All Chapters of IMPRINTED ON BY THE ALPHA: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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PROMISE YOU THE WORLD

“Do you need a breather, princess?” I heard him speak. He laughed and the wind carried the sound towards me.Even though I was extremely irritated, I delighted in that laughter. It was nothing special really, in fact Roman’s laugh had always been kind of loud and obnoxious. But it was contagious.I stopped walking and crouched down to place my hands on my knees and catch my breath.“Oh shut up!” I huffed. I was sweaty, my bones were aching and I’m pretty sure the humidity was making my hair frizz up. I would have a full on fro by the time I got back home.Heck! I would have a full on fro by the time we got to the top of this stupid mountain.I told Kat straightening my hair for my date with Roman wasn’t necessary.I never straightened my hair willingly.And I especially wouldn’t have let Kat torture me with her flat iron if I knew Roman’s idea of a ‘date’ was hiking up the highest mountain in Woodfell.“You’re not human, are you?” I finally asked him.He stood a few meters away from
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A MELROSE AFFAIR

Tristan I was beyond frustrated as I emerged through the thick foliage of the woods once more and appeared in the backyard of the manor.Bridget was standing in front of the backdoor holding a pile of folded clothes.When she spotted me, her eyes dimmed.She was mad."I told you, it's no use. If he was here, he's long gone." She spoke.I growled and remembered I was in my wolf form.I was always more comfortable in my wolf form, everything was sharper, everything was clearer. I primarily ran in instinct. And basically, it felt like most of my problems could be solved when I was in my wolf form."You have to meet with the Defence wing in an hour, Tristan. You might want to turn back now." Bridget spoke.I detected the annoyance in her voice. I could tell I had been frustrating her all evening by constantly brushing off her suggestions.Another of my favourite parts of being in my wolf form is that I couldn't talk to people in their human forms.The water in the pool rippled with the
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THE FIRST CHALENGE

That evening, pretty much everyone was in a bad mood.Kat was still mad at me for having rotten luck, I was mad at Kat because she was mad at me and not to mention I just found out she might have been with my boyfriend!Hazel had gotten her tail today as she was brushing her teeth. She didn’t notice so as she was leaving the bathroom she accidentally slammed it in the door. So she was sulking.Aunt Sarah had found out that Kat exiled me from our room so she yelled at Kat and then yelled at me for not telling her. And now the three of us were mad at everyone.So I’m back in my room now but I can’t say I’m all that excited about it.Kat could still smother me with a pillow in my sleep.And then there was Uncle Victor who looked all kinds of nervous because there were too many angry women in his house.Really, Parker was the only one who was even relatively in a good mood.He filled up the dinner table with chatter about his cutthroat life on the play ground.It’s not until Uncle Victor
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THE ATTACK

My plan, during this entire partnership, had been to keep Joshua Melrose moderately happy throughout this whole thing.Well, ‘happy’ is a strong word. Let’s just say I had been planning on keeping the things I was doing to irritate him to a bare minimum.And to be honest, my plan had been to kind of stick to the shadows and let him do his thing. I knew we would be partners in this entire program but I hadn’t actually expected us to have to work as partners.And for a task that involved us having to stay discreet and hidden, he sure had the worst of luck in getting partnered with the slowest person in the program. I was jogging behind Joshua. He had kept a steady pace for me which I was actually managing. Don’t get me wrong, we weren’t doing too well even if we had a head start but I think we had covered enough distance.I had no idea which way Allison and Andre had gone which was probably a good thing.Joshua finally slowed down. We stuck up the woods because it would probably give
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LADY MELROSE

“Crystal. I need you to understand that things are different now - no baby - don’t cry. It’s just that you and I can’t live together right now.” I remember my barely fourteen year old self shedding tears. I remember being afraid, confused too. Abandoned.”Your Uncle Victor will take really good care of you.” She continued as she wiped my tears with her sweater sleeves.It was no use, the tears still rolled down my cheeks. Why didn’t my own mother want me?Was I cursed? Was this thing I was turning into the problem?”Baby, mummy needs to go now, okay?” She continued.”No.” I protested as I held on to her. “Don’t leave me, mum.”“It’s okay, baby girl.” She cooed as she stroked my hair. “Mummy loves you, okay? She loves you so so much.”She took the crescent necklace that hang around my neck and then took out her own from under her sweater.”We’re always connected, my love, one way or another, we’re Van Cliff wolves. I’ll be back for you. I promise.” Her eyes glowed blue and mine mirror
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II

