All Chapters of Alpha's Dilemma : Claiming My Golden Wolf Luna: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

DARRYL I watched Lucian adjust his football gear for the hundredth time, trying to ignore the way Shadow was pacing restlessly in my head. Practice wasn't for another hour, but we always came early - had been since freshman year when we both made varsity and needed the extra time to prove ourselves worthy of those spots. "Coach wants to switch up the defensive line," Lucian said, tossing the ball between his hands. "Says we're getting predictable." "We could try that counter formation we worked on last season," I suggested, focusing on the conversation instead of the way Shadow kept pulling my attention across the field. "Mix it up with some new plays." "That could work," Lucian nodded, and I couldn't help but smile. This was why we clicked from the start - he didn't know about mates or pack dynamics or any of that supernatural crap. To him, I was just Darryl, his best friend and brother. We understood each other in a way most people couldn't, both of us having lost everything

HAZELThe final bell had barely stopped ringing when I burst through the school's front doors, my heart hammering against my ribs. Jake's appearance in the principal's office had thrown me completely off balance. I'd spent the rest of my classes in a daze, barely hearing the teachers' words over the roar of questions in my head.Why was he here? How did he even find me? My hands trembled slightly as I fumbled with my locker combination. I'd been avoiding Jake all day, making excuses about classes and meetings, but I knew I couldn't dodge him forever."Need help with that?"I jumped at Jake's voice, so close behind me that I could smell his expensive cologne. I squared my shoulders and kept my eyes forward, focusing on gathering my books."I've got it," I said coldly, slamming my locker shut.Jake leaned against the adjacent locker, blocking my escape route with his body. He wore a practiced smile that I now realized never quite reached his eyes. How had I been so blind?"Come on, Haz

HAZELThe hallway was too quiet, the kind of silence that sets your nerves on fire. I slowed my steps and I could feel it more, Something was very off. My gut was never wrong about this kind of thing.I paused and scanned the empty corridor, every shadow and corner suddenly feeling suspicious. A faint sound came from behind me, but when I turned around, there was absolutely nothing. Just the same stretch of a silent hallway.“Get it together, Hazel,” I muttered under my breath and shook my head hard. “It’s just your mind playing tricks. Focus.”Still, my feet moved faster. I didn’t like the feeling creeping over me. My hand shot out to push the bathroom door open, and I ran inside, shutting it behind me with more force than necessary.The silence inside was worse somehow. I leaned against the door, exhaling hard like I’d just run a mile. I closed my eyes for a second, trying to calm down and that's when I spotted her.Amy.She was standing at the sink, hunched over like she didn’t wan

DARRYLI couldn’t bring myself to go to school after what happened with Jake. The way my hand tightened around his throat, the way my wolf surged forward, growling to take over. if Hazel hadn’t stopped me, I might have torn him apart right there. Shadow, my wolf, had wanted blood, and in that moment, I realized just how dangerous being around Hazel could be. Not for me, but for everyone else.So, I stayed home. I needed distance.“You’re being an idiot,” Shadow’s voice rumbled. “Our mate is in school, and you’re here, sulking.”I groaned and sank deeper into my bed, clutching my pillow like it could somehow muffle him out. “We can’t be around her every second,” I snapped. “You know what happens when we’re close. I lose control. You lose control.”“And staying away is working out great, isn’t it?” Shadow sneered. “Because I’m definitely losing it more right now. The bond isn’t going to weaken just because you’re hiding under a blanket.”He wasn’t wrong, and that made it worse. My ches

HAZEL “Tell me the truth, Hazel,” my father’s voice was calm like he was trying to pull something out of me that I wasn’t ready to share. “Did you see anything? Anything at all?”I could feel the weight of his gaze on me as he waited for an answer. My pulse quickened, and I stared at the floor, my mind racing for a way out. But the truth? It felt too dangerous to tell, and I wasn’t about to get anyone else involved. Especially not Darryl.“No,” I said bluntly, not meeting his eyes.“Are you sure?” he pressed leaned in slightly, his eyes narrowing as he looked directly into mine. “Did you see anyone running?”I swallowed hard. It felt like my father was reading me, trying to pull the truth from my very soul. But how could I tell him the truth when I didn’t even fully understand it myself? How could I explain the way my heart twisted whenever I thought of Darryl or the weird suspicion crawling through my mind that something wasn’t right with the whole situation?“No,” I repeated, even