Claimed by The Arrogant Alpha.Chapter 70: left at the altar . Maude stepped closer, prodding a finger in Jessica’s direction.“You had no right coming into our family and messing with our affairs. You had no right in supporting Santana’s stupid decisions, you shouldn’t have urge her childish wants and now she’s eloped with some good for nothing thief who’s probably after our family money.”Jessica scoffed at the audacity of Kai’s mother. “You should have kept your head down and your nose out of the places it doesn’t belong because if you think after this stunt we will ever permit you to be in this family you are surely wrong.” She raised her chin, looking down at her. “You do not understand what being a Hermès means. And you never will.”As if god had cursed her, Jessica’s thread finally snapped under the pressure the moment Kai appeared down the hall.“I know I don’t fit in here, you don’t have to tell me that. Everyone here has made me feel like I don’t belong and I get it! I g

Claimed by The Arrogant Alpha.Chapter 72: hope that wasn’t available . René drove Jessica back to the hotel. At some point in the future, she knew she would find it in her to be grateful that the elder had kept her away from the press that was waiting outside, desperate for a story or a photo to cause drama, and led her out a back entrance. But for now she just felt empty. Like everything in her heart had been left in the foyer of the wedding hall. She had given everything she had and now she simply had run out of everything. In the car she had looked up the soonest flight. It was scheduled for 5am the next morning and cost nearly two thousand dollars to get a last minute seat on it, but she bought it without hesitating.She couldn’t wait another four days. She had to get out of here. She wanted to go home. But part of her knew that her home in Seattle wouldn’t feel like home either.Not without Kai. René had helped her pack her things in the hotel. Jessica had done her bes

Claimed by The Arrogant Alpha.Chapter 74: fear of abandonment . Beep.Beep.The burning stench of disinfectants was the first thing Saint’s mind registered.Beep.Beep.The second was the distinct sound of a machine.Beep.Beep.The third was the pounding headache.Beep.Beep.Saint cracked his eyes open after several attempts and registered too many things at once. The light was too bright and blinding, the room was full of alpha pheromones that made his omega whine. And he was weak, too weak to move a muscle.“He’s coming around,” someone said. Saint blinked again, trying to focus on the voice. The tone was gentle though it belonged to an alpha. His brain tried to piece everything together as he slowly came to his senses.The car.The attack.Valentino.He gasped; his body jolting up with a cry at the sudden crash of memories.“It’s okay. You’re safe,” the same voice said. “We got you.”Saint looked around the room frantically. “Val.” His head throbbed. Everything was a blur

Claimed by The Arrogant Alpha.Chapter 76: two circles that do not exist together. Keeping that promise ended up being more difficult than he thought. Jessica had thrown herself into work, taking on more projects at work and volunteering to help out with the end of the year play that the forth and fifth graders put on each year just to keep her mind busy. At home, she stepped up and helped her parents out with dinner and taking care of the children at the daycare. She was working herself to exhaustion. But Jessica couldn’t find it in her to change it, despite having promised Santana she would look after herself. It wasn’t healthy, she knew that, but she couldn’t find any other way to keep her thoughts away from Kai. She worked hard at work and at home and by the time it was time to sleep, she was too exhausted to stay up and think. But sometimes, it still got to her through the exhaustion.School had just finished, and all of the students had finally been put on the bus or pick

Claimed by The Arrogant Alpha.Chapter 78: claimed by my arrogant alpha . Kai surged down, kissing her, the last five weeks of hurt and desperate love on his lips. He held Jessica’s face in his hands, pouring every bit of ounce of love into the kiss and she did her best to do the same, her free hand that wasn’t holding the ring thrown around his neck to pull him closer. She melted into it with a familiarity that flooded her body. Jessica had missed Kai’s kisses, and after going so long without them, she never wanted to go a second more without this ever again. So she pressed up into it, learning into Kai and breathing him in as their lips melded together again and again, tongues intertwining as they leaned in and away, easing and flowing like the tide. Kai eventually pulled back, holding Jessica’s face in his hands so delicately.“What? I’m. I don’t understand,” Kai said, tears sparkling in his eyes. He took the ring and examined it, confirming it was the Hermès family ring. “Ho