Lahat ng Kabanata ng Beta Before An Alpha: Kabanata 151 - Kabanata 160

TWENTY-THREECarlos’ POV‘Was that really necessary?’ Vato growls at me as I turn my back on her and headed to the corridors, but I ignore him.‘Of course, it was. She has no idea what she’s getting into,’ I bark back, but my wolf wasn’t having any of it.‘If she insists on coming, I will reject her if that would keep her away from me,’ I say, my voice filled with promise.Vato growls at that, ‘She’s our mate. You reject her, you kill the bond. You kill our mate,’His words has me skidding to a stop in the middle of the hallway. I turn inwards.‘What the fuck did you just say?’ I feel my aura slipping off of me, I could barely suppress it.‘I have already rejected her once.’ I say to him.‘You saw it yourself. She is our twin soul. This has always been meant to be,’ My wolf says with finality to his voice, and I simply scoff.‘No. No, no, no. This is a mistake, I’m sure of it,’The goddess can’t possibly be stupid enough to bind someone like me, especially to a human? This has to be a

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE.Casey's POV "Abso-fucking-lutely not!" Danny growls, rushing forward, his scowl seemingly permanent now. He yanks me behind him, shielding me from Carlos, as if blocking me from his view could break the pull between us. I tried to peer around Danny's broad shoulders, but he shifted each time, deliberately blocking my line of sight. The tension thickened, the air heavy with testosterone and dominance. My head throbbed, the overwhelming male energy pressing in from all sides. For a moment, everything was quiet, too quiet. The eyes of the other werewolves burned into me, adding weight to the already awkward situation. How this could get worse, I had no clue. "Fine," Carlos gritted out finally, his voice low and dangerous. I managed to peek over Danny’s shoulder just in time to see Carlos turn and stride towards a small group gathered nearby. But my eyes stayed on him, drawn to his powerful frame, his commanding presence. Whether it was the mate bond or so

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENCasey’s POVThere were around the same number as us, maybe twenty-five, twenty-six? It doesn’t matter, though. There were a lot of them. They were growling and snapping their teeth at us, as if warning us not to go any further into their territory.I look back, petrified, wondering if we could even survive. The warriors moved to the front, the trackers positioned themselves at the back.Danny lowers himself to the ground, nudging me. I hop off, and go to hide behind the tallest bush I could find nearest to me.The rogues gathered quickly. One of them, a big brown, rugged wolf, stalked forward, and so did Carlos’. The two of them walk in slow deliberate circles, their eyes focused on each other as if they were having a silent conversation in their heads. The rogue’s eyes glistened, almost as if they knew each other.Growling lowly as they circled each other, the brown wolf suddenly stops. This made Carlos halt as well, but the next moment, one is already on top of

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINECarlos’ POVMy control was waning.Little did she know, her scent has been driving me crazy since the minute I got here. Meeting her for some brief span of time in the cell, I had been glad there were bars separating us. Because if she looked like she did today, I would have lost it.I did not expect to find her inhaling my jacket I’d swung over her as she slept.“Is that what you really want?” I asked lowly. I know my wolf is now dangerously close to the surface.She nodded, licking her lips dry. That did it.I pressed her against the stone, my hand closing around her throat. And she moaned. The sound echoed in my ears, making me shudder pleasurably.All I wanted was to scare her a bit. Maybe that would do something about her head.But the sweet, innocent sound she just made was too tempting to resist.Without thinking, I buried my nose in her neck, inhaling her scent deeply. She smelled so good I suddenly had the urge to run my tongue across her neck. Her soft mo

CHAPTER THIRTYCarlos’ POVAs soon as I was at least a hundred feet away from her, I released a deep breath.Facing the other trackers gathered in a circle, I moved my gaze up to the bright orange sky. The light touching everything in the clearing.Yes, it looked just like this. That day.The tethers of a memory tugged at the back of my mind, dragging me back to a point of time I didn’t want to remember. My parents took us, me and my little brother, to camp out by the stream. His name was Lucas. Young, that’s what we were. We were just pups, after all.Lucas and I laid comfortably on the grass. My mother was cooking barbecue on the grill while my father headed out to get us some firewood for the night.Our lives were simple. We lived a life on the run. But at least, we had something pack members could only dream of—freedom.And at least we’re together. That’s all that mattered.Lucas got up and suddenly poked me on the ribs, giggling.“Oh, yeah? How you like that?” I poked him on the