Lahat ng Kabanata ng Alpha Aidan's Rejection: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

AIDANEven after the douchebag, Collin left and was nowhere to be seen, Nadia still feared for her safety. She was still tense, and her large hazel eyes welled up with unshed tears.All I wanted was for that feeling to go away and never return.I wanted to know everything about Tara’s and Nadia’s relationship with Collin, but I didn’t know if Tara would be okay with me pressing Nadia for answers, so I decided to keep it simple.Taking her cold hands into mine, I squatted to her level and smiled at her. “Hey, pretty, don’t be scared. He’s gone now, and he won’t be able to harm you on my watch,” I said to Nadia.It seemed like she didn’t believe me, but she nodded anyway. “You’ll stay and protect me?” She asked with glistening eyes.I nodded. There was nothing I wanted more than that. “Yes, Nadia. Anyone who tries to get to you will have to go through me first, and I promise you that they won’t be able to do so.”The well of tears cleared from her eyes as a small smile lifted her face,

TARAMy mind took a trip down memory lane to eight years ago, right after I put to bed. I was so scared, thinking that Aidan found us, or worse, Kayla, or Aidan’s father.Shortly after I was able to return to the pack, Alpha Collin showed up at the house to congratulate me, and when I brought up the topic, as well as my concerns about being found by the people who caused me to leave Pack Attica, my previous pack, Collin proceeded to confirm that he was the one who cleared my bills.It didn’t take a mathematician to put it together that Collin was into me, but I couldn’t settle for a relationship after what I’d been through. I also couldn’t ignore the fact that I didn’t see him that way, mostly because my heart belonged to another, even after such betrayal.Aidan was, after all, my mate. And even though our bond was severed, a heart was still a heart.Collin was kind to me and patient, and we later finally came to a conclusion to put a label on our relationship.The dynamic of our rela

TARA‘Let me try and fix it,’ he said. ‘Give me a second chance,’ he said.I stared at Aidan, and memories of how I almost lost my life to Kayla’s acid and knife attack because of him resurfaced. As the doctor said, Nadia was a fighter, so she survived.But what if she hadn’t?Memories of the hardship I faced because of him resurfaced. The loneliness, the sleepless nights, the hunger and pain, and with all those thoughts, my answer to Aidan’s plea fell from my lips.“No.”Aidan let out the breath he was holding, and goddess, I could feel the pain he felt.Without waiting for him to say anything else to me, I blinked the rest of the tears away from my eyes, and I turned my back to him, walking away.I took a moment to get myself together before reappearing in the open space, making it seem to the outside eye like nothing just happened.When I got back to our seats, Nadia was stuffing her face with snacks, and Jenna and Esme were no longer deep in conversation, but now watching the alp

AIDANI briskly changed into a more formal outfit and made my way over to the conference room of Collin’s pack, and by the time I got there, the seats were almost all taken as most of the alphas were already present.Finding a place to take my seat, I checked my watch and prayed that whatever they wanted to discuss in the meeting was done quickly so that I could return.Movement from the opposite direction of my seat caught my attention as I scrolled on my phone to get some work done, and on lifting my head to see what it was, Collin was sitting directly opposite me, and I internally sighed.“You are a bit late for a meeting that was supposed to start twenty minutes ago, Alpha Aidan,” he said, grinning in false respect.I looked around us before I spoke back. “Good thing the meeting hadn’t started then, right? Why don’t you be mature and find somewhere else to sit, because we both know that the two of us are the last people to want to be around each other,” I glared.The only other se

TARAWhat the hell? After all this time. After everything he did, Aidan still dared to tell me he deserved a chance with my daughter?The same one he was so happy to get rid of the moment he heard about her?Anger like I had never known before threatened to blind me, and I found it so difficult to keep my voice down.“What happened, Tara?” Aidan asked, and I hated how calm he was taking all of this. “I can’t wrap my head around how it’s possible… how she’s possible, but I need to know,” he said, running a hand through his hair as he referred to Nadia. “I had reason to believe you were dead, and now I realize I have an eight-year-old?”I scoffed as I took a step back. “Of course, you had reason to believe WE were dead. I mean, why wouldn’t you? You hurt me, Aidan,” I accused, tears blurring my vision. “I trusted you, and you betrayed me in the worst possible ways, and for some magical reason now, you want my daughter? Are you serious right now?”Aidan didn’t deny any of my accusations.