Seeing my hesitation, he started to say, "Talie, we're not supposed to keep anything from each other. Spill the truth, what is going on?"No matter how hard I tried, Riggs' words just kept playing in my head about how he had told me to keep this secret.I didn't want to betray him a second time."I cant tell you," i eventually said, deciding that I was not going to lie to him."Does this have anything to do with the person that attacked you and your mum earlier?""I really can't say much," i said in a low voice and quickly added, "but I need you to trust me. Once I figure this out, I promise I'll tell you everything.""I would hope that I would be the number one person you could trust."I closed the distance between us and put my arms around his neck. "And you are, I swear you are, but I just... this is something I need to figure out on my own."I was expecting some pressure, something to force me to talk until I spilled, but surprisingly he didn’t do anything. He put one arm around m
**Kaden**I saw the worry in her eyes, but I immediately brushed it off with a smile. "I promise I'm fine. It's something I'll fix. I'll be back after the meeting with her father. We'll discuss more on it."She couldn't wipe the worry off her face, so I leaned in and kissed her cheek. "I thought you were angry with me you were just acting jealous back there."She pouted, “I need you to be fine. “I took a step back. " I am fine go back there and focus on training. I think everybody can handle things from there. I'll leave for my meeting now. It's almost seven in the morning.""Are they aware you’re coming?" She asked me. “I didn't let them know, they almost tried to kill us. Why do you think they would be so welcoming? I'm going there without warning. If they send my head back, Just know I love you."She widened her eyes in horror."I'm just kidding. Please be safe. I'll do my very best."She frowned, I smiled. I knew she was still worried. I watched her leave to join the rest of the
TalieI was still trying to take time to process how Alpha’s presence when Riggs broke his silence. "You told him about it," he said. " you said you would keep it a secret."I turned to face him immediately, “what no, I didn't.”“Then why is he here?”I turned to face alpha, “I was going to ask him the same thing.”"Talie you what are you doing?" he said in a very soft voice."It's Riggs," I said. "Alpha can't you see he's alive and—"Alpha stretched his hand towards me, trying to pull me to his side, but I didn't take his hands. "Alpha? I don't know why you followed me. I told you to trust me."His face was cold and expressionless as he stared at Riggs, all of this was confusing but I really wanted to know."Talie take my hands," his voice was stern and cold.” I stared at him in confusion, “but why?”“That is clearly not Riggs, anyone would know that,” he said. "What are you talking about?"He dragged me to his side. "That is a shapeshifter Talie. You can tell by the way they smel
I stepped out of the water and put my clothes on. I went after him, “you know this person?”"Yes," he lifted her in his arms, "quickly get the pack doctor, okay?"I stared at him in confusion. We were clearly heading back together. I tried to keep up with him, noticing how fast he was heading back to the pack. He was carrying her in his arms. She looked like she had been beaten and battered. Her face was heavily scarred and swollen. Blood stains were all over her dress. Part of her hair looked like it had been pulled out, and her blue dress was as good as being ragged. I tried to guess she was a rogue, but I couldn't pick up any rogue scent from her. "Alpha, are you sure it's okay to take her to the pack? She looks like someone is coming after her.""They can’t stand a chance against my men regardless of who they are.”I was surprised to see him putting the rest of the pack at risk for just one person. I really wanted to know who she was and why she had washed up at the lake.We go
"What the hell?" I stared blankly at him. He got to his feet to open the door. She stood there, leaning against the doorframe. "I’m so sorry to bother you like this, but I keep having nightmares and feel troubled. It feels like someone would come in to get me, especially my attackers." She said in an almost inaudible voice. "That’s understandable. It’s fine you can sleep in here." "Oh wow." I got to my feet in utter shock. I picked up a pillow and blanket and began to head out of the room. Alpha held my arm and pulled me back, stopping me. "Where are you going?" "Clearly leaving the room to give you two the privacy you need." "What are you talking about?" "You just told her it was fine for her to sleep in here." "Yes, but I wasn’t asking you to leave. I was going to leave so you two could sleep here together." He said his voice was still heavy with sleep. "Oh, I’m pretty sure Savanna doesn’t want to sleep with a stranger like me. She is clearly traumatized and probably believ
"Excuse me," I raised one eyebrow at her."You have nothing to worry about though. He seems very much in love with you.""Are you out of your mind?"I didn’t understand what the hell was happening."I think you're a little confused. We are mated, as in Luna and alpha of this pack.""And congratulations on that.""Did you make up everything you said?""No.""So what the hell do you want?""I didn’t want him then because I knew he wasn’t my mate. I liked him, yes, but I always believed in spending the rest of my life with the man who’s fated to be my mate. Well, here’s the thing," she pointed at her swollen eyes, "you see this? That supposed man of my dreams did this to me. He gave me this huge eye, and now he’s after me again. I should have given him a chance then when he asked for it. I never tried to win his love back then, but he willingly did everything for me. I’m not going to try this time either."I didn’t know how to respond to anything she was saying. This was the last thing
"Oh, I will," I said turning to head upstairs."Talie, wait up!" My mum was calling behind me, but I ignored her and went into alphas room. I don't know why, but I suddenly burst into tears as I began to pack my stuff into a bag."Tal, you can't be serious, he’s just obviously not in the right mood.""Yes, that was why he was defending her and asking me to leave the pack. Like, excuse me, you just met her yesterday. I don't care if you've known her your whole life, Mum. I know none of you believe me and think I'm crazy. But this morning, I went to her room to apologize to her. Would you believe what she said to me? She said that she wanted him and that she returned to the pack because she found out that the guy she was with was useless, so she is going to take a chance with alpha now."My mum stared at me, clearly surprised. "I thought as much," I chuckled sarcastically, "Even you don't believe me. So why do I expect him to care.""Where will you go, packing all your things like this?
"Ash?" Shayla said in confusion."What on earth are you doing?" I asked him, this was the last thing I had expected to see. The girl with him hopped off his cock, pulling the blankets to cover her nakedness. "You said she was sleeping over at Brittany's!" She scolded Ash, a frown etched on her face. She wasn’t a familiar face I was used to. "She was. What are you doing back here?" Ash asked."Is that the question you should be asking? Ask yourself why you're with another person in our room," Shayla said with a trembling voice.He opened his mouth to say something, but then he decided against it, "Let's go talk about this outside.""I don't want to talk about this outside. I want to talk about it now." Her eyes were welled with tears. "How could you do this to me?""I've been avoiding this conversation, but since you won't drop it..." Ash began. "Look, ever since you found your mate, the bond between us was broken. You knew it, I knew it. We've been trying to make things work, but I