped at my mom before she could even get to finish her sentence. Just like her, I had every right to
Once alpha left, my mum went to her room. I didn't want to bother her knowing she would want to still be reminiscing from whatever could have happened in her meeting with alpha.I flipped the switch in my room and sighed. There was an floor bed but that was all. I sat there and drew my knees to my chest, resting my head on them and staring at the floor as though it was the most interesting thing I knew in the moment.I thought about Shayla, Ash and everyone else and how they were doing. Surely by now they knew that we had escaped and thought of us as traitors but they were in my heart everyday.There was no activity for me to do so I just kept pacing back and forth in my room until it was midnight and time for me to sleep.I flinched awake from my sleep when Alpha's voice called through the mind link. "Get ready for pack run in thirty minutes."I groaned and immediately tuned him out, knowing he was addressing the pack in general anyway.My mum knocked on my door only five minutes late
Andrea began to walk out of the pack house, and I trailed along behind her, trying my best not to be seen.I watched as She scurried past bushes, and the moment she was getting further away from the pack house, she began to pick up her pace.As if she sensed that someone was following her, so it was hard to keep up with her because it was still a little bit dark. it was barely seven in the morning, and the sun had still not risen. I tried to dodge all the branches, tall grass,as I made my way after her.She stopped in front of a small shack and stepped in. I watched from afar, hidden from any view. Why else would she be in a small shop with my alpha? I swallowed a lump that grew in my throat. It better not be what I was thinking It was.I opened the door slowly. It was dark. "Hello," I called into the darkness. All of a sudden, all the lights flickered on, and I heard a huge confetti sound.I put my hands over my ears, flinching from the fear that came with it. I looked around and saw
I headed back to the pack house all by myself and decided to think nothing of it.I hoped that if Andrea would come back to me and explain the situation, maybe I wouldn't have to be so worried. I stayed in the living room, pacing back and forth and waiting for her to show up. When she began to not, I decided to engage myself in something else, I went back to the office and decided to look through the papers that I wasn't done with. After an hour had passed, I left the office and saw Andrea walking into the pack house."Hey," I said. "I thought You were going to be at Ava's place.""Yeah," i replied. "Turned out that she wasn't home, so I came to the pack almost immediately, and you weren't here. I thought we could have hung out and watched some movies together. Where did you go?""I just had to quickly deal with something." I closed my eyes, started mumbling under my breath, and internally hoped that she should confess and say that she was. But she didn't. I nodded at l her. “Oka
Three months laterAndrea walked into the office where I was busy looking through the paperwork for Alpha so that he wouldn't have to do it so much. I looked up at her and broke into a smile. "If it is not my favorite friend," I said. She smiled back at me, a smile creeping up her lips. She folded her arms across her chest. "What about your dad?”"He's been at your mom's place, like at this point is tiring me out," she chuckled. "Like if you guys want to be together, just say that's something. Why are you wasting our time? Like bro, my younger brothers have been asking me and I have no idea what to tell them.”“Really.” “Yeah.""So I'm going over there to call him back home. I hope he remembers that he has children," I closed the book in front of me. "Well then I'm coming with you because I really want to see my mum too. I have a few things I want to discuss with her.""Okay then, no problem," she said.As we walked to my mom's place, hand in hand, she interlocked her hands with m
I woke up the next morning to snuggly kisses from Alpha. I said in his sleepy voice. “Shouldn't you still be resting after everything that has happened?" He smiled at me. "Why? When I have everything I need here? Get ready. We're going out today." That got me to open my eyes. "Where are we going?"I raised my eyebrow at him. "You just have to find out, my love.”“then you shouldn't have told me. You know how curious I can get." "It's no big deal," he chuckled. "I'm just pulling your leg. I actually just want us to go out and have fun together. Do you know the entire time I was in the middle of the war? The only thing I was thinking about was you. And if you were doing fine, I swear you've taken full control of my mind and body at this point." I couldn't help but laugh at him. "I got my feet all right, I’ll get dressed!"Alpha and I wore matching clothes. I wore a white crop top and jean shorts. He wore a white tank top and jean shorts. He put his hair in a bun, just how I liked
