The Forbidden Alpha

Gabe

My eyes focused on Odis’s hand on my arm and I managed to stay vertical. I’d lost my drink somewhere along the way and drunk me was not happy. This meant I lost. This meant war. As soon as the world stopped spinning, I’d set things into motion.

“Where are we going?”

Odis ignored me but he continued pulling me along. He wasn’t looking at me and I took this time to admire his physical attributes. His blonde hair was slicked back and his suit did a terrible job at hiding his muscles. With each step, each swing of his shoulders, I got a glimpse of his muscles working together.

I sighed.

“You’re shit-faced,” Odis said.

True.

I shrugged. “I will neither confirm nor de-”

His chuckle had me forgetting what I was going to say.

At a glance, Odis was eye candy but up close… Up close, Odis was a God. His muscles flexed, and the material of his suit jacket gave way. It drew my attention longer than I would have liked. A list of what I’d like started to fill my mind and my face got warmer.

“Bad, Gabe,” I hissed.

He stopped and I almost ran into him. He turned his body and looked at me, he pulled me in and I stood an inch away from him. I could feel and smell him. He smelled of firewood and roasted marshmallows. Odis stared at me with an intensity I’m sure made women melt into a puddle. He had to have a trail of broken hearts behind him and I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d claimed as many as he’d broken.

Was I jealous?

No.

There was only one woman, I’d ever been jealous of him having. I nearly stopped breathing when his eyes locked on mine.

“Let’s not bother arguing about whether you’re drunk or not. We both already know the answer,” He said. He was so close I could feel his warm breath on my cheek.

“So… are you going to tell me where we’re going?” I asked. I stood my ground when he didn’t step back. The last thing I need to do is flirt with my mate’s ex. I didn’t flinch at the pain that stabbed my chest mercilessly. I welcomed it. It reminded me she was real and it reminded me that I needed to play it cool.

I felt him before I saw him. A big muscular body pressed up behind me and drunk me was purring before my mind could catch up with me. Bad. Bad me. Go away. I turned to see Leo behind me staring at Odis with a smirk on his face. Leo was practically breathing down my neck and I was trying to remember why I was behaving.

“What’s the rush? The party isn’t over yet,” Leo said.

Odis stared at him.

“I aaaam the party,” I said matter-of-factly. Leo gave me a look saying he knew I’d had a few drinks.

“I’m sure you are,” Leo laughed. “My shift is officially over. Let’s have a few drinks to celebrate a successful first day.”

“No thanks,” Odis said.

“I wasn’t asking you,” Leo countered.

Oh-kay.

“I didn’t know we were that close,” I said. Leo opened his mouth to say something but closed it. Odis smirked at him and I sat in the middle trying to translate what their expressions meant. I wondered if I could sneak back to get a drink without Odis noticing.

“We’re going to be spending a lot of time together so, I figured we might as well get to know each other,” Leo said.

Hmm.

“I think that would be a good idea for sober Gabe,” I started, “Drunk Gabe needs to go to his room. He can’t be trusted to make good decisions.”

I moved out from between the sandwich of Leo and Odis.

“And you,” I said to Odis, “how long do you intend to keep me here.”

Odis’s eyes darted to where his hand was wrapped around my arm. He quickly let go and I nodded for the hell of it.

“Thank you,” I said.

Leo pursed his lips and sighed. “I’m so disappointed,” Leo said as he ran his hands through his hair. My eyes followed the movement before lowering to his lips and traveling down his body. A sinful idea danced across my mind and nope.

No.

Nope.

Focus.

I solemnly swear not to eye fuck the man who literally tried to kill me just yesterday. I will not make any stupid moves. All I wanted to do was sit and sip on something. How did I end up here again? Stupid, stupid Gabe. I shook my head.

I lifted my finger in front of my chest like I had an idea. “I’ll tell sober Gabe you’d like a word,” I told him nodding. I didn’t miss the wave of disappointment that spread across his features but drunk Gabe doesn’t care. Drunk Gabe wants to go to the room now. Without a glance back, I took off away from them. I was head back to the packhouse and had my room as my goal. The last thing I needed was to bump into Sasha. A shiver ran down my back. She’d take the chance to pounce on me and I didn’t want that.

Right?

Right.

I tripped along the way but caught myself before I landed face-first in the ground.

“…Had a little lamb, little lamb,” I sang. The song cut off with a hiccup and before I opened my mouth again to sing, I picked up the sounds of gravel crunching filled the air. I also picked up on the sound of footsteps behind me.

Oh no.

I’m going to be hacked to pieces. I’ll be headline news. Gasp. On the count of three.

One.

I’ll turn around and fight him.

Two.

Or run.

I haven’t decided yet.

Thr-

The person behind me gripped my arm and I yelped. “I don’t want to die!”