Midnight Chase: Saved by the Alpha

Midnight Chase: Saved by the Alpha

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Claire was almost convinced that she couldn't find a mate because she failed to shift on her eighteenth birthday. The next year, without getting her hopes up, she sneaked out of her pack to attend another pack's mating ball out of curiosity. As a gatecrasher who has broken the rules, she was certain she wouldn't get caught because the event was a masquerade ball and none of the people would see her face. But guess what? She danced with the new alpha who was without a mask, and he immediately knew she was an outsider because she failed to recognize him! Running away, the clock tolled, signaling it was already midnight. She bolted into her wolf form for the first time and smelled a potent scent all over her, and realized that the man she danced with was her mate! However, upon returning home, Claire found out her father, the alpha of their pack, was killed by her uncle, and she was then exiled before meeting her mate again. But everything changed when a month later, a man barged into the barren place where she was imprisoned, and she met her savior's enigmatic blue eyes.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1: The Mating Ball

The backlit mirrors in Mier'Chelie's don’t flatter me at all. I look like a rat!

Weeks of planning, and my cardigan sleeves seem a bit long. The headband I put on is doing nothing to tame my wavy hair. Are Chuck Taylor knockoffs okay for here?

Still…maybe Oliver will notice the effort.

Speaking of which, has he seen my text messages? It’s already 9:43. If we eat and leave on time, we can get to the New Year’s firework show…

“Lookin 4ward to u gettin here”—30 minutes ago, unread.

I scrunch my eyes tightly. I worked hard to learn how eyeliner works, so I don’t want to mess it up, but…

“Keep it cool, Cynthia… Just…two more minutes.”

I already have a text reminder alarm set. There’s no need to bombard him.

It’s okay. Just two more minutes.

When I start opening the bathroom door—

“Don’t go!!”

—I almost smack myself in the face with it.

Who’d scream like that here of all places? I got my answer when I peeked out the door.

Jessica Parthow. She looks absolutely stunning in her deep blue dress. The dance team really does wonders for her legs.

The guy she’s holding onto doesn’t seem to notice or care.

Alex Hewlett: hockey team captain, satisfactory student, and notoriously unserious playboy. My Oliver waxes poetic about him constantly. Their current season is a huge success so far because of him.

I…don’t really care about Alex. Sure, he looks like a fashion catalog photo made real: light slacks, tucked-in black dress shirt, clean sneakers.

But from what I know, he isn’t one for commitment. A fling-only person, never dated anyone that I know of.

Though Jessica’s, uh, not gotten the picture. I heard she texted someone, demanding they “stop trying to fuck my boyfriend.” From his phone no less.

Those two are still fussing so…I’ll just wait in here for now—

My heart jumps into my throat when my phone starts blaring.

Ah. 9:45.

Panic rushes through me as I try to turn it off, but I can’t get a handle on it before the bathroom door gets shoved open. I stumble back and look up.

It’s Jessica, Immaculate, and furious. Her five-foot-seven seems mountainous to my five-foot-fourteen.

Meeting her gaze is…too much. I try to slip past her, but her hand ensnares my shoulder.

“Who the hell are you?” Jessica hisses, her nails digging in as I wince. “You were listening to us just now, weren’t you? Took a video to laugh with your bitch friends?”

“Uh—”

Before I answer, a large hand grabs my other shoulder and pulls me away. I freeze up, getting smushed against someone’s pecs.

“Hey babe,” a saccharine voice says. “What took you so long?”

…Oliver doesn’t call me ‘babe’. This body is too big, too.

When I look up, Alex’s warm brown eyes meet mine. He winks before looking back toward Jessica.

“…What’s that look for? You know I’m not one to date. I just wanted to have fun, but… It’s not anymore. See you.”

Then, I’m being ushered away. My ears are too full of cotton to fully understand what Alex is saying to me.

Were his hands always this big? This strong? He’s like a vice.

I only realize how far we’ve gone when a gust of wind blows against my face… When did we get down the street?

“...Okay, she’s leaving. Thank fuck—”

I squirm out of his arms immediately, nearly braining myself on the snow-dusted ground. When I shoot him a look I hope is intimidating, he just raises his hands like he’s confronting a scared deer.

“Hey, yeah, sorry about that. Jess was jumping down my throat.” I feel his eyes trail up and down my body. “You were a great help, though. Can I have your number? I’ll make this up to you.”