Immediately, he fell forward in my hand. I began to scream, panicking in fear. I tried to balance him on the floor.He was too heavy for me to lift by myself. "Mum," I cried, hoping for whoever was around to come in.My mum immediately ran inside, and surprisingly, Carl tagged along with her. "What's wrong?" "I don't know, he suddenly lost balance.” I cried.My mom immediately tried to check for his pulse. "What's wrong with him? Why is he not breathing?" I asked.She pointed at the floor. "Don't worry, I will fix things. Just get the pack physician," she said. I jerked to my feet, going to do as instructed, immediately wiping my tears with the back of my hand In panic, I was so lost and confused."What happened?!”“I don't understand," I told Andrea as she raced by my side, trying to catch up with me. "Where are you going?""I don't know," I raised my voice after, “I’m clearly as confused as you as you can see, I just want Alpha to be fine." I continued to cry. She didn't say an
We got to Ava's place, and she was happy to see me at the door. She looked confused when she saw Andrea and stared at me, waiting for some sort of explanation."Oh yeah, this is Andrea. She's a new pack member.”“She doesn't smell like she's a part of our pack." She raised an eyebrow."Yeah, that is why I said she's a new pack member.""Ohh, it's nice to see you. What brings you guys here?" Then she realized that the whole thing with Alpha had happened, and then she raised her eyebrows at me. "Oh my goodness, that must be so insensitive of me to ask. I know that Alpha has gone off to war. I can't even imagine how you are dealing with things right now." She tugged my hand and pulled me into the room. "Come on, settle in."Andrea looked around Ava's place. "This is a nice place you've got. And yeah, she did want to come here to get his mind off things because she's been so worried, like Alpha is going to lose the battle or something." Andrea rolled her eyes.I didn't understand why she
I assisted Alpha to pack his things that he would need for the war, and when it was time for him to leave, I found myself sitting on the bed, burying my face in my hands and crying.He hurried to my side and crouched in front of me, he wiped my tears off with the pad of his thumb. In my seated position, I threw my arms around him and wailed against his shoulder."Why are you crying so much?""I don't want anything to happen to you."He pulled away from my embrace. "I just assured you that I'd be fine. Just trust me, okay?"I nodded at his words. Even though I found myself not believing him, it didn't seem like a reality until I saw him and the rest of the warriors with his bag slung over his shoulder as he prepared to leave the pack for war.I held my chest tightly. There is no way anyone could defeat my Alpha. He was the best. I knew it, but I didn't know why I was so scared. Things were finally going fine . The last thing I wanted was for it to be jinxed.I wanted to find my mum alm
At first, I was confused. Then I turned to look at Alpha; he shook his head. 'I'm sorry, I can't do that.'She immediately stepped forward, going on her knees and holding his feet. 'Please, you have to take us in. Look, that's my youngest brother, and he's really sick.' She pointed at the child in her father's hands. 'If we don't find shelter now, I don't think he can make it. Please, I beg you, we will do anything you ask us to do. I can sense that you're the alpha of the pack, please.'Seeing alphas reluctance she added, 'My dad himself was a trained warrior before everything came crashing down. It would be very helpful to the pack's growth. Don't deny us access, and I'm begging you with everything.'she began to shed tears. She was looking like she was about my age, and I felt the pain. When I saw her dad's face, it reminded me of my mum and how desperate she was the first time we left.I turned to Alpha, tugging his shirt. ‘please, just take them in. I feel like there is enough
The next morning, when we woke up, I rolled into Alpha's arms."Hey, did you sleep very well?" I asked him. He nodded. "Yeah, I did. Especially when you are here by my side.” “So, what do you want to have for breakfast? I don't know. I want to have you. It's you." "Stop. Be for real?" I chuckled. I hid my laughter behind my hand."I don't know. I'm not really hungry. I just want us to eat.""Are you ready to leave for the pack house?""Yeah, but we can't go unless we see Shayla first. I need to say my proper goodbye before I disappear. I don't know when I'm going to see her again, so let's not just rush to leave, right?""Okay?" He nodded and kissed my forehead."Goodness, I can't imagine the amount of work that I have to go back home to, but it's fine. We'll just settle in just as quickly as we left." I pursed my lips and nodded at him."Alright, I'll go and find something for us to eat. I should go see Shayla.""I really want to know how she’s settling in. You can hang out with J