Bruised by the Alpha

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o my mouth as I scrolled through my phone. Lack

t the urge to go for a run back in Briarwood but here it was like my wolf was fully aware that we were in the midst of other wolves and she desperately want

body as I turned my head to find him. A surprising disappointment washed over me when I couldn't find hi

lled from the living room as

high stool, silently cursing

hang out with the grandkids of some of his friends because she didn't know how it felt to be around kids her age. I knew he was right so I let her go, silently dreading going to the pack house.

brows with my fingers, gently patting my cheeks- what was I doing? I was going in to pick Aella up and that was all. I stepped into the pack house and the overwhelming feeling of familiarity enveloped me. Families that could afford their own homes- like mine- never lived in the pack house really, we lived in condos, pent houses or apartments with our parents while tho

down to find a little boy st

comment, crouc

you look pretty

his two front tee

I said as I ruffled

ia

Liam, do you kno

't want to be loud and attract attention but Aella certainly wanted someone to notice me from the way she was making me search for her. I walked into the kitchen at

rel

hind me as I dashed through the hall

called my voice in made me stop i

ose blue eyes I used to get lost in. He was more built than I remember, showed he had been working out more- he looked even tall

ith the most bor

me a brief once ov

ars since we

uldn't possibly be choosing to play that card.

e to see

out

bored expression as I looked away, an awkw

ed from behind and I shut my eyes bri

low to

ced a kiss on her chubby ch

er up and settling her on my hip. I stared straight a

we- Is she?" He rambl

I knew what he was asking but

she

because even a blind man could see that she looked everything like him but I was

's m

out of the pack house, fixing Aella in

into the shower right after, letting the warm water wash over me before stepping into more comfortable clothes. I slipped on loose grey sweatpants and a white T shirt, my go to cloth

here" I spat angrily as I not

replied as he stepped into t

supposed to

re really and they already h

e?" I asked my dad before turning

oing here?" I

hospital to talk, h

ed up in confus

e go to se

n't have let him i

e response, r

you knew I wouldn't want to see

e worst that could happen?" he proce

could slit his throat open and let him

need me" I heard him say

alking back into the living room to fin

d with distaste as I cros

ice, towering over me as he searched for meanin

me to

ay.

to say I

. I had never actually imagined what my response to Lyall apolog

you, I'm sorry for that night

with him. All my anger rose to the surface, years of loathing him had never prepared me for a day like this

t o

words laced with

rel

acted that way to my name coming out of his mouth, didn't my

ched to touch my arm. I looked straight into his eyes and I knew he felt it too. I felt my eyes

back from him, rubbing my arms

immediately knew he was referring

plied withou

ensued, neither of us sa

e?" He aske

ing to him, even if I did

e is" I

omeone else's. My throat stung at the thought, he wouldn't want his mate to be with another ma

he paused as I shot him a look "-i mean I would h

now you know I have a child. We were fine before we

ously flinched- seriously he couldn't have ex

aving in t

we

k Au

it Moondale because my dad insisted, I have t

ordlessly, looking down at

k upstairs, shut t

imity was killing me. His scent flooded my senses and I cou

to the pack h

reply to shut him up but I couldn't. Aella wanted to be there and I promised my dad I would allow h

't have anyth

d to clutch my chest to steady my heart. It was all my wolf's fault, I hated this man with

weeks if I had to, that chapter would

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arrassed at the same time, never in my years of being Alpha or even as the son of the Alpha, had I been asked to get out b

encounter with Aurey would turn out I never- ever- thought of a child we both shared. How does a person get pregnant after one night? I cur

oon goddess knew we wouldn't be able to survive it. It wasn't known by majority of the pack but a warlock offered us an option which didn't sit well with me, that I would be mated by a ritual to different she wolf w

eeing

ol even though I knew a part of me wanted her too. It felt differently now, in a whole new type of way. She wasn't that naive teenager who didn't have her own identity anymore, she

dn't want her to know me for the monster I was to her mum four years ago, of the bruise I caused her. I wanted her to know me for who I am n

o guards on duty said i

I was too selfish not to try. I couldn't let them slip away ju

't let t