Chapter 2. My Father's Enemy

Adele

(1 day before the party)

"Just imagine it. Since we're in Seattle, we can celebrate your eighteenth birthday like never before, go to one of those super fun clubs, drink alcohol for the first time..." I suggested to my best friend Helena, who is almost like a sister to me.

"I don't know, Adele. Tomorrow is the party between the packs because of the recent peace. I don't know if that's a good idea," my friend replied hesitantly.

"Oh, come on, it's your birthday! How could we not celebrate it?"

"Are you sure we're doing this for me, or just for you?" Helena asked me. "You love going to parties. I don't."

Realizing I had been caught, I smiled guiltily and leaned against my friend's shoulder, while she sighed, obviously fed up with me.

"Either way, your father isn't going to allow it," Helena refused seriously.

"Let me talk to Dad."

Something no one else knows is that my father, the serious and reserved Alpha Harry Oakheart, absolutely adores me because I'm his youngest daughter. While my dad shows his strict side to my older brothers, I'm his sweet and beloved daughter. He never refuses me anything. So after only a few requests and a bit of emotional manipulation involving my late mother, Dad finally agreed to let us celebrate Helena's birthday.

I chose a very expensive club, one of those that always appears on social media, with eye-catching drinks and lots of colorful lights, a place that was very trendy in the city. A group of female omegas from different packs under my father's protection went together, all of them close friends of Helena, ready to celebrate her eighteenth birthday in style.

"To Helena! Who has finally reached adulthood!" I cheered, raising my drink into the air.

"To Helena!" everyone else replied just as enthusiastically.

My best friend, who was very shy and reserved, simply smiled and looked at everyone timidly from behind her pretty black-framed glasses. I could tell Helena wasn't very happy, so after the toast in her honor, I decided to drag her onto the dance floor so she could have some fun.

"No, Adele, seriously, I'm embarrassed..." Helena complained, walking timidly behind me.

"Come on, you'll have fun. I promise," I assured her, refusing to let go of her hand.

Timidly, Helena joined me on the dance floor while the rest of our friends stayed behind drinking the cocktails we had ordered. Helena had never been to a place like this before, so she moved shyly beside me to the rhythm of the music, while I, feeling much more experienced with this whole party scene, began dancing sexily next to my best friend.

"What are you doing?" Helena asked in surprise as I wrapped an arm around her waist to pull her closer to me, starting to sway my hips in an attempt to tempt the alphas around us.

"Don't you want to get yourself a handsome alpha as a birthday present?"

"Need I remind you that you're engaged? You have an official mate in your pack."

"My father chose someone for me. That doesn't mean I'm going to obey him, does it?"

Ignoring Helena's words, I kept dancing seductively around her, tempting every alpha nearby. My efforts finally paid off when two very handsome-looking alphas fell into our trap and came over to dance with us, which made sense, since Helena and I were two beautiful girls. Someone was bound to notice us.

"It looks like I've found a very delicious little thing over here," one of those alphas said as he approached me and placed his hands on my hips.

"Do I look delicious to you?" I replied provocatively. "Why don't you have a taste?"

I exposed my neck and released some of my pheromones for that alpha. He wasted no time and leaned in to leave a gentle bite on my neck, making me moan. This guy is really handsome...

With his messy light brown hair and sky-blue eyes, this alpha was a delight. So, confidently, I wrapped my arms around his neck, pressing my body as close to his as possible while continuing to sway my hips to the rhythm of the music, feeling his hard erection against my pelvis.

"Were you wearing this to tempt the alphas around you, sweetheart?" the alpha asked, his voice hoarse with arousal as he lowered his hands to my ass, which was covered by an extremely thin pair of shorts.

"Of course not. I'm a good girl. How could I do something like that?"

"You're a very good girl, that's for sure. Do you want a reward?"

Before I could answer, I felt both of his hands slide between my thighs, pressing against my sex with his fingers, which immediately began to grow wet for him. Unable to suppress a moan, I gently tugged on his brown hair, rising onto my tiptoes to try to kiss him.

That was when he appeared...

"What the hell are you doing, Shawn?" his masculine, authoritative voice interrupted us, making the alpha who had been groping me jump away from me.

"Brother Silas, I was just..."

The handsome guy looked frightened, shrinking like a coward in front of me.

"What the hell is wrong with you? Touching a young lady so indecently when she's nothing more than a defenseless omega. Are you out of your mind?"

"Brother, it's not what you think..."

I stopped paying attention to that awkward conversation, looking for the first time at the man I now recognize as Silas Sterling, although at that moment I had no idea who he was.

The first thing I noticed was his jaw, so straight and strong it looked like it could cut you if you touched it. Then I looked into his gray eyes, as cold as steel. He was such an attractive and powerful man that his mere presence commanded respect.

I'm not lying when I say I shivered with desire. Silas is the most handsome and hottest man I've ever seen in my life. Even though he's over thirty years old, I wanted him from the very first moment I laid eyes on him.

"Control yourselves. I won't repeat myself," Silas warned, looking at the two alphas who had dared to approach us.

Looking thoroughly frightened, both men quickly walked away from the dance floor, while Silas silently looked me up and down. I don't know whether he wanted me as much as I wanted him from the moment I saw him. All I know is that we shared a connection stronger than words, something indescribable.

"Adele, that's enough," Helena said fearfully as she approached me and grabbed my arm. "Let's go back to the others."

Looking away with apparent indifference, the handsome alpha with dark hair and gray eyes walked away from the dance floor toward the club's VIP area, leaving me completely stunned by his beauty.

"Adele? What's wrong?"

"Helena, I think I found a cock I want to jump on," I answered honestly. "I'm in love."