It takes me a moment to process what he said, then irritation bubbles in my chest. Didn’t he just diss Jessica using me?

“...No need.”

I stumble past him, heading back to the restaurant. Whatever, I’m going back anyway. I just want to wait for Oliver.

However, his sneakers catch up beside me.

“I mean it, I’m really sorry about that! For real… Are you even waiting for someone?” He lets out a snort. “It’s almost 10. No qualified boyfriend would be late on a day like this.”

I stop in my tracks and turn on him. With some effort, I forcefully unclench my jaw.

“Someone who uses random girls on a whim should keep their mouth shut. He’s a thousand times better than you.”

Alex’s eyebrows rise up as he gives me another once-over.

“...You’re spicier than you look.” He starts smirking, stuffing his hands in his pockets. “Redmond High, right? Do I know your perfect Prince Charming?”

“Oliver is—”

Ah.

My six-month anniversary is today, but almost no one knows. Oliver doesn’t like school gossip, and I’m happy as long as he is. But…

I cut myself off, glancing up at Alex, hoping he doesn’t know the name. But of course he does, thick black eyebrows raised in surprise.

His grin turns playful, so I try making my expression as steely as possible

“Oliver Oakley? Yeah…great asset to the team. A real fun guy.” He gasps, and I jolt slightly. “Speaking of fun, Gunther’s throwin' a party while his folks are out. Go drop by. You might see something fun.”

…The winter air firmly reminds me I’m just in a cardigan. I wrap my arms around myself and decide to flee instead of wrapping my mind around his suggestion.

Alex calls after me. “Remember! 8293 Harvey Way!”

I don’t answer him. There’s no need to.

— — —

I text Oliver at 9:52.

Then 10:10.

10:35.

10:55.

By 11 PM, I’m standing in the snow outside the now closed restaurant, my half-eaten breadsticks in a to-go box under my arm. My stomach grumbles with hunger.

Did…Oliver just stand me up?

No, he couldn’t have. Maybe he was just occupied.

Like, anything could’ve happened. His phone battery could’ve died or he could’ve gotten into a car accident and couldn’t reply. Or maybe…

No.

If Oliver was going to a party, he would tell me. I don’t need to act out-of-control like Jessica. Given, Oliver and I actually are dating, but still.

…Well. It’s not like I can’t drop by. I don’t know Gunther super well, but maybe he knows where Oliver is.

Checking is fine…right?

I’ll just see if he’s there, that’s all.

Upon arrival, I immediately pick out his car among the others.

The lights inside and the music are…a lot. There’s so many people, I’m getting squished just by stepping inside. It kinda burns, somehow.

As I stumble onto the tile, I find Gunther there, a lanky brunette slumped in a chair with an off-brand booze bottle limp in his hand.

“Hey…”

Gunther blinks at me slowly like I’m a mirage. Maybe I look like one. My hair’s all over the place now.

I try to drag words from the drying concrete in my brain.

“Uhm…ah… Oliver. Do you, uhm… Know… Where he is?”

He squints at me. “Whut?”

The music’s too loud. So I try speaking up, but he doesn’t hear me. I try again, and no dice.

“I said! Do you know where Oliver is?!”

My throat feels raw as I scream. There’s sweat rolling down my back.

“Ohh. Damn, you didn’t have to yell,” Gunther huffs. “He’s snoozing upstairs.”

Relief floods me immediately.

Where’s the stairs? Just find the stairs. The bedroom’s upstairs.

When I catch a glimpse of the first step, I crawl my way through the crowd. I just want them off of me.

Getting up to the second floor…

It’s quieter, I think. I can’t hear past the buzzing downstairs, the ringing in my ears, and my own panting.

But I know he’s here. I can feel him, my guiding light. Oliver’s here.

I know he’s behind the first door I find. Surely he’s resting.

I’ll ask him why he didn’t answer my texts later. I just…want to see him.

Know that he’s safe. Just to calm down before I head home.

The voices downstairs are counting.

I open the door quietly, not wanting to wake him.

But he’s already up.

The voices are cheering.

Oliver’s indeed in bed.

He’s laying under the covers, kissing a girl with naked shoulders.

