THE BETA

MAEVE'S POV

The music was an electric current on my body. 

I always loved to dance, and right now, it was taking my mind off that arrogant jerk of an alpha. 

Declan Hayes. 

Even right now, I could feel his eyes on me. I could feel his hungry gaze devouring me through the clothing. Or maybe I was just paranoid. It didn't matter. He made me feel out of character. 

I wanted to slap him and kiss him. I wanted to grind my body against him. I wanted to mark him in bites so everyone who saw him knew he had been claimed by me. Crazy. I was going crazy.

I stumbled off the dance floor and went outside. The jocks had a bonfire going, and they were chugging beer. I walked towards the table where the drinks were on and grabbed myself a bottle. 

Beer always tasted off, until you were drunk, then you never wanted it to end. I heard a familiar laughter and looked up to find Alana all cozied up with a cute nerdy boy. She was dragging him towards me, and he was letting her. 

“Hey Alana. Who do you have here?”

She looked up at him with puppy dog eyes, and he gave her an equally goofy smile. Oh boy. 

“This is Kyle. Kyle, meet Maeve, my roommate and friend.”

The boy extended a hand to me and I shook it. “Nice to meet you, Kyle.”

“Likewise, Maeve.”

A caught a whiff of his scent and raised a brow in surprise. He was an alpha. Looking at him, I wouldn’t have guessed that, but I guess looks can really be deceiving. He held himself with an air of importance. Like nothing could touch him. I liked that. I looked at him and Alana together and smiled. 

He stood a head taller than her, as her head rested perfectly where his shoulders were. He had strawberry blonde hair, and a drey eyes. Alana had red hair with green eyes. They matched too well. I was happy, at least someone was having a great time tonight. 

“So, Maeve. Gotcha.” I groaned before I turned around. 

Declan was leaning against the table, and he had an arrogant smirk on his face that I wanted to smack away. He was too annoying to be so beautiful. Really.

His dark hair was cut short, and he’d tussled it in a way that made it seem he just got out of bed. His dark eyes stared at me hungrily, and I knew the same hunger was reflected on my face. I found him attractive. Sue me. 

“So now you know my name. Yippee.”

“Won’t you introduce me to your friends?”

Alana raised a brow at me and I shrugged. Might as well. 

“Alana and Kyle, this is Declan. He's pestering my life.”

“Hey Dec. Didn't expect you to be here.” Kyle was talking to him. They must know each other then. 

“Neither did I Kyle.” He looked at me pointedly, as if I had something to do with his being here. 

“I’m going to leave now. Declan, leave me alone.” And without waiting to hear his response, I walked away. 

He made me want to get drunk out of my mind, and I grabbed another bottle of beer and chugged it. 

What could I do to make him leave me alone? He was too clingy for a total stranger. Sprouting nonsense about me not belonging, as if I couldn’t see the lust in his eyes. He only wanted me to himself. That was why he was being such an asshole. 

As I was walking, I bumped into someone and my bottle fell onto the floor. 

“Oops.” I said with a giggle. Shit, I had gotten myself drunk. 

“Whoa there. Slow down.” Manly hands held me still, and he was gazing down at me with a smile and beautiful blue eyes.

“Sorry. I think I’m drunk.” I said with another giggle and he laughed with me. 

I felt Declan’s gaze boring into my back and the idea occurred to me like a light buld going off. The man holding me had no scent to him. Nothing to cloud my omega mind, which made him a beta. Betas were safe. There was no threat of claiming me here. We could just have some good old fun. 

I turned around and beamed at the beta. He was handsome in a very classical way, with dark hair and equally dark eyes. He would certainly do. “Do you want to dance?”

“Right now?” I nodded my head. 

“Sure beautiful. I have nothing better to do right now.” Great. With no further words, I pulled him towards the dance floor and when we got there, I wrapped my hands around his neck. 

A slow-paced song started to play, and I let my body sway to the beat. The beta holding me knew how to dance, and he matched my pace easily. 

I watch Declan walk to us and lean against the wall. His eyes on me were like fire, and the beta holding me was forgotten. I could picture Declan holding me like this, us dancing like this. 

It set my body on fire, and I ground against the beta holding nothing back. The music changed to something fast-paced, and we matched our to it. 

The beta’s hands held my waist, and he twirled me around in circles. I was laughing because I was having a great time dancing with him. He turned me so that my back was to his front, and I sashayed my waist against his groin. 

We were almost dancing salsa, and I loved it. My eyes caught Declan’s again, and the song ended, I pressed my lips to the Beta’s neck. 

I saw the rage on Declan’s face, and he peeled his body from the wall. He threw the glass he had been holding to the ground. And people gasped. 

The music stopped and he stalked towards me. 

I was in deep shit.