THE ALPHA’S ADDICTION

Maya knew the moment Derek’s pleasant mood shifted, she knew by the tightening of his grip on her hand which felt so small in his, the moment his anger started rising up like a lava moving up a mountain to invoke a volcanic eruption.

She knew that he had recognized the girl standing some meters in front of him. She also knew that the recognition didn’t stem from the memories of their childhood, when their packs had been together and was peaceful. The memories of a lot of plays and communion.

No , she knew that the recognition had stemmed from the tales she had told him when she had come to his pack again. Tales of her teenage life as she battled with guilt of betraying them. Tales of the rumours that she had seemed to be always in the middle of. Tales she had told as a means of bargain to get his trust back.

She knew he had recognized the intruder as the girl whom had tainted her name, the girl whom she had feared would have her mate around her fingers, the girl who had been her best friend at one point, the girl who was her nemesis now, and worse, a rival for her mate. Already, she could feel her wolf, Sia, howling in rage and hurt, a feeling synonymous with what she was feeling, although hers was covered in a shade of nervousness. She still didn’t know how to act around him. She didn’t know if Derek had told him about the last pack war and her betrayal. She didn’t know if he still remembered her. The girl who thought he was her mate, but whom he had never felt a bond with.

She also didn’t know how to act around her old friend. She could feel the bad unwelcoming vibes from Zoe. The latter wasn’t even hiding it at all, it was blatantly open. And for the umpteenth time, she wished Emma had come with them. The human had a sassy mouth that could put any peacock to its place, being a peacock herself. It’s true that she was a strong werewolf, an Alpha’s daughter, but she knew didn’t hold a flame to the human’s sassiness. She was still an apprentice in that field. A field that would help her score a card against her ex best friend.

“It wouldn’t hurt to act like her then, the human, I mean…” She heard Sia say.

And she couldn’t agree nonetheless. Naturally, Zoe expected her to be feeling the exact way she was feeling, nervous yes, but perhaps not angry since the latter didn’t know that her hand was around the waist of her own mate. The latter knew her inside and out. But then she could act different like the sight in front of her wasn’t affecting her. That she didn’t feel like her heart was rendering, that she didn’t feel like tearing the latter’s hands from her mate’s waist, that she didn’t feel like running away at the same time. Her friend didn’t need to know that she was nervous, or angry or scared. She has been away for almost a month. She might as well act refurbished.

“Zoe….” She heard Derek mutter as if tasting the name on his lips for the first time.

“I don’t think I’ve heard the name in my entire lifetime. And I don’t remember the face too. I’m sorry. I apologize for my brain. It just seems to remember only names and people who are important and relevant. I’m sure you could understand. ” He said to Zoe, causing her to fall dumb with gratitude, tears already gathering in her eyes; tears of appreciation that he had defended her honor.

Of course, he must have noticed that Zoe hadn’t acknowledged her presence, and had so returned back the favour in the girl’s own coin. She couldn’t remember the last time someone had stood up from her. A faint smile crossing her lips, as she had tried failingly to stop her wolf from howling in victory. It has always been him and his family. Here wasn’t family. She thought. It seemed to her at that moment that the moon goddess had made a mistake of placing her in this pack. A vain thought.

She almost let open the floodgates of laughter threatening to blow up, as she saw the look of fury get started on Zoe’s face. It pleased her no small deal, to see the latter struggling between keeping calm and unleashing her fury; knowing that Derek was her boyfriend’s friend, and soon to be alpha.

The snickers and jabs from the surrounding people wasn’t helping the girl’s resolve either. She knew that this would make the rounds in the whole pack today, it and her brother’s birthday. And for that, her anger was placated, a little.

She shifted the line of sight to her mate, who seemed surprised at his friend’s statement. He hadn’t been expecting it. Well, she hadn’t been expecting it either.

“Derek…” She heard him call tentatively, and almost snorted in anger, thinking that he was about to come to the rescue of someone that wasn’t even his mate.

“Yes.” Derek replied, in that innocent voice of his, as if he hadn’t just insulted the girl in front of him who was fuming with so much rage, that her nostrils flared.

“Uhmm… this is Zoe. My girlfriend.” He said, causing her to gnash her teeth in anger, her heart seemed to be tearing into pieces. Her wolf was crying too, in pain and anguish. She needed air. It seemed that his declaration had taken out the whole air in the surrounding vicinity, and pushed it somewhere unreachable to her .

She needed to be out of here. She needed space. She needed to let her wolf out. She needed to run. But first, she had to see this to the end, no matter how painful it was for her. She couldn’t just leave her cousin here and run. He wouldn’t be pleased about it. He was fighting for her. Shouldn’t she be fighting for herself too? She would stay here. She wouldn’t run. She wouldn’t let Zoe get the luxury and satisfaction of seeeing her uncomfortable or sad, today, or ever again.NôvelDrama.Org owns all © content.

“Your girlfriend?? You mean your mate? Wow, I didn’t know you would find her here. That’s good news. I would need to convey this beautiful news to the others.” She heard her cousin say with a false cheer. She knew he was just trying to shake up the hornet’s nest. He wanted his friend to stop the relationship. He already knew that she was his friend’s mate.