All Chapters of Claimed by the Alpha Beast: Chapter 151 - Chapter 160

Gareth (Third-person POV)Gareth spots Linda from several yards away.She is waiting in front of her pack's main bus stop exactly where he instructed her to wait.This is one of the few times in twenty-two years she has done exactly what he asked without arguing.A ridiculous thought crosses his mind and he shuts it down immediately. She's not eager to see me. She's eager to see our son. Just like I am.He reminds himself of this again before his thoughts can wander somewhere they shouldn't.He'd raced halfway through the woods before taking a car for the rest of the trip. As a half blood, Linda can not shift this late in the lunar cycle, so driving is the only option.He finds himself wondering if she would've agreed to race side by side in the woods if she could.The thought is absurd. He pushes it away fast.When he pulls over beside her, she doesn't wait for an invitation. She opens the passenger door, climbs inside, and shuts it behind her."Hello, Alpha Gareth.""Linda."That's

Marissa POVAfter my brief conversation with Caden, I'm escorted back to my cell. I don't see or hear from him again.Two days pass. Then three.By the fourth morning, the familiar clanking of metal makes my stomach tighten. I expect the cellmate I've been dreading.Caden already made it clear we won't see each other again until my sentence is over. I know that.Still, some tiny, foolish part of me had hoped…I don't let myself finish the thought.I lift my head when the bars swing open and the guard stands outside. Alone."Get up.”I sit straighter."You're being transferred."At this point, I barely react. What's the use? I've stopped expecting anything good to happen. I'll serve my sentence, pay whatever fine remains after I'm released.Then I'll leave for the East Coast.That plan hasn't changed. Except this time, I'll ask Caden for a rejection.He didn't mention it during his visit, but he has probably thought about it too.Whatever the bond says... No matter what Tanya wants...

Marissa POVFor a long time after Caden leaves, I don't move. I remain where I am just staring at the door. At nothing in particular. I know he's still out there. I hear the whispers, not his voice, but he's part of the conversation. The sound soon fades.Minutes go by as I wait for…I don't know what I'm waiting for. Then a gentle knock sounds and I just at the sound. Did he forget something? Even as this question crosses my mind, I know it's not him."I'm coming in," a familiar voice calls.Ryder Lockwood.Caden's closest friend.The male who will most likely become his Beta once his final trials are over.He opens the door slowly and peers inside."Hey, Miss Blue."It's the first time he's ever addressed me directly.He and Caden became friends a few years after Alpha Gareth separated us. But Ryder and I are from the same pack. I've known him almost as long as I've known Caden.It doesn't change the fact that, like Caden, Ryder Lockwood belongs to a world very different from m

Caden POVAt least Nyx is little calm now that she's no longer in that prison cell.I have no idea why I just said what I said. And I refuse to examine it.Whether or not I'll actually demand that she perform her duty is something I've spent the past few days trying not to think about.Those words had left my lips before I could stop them.And now I can't stop the images flooding my mind as I hurry out of the cozy room.What would it feel like to finally claim what is mine?In the brief, dangerous moment of fantasy, I let myself forget Gareth and everything he wants from me.Only Rissa exists. In my arms. Her warmth against me. Her naked skin, soft and willing, beneath me.I drag a hand through my hair as though I can physically clear the thoughts from my head. It doesn't work.I step outside.Gareth and Mom are waiting beneath the tree a few feet from the door.For a moment, I'm startled by the sight of the two. Not that I expect them to have left. Just that my brain doesn't seem ca

Kerris POVI'm just coming out of the woods when I spot the two of them.Gareth Stone and Linda Hyde. Caden's parents.I slow between the trees, watching them from a distance.It's not the King they're here to see. They've come for Caden. And, judging by the direction they're coming from, they've just gone to visit his mate.I can already imagine Gareth's thoughts.Marissa Blue is an omega. A convicted criminal. A girl from a background nowhere near what he would consider suitable for his son.Gareth was the Alpha of my birth pack for most of my life. He's still the Alpha. His family and mine were close for years. And his first son was the only male I ever dated before Fate gave me Zach.Those days feel like they belong to another lifetime now. They belong to a different Kerris.But I know Gareth well enough to doubt that he will easily accept the idea of Marissa becoming Caden's Luna.For all I know, he might even be disappointed that she survived.I watch the two as he says somethi