All Chapters of The Billionaire Alpha's Unexpected Mate (Billionaire Alphas.: Chapter 41 - Chapter 49

Chapter FortyKyraEverything happened at once.The rogue hit Cherry mid-air, their bodies colliding with a sickening crack as they rolled across the clearing. Josh slammed into its side an instant later, his jaws snapping shut around its neck but the wolf was stronger than both of them. It shook violently, throwing Josh off like he weighed nothing.“Josh!” I screamed.He crashed into a tree, the impact knocking the breath from him. He slid down the trunk and didn’t get up right away.Panic exploded in my chest, I was frozen on the ground I didn't know what to do.Cherry staggered to her feet, blood matting the fur along her shoulder, one eye already swelling shut. She planted herself between the rogue and me anyway, legs trembling but stance unyielding.“Stay behind me,” she growled, her voice rough and strained even in wolf form.The rogue circled, slow and deliberate now, like it knew it had the advantage. Its gaze flicked past Cherry—straight to me. Its lips peeled back, saliva dr

Chapter Forty TwoKyraI woke up still in the back of the SUV, my hands wouldn’t stop shaking.No matter how tightly I curled my fingers into my palms, no matter how many times I told myself it was over, my body refused to listen. The clearing was gone now—washed away by flashing lights, rushing wolves, voices overlapping—but the image of yellow eyes and snapping jaws stayed burned into my mind.I sat in the back seat of an SUV at the edge of the pack grounds, a blanket wrapped around my shoulders that I didn’t remember anyone giving me. My teeth chattered anyway.Cherry and Josh had been taken ahead to the infirmary.Alive.Injured and hurting, but alive.That was the only thing keeping me sane.I stared at the ground until a familiar pair of boots came into view.Tristan stopped a few feet away from me.He didn’t crouch, didn’t touch me, and didn’t soften the hard line of his body like I half-expected him to. He stood there like an Alpha addressing a threat instead of a woman who’d

Chapter Forty FourKyraCherry looked awful.And yet she still managed to grin when she saw me.“You look worse,” she croaked from the infirmary bed.I burst into tears before I could stop myself.“Oh no,” Josh muttered from the bed beside her, arm strapped and shoulder heavily bandaged. “We survived a rogue wolf, don’t let tears be what takes us out.”I laughed and wiped my face. “You’re both idiots.”Cherry reached for my hand, squeezing weakly. “Yeah. But we’re alive idiots.”The guilt hadn’t left me since last night. It sat heavy in my stomach, twisting every time I looked at the bruises lining Cherry’s ribs or the deep bite wound stitched across Josh’s shoulder.“You shouldn’t have stayed,” Cherry said gently.“I wasn’t gonna leave you all by yourselves.”“That’s not the point,” Josh said. “You’re not trained for that.”The words stung, even though I knew he didn’t mean them cruelly.“I’m tired of being the helpless one,” I admitted quietly.Cherry’s expression softened. “You’re

Chapter Forty SixKyraI told myself Tristan was being paranoid.I repeated it all afternoon two days later at the diner.While refilling coffee, wiping tables and all the while pretending my hands weren’t still shaking every time someone walked in too quietly.‘He smells like trouble.’Tristan’s words wouldn’t leave me alone.Bryan had always smelled like soap and aftershave and whatever detergent his grandmother used. I’d never noticed anything metallic. Never felt threatened.But then again… I'm not a werewolf and I’d never been hunted before.“You’re awfully quiet today.” Bryan said, leaning against the counter while I rang up an order.“Long night,” I replied.He studied me for a second too long. “You sure you’re okay?”“I’m fine.”The lie tasted thin.He lowered his voice. “Your, uh, boss seems intense.”“Tristan’s not my boss.”Bryan’s lips twitched faintly. “Sure.”I bristled. “You don’t know him.”“Maybe not,” Bryan said easily. “But I know controlling when I see it.”Heat fl

Chapter Forty EightTristanTristan let out another howl of pain. There was blood everywhere and Isaac just couldn’t stomach it anymore.“that’s it, I’m calling to have her brought over.”“don’t you dare!” Tristan threatened, his voice steely. Despite the immense pain he was going through he wasn’t going to be selfish and spring this on her, not unless he was absolutely sure she was ready.Isaac huffed. “you are the most insufferably Alpha in the whole planet you know that right?”“i know. Call the pack doctor instead.”It took everything in Isaac not to throw away his orders to the wind. His alpha was was deteriorating fast and he was helpless.“i already did he’s on his way.”“good.” tristan said.He’s gone deathly pale, his wounds aren’t healing as rapidly as they should anymore because he’s gone mate-less for longer than required for an alpha and yet he still wouldn’t claim Kyra as his mate.She was so close and yet so far away.His alpha refuses to tell him his reasons apart fom