The Forbidden Alpha

Adea

The door to Ethan’s office closes behind me and I start hyperventilating. The world spins and I reach out to grab something, anything to keep me upright.

I’m sorry.

I’m sorry.

I’m sorry.

Alone?

Alone?!

My brain was working on overdrive and my heart was hammering against my chest.

“What the actual fuck, Kor?” I gasp.

“I don’t know Adea, I wasn’t present. When you sleep I sleep. Sometimes I stay sleeping. I’m not always present when you and Ethan sleep together,” Kor says.

I walk shakily down the hall. I don’t know where I’m going but my feet guide me. I’m more focused on the way my knees are shaking. Ethan’s words are replaying on repeat.

“What does he mean I slept alone last night?” I say aloud. I don’t know if I’m asking Kor or talking to myself.

“I don’t remember him being there when we woke up this morning,” Kor says.

“Because he wasn’t,” I tell her, “I figured he woke up early and went to work as he does sometimes.”

Kor whimpers.

“What do I do?” I ask her. I look around blindly searching for answers as fear starts to claw its way inside my chest.

“I don’t know Adea,” she whispers.

I shake my head. Something is definitely wrong and I’m going to find out what it is. Ethan has so much on his plate right now with the rogue attacks, the new recruits coming in, and the whole Olivia situation.

My chest rises and falls and I ignore the fear which had carved its way into my heart when I realized a stranger was with me last night. My mind goes into overdrive while I try to figure out who could have had the balls to sneak into their Alpha’s room and touch his mate.

No. No one from our pack would betray him like that. It had to be someone from another pack. Maybe the new recruits old Alpha? A rogue?

I shake my head. No. If it isn’t the new recruits Alpha… I can only think of one man who would even think of doing anything like this to me.

Shane.

“We should tell Ethan,” Kor urges me. She still has her tail between her legs but I won’t be weak.

“Tell him what Kor? Oops, I’m sorry you didn’t come home last. I didn’t notice because I was too busy getting ate out by a Goddess damn stranger!” Fine, I’m a little hysterical but seriously what am I supposed to say to him?

“The truth, Adea. Just tell our mate the truth. There’s someone moving in the shadows ON our territory, he needs to know and they need to be found,” she tries.

I shake my head again.

“He’s got so much shit on his plate right now. What if he doesn’t believe me? What if he thinks I cheated on him? Because honestly, didn’t I?” I whisper scream at her.

“We didn’t cheat on him but someone has touched his Luna and they need to be found!” Kor pleads.

I don’t know how or when but I made it to our room and I don’t have the strength to reach out and touch the doorknob. A shiver runs through my body. I don’t want to go in there. I turn on my heel and head downstairs.

“I’m going to figure out what’s going on. I’ll find out who was in our room and who helped them get in,” I gulp.

“If it’s Shane. There aren’t that many people who know him on our territory. Mavy wouldn’t do this to me. There can only be one person who could help him on our territory.”

Kor inhales a sharp breath.

“No,” she whispers.

“Yes,” I say.

“She’s the Gamma of this pack, Adea. She wouldn’t do something as stupid as letting an ex-Alpha slash rogue onto our lands,” Kor says and I know she believes that.

“I agree that Ethan needs to know about what went down last night. I know he does but I can’t just put that on him,” I say. “I don’t want to stress him out more than he is and I’m the Luna of this pack. It’s my job to protect our pack and defend our territory. It’s my job to stand by his side.”

“We’re not Luna yet,” she tells me. “And we’re supposed to do those things together by his side. Not alone in the shadows!”

“I know but as Luna, I will help him handle these things. I only have to go through the Luna ceremony. That’s the only thing stopping me from being his Luna. It’s basically set in stone. I’m going to do this for him, for me, for us.”

“I can’t think of anyone who would-,” she starts, but I cut her off.

“Olivia,” I tell her. “There’s no one else. Can you think of anyone else that would help her? The pack members wouldn’t dare. Their family lives here, their children are protected by Ethan. Who else has had contact with Shane? OLIVIA,” I said.

My feet have carried me outside. It feels like it’s been a long time since I’ve had the grass below my feet and the wind in my hair. I think back to before I was able to shift and I was back on Half Moon pack territory. When my life was supposedly simpler.

I laugh.

My life was never simple. It may have been before my parents died in the accident but not after Alpha Joshua took me in. Mavy was goddess sent and helped me get through the first years after my parents’ death but Shane?

Kor whimpers.

“All he’s ever done is bring chaos,” I tell her. “It’s time we do something about it… do something about him.”

Silence stretched between us and Kor stood at full height and gazed over the territory with me. This isn’t just Ethan’s home.. It’s our home and we’re not going to let anyone threaten our family or our home.