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
(Back to the pack run in chapter 23 for reference...)Nala whined, she didn't like how packed we were and needed the freedom. As soon as she saw the chance to deviate from the route alpha was leading, she slowed down, almost getting knocked over multiple times. She picked herself up and diverted to the left lane, away from all that tension.Once we were in the comfort of the woods away from residence, I shifted, glad to take control of my body once more.I knew better than to go any further as warriors heavily patrolled around the borders. I sighed, and drifted away in thoughts of my old pack and everything that I missed in it. "Coming here as your hideout, kitty?" I flinched out of my thoughts only to find Shadow standing behind me with her hands crossed across her chest. "What the fuck do you want Shadow? Did you seriously follow me all the way here just to tell me that?""Why did you leave pack run?" She asked me."It's none of your business, leave me alone!" I snapped at her, rol
It was taking too long for me to catch my breath, I put my hand up to my chest and decided to head downstairs for a glass of water. Getting to the kitchen, I poured myself at least ten glasses before I was satisfied and we to back to my room.I paced back and forth the room contemplating on whether or not I could Alpha about this. What would he do or say? I didn't know if he could hear it? Surely he could help me."He's my mate, I have no reason to keep anything from him." I assured myself. I tried my best to calm my nerves before leaving my room.I went to his room, I was about to knock on the door when I heard two voices conversing from within."Are you certain about this?" Alpha asked someone inside the room with him.I furrowed my eyebrows, "yes alpha," Riggs called back. I felt relief to know they were back to having a conversation after all that had happened. How was he doing fine? he had just been unconscious."I saw it when I was cleaning her wounds up," Riggs said, "she was gl
Once we were away from the pack, I pulled her into a tight hug, not letting go. She was hesitant but she took my hug. "I can't believe this, what happened to you? How did you get here?""It's a long story." She sighed. "I knew I was not being delusional when I said I could smell you." I thought back to tonight and the invaders, I had picked her scent before the attack."I need your help, I lost my way and I have to take someone back to the pack but I can't do it on my own." She said in rushed tones. "How long have you been out here?" I wondering, noting how she looked like she had gone from going days without a proper meal.We continued to walk further away. I tried to keep track of my direction at the back of my head but it was proving impossible because I was distracted by the thoughts of what I had heard."How did you lose your way to begin with?" I asked her, giving her all my attention.Alpha would protect me no matter what but she had no one so I was going to be there for her.
CecilI couldn't believe Sam could break up with me after all we had been through. Taking this stroll was the only thing keeping me sane tonight. I almost fainted when I saw someone else taking a stroll on the streets.A bright smile cane on my face as soon as I saw that it was none other than Talie. I was going to call her and wave when I suddenly remembered what had taken place at the school. The last thing I wanted right now was to get in trouble with alpha for any reasons whatsoever."Fuck it," I shrugged, waving in her direction when out of the blue I saw her talking to a random girl that seemed to have popped out of nowhere.She seemed excited to see her but something about her felt suspicious.I decided to follow behind them carefully and that was when I saw them leaving the border. "What the fuck is happening?" I muttered to myself. I wouldn't dare step foot out of the border for anything. I watched from a distance as they laid in the field. It calmed me so much especially wit
Talie"You know I really didn't believe these people when they said you were part of another pack, I just did as they asked so they would release my mate," Shayla broke the growing silence between us. We had been sitting still, neither of us saying a thing."Your mate?" I looked at the tied up man thar had been unconscious the whole time, "but what about Ash?"She sighed, "I don't know yet, I was thinking of rejecting him," she glanced over at him and heaved another sigh, "but I really don't think I can bring myself to do it, I just can't.""This is definitely not how I planned a reunion between us to be," I told her. I'd thought I'd make a request from alpha to let me go see them, and help them out."Tell me about it, I should have just sat my ass back in the pack, be with my family, my lover and not have to deal with any of this, especially if I would have known you were fine and left on your own, gosh, I still can't believe you left without saying goodbye." The resentment in her voi
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