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15 Chapters
Chapter 1: The Mating Ball
Deep-set eyes, a clean-shaven face, an angular jawline that seemed chiseled from stone, an aristocratic nose that added an air of regal elegance, and lips pursed in a grim line. His brute features were what I noticed first when I laid my eyes on him, a striking blend of strength and refinement.He was the only man who went to the dancefloor without a mask, and for the first time in my nineteen years of existence, my heart leaped because of a male.Standing there amidst the swirling sea of dresses and suits, I couldn't help but feel a magnetic pull toward him. He was tall, towering above the crowd at perhaps around six feet, and his tie was loosely knotted as if he hadn't had the time to properly adjust it.As he stepped into the room, an almost palpable shift occurred. The atmosphere seemed to change, and most girls, even those who were already in the company of partners, couldn't help but turn their heads towards the newly arrived man. It was as though an undeniable aura surrounded h
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Chapter 2: Bloodshed
It felt surreal.How I shifted into my wolf form for the first time, and how I recognized my mate’s scent all over me, everything felt surreal I almost couldn’t believe it.It was just yesterday when I ranted to my best friend, Winona, about how pathetic I was because I didn’t shift on last year’s blood moon even when I was already eighteen. All of the other debutants had shifted and most of them knew their mates already, but there I was, the pathetic alpha’s daughter who was believed to be a late bloomer."Your time will come, my dear. Don’t be disheartened," was what Dad told me.I was thankful he was such a supportive dad despite the pack’s expectations of me being his only child, but I knew deep down he was happy that I hadn’t met my mate yet because for him, I was his baby girl. But still, I couldn’t help but be disappointed with myself.Tonight, everything changed. I had changed for the better.Running away from the first district pack with my four legs was a lot more convenient
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Chapter 3: Imprisoned
I woke up feeling the pain on my wrists. My body felt numb and my head was aching as I opened my eyes. The first thing I noticed was the tight shackles on my wrist. Second was the dark and dirty cell I was in.As I struggled to sit up, memories flashed in my mind. From sneaking into the first district’s mating ball, to returning home and finding out the sinister outcome of my uncle’s betrayal. The last thing I remembered was I got knocked down by Lucas.With my overflowing emotions, my anger got the better of me. I didn’t think about the gap of strength between me and Lucas. I was ready to die right there. I was ready for the worst. Why would I expect them to spare me if they had killed my dad anyway? My friends… they were all killed. How could Uncle Nick and Lucas do this?The sunlight from the small hole in the east wall of the small cell where I was imprisoned was my only light. I was still wearing the peach dress I wore last night but now it was marred with dirt and blood from my
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Chapter 4: Saved by the Alpha
Winona offered help to get me out of prison but I refused it. I didn’t want anyone to suffer because of me, so if I were to escape, I would do it alone. But I knew that escaping this deserted place was almost impossible unless I was taken out. Perhaps getting married off to the fourth district’s alpha wasn’t that bad.I had found my mate, yes, but being with him right now was not possible. That man was living in the first district. He could have recognized my scent that night but he didn’t know anything about me. Not my face, not my name. He knew nothing so how could I expect him to come running to save me? Besides, what if he was just an ordinary person? He could do nothing against Uncle Nick’s scheme so I’d rather have him out of this mess."Alpha Nicholas’ people will come here for you tomorrow morning, so you should be ready." The woman sending me meals was kind enough to give me a heads up. "Finish your food and rest."I didn’t say anything like usual and just started eating dinn
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Chapter 5: Messy Family
Kaiser’s POV“D o I look like a fool? Some weakling? You disrespected my mate last night, Kaiser. It’s like all this international travel has turned you into a spoiled little brat.”My skin pickled, and my wolf bristled. I could feel his hackles rise as he pressed against the surface again. It was all I could do not to let him jump forward — and Brock was making it harder and harder to remember why I wasn’t just letting him take control so that he could end this intolerable situation once and for all.I couldn’t, though. I couldn’t. If Uncle Gage had invited Brock to become a council member because he was going to support him, then the last thing I needed to do was lose control right in front of him, my stepfather. Then again, that was entirely too strong a word for what the man was. There was nothing paternal about him. He was just my mother’s shitty mate.But it didn’t matter how I saw him. All Brock cared about was what he saw and, to a lesser extent, what my mother saw in him. If
