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21. Roxie
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Anything For The Alpha 22. Kate
How could I be the kind of friend to begrudge Roxie’s joy? Only someone with nothing can understand the unfillable gap in an orphaned soul. The one where all you learn about is a closeness, a happiness that you can never have for yourself. Every alphabet book, every play, every pretend world contained parents, aunts, uncles and happy gatherings. To learn that Roxie had a family out there, even though one branch had died, there might be more out there to discover was amazing. It almost made the fact I am nearly broke bearable. This was Roxie’s day. She practically skipped all the way back to the main Compound, her wedges dancing over the cobbles with no effort. “What were you so afraid of before?” I asked, “you seemed to think you were in trouble?” “Did I?” she asked, swinging her arms giddily and smiling. “You looked just like when you get caught taking food from the kitchen that time, remember when Mrs Rogging shouted and you froze with your hand in the fruit bowl?” “You were
Anything For The Alpha 23. Alpha Dex
I was right about the early bird catches the worm, I just never expected it to be the wizened, scary-ass old worm I never want to be alone with. As I sat on the bench, idly playing with some vine leaves I toyed over yesterday’s Conference meeting. Twirling the ring from my father absent-mindedly, its black opal revealing fiery folds of orange and red when examined closely. I should wear it all the time, instead father doles it out for official business only. I keep it when he officially recognises me. Like having a toy repeatedly taken away. Alpha Austin wanted something. The forestry of Luna Gwyneth's pack was too paltry to go to war over, but what if it was a cover for something bigger? Trying to make me look the other way and miss the bigger picture? I didn’t expect to see Kate running past. It was as though my imagination conjured her into life. Watching her move, with long slender limbs like a ballerina, I almost called her name. Then, with a pang I remember all my duties, my r
Anything For The Alpha 24. Kate
I keep hidden in our room until it is time for Warrior training. The training complex is on the outside of the compound, where the bonfire parties from previous weeks take place. Two dozen of us, including Roxie, Matt, Felix and Cherry are attending. The grass is marked in training circles, the aim being to fight within a smaller area each time. The first circle is the size of a basketball court, designed to reflect an open battlefield. The final one, three sizes down, is smaller than a double bed, deadly personal combat. I warm up, stretching and jumping like it might magically turn me into the kind of battle-hardened machine you need to be for a place in this squad. “Pair up!” Coach Grantley shouted as everyone quickly shuffled to the side. A rugged man in his mid-fifties, greying and covered in silvery scar lines he looked terrifying. His shaved mohawk hairstyle didn’t help settle my nerves. If Roxie had been standing anywhere near me I’d have suggested he looked like a psycho
Anything For The Alpha 25. Alpha Dex
Following Luna Madeline’s little diversion I eventually stopped mooning over Kate’s window like a desperate puppy and headed inside. Only to find my father proposing a change to the itinerary. Rose glared at me as I walked in, Beta Rhett stood very near her which I glared back at him for. Not the fucking start I wanted. He sighed and took a step to the left. Rose mind-linked me, her voice full of frustration, /Father wants me to accompany Alpha Austin on this fucking tour of the compound, you have to look after me!/ /Nothing is happening, there are no deals being made like that without me knowing first/ I sent back but my words felt hollow. If father could change the full conference schedule without telling me then of course he will do his dealings with Rose separately. /Father, can I ask-/ /Not now. Did Luna Madeline have anything to say?/ I gave him the slightest of nods across the room. This wasn't for a mind-link conversation. Especially when Dark Arts specialists were presen
Anything For The Alpha 26. Roxie
This has been the greatest month of my life. Since finding out about the money everything has just been fabulous. Felix is adorable. Such a cuddly cupcake of a man hidden under all those rippling muscles. It’s bringing out all kinds of sides of me I didn’t even know I had, I could do anything, I mean anything to Felix and those big green eyes would let me. I’ve had him blindfolded, tied to the bed, I’ve straddled him to the point of screaming for release all because in my mind I am doing these things to Alpha Dex. I don’t just want to fuck him, I want to be his Luna. I want to completely shatter his world and leave him no option but to pluck and fuck me out of obscurity and into the limelight. It sounds completely crazy doesn’t it. It seemed impossible at one point, until that fight. He might have rigged the game for Kate out of pity, but his eyes were on me. I felt that burning heat, it could only be from him. Every muscle in my body tingled, I wanted to pose, stick out my ass or
Anything For The Alpha 27. Kate
Every night alongside the little prayers I send up for my mother and father, I send one for Felix too. He is making Roxie so happy, and without realising it, I can crash in our shared room on my own for the most part. We are naturally avoiding each other. She comes in to get new clothes when she knows I have an extra lesson. I hang out on the roof for the few hours she uses the shower. I miss her silly, dramatic ways, and how loudly she has to complete every task. The room is so quiet with just my thoughts. We nod in the corridors as we pass, she might mouth a “how are you?” but no conversation. Nobody wants to be tarnished by association. Even Cherry and Matt, two people I thought so much of are strangers to me now. I might have been an orphan almost all my life but it is this month where I felt truly alone and abandoned for the first time. Roxie is glowing though. Like a supermodel, her hair, skin and eyes all seem so much brighter than I remember. It’s as though she has burst
Anything For The Alpha 28. Alpha Dex
Rhett still isn’t right with me, it’s been a month since I grabbed his shirt and lashed out. This is why Kate has got to go, she’s messing with my head too much. I shouldn’t be losing it with my most loyal Beta, the man I would trust with my family's life. So, to make amends, I asked him and Glenn to come with me on this town inspection. Normally just one would come with me along with a load of Strategists, accountants and other miserable administrators. I wanted to have some fun, forget about…certain people anyway. Except it wasn’t fun. The town was a dusty, run-down shithole. And certain people, Kate, never left my mind. My father hadn’t invested in it for years and it showed. Even the farming land was poorly maintained. I understand it’s hard to farm when it's constantly sunny and there is limited water but even by our low standards this town was wrecked. It was sobering stuff, not helped by the fact Rhett was still icy. We had room’s laid on by the town mayor, a pudgy, greasy
Anything For The Alpha 29. Kate
By the time I look up from my notes it is dark. The library is empty, only one light visible across the whole floor. There is a good chance I’m going to get locked in again if I stay much later. I can see the flames of the bonfire party out of the window. The music and whooping thuds dully through the window. Closing my eyes it feels like I was there years ago, not six weeks. So much has changed since then. When I heard footsteps pounding up towards my floor I gathered my books, preparing another apology for the steely eyed librarian. What I didn’t expect was Alpha Dex. Grey tshirt, black leather jacket, hot as hell even with a look of seething hatred on his face. His eyes caught mine and my throat seized. Instinctively I grasped my books closer to my chest, afraid of what any other bodily reaction could be. From the doorway, he paused. My heart dropped at the idea he might just leave, before suddenly storming towards me. Ruby red flashed through those espresso coloured irises.
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