Chapter 11
T’s paws stomp the earth as she picks up speed. She can hear him behind her and knows that he
will catch up in no time; after all, he’s an Alpha. She doesn’t give up, though. Ducking her head a little
more, T pushes forth, jumping over logs and boulders, dodging trees and bushes, she streaks
through the forest like lightning. She feels lighter on her feet for some reason, but she doesn’t think too
much on it, because it helps with her speed.
Not daring to look behind her, she continues until she breaks through the tree line and sees theke
that she and Cici were just at the day before. T can still hear Duke on her trail, so she doesn’t stop
for the quick drink that she was hoping for. Running across the open field, she is almost to the other
side when she hears hismand.
T, stop!’ Duke’s aura stops her in her tracks, and T drops to the ground, whimpering as she waits
for Duke to saunter up to them, ‘Shift! Hemands.
We have no choice but to do as he says, since we are still part of his pack, and he is still our Alpha.
T gives me back the driver’s seat as she tucks tail and heads towards the back of my head.
Sorry, Quinn. I thought I’d be able to outrun him.’ T apologizes.
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‘It’s not your fault, T, he’s an Alpha, and so much faster than us.’I try consoling her.
“We are Alphas too, Quinn!’ T whines.
“Yes, but we haven’t been sworn in yet, so we aren’t as strong as we should be.’
“Stop talking to T, Quinn, and look at me.” Denmands, this time without this aura.
I lift my chin and look him in his eyes, but I’m not as confident as I usually am. Not when I am on the
ground naked, having a staring contest with the guy that I was just **early this morning.
“Do you need something, Alpha?” I see his slight flinch when I address him by his title and not his
name.
“How much did you hear, Quinn?” He sighs.
“I heard enough and let me just say that you can do whatever you want with your life, but you will not
dictate mine!” i’m putting up a pretty good front right now, but deep down, I want to crawl under a rock
and hide away for a while. I seem to be having a bout of girly feelings, and I’m not used to that. I’ve
hardened my shell and built a wall since I lost everyone I loved, but now, Den seems to be breaking
that wall down.
“I’m not trying to dictate your life, Quinn. I’m on your side, but mother seems to think that because I
**up, I need to now bow down to the she-* and do as she says.” He grabs hold of my upper arms and
brings me to my feet, “L is insisting that I marry you off, and once she bes Luna, she will have
the right to do so.” He sighs, dropping his arms once more.
I scoff, “Over my dead body will that *marry me off! It will be a cold day in Hell before she will ever have
a say over my life!” My hands are fisted at my sides. Den’s mention of L has brought forth T
once again and she’s digging to get out.
The Alpha smirks, “I knew you would say something like that, and that’s why I was arguing with my
mother about it. You are too strong willed to ever allow someone else to rule over you.”
I lose a little bit of the fire as i respond to hisst statement, “I didn’t mind having you rule over me,
Den. You are an amazing Alpha, but I cannot stand by and let some *tell me what to do, especially
when I know that she’s done something sneaky in order to ce herself in this position. You’re smarter
than this, Alpha, don’t give up just because she’s breathing down your neck.”
“I know what you’re saying, but I only have a little time left before we find out paternity. I’m just d that
I have you here to help me keep my sanity until then.” His smile is a little on the sad side, but it
changes once the words I say are out of my mouth.
“I’m sorry, Alpha, but I won’t be here. I’ll be returning to my own pack by the end of the week.” I feel
awful, especially now that I see the look on Den’s face.
“What are you talking about?”
“Cici and I took a drive yesterday and visited my old town. Turns out, there are still a few pack
members that survived, my brother’s best friend and Beta, Spencer, being one of them. Apparently, him
and about twenty-four others have been squatting in the town for about a year now.”
“That can’t be. I had my warriors scour the area for survivors, and there were none.” He says in
confusion.
“Spencer was away at a Beta Training camp when the attack happened. He didn’t even know his family
was killed until he got home a week
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“Spence? Are you that close to this male that you have a nickname for him?” Jealousy rears its ugly
head in Den’s eyes, but I ignore it. There is no sense in arguing about it at this point. Besides, he
has no right to be jealous.
Rolling my eyes. “Did you not hear me when I said that he was my brother’s best friend?” I don’t care if
my response is a bit harsh. This day has gone to *, and I just don’t give two *any longer, “Anyway, the
pack may be small, but they still need a leader, and that’s me. So, I’ll be out of your hair by the end of
the week.”
“You still need to be sworn in as Alpha, Quinn. You can’t just take over.” Den crosses his arms in
front of his chest and stares down his nose at me.
Are you refusing to swear me in?” I ask defensively.
