Aline's Choice

Aline's Choice

Oleh:  Laela Moreno  On going
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Aline’s life plan doesn’t include being the sole female in a pack full of idiot males. When her boyfriend turns Alpha and imprints on her best friend, she learns horror stories are real. When Hunters attack the pack, Aline discovers how far she'd go to cheat fate. Jian, her packmate and secret-admirer, finds Aline naked in the trees, broken by her epiphany. Lending her his shirt and taking her home hardly seems like a life-changing event. But she asks him to stay. Will Aline choose Jian over the imprint she's fated to meet? --- Author's Note: Your reading experience is important to me. For some, certain topics can ruin that experience. Please visit https://laelamoreno.tumblr.com for a list of trigger warnings.

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52 Bab

1. Ache

-Aline- Under the cover of the trees that mark the perimeter of Golden Gate Park's Polo Fields, I watch the pack converge over Talu’s broken body. I’m too far away and I can't make out her face, but I know among them is Mei, the girl who has a thing for that vampire who says he’s not out to suck people’s blood. I grimace with disgust, knowing Talu believes she’s his soulmate. I despise the word soulmate and hope I never find mine. The sound of Mei’s weeping carries on the night wind, touching my sensitive ear. It is the sound of ultimate heartbreak and I wonder at that. My own shattered heart unwittingly reaches out to the girl as she climbs into the truck to hold an unconscious Talu. I wonder absently why Mei isn’t following our mortal enemies to their hideaway near the cliffs overlooking the ocean, leaving us to lick our wounds. God, Talu must be in terrible shape if Mei isn’t following her vampire lover home. She should be with him and his merry band of bloodsuckers gloating abou
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2. A Little Bit of Tenderness

-Aline-Jian cuts the engine when we pull into my driveway in San Francisco’s Lake District. My yard abuts the Presidio, a national park with forests and miles of trails, devoid of humans in the dead of night and the early morning. I recently discovered this fun fact when I turned into a werewolf, with a sudden desire to hunt and the relentless urge to sprint from one end of the city to the other.As with most nights, there are no lights on at home. My mom must be out playing mahjong with my aunties again. I am disappointed, even resentful, that she rarely thinks to wait for me like normal mothers would if their teenage girls were out past curfew. She could have at least left a light on. I pull off the borrowed helmet, frowning as I shake my head to loosen my hair since it feels plastered to my head. Like silk, it falls against the back of my neck. I reach up to push a lock over my ear.Jian holds out his hand. I assume he's asking me for the helm
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3. Retail Therapy

-Aline-I avoided taking my werewolf form for almost two and a half weeks because I don't want the guys to read my mind. Fortunately, the next full moon that will compel the pack back to the polo fields won’t happen for another week. Also, I’m learning to manage my anger so I don’t unexpectedly shift. I just haven’t figured out how to shield my thoughts from the pack when I am in wolf form. I desperately want my moment of weakness with Jian to stay a secret. He's probably unintentionally revealed it to everyone by now, though. The thought of that rankles. I'm hoping the guys won't believe I had a breakdown. Instead, I hope they discard Jian's thoughts to the pile of his other wannabe hero fantasies where I star as the damsel-in-distress.As if, I snort to myself.I'm lying on my back, on my queen-sized bed. My thumb repeatedly slides against the smartphone’s screen as I absorb the good news that Will, my brother, just deliv
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4. Hell or Glory

-Jian- I relish the reverberating slam of the door behind me. The doorframe shakes but is still in one piece. Though I'm thoroughly annoyed that it didn't splinter, I am thankful I don't have to explain my extraordinary strength to my already suspicious mother.  After I shut the car door without saying goodbye to Aline, I felt the weight of her gaze on my back as I climbed the steps into my house and out of her sight. I'm selfish enough to admit that I wanted her to stop me, just like she did the other night when she allowed me to witness her vulnerability. It pleases me more than it should that she picked me out of the entire pack to comfort her when she was so exposed. It couldn't have been easy for her.  That's the thing of it. She’d asked me to stay once before. Why didn't she do the same t
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5. Lightening the Load

-Aline- Somewhere between Jian's place and mine, I decided that if I have to live the life of a wolf, I will not run around like a shaggy dog. So, I took a quick detour to my new, as of today, very talented hairdresser. To her surprise and admittedly mine, I marched right into the salon with my waist-length, straight black hair to demand she just cut it all off. She left me with just-barely-touching-my-shoulder-length hair. With the bulky weight of my mane on the salon floor, I feel a lighter load on my shoulders. I roll down the driver-side window, wondering why I hadn't just cut it off months ago. My lips scrunch, knowing full well why I hadn't cut it. Lance liked my hair long. I tried to preserve other things, too, I realize, hoping he'd come back to me. The hope died in August on the night of the full moon. Compelled to rush outside, I followed the internal call to go to the polo fields. I phased when I stepped under the closest grove of trees in the Presidio. Even though it wa
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6. Splintering

