All Chapters of THE ALPHA who was meant to kill me : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

22 Chapters

Chapter 1

He woke drenched in sweat. The room was dark except for the faint silver wash of moonlight slipping through the blinds. His heart pounded as if he’d just run miles through the forest and his hand shot to his forearm on instinct. A mark glowed there. A crescent shaped brand, faint but pulsing beneath the skin. No way. “What is it?” the woman laying beside him murmured, her voice thick with sleep. “You’re shaking.” He forced his breathing to steady. “Nothing. Go back to sleep.” She settled again with a small sigh and within seconds her breathing evened out. He lay back, shutting his eyes as he went back to sleep. Somewhere across the city of Manhattan, in a narrow apartment above a noisy street, a human man jolted awake in the same sweat. His jaw throbbed as if he had clenched it too hard in his sleep. His chest ached and the sheets were twisted around his legs. He sat up, confused. He had dreamed of a man. A big man with eyes like molten gold in the shadow. ———

Chapter 2

Noah’s pov “I’m fine, Mum!” I tugged at the collar of my shirt, trying to stop her fussing while she fussed anyway. She squinted at me, her hands on my chest as if she could measure my heartbeat with her palms. “Are you sure you had enough to eat? I can pack you those pancakes.” She turned to my father, who was standing at the door’s entrance. “Louis, get me those containers I packed, quick!” “Mum, listen—I ate enough! I’m fine!” I kissed her cheek, soft and quick, hoping it would quiet her down. “I’ll be late for work if you don’t let me go.” I love my parents. Always have. But Sandra… she was getting ridiculous. Babying me at twenty four? Really? I’m a grown man. “Let the boy go, Sandra. You’re spoiling him too much,” Dad said gently, tugging her along. “Will you come for dinner?” “Mum, I just slept over!” She waved me off, giving me that knowing little smirk that always made me laugh. “Hmph. I’m making my special potluck stew—your favorite. See you at dinner baby.” She tapp

Chapter 3

Xander’s pov I had to turn fully, the moon’s pull thrumming through my veins like fire as I sprinted through the city in order to meet up and hijacked a car when I was close to them. If anyone was going to kill my livestock… it would be me. “No, we didn’t call no car. Go the fuck away. This is our turf,” one snarled, stepping closer, his knife catching the dim streetlight. I put off the car’s engine and snagged the car door open, stepping out and letting them feel my full presence before I even took a single step toward them. Stupid rogues. I could smell their fear, thick and cloying, the scent of adrenaline and wet asphalt. The one with the knife raised it, his hand trembling slightly. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” I said, my voice low, vibrating with authority, pushing the Alpha aura towards them. “Fuck. Let’s go, Dan,” the other muttered, shoving him back. They turned and fled, the echo of their hurried footsteps swallowed by the night. I glanced back at th

Chapter 4

Noah’s pov I didn’t know how it started. Maybe it was the danger I had just escaped. Maybe it was the way the huge man with the gold eyes had stepped out of the shadows like something carved from the night itself. Cold eyes, controlled power with a voice that felt like it wrapped around my spine. All I knew was that when I stepped into my apartment after talking with Vanessa, my neighbor and best friend, I had locked the door behind me. My hands were shaking. And I was so hard. It made no sense. With a groan, I pushed aside the thought, stripped and made my way to the bathroom. Maybe cold water would help. I needed to wash away the grime of the night, to try and clear my head. I stood under the cold shower but it did nothing to calm my body down and I knew I had to give myself relief one way or the other. My hand moved to my throbbing erection, my fingers wrapping around the shaft. I bit my lip, trying to stifle a moan as I began to stroke myself. I close my

Chapter 5

Xander’s pov Disgust. That was the first thing I felt after that night. Disgust at him……Disgust at myself. Watching my mate pleasure himself like some needy human boy should have repulsed me. Instead, I had joined him. I had lost control and let the bond twist my body into wanting what I should never want. I had come harder than I had in years. The shame burned so I called Helena and she arrived within the hour, like she always did. Helena had never denied me. She is a tall, lethal, insatiable wolf who understood hunger and never questioned mine. I took her to bed and buried myself in her until dawn. It should have cleansed me. It didn’t. No matter how many times I drove into her, no matter how she clawed at my back and begged for more, it didn’t erase the image of indigo eyes staring into the camera as if he could see me through it. Helena finally slept, satisfied…….I didn’t. —- I had tried to kill the stupid human again this week. That is the part that burn