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Chapter 6: Release Me
I was no longer watching the scene but had returned to my own body in an instant, suddenly acutely aware of the fingers tightening around my neck. In the past, when I was small, and my powers hadn’t come in fully, I had feared that one day Brock might kill me in his senseless rage — or, if not, leave me so badly injured that there’d be no chance of recovery.Now, the first time he actually attempted it — I wasn’t scared at all. My heart was racing as adrenaline surged through my veins, but…it wasn’t cold, paralyzing fear. I didn’t know what it was, but I wasn’t going to stand listlessly against the door in my own home while this man tried to choke me out.Everything moved all at once. I surged forward, my hands grabbing at his forearms to push the pressure off my trachea. The red flooded back, and I stopped resisting it, offering up a savage snarl as I blinked, allowing my alpha power to come forward. Brock all but roared in response, shifting his position as he tried to shift his wei
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Chapter 7: Out of Ordinary
Claire's POVThankfully, no one had noticed when Bella and I snuck downstairs in the early hours. I barely had anything to drink, but I still felt like hell.All this traveling hadn’t exactly been great for the healing process, and the stress of meeting Kaiser’s extended family hadn’t helped either.I knew rest would do me some good. I also knew carrying around a toddler wasn’t the best thing to help me get back into fighting form as quickly as possible. I even knew it would be better if we got on UK time instead of some bizarre jet-lagged schedule, but…I was still seriously considering flying back to Texas. But a small part of me felt bad for abandoning Kaiser in what was clearly some sort of familial clusterfuck…I had to shake it off. I couldn’t make a decision based on Kaiser, especially when his mother had treated me worse than the dog shit she found on the bottom of her Louis Vuitton shoes. He didn’t even seem to think it was that weird. Admittedly, she hadn’t seemed to be parti
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Chapter 8: Warning
I was quiet for a moment and tipped my head. “Is that why you were in such a mood last night? Your mom?”“I wasn’t—” Kaiser stopped himself again. “Yeah.” “Yeah, me too.” I grimaced. Kaiser did the same.“I’m sorry. I was looking for you, but people kept coming up to talk to me. I didn’t think Viola would—” He shook his head. “I don’t know why I didn’t think she would. Of course, she would. I’m sorry, Claire.”I shrugged. “I…I would have appreciated a warning,” I said after a moment. He couldn’t control his mother’s actions any more than she could control his, after all, but she had caught me off guard. “So, thank you.”I reached over and squeezed his knee. “I’m sorry I yelled at you. I could have explained how I was feKaiserng without yelling like that. Or cursing.” I gave him a wry smile, feKaiserng a little sheepish. I knew I could be a little crass, but I tried to reserve that for when I was trying to intimidate suspects — that wasn’t how I wanted to treat Kaiser. “It’s been reall
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Chapter 9: Not a pleasure cruise
KAISERthe rest of the afternoon went relatively quietly, and that calm stretched into the evening. Uncle Gage had gone somewhere else, and Viola and Brock had gone to their own home. Or maybe not. I didn’t care where they went, but they weren’t at the Archer family estate, and that’s all that mattered to me.Claire had crashed sometime in the afternoon, and I let her catch up on some sleep. I had to try and plan for this council meeting. Even though there’d been some attempts to have it the night we’d arrived, I was rKaisereved my father had put his foot down. It gave me time to gather my wits, and whatever Gage was planning, he’d have to sit on it. I hoped that meant the man would be forced onto his back paws.Even though we’d gone to bed at a reasonable hour, Claire was still asleep when I woke up. When I peeked into Bella’s room, the little girl was hugging her stuffed wolf, mouth hanging open slightly as she remained in a deep slumber. I smiled a little at the sight before slippi
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Chapter 10: To defend the pack
The council had already assembled by the time I made my way downstairs, but at least I wasn’t the last of the twelve to show up. Several members of my family were on the council — my uncles Gage and Sam, myself, and my father, of course. That was a third right there. My father’s close childhood friend, Liam Black, was also a member. Uncle Sam had once confided in me that Liam was meant to be the pack beta, but Gage had gone on a tear, wreaking so much havoc that the rest of the council had begun to pressure my father to take Gage on as the pack beta instead.One could argue nepotism was alive and well here, but the members were chosen by the alpha. In the case of Liam and Gage, that was the best my father could do for his old friend. The members of the council were meant to advise the pack alpha, but at least in Longbow, they weren’t really a ruling force.Any wolf could be nominated, too, though they usually required the support of at least one current council member before they were
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