-Aline- I wince and continue making my way to Talu's room. As I stride past the human girl, Mei frowns when I don’t ask for help to find Talu’s room. It's amusing but irritating since I pretty much grew up in the Wu house. Why is she in Talu’s house, anyway? Shouldn’t she be playing house with her vampire? My lips curl in disdain. She steps into Talu’s room behind me, wearing a medical-grade mask she hadn’t worn when she let me into the house. Talu gives her an approving smile while sending a superior look my way. I'm annoyed and wish the girl gone. I am angrier at Talu and his supreme smugness. He looks too much like Lance and not the happy-go-lucky guy who played Hide-and-Go-Seek with me when we were kids. "Knock it off, Talu," I grumble, fishing out my KN-95 from my purse. I put it on, grateful for something to hide behind. “I came to apologize, with a peace offering.” From my fingertip, tied together at the laces, dangle his new d
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7. Girl Talk

-Aline- Mei smiles at the sound of her name falling from my lips, deciding it is an invitation to sit across the table from me. "So, are you with him?" My overwhelming curiosity outstrips my need to ignore her presence. "Talu, I mean?" "Yes, I am," she says. A wide smile splays across her face. I throw up a little in my mouth. "Are you sure? I thought vampire guy, Chasewhatever, was your one and only?" I marvel at her ability to go from her one true love to the recovering werewolf in the next room. The lemonade I gulp to hide my disgust is a tad too sweet. I cough a little. "I’m sure. It's Talu for me. I loved Chase, but..." Mei’s voice trails. I take pity on her. "Let me guess. The leech, this Chasewhatever, shattered the love you had for him when he dumped you for no good reason. The bloodsucker wants you again, but you can’t go back to him. You’ve filled your empty spaces with my wolfy pal?" "Sort of." Mei lets out
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8. Jump Off a Cliff

-Jian- I avoid Aline for about a week, keeping to myself while shoving away nagging thoughts about how I left things with her. Breaking news interrupts my efforts to forget about her. Lance tells us the vampires left the city. Talu, still on forced bedrest, doggedly researches why and bends my ear with his theories during my visits to bring him his favorite boba drink. According to Talu, Chase, Mei's vampire ex-boyfriend, sent her a goodbye text saying his coven was moving across the bay to Oakland, but there was no explanation. Without alpha commands to gather against bloodsuckers, I have too much idle time. I try to interest myself in Talu’s mission, but fail. Watching Tony dote on his middle schooler has me worried that he’ll get arrested if someone doesn’t check him on his stalkerish behavior. I convince Will to act as Tony's caretaker. I even stay at home to help my mom around the house. After just a day, she sat me down and told me my h
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9. What in The Hell Are We Doing?

-Aline- His T-shirt is soft against my thighs. Fascinated, I study the dark, rugged vision of him, still blocking the sun's fading rays. If his fidgety stance and inability to rest his eyes on my face is any sign, Jian is as shocked by my flirtation as I am. His eyes slide away, refusing to meet mine. Instead, his gaze skims the length of my legs. My heart thunders at his unadulterated perusal. The crashing waves mask the sound of the rapid heartbeat pounding in my ears. While his shout off the cliff was not as masculine as he would have liked, Jian seems to think manly thoughts now. His stance, hands shoved deep into his pockets, hides the evidence of his desire within his dripping shorts. My lips twitch, wanting to curl into a smile. I am pleased by his reaction to the sight of me. For just a moment, I shut my eyes, seeking some privacy to consider what exactly the hell it is I am doing. "Is that an invitation for me to manhandle you?"
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10. A Peek Into His Past

-Talu- I lounge on the sofa, healed enough to haul myself out of bed. Today, Jian keeps me company. He's twitchy, not at all his usual calm self. After asking after Mei and Aline, and pacing the length of the small living room at least six times, Jian finally settles in the armchair kitty-corner to the sofa. We both pretend to watch the Giants vs. Mariners baseball game. The distracting thrum of his fingers on the chair's upholstered arm forces me to break the heavy silence. "So, bro," I say, attempting a casual but cautious air. "Want to tell me about her?" "A girl?" He feigns rapt interest in a Geico commercial. Stupid talking lizard. "Just a wild guess. Seeing as you can’t look at me, you’re thinking about a girl, right?" It’s impossible to keep from grinning. I know poking at Jian might make him angry, but teasing him is irresistible. He shoots me a dark, annoyed look after I suggestively move my eyebrows up and down and g
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