“I never said that, but I need to know that you are ready to take over as Alpha. Not everyone is fit to be
one.” He says, sternly.
I squint my eyes at the Alpha before me, “You’ve said that I would make a great Luna someday…”
He cuts me off, “Yes, Luna. I never said anything about being a good Alpha.”
Ah *, T has pushed me back as she steps forward, not only in my head, but right up into the Alpha’s
space, “Den Storm, are you seriously going to stand here and deny me my birthright because you
are afraid of being left alone with a she-*that you knocked up?” T lets out a soft growl, “You better
answer that wisely, because I’m about two seconds away from kneeing you in your balls, Alpha or not!”
Dukees forward and snickers, “Have I ever told you how *you look when you’re angry?”
Den’s wolf takes us by surprise with his question, so we are not quite ready for when he pulls us into
his arms and ms his mouth against ours. T struggles for a moment before she rxes into the
kiss. I sigh as I shake my head and pull her back. Once I’ve taken over again, I push the Alpha away
and re at him.
“My wolf may be a pushover, but I’m not! You can’t just take advantage of a situation because you can’t
control yourself, Alpha!” I scowl.
Den takes hold again and raises his hands, “I’m sorry, you’re right. I have no excuses for Duke’s
behavior.”
I study him for a bit before I say anything, thinking back to him arguing with his mom, “Why is Amelia
trying to marry me off to Gavin?”
I think out of everything, this is what hurts the most. I thought of Amelia as a mother, and now she
wants to get rid of me? I don’t understand any of this. I don’t know if I even want to hear his answer, but
I know I have to, in order to try and get some sort of understanding
“It’s not that she wants to, but she’s worried for you. She knows that once L bes Luna, she will
marry you off to whoever she wants and we both know that she is evil,” He scrubs the back of his neck
as he slowly walks around nervously. “She’s only choosing Gavin because he is family, and she wants
to keep you close to us. Hell, I want you close as well, but I can’t sign that contract not to him.”
“Is Gavin really that bad, or is it because you are jealous?” *right, I said it! I’m not going to beat around
the bush. I know Den has feelings for me, and I wish he would stop pretending that those feelings
are not the reason for some of his decisions, “Not that I would agree to marry anybody anyway, unless
they are my mate, but I want to know your reason, so tell me, Alpha* are you jealous of me being with
someone else?”
He doesn’t answer me; all he does is gaze into my eyes with his deep brown ones. I can see how deep
his feelings are for me just by looking into those pools of choctey brown orbs, I don’t know how, but I
do. I just don’t want to assume anything, and I want to hear him admit it. He won’t, of course. No Alpha
wants to show their weaknesses, and even though I’ve seen glimpses of his feelings for me, he won’t
full-out admit how deep they go. He won’t give me that power over him. I believe that L sees it too,
and so she holds her own power over him because of it.
*Please trust me when I say that you do not want to marry my cousin.” It’s all he says as he grits his
teeth.
“I don’t want to marry anyone! This is just another reason why it’s a good idea that I return to my own
pack.” I see the hurt in his eyes, and it cuts me just a little bit, so I soften my voice, “I will not be far
away, and will always be your friend, Den. I could never turn my back on you, but I can’t stay within
your pack once L bes Luna, you must know this.”
He remains quiet, because he knows that what I say it true. The truth is, ever since he kissed me in his
office, I’ve felt closer to both him and Duke, and these feelings scare me, because I know that they can
never be acted upon again. Even if I wanted to give up the chance of finding my mate, I cannot have
Den as a chosen one either.
“I need to be alone, Alpha.” I say in a whispery voice.
“Quinn, will you pleasee back to the packhouse with me, so we can discuss this more?”
“Is she still there?” I raise my chin, already knowing the answer because I saw her with my own eyes.
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He lowers his head, not wanting to look me in the eye as he nods, “Yes, as soon as mom heard about
the pup being mine, she demanded that I move her in, so we can make sure that nothing happens to
my heir.” He chokes on thest word.
I ignorementing on the fact that she’s already living in the packhouse, “Then the answer is no. I
will return at some point to remove my things, but in the meantime, I will stay with Cici until the end of
the week.”
“Quinn, you
It’s my turn to cut him off now, and I do it by using my own aura unknowingly. *You have a Luna waiting
for you at home, Alpha. I suggest you return to her and let me be. I am no longer your concern.”
The expression on Den’s face is one of pure shock, but I don’t ask him what it’s for. I simply turn and
walk away, but just when I’m about to shift into T, he calls out to me in the most desperate voice that
I have ever heard, and I pause in my shift.
“I need you, Quinn! Please don’t leave…”