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With all courage left in me and the decision to finally face death, I opened the door to Alpha Ryder's room. I walked in heads low, a few steps, and closed the door. I gathered all the strength I had to raise my head and looked at him this close.He stood there, our eyes meeting. His alluring beauty had no match or trace. He captivated me in his presence with grace. His charm and wit ensnare me in delight. He was truly how the rumors described.As I admired this beautiful soul, he charged at me with a sublime force, pinning me to the door and holding my neck rigorously. I was scared by his approach and when his claws pierced into my skin, I groaned in pain, but he suddenly soften his grip.I raised my head to look up at him. His red eyes sparked continuously, his face so smooth, his lips…his breath…he was so close to me I wasn't thinking anymore. His eyes fixed on me like I was some sort of mystery. He then touched my lips with his thumb. Not only did my whole body shake, but there was a spark sent through my spine that I believed came from him.I pulled the wolfsbane dagger out.His scent lingered in the air, filling my nose. I was drawn to every part of him, I was restless and sweet heavens, I wanted him. Unexpectedly, he spoke a language that needed no words, the softness of his lips on mine, the heat of our body, the passion undone. Our tongues intertwined deeply. A profound moment of intimacy. I've never had anything like that in my entire life.I pulled my mouth away from him. I shouldn't be kissing Alpha Ryder. I wasn't worthy. This was not what I was here for. I was getting attached, intimate, and horny for this Alpha wolf. I was meant to kill him, now that I had the chance.I raised my hand to his back, the tip of the sword out and ready to slay. How could I backstab him? For all I know, in my entire life, no one has ever made me feel this way. I didn't care if Alpha Ryder just saw me as a stripper to spend the night with. This moment I would always treasure even in my grave.My hands trembled. I feared the dagger was going to fall. I had no confidence left in me anymore. "I'm sorry" I quivered. "I can't do this" I cried."I'll take it slow. However, you want it." Alpha Ryder said. He was more concerned about laying with a low-class stripper virgin like me who smelled horrible. But he didn't understand, his life was at stake."I can't do this" I gave up dropping the dagger from my hands. He heard the steel sound and turned to look at the floor. A look. of betrayal. The sudden rage on his face as his eyes bulged showed I was going to die tonight.He pushed me hard to the wall, his wolf claws piercing my neck. I had made him furious, I had crossed every boundary he ever laid out for me. "Who sent you!" His voice wasn't as soft as earlier. This was the other side of Alpha Ryder.I fell to my knees instantly. I felt guilty, embarrassed, mad at myself, and questioned my existence. "Please forgive me Alpha Ryder" I apologized like he would show any mercy on me. There was no way I would reveal my father's name to him even if it caused my death.He moved away from me, his fur sprouting out of his skin, his teeth growing, his panting growls and his fist clenching. He was turning into a beast, what I feared the most. But I didn't want to die, so I ran out of the door to save myself hoping he would not run after me and order me dead.I didn't look back, I just kept running and running till I was out of sight of the club. I was out in the street half naked, with no place to go and no one to turn to. I failed my mission. I failed my family. I failed myself.I've known what it felt like to be rejected, and now I have to face something worse, so much hatred from everyone that would see me. I might be killed eventually. That's the only thing I deserved.As the cloud became dark, I realized I had to go to the place I called home. It didn't matter if I got slaughtered, at least it was in my father's house. I walked with weak knees and body aches from the previous dancing, lightning sparked in the sky, and without prior notice, the rain started to fall.I hated to believe the rumors about rainfall in our city. This city which was dominated by just wolves was blessed with a special kind of rain and meaning. The moon goddess blessed us with the spesh rain years ago and every rain that dropped on the land meant two mates had found each other. Rain fell frequently sometimes, but there was scarcity most of the time.I was delighted someone somewhere was happy to have found their mate. Another beginning, another revolution, another family, and good news to them. I just let the rain drench all my hopes into the mud waiting for my doom.I got inside my house and Melissa rushed to me with a towel to dry me up like a rescue dog. I wanted to break down and hug her immediately, but my family appeared at her back. Tears rolled down my cheek as I stared at Alpha Lugard. "I'm sorry, Father" my voice trembled and mucus ran down my nose. His look of dismay, rejection, and disappointment created more holes in my heart."What have you done Charia?" my mother whimpered on my behalf and covered her mouth in tears."I deserve death, Father" I fell to my knees.Disappointment is a bitter pill to swallow. A pain that cut deep leaving me hollow. High expectations, outcome low. My disappointment lingers in the house like a storm cloud. My father growls weakening my knees. He asked for an explanation, but I was too scared to speak. "Charia!" It was a warning tone."I'll speak" I immediately said. The thunder outside still clapped loudly and the rain increased, I couldn't afford to be thrown out of the house tonight. "I. I didn't. I did what you said father, I lured Alpha Ryder with my scent""And what happened next?""He..he came close to me and I..i..tried to use the dagger to…I couldn't father..my hands were trembling, I. I was scared.""He saw your face and registered your scent? Charia that's so bad" Delphi whimpered just to make my situation worse. She was never going to be on my side, she would do anything to get father to punish the living wolf out of me."I didn't tell him where I was from.." I tried to defend myself, facing my father
