All Chapters of Rise of the fated alpha pair : Chapter 21 - Chapter 24

Ronan POV Not even mindless work could stop my racing thoughts. The next few hours found me just as tense and prickly as when I’d let Lyra shoulder past me. She’d been in her room ever since. That’s when I remembered my promise about a room of her choice and a meal. Fuck, had I even fed her at all since she’d been here? My inner wolf was extremely disappointed in me. Some protective Alpha I was.I cracked the eggs with too much force, sending shells scattering in the bowl. I scowled at them, but my Alpha voice didn’t work on eggs. It was nearing late afternoon, but I felt like an omelet. And I had promised her food. Gauging her reactions thus far to me, she’d probably complain loudly anyway. I was going to murder her if she threw it back in my face. Well, not really, but it felt better to at least think about it.Who the hell was this female, to show up and challenge me in my own pack? I could barely wrap my head around any of it. “Remember, she’s a victim, and her pack fucked her up

Lyra POV“You really don’t need to do this,” I said, grabbing the backpack Marni held out to me.“It’s fine. You need clothes, especially ones that aren’t the Alpha’s,” Marni explained. “Unless you want to piss off Rebecca.”As tempting as that scenario was, I shoved it aside and opened the zipper to see underwear, dresses, shorts, t-shirts; all the essentials. “Don’t take this the wrong way, but you’re kind of tiny. I don’t think your clothes will fit me.”The petite shifter laughed. “I’ve been collecting clothes from the pack. It’s not much, but they’ll work.”“What?” My jaw dropped.Marni shrugged. “It’s what we do for our pack.”“But I’m not part of your pack.” My throat constricted from both the gesture and the truth in my statement.“This pack is no stranger to taking in strays.” She twisted a golden tendril around her finger with a forlorn look. “I would know.”“I’m sorry,” I whispered. I couldn’t even imagine the state she was in coming to this pack alone, and here I was remin