Chapter 71: I'll get her back

~Jake~

The wind whipped past me as I kept on running. I was determined not to get tired. This was my only coping mechanism and I could not let myself go.

I was the Alpha of this Pack for a reason.

When I think about how the Elders of the council wanted to get rid of me as the Alpha and replace me with my Beta, Aiden, I get consumed with anger and jealousy.

What the hell does Aiden have that I don't?

I know I shouldn't feel this way towards my friend, but I couldn't help it. I don't see him as a traitor, but who knows if he was desiring to be the Alpha secretly.

Of all the options out there, it had to be him. If it was someone else, I am sure that I wouldn't be feeling this way; but the fact that it was my Beta, fueled my anger.

I know I was supposed to believe Aiden's words. Even though he kicked against it, I still couldn't trust him even. The Elders of the council knew what they were up to by suggesting him as the next Alpha after they tried to abdicate me from the throne.

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