Her Devilish Alpha

"Is Xavier okay with me being here?" Madeline asked, giddy as she walked past a shelf filled with books.

"Oh you'll be fine," Briar reassured.

"All the books here are completely fictional."

"So where are all the important books placed?"

Briar shrugged, "I wouldn't know."

"Go ask Xavier yourself," she told Madeline.

Madeline frowned, "Well that's unhelpful."

"Tsk, as if I'd ask him about something like this."

"He's busy right now."

"I doubt he'd be too busy to see you."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Briar lied, "Nothing. It's supposed to mean nothing."

"You shouldn't pay any mind to it," she said to Madeline, wondering if Madeline really couldn't figure things out.

So she could see through the veil, but she was blind when it came to this. How incredibly ironic.

Briar narrowed her eyes. Only Madeline would be this foolhardy.

Speaking of Madeline, she was looking through a couple of books before...

Bonk!

"Ow!" Madeline rubbed her head.

A book had fallen on her.

"The heck was that?" Madeline asked, garnering Briar's attention.

"Heard something drop, you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," Madeline assured.

"My head aches a bit, but I'll be fine. It'll pass."

She bent down to pick up the book that'd dropped to return it to its original spot, but as her eyes glazed over the cover, Madeline stopped to read the title of the book.

'The alphas of Eudora,' she read.

Her curiosity piqued, Madeline opened the book, only to find that only the first two pages of the book contained text.

'What is this?' Madeline wondered, flipping through empty pages.

"The alphas of Eudora…"

"Briar," Madeline called.

Briar peeked at Madeline from one of the nearby shelves.

"Yes?"

"Have you ever heard of a book called the alphas of Eudora?"

"The alphas of Eudora? No, never heard of it before," Briar admitted.

"Hmmm," Briar mused when she gazed at the book.

"I've never seen this book in the library before."

"And is that a good thing or…?" Madeline turned to look at Briar.

"The rest of the pages are completely blank," she said.

"Woah, really?" Briar asked.

She took a look at the book.

'Strange, the pages really are blank aside from the first few,' Briar thought.

"Why don't you go ask Adrian about this?"

Madeline knitted her brows together in confusion. Why Adrian? Couldn't she ask Xavier instead?

Then again, Xavier would likely be busy… so Adrian was a valid alternative.

"I'll ask later," Madeline said, trying to find other books to read so she could take her mind off the only book that had managed to catch her interest thus far.

After hours in the library reading every book there was for her to read, it finally came down to one last book.

Every book left, Madeline found boring.

'Aish, of course there's only one book left,' Madeline banged her head against the table.

'Should I read it?'

'I should. But why are the pages blank? I'm getting a peculiar feeling about this,' Madeline rested her hand on her chin.

Briar was reading another book as she felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Pick a number between one or two," Madeline told Briar.

'One means I don't read, two means I do.'

"Two," Briar answered almost instantly.

Madeline flipped a page in the book.

'Looks like I'll be reading it after all.'

"The tale of the two alphas."

'Two alphas? Shouldn't there only be one alpha for each pack?'

Madeline was so focused on the book that she hadn't noticed the whispering of the other girls in the library, judging her every move.

'So when she isn't with the alpha, she retreats to the library. Tsk! What a nerd,' one whispered to the other.

'What book is she reading? The title's not visible,' the other asked.

'I can't see it either,' the third one admitted.

And then… silence fell upon the library. The three girls sensed a powerful presence looming.

'The alpha's coming, shut up!' The first girl whisper-yelled.

'Oh no we're done for!' The other exclaimed, wrapping her arms around herself.

The library door creaked open, revealing Xavier in all of his glory.

Perhaps it was because they had badmouthed his mate or simply because his presence was truly terrifying that the three were beside themselves.

Now using their mind links to communicate, one of them told the others, 'He's glaring at us.'

'We're doomed.'

'We shouldn't have badmouthed her to begin with!'

When their gaze returned to him, he was approaching Madeline and Briar's table. Something that didn't come to much of a shock to the three. Who else did he come here to visit?

There was no one else in the library but the three girls, Madeline and Briar before Xavier came. Finding who he came there to visit? Child's play.

"Xavier?" Madeline froze.

She hadn't expected to see him here.

"What are you doing here?"

Xavier placed his hands in his pockets.

"I came to see you."

Briar stayed as quiet as possible. She wiggled her eyebrows at Madeline.

"O-oh," Madeline stuttered.

"For what reason?"

Xavier wrinkled his nose.

"Do I need an excuse to see you?"

Madeline stared at him.

Had he really said that allowed, or was she hallucinating?

Briar fought back a laugh. Xavier was known to be brutally honest about things, but the fact that she got to see him this way in front of her was surreal.

'So he really is different around her,' she mused, smirking at the two of them.

'They're cute together,' she noted.

She noticed the three girls at the other corner of the library.

What were they doing here?

Briar never pegged them as people who took interest in reading. They must've come here after they heard Madeline was in the library since the library was completely empty before.

'What are they doing here?' She gave them a dirty look.

They were ruining the atmosphere.

Returning her attention back to Madeline and Xavier, Madeline had already explained to him her particular finding and showed him the book.

'Shit,' she heard Xavier curse the minute he saw the book in real-time.