We got into Alpha's car and he zoomed off into the distance. Putting my seatbelt on, I turned to look at him, "where are we going Alpha?""We are headed there, aren't we?"I nodded and said nothing for a while until I decided to ask what was on my kind, "what about Alice? You didn't seem to have returned with her.""Yes, she will be back tomorrow, I gave a warrior the task of finding her a home around.""Oh," I sighed, "so she's going to be staying for a long while is basically what you're saying."His eyes were fixed on the road as we continued our journey."Why isn't she just staying in the packhouse?""It's not for living, it's accessible to all packhouse members and unless there's an emergency reason, it's only home to the alpha, beta and their family.""But she's the future Luna,""She's not mated yet.""Yeah but she's in a foreign land,""look are you just going to keep advocating for her to return or will you let me drive in peace?" He sounded so tired of my pestering by now.I
We were greeted with confetti when we got back to the packhouse. I flinched and scooted closer to the alpha. He held my hand tight to ease my worry but he didn't seem startled by himself.“Happy birthday!” Riggs called, blowing a small party whistle.I let go of him and my worry transitioned into ease. I broke into a smile, looking around, he had set up the living room with a few ballons and a birthday cake was in the center of the room.You guys took forever but I’m glad to see that you’re back from your honeymoon,” he teased, “come on Talie.”“You are the fucking sweetest Riggs,” I chuckled, digging the knife into the cake and stuffing my mouth with it.“You were waiting for us?”“Yes, let’s just have fun tonight and stay up for as long as we can.” He chuckled. I looked back at alpha to see his expresion and hope ld he didn’t ruin things with a mood.He had a small smile on his face and I took that as a go ahead.“Let’s do this!”Riggs grinned and turned music on. “I’ll go get the
"What are you talking about?" I was drunk but I wasn't hearing things."From the first day I saw you, my wolf knew we were mates, that's why I was so protective of you to begin with, but I'm bound to someone and so…"I cut him off with a nervous chuckle, "so let me get things straight, you have been my fucking mate the whole time and the only reason I couldn't tell was because you were bonded to someone else?"He reached to hold me, "Talie, I-""Don't fucking touch me!" I snapped, standing to my feet and moving away from him, "do you know what I have gone through all these time because I couldn't find a mate and you just casually say," I trailed off, unable to finish my sentence as tears streamed down my cheeks.He stood up and breached the distance between us, "Talie," he lifted my chin so I was meeting his gaze, "the last thing I would want is for you to cry over me.""So mark me then, am I going to spend the rest of my life this way? Mateless? Why wouldn't the moon goddess fate me t
"Alpha?" I called looking around me. I sat up in bed and stretched wondering why his name of the first thing that came to my mind and soon as I woke up.Stretching cause the blankets to fall free from my chest region and I was fully naked. I widened my eyes as memories from last night flooded my head. I wondered if he had left the room because of me.I sighed in relief when I saw him coming out of the bathroom patting his hair dry his gaze fixed on me as soon as he saw me. He came to stand beside me and planted a kiss on my lips, "look who's finally decided to come awake."I looked around to see if I would find a wall clock or something "why? is it really that late?""Good morning sleepyhead," He came even closer, lowered himself to plant a kiss on my cheek before he turned to leave. I held his face to stop him and kiss his lips softly. He spread them apart and deepened our kiss.I closed my eyes and shook my head ,"yeah if you don't stop now, we're definitely going to be repeating wha
"Alpha," I gasped, trying to pull myself free from his grip, "alpha stop everyone is watching!" I called in a whisper. He came to a halt that startled me, holding my arms and digging his fingers into the skin, his veins palpating, his eyes flickering between his and his wolf."That's right,let them watch." He gritted his teeth and turned to face the students, "I'll get the perpetrators, and they have not just risked being exiled from the pack but they will certainly be expelled from the school," he said, "look at her well, she's the future Luna of this pack, if you mess with her, you've messed with me."There were collective gasps and everyone turned to look at us, seeming like they weren't sure they understood what they had just heard."Yes alpha," they chorused.Alpha took my wrist and continued to pull me out of school.Oh goddess, what did he just do?Shayla pov"You look so hurt," my mate said, eyeing me from head to toe, "do you know your name or where you are from?" Even though
I was glued to the floor after Alpha made the announcement and pulled me into the car with him. "Great, my reputation has been ruined, you didn't even give me a chance to leave an impression on them.""I was still lingering around taking to the teachers, of course, I had to intervene, you belong to me and if anyone tried to do something to harm you, it's only sensible that I step in." I should be mad but heading him say the words made me blush."I don't think I can show my face in there ever again, this is so not how I planned my last year's in school to go," I told him."Of course you will, now they know not to mess with you," he shrugged, his eyes fixed on the road, "do you want me to take you home? No one's going to be at the pack house, border patrol has doubled in its intense care now." "No, just drop me off at the lake you took me to on my birthday," I sighed, looking out the window. If patrol was heavy like he said, the chances were that my mum was also away from home."Sure."
I could feel my blood boiling in anger but she was Kaden's known mate, I couldn't disrespect her. If what Alpha said was true and I was future Luna I would make her pay but staying in this room for even a second more was dangerous, goodness knew what I could do to hurt her.I turned around to take my leave, "yes, do exactly that, you goddamn bitch!" She called behind me."You have no shame," I called under my breath and once I was at the door, away from her, I added in a harsh tone, "I didn't choose alpha, he chose me."Coming to the packhouse was a mistake. I should have just gone home, I don't know what I was thinking.I felt tears well my eyes as I walked back home, "this is bullshit, I shouldn't be crying because of that bitch." I wiped the tears from my eyes aggressively. I tried to stop but it was against my control."Hey," I heard Riggs' voice as I was only a few feet from the packhouse. I quickly dried my eyes as best as I could and forced a huge grin before turning around to
“Do you think alpha is still mad at me?” I asked beta once we were on the pack house living room. He had gotten the bandages from the first aid box and was now wrapping my injury, on one knee in front of me while I sat on the couch.“He has every right to be,” he nodded, without looking up at me.“Are you mad at me?” I asked in a low voice, my eyebrows pulled together in worry. He met my gaze with a sigh from his kneeling position, “you endangered the pack, we’ve not been open to such risks in years, this was too far,” he sighed, “but I know you didn’t do it on purpose, it’s fine.”There was a brief moment of silence, “you know, I prefer it if you are mad at me instead, I don’t like the calm and collected, my mum will kill me, alpha will kill me,” I buried my face in my hands, “fuck what was I thinking,” I moaned.Riggs stood upright and cleared his throat, “stay here, let me get the ice pack for your elbow.”“It’s fine, I’ll do it myself, you’ve already done enough,” I shook my head
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