ALPHA RYDER'S POVI, Alpha Ryder, had never been one to lose control of my desires. I was the epitome of self-discipline and restraint, always keeping my passions in check. The rumors in the magazine had a lot to say about me but I knew myself better than anyone. I had pretty and sexy betas around me, who would kill to have me, but I only went for the ones that took my interest. Most of the time, only one beta always catches my eye somehow. But all that changed the day I met the wolfsbane dagger girl.It's been a week and I haven't been able to get over that night where I almost died at the hands of a lady with the wolfsbane dagger whom I knew nothing about and who tried to kill me and still saved me too because she was scared. I wasn't angry at her plans and all I wanted to know was her pack. What pack could behold such special beauty, a special smell that I didn't know about in the city? My mind hadn't taken a rest since that night. I see her in my dreams all the time, her beautiful
Alpha Ryder's POVEmily woke me up the next day with another deep kiss, and I turned her over, my naked body glued to her, I kissed her back, and our tongues were hot with morning passion. Sometimes I never get enough of her. "Hmm. Ryder" she moaned, wrapping her hands around me and bringing me closer for more. She separated her legs and wrapped them around my butt, releasing some of her pheromones too. I could scent her better now, I was with her throughout the night and she somehow managed to take off the mystery girl scent from my nose"One more round" she whispered in my ears and I moved away from her to lay back on the bed uninterested in a morning routine, she climbed on top of me this time around, her wet pussy sitting on my shaft, she moved up and down slowly trying to turn me on again. "I missed you Ryder" she moaned again, playing with my nipples.I held her hips, she was extremely tempting and all I wanted to do was rock her hard once more, but I carried her and dumped her
Alpha Ryder's POV___________________________The air was thick with the scent of werewolves at Alpha Lugard's house. I could see about four pack leaders as I walked into the living room. Other werewolves approached each other, flanked by their respective packs. The city leader, Alpha Lugard ranked first place has his seat high up, he was one with sleek black fur and I, the second city Alpha, with russet brown, approached each other with caution but also respect for each other's power.The other packs moved away from me recognizing my presence and Alpha Lugard came down from his seat with a shocking glare. As we drew closer, we began to circle each other, the packs watching silently from the sidelines. Despite the tension in the air, there was also a sense of camaraderie among us wolves, as they recognized the mutual respect and strength that existed between the two alphas.After a few moments, we came to a stop in front of each other, hands touching briefly in a gesture of greeting.
Charia's PovMy mother had barged in with so much force that fear gripped me instantly. I jumped up from my bed as she entered my room, closing the door tightly behind her. "You need to go, now!" She said to me."Mother…""Alpha Ryder recognizes your scent, your father orders that you leave now and never come back to this house"My heart broke, tears roll down my cheek and something that seemed impossible for a long time was finally happening. I was going to leave this family and be a stray wolf without no care and no power. I rushed to the window and I see Alpha Ryder amongst the wolves leaving our house, he was looking around desperately, and I saw his nose flickering, he was definitely in search of something.I rushed back to my mum. "Mother please don't let me leave" I went on my knees and pleaded in tears.She pushed me away and dragged me up. "Do you want to fail your father? Do you want to fail this family? We are in this problem because of you, Charia, you caused all this and
Charia's PovPeople said, don't eat from a stranger, but I bet if I didn't take what I was offered, I would have died of starvation. I was offered a lot of food and I took it and rushed it in without no explanation of why I was starving. It didn't take me long to sleep off too, better than I had ever slept before.When it was midnight, I heard a lot of arguing, it was dark in the room where I was kept, but I still strained my eyes to look at them. I finally came to the consciousness of where I was, in some stranger's abode. I didn't think they were dangerous, at least they had kept me alive to this point.When my eyes were opened, I saw two people, we were all in the same room but they were a bit farther from me. They were arguing and it was about me."You can't just decide who would stay in this place. It's both our decision" the male said"She's going to stay here till she finds a better place to go. Why do we have to argue about that?""Did you see her, what type of wolf is she, sh
Charia's PovThe first thing that woke me up was the cries and beatings of Zara's son, Jacob. I woke up to find him standing beside me and whacking me with his little hands to wake me up. When my eyes were opened, he suddenly stopped crying, he walked over to his mother who was on the other mattress."I'm so sorry, Charia. Jacob can be very annoying" she said putting makeup on her face, she seemed to be in a rush. "His teacher would pick him up soon, you don't have to worry. You can get a better sleep when he's gone"I stretched my hands towards Jacob. "Hi Jacob" I smiled widely and motioned for him to come closer, he was hesitant at first but eventually he walked towards me. "You're so handsome, Jacob." I played with his cheek and face. He laughed at my gestures and my heart was filled with warmness."Who..yoh..mama?" Jacob said pointing at me and then at his mother. I didn't quite understand baby languages, but I could read the air. It was the first time he was seeing me, he was bou
Alpha Ryder's PovI made a fool of myself at Alpha Lugard's house and I was furious that I experienced such a horrible scene. He had listened to my request when I growled for all the women in his household to be brought out to my front. But none of them looked like her, had a scent like her. Even the rest of the Alphas almost concluded that I was mentally down and I needed rest.How did that happen? Was she present at the pack meeting, why couldn't I find her, why did I smell her, was it all in my head?I tried to erase every thought in my head to focus on the conference table where I sat at the head, surrounded by different pack colleagues. We were discussing the state of the business, I owned a successful company that specialized in hunting and tracking gear for other predators.The company was known for the best equipment production, I had intelligent wolves who were in charge of bringing new ideas on what can be used for the wild wolves, safety wolf gadgets for camping and holiday