“How am I supposed to know?” I muttered.Joshua’s accusations in the woods came back to mind.Telling them about the argument we had definitely wouldn’t help my case. It would just make me took more guilty.“Raph, save the questions for the defense wing.” Bridget snapped.I turned to look at her in gratitude but she just looked away from me.I know she hated me but she didn’t actually believe I had something to do with this attack, did she?I looked at May. What about her?Did she think I was guilty?“Nana Francesca is here.” Bridget suddenly spoke, stopping the conversation entirely.We all turned to see a black SUV approaching us.“Oh no.” May cringed, looking at me in fear.Wait? What was going on?Bridget, May and Raphael all stood at attention as the car stopped in front of us.Was I supposed to stand at attention as well? What in the world?Two women, dressed like the three soldiers I was with got out of the front and one opened the back door.A lady in a black dress with a flor
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THE DEAL

“Don’t you eat, dear?” Lady Melrose spoke.I looked at the food before me.Anita had whipped it up and it honestly smelt and looked amazing. Chicken a la king.There were chicken strips and pasta dipped in a creamy cheesy sauce with mushrooms.But my nerves honestly weren’t letting me eat much. I took one bite and immediately went back to thinking about Joshua’s bloody skin, about the wolf...I thought about the people back at school; Kat and Chris... were they safe? Had they been sent home?What about Aunt Sarah and Uncle Victor?Aunt Sarah worked at the nursery school so she would have to stay there.But Uncle Victor’s construction jobs probably weren’t much of a priority, I’m sure he was allowed to leave and be with Aunt Sarah, Hazel and Parker.“Francesca, she obviously can’t stomach the stuff, leave her alone.” Anita spoke, smiling at me warmly as she came to place a hand on my shoulder. “It’s okay, sweetie. When my son got back from the war, he couldn’t stomach anything either.”
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II

Oh my goodness. This woman.“Anyway, I made sure that wouldn’t happen tonight.” She had a knowing smile on her face.I didn’t even want to think about what she could have done.“But I’m serious,” she pointed at Tristan. “Take care of this one. I like her better than the other one.”Other one?I looked at Tristan and the boy actually looked away from me.Oh now I was mad again.Peter scratched the back of his head awkwardly. And Micheal just coughed.Nana Francesca seemed oblivious to the problem she had made and sauntered over to Peter to give him an kiss on the cheek.“My favourite godson.” She announced.He gave a dimpled smile. “I’m your only godson, Nana.” “And for good reason too.” She smiled a genuine smile.Huh, looks like she has a soft spot for someone.“I saw that fiancée of yours earlier.” She added.Oh... May was his fiancée.Now it made sense.I couldn’t help but actually think about what a good couple they made.I mean they didn’t show it at all during training or I gue
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MELROSE MANOR

“Wow! My own girlfriend doesn’t trust me!” I fought the urge to roll my eyes at Roman. He sat across me, being a little drama queen. “Well so far you haven’t given me a reason to.” I shot back. “I’m your boyfriend!” He yelled. “That really doesn’t count right now!” He placed his hand on his chest and let out a long gasp. “Oh my - will you two stop it? It’s just a game!” Kat snapped from where she sat beside me. This time all three of us let out long dramatic gasps. We were seated at a booth in Chris’ mother’s bakery playing a card game that Chris had introduced to It was called ‘the Resistance’. It was basically a strategy based game where you had to identify who the spy was in the game. And so far, my money was on my dearest boyfriend. Roman and I had been hooked from the beginning but Kat honestly just thought the game was a waste of time. We didn’t care, we made her play anyway. “Someone here is trying to jeopardise this mission and I shall make it my life’s work t
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II

I quickly got dressed in the clothes Bridget had brought. Perfect size, huh, May must have a talent.Bridget wasn’t in the room when I re-emerged. As I stood there, I had time to realize just how odd this felt.Being in the alpha’s manor, in Tristan’s room, using his bathroom so freely, sleeping in his bed...I didn’t even feel that weird about it because come to think of it, Tristan had been a part of me for almost four years.I might have rejected him but the bond still existed.We might have avoided each other like the plague but we still had been very conscious of eachother’s existence.Just knowing that someone is always around, someone who’s supposed to be that special to youcreates a relationship no matter how strange or non intimate.I made my way out of the room. A couple of maids who had been standing in the hallway talkinghastily bowed before scurrying away.I frowned, what was that about?Retracing my steps as best as I could, I started heading back to where I knew the k
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