My girlfriend

Noah’s pov"She gave you a what?" Vanessa asks, her hazel eyes wide as she pauses in the middle of buttering a piece of sourdough. It’s the morning after my return from the annual sales conference, and as usual, Vanessa has drifted into my apartment to assemble her breakfast, a ritual that has slowly become her normal routine after wrapping up her night shifts. I smile and reach out, grabbing the piece of toast that remains suspended in mid-air. As I take a munch of the warm bread, a wave of lingering disbelief washes over me, because deep down, I still can't entirely process the fact that the best thing to ever happen in my life actually took place in a hotel room."Classy Mara? The girl with her fake nose pointed upward, way out of your league, came to your room and gave you a blow job?" Vanessa demands, as she abandons the butter knife on the counter."Hey, say that louder for the neighbors, will you?" I hiss, leaning across the kitchen island and casting a nervous glance toward

Chapter 7: The betrayal

Noah’s pov"Ohhh, thank God," I breathe out. "Mara, can you please help clear up this insane nightm—" My words died in my throat the second my eyes lock onto her face. Gone is the poised, breathtaking woman. In her place stands a trembling mess of a person. Her eyes are red and dark mascara runs jagged lines down her tear-stricken face. She looks completely devastated and utterly heartbroken, her shoulders quivering as if she can barely keep herself upright under the weight of some unspeakable trauma."Mara, what is happening? Are you alright?" I take a hasty step toward her with my arms reaching out to offer support and she recoils as if I have struck her, taking two panicked steps back until her spine hits the doorframe and she lets out a shuddering whimper that makes me feel like the villain.I stop, my brow pulling together. "Mr. Noah, step back right now and keep your distance!" the HR says. "You will not approach, touch, or intimidate the victim in this room, or we will have

Chapter 8: The hybrid

Xander’s pov "So the hybrid really existed?" Warren asks. My Beta leans forward in the back seat beside me, his gaze probing for answers. We have just left the old man's heavily fortified lab—whatever that was— after trying to reason with him to stop his illicit genetic experiments, a plea he brushed off with arrogance. Typical. I told the council he won’t listen. This was a complete waste of my time and I’m done giving the man chances or calling him family when he had never been one. The man cares for nobody but his own twisted ambitions…..the exact same unholy experiments that caused the death of his son and my parents and got him exiled years ago. Yet here he is, diving right back without a shred of remorse. "That's what I was told," I replied. I lean back against the leather seat, turning my face toward the tinted window to stare out at the passing trees. "It just doesn't make any sense," Warren pushes and I see Gunnar, who is sitting beside the driver up front, l

Chapter 9: Fired

Noah’s pov"That little dipwad!" Vanessa curses as she paces the sitting room. She had been pacing and cursing for hours now, it’s a surprise she still hasn’t run out of curse words."If I ever see her, I’m going to give her a piece of my mind. You know what? scratch that. I’m going to scratch that perfect face of hers and break that fake nose—well, I'm going to ask for her surgeon's number first, but then I’m definitely going to break it!" Under any other circumstance, I probably would have laughed. Instead, I sat curled into the corner of my couch with a blanket draped over my shoulders, staring blankly at the cup of coffee she'd forced into my hands nearly an hour ago. It had long gone cold."I told you I didn't like her," she continued, pointing accusingly at me as if somehow this was also my fault. "I said it the very first day. Nobody is that pretty without being a little evil."I rubbed my aching forehead. "You don't like anybody.""That is completely different." She folded h

Chapter 10: Revenge for our human

Xander’s povWhat the hell am I doing?The question has been ringing in my head for the last forty minutes as I stand across the street from Noah’s office building, hidden beneath the awning of a closed café.Every instinct drilled into me since childhood tells me to walk away, yet, I remain rooted to the spot, watching the revolving glass doors.I tell myself I’m only correcting an injustice.Nothing more.Human or not, no creature deserves to have its life destroyed over a lie. Noah is weak, naïve, painfully oblivious, and altogether too trusting for his own survival, but what happened inside that office crossed a line even I recognize. Wolves kill for territory. Rogues kill for pleasure. We do not stab our own friends in the back with smiles and fake tears.And a blow job.At least... honorable wolves don't.I glance at my watch beneath my sleeve before looking back toward the building. Something is different today. When Noah worked here, that woman always left nearly an hour befor

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