Lahat ng Kabanata ng He Can’t Be My Alpha_X: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 9

My eyes were glued to one photo.Last month, Alpha_X said he wanted a new combat bracer.[I want something that proves I belong to you, my Moon.][What kind of mark will let everyone know that I’m your Alpha?]His words had made my head spin. I designed it myself: a snarling wolf, with a tiny, crescent moon sigil hidden in plain sight. "This is a queen's brand," I’d told him, my voice dripping with false confidence. "Now everyone will know you are the Alpha I've claimed."Even more humiliating, after he sent me a picture of the finished bracer, I made him wear it… while he touched himself for me before bed.It was a one-of-a-kind design.[Do you still have that combat bracer I designed for you?]I sent the text, testing the waters.The reply was instant.[Of course. I wear it always. It’s the only way I can feel you close to me.]Now, I just have to find the man wearing that bracer.I rushed to the Bloodmoon Core training grounds. It was empty.Damn it. The Alphas were barely on campus

The next afternoon, my mentor called me in urgently."Ava, you need to present your graduation trial plan to the Lycan of the Bloodmoon Core," my mentor said, his tone serious. "Jaxson Wylde personally requested to see you."My blood ran cold.Jaxson Wylde. The Alpha of Alphas. The undisputed ruler of the Bloodmoon Core. The only true Lycan to walk these halls in a generation. His name was a legend, whispered with a mixture of terror and awe.More importantly, though he was graduating with us, we all knew he was the next Chairman of the Alliance.My trial scores, my very entry into the Alliance, depended on him.They say one look from him could make the strongest Alpha kneel. His wolf was so powerful it could dominate an entire pack.I'd never spoken to him. Why would he want to see me?I pushed open the conference room door. The moment I entered, the air thickened, heavy with a power that demanded submission. Jaxson sat at the head of the table, an apex predator in his natural habitat

The first night at camp, I walked toward the wash area. A sickly-sweet laugh made my stomach turn.Scarlett was leaning against a sink, showing off a deep bite mark on her neck to a group of girls."Blake insisted on biting me this deep last night," Scarlett cooed, her fingers tracing the mark. "He said only a full claiming mark can truly join our wolf souls. Without it, all the sweet talk is fake."The girls gasped in envy.My feet stopped. My stomach churned.Right. He already has a fated mate. They were supposed to have their mating ceremony.But I couldn’t let it go.What about all the things he said to me online?"My Moon, I want to tear my heart out for you.""My wolf has no room for anyone but you."...I turned and fled from that suffocating corner.In that moment, the last bit of feeling I had for Alpha_X was crushed.Along with the custom bracer I designed, I threw it all into the trash heap of my memory.The next morning, a thick fog covered the trial camp.Today was the "Le

The final day of the trials.My head throbbed, a hangover mixing with the lingering chaos of last night. 'My Moon... My Queen.' The raw, desperate way Jaxson had whispered those words into my skin still echoed in my ears. I spent the entire sleepless night trying to convince myself I had hallucinated it, or worse, that he had mistaken me for someone else in the dark. The mighty Lycan king couldn't possibly be speaking to me. I had to bury that dangerous memory. I couldn't let it ruin my focus.Pushing those thoughts aside, I threw myself into the final combat trial.I pinned the last robotic wolf into the mud with my bare hands. The timer stopped.I had secured my place in the Lycan Alliance with a score so high it shattered all records.I felt no joy. I just wanted it all to be over.I grabbed the black tactical case and marched toward the Bloodmoon Core's private lounge.I had to return these expensive gloves to Jaxson. I had to cut all ties to this disgusting mess.Before I even