Shifted Fate: The Alpha Begs Me Back Novels & Stories

“Please, take me instead. Let them go. They’re innocent.” Alpha Jacob laughed—a deep, cruel sound that echoed through the night. “Take you instead?” he repeated mockingly. “Oh, I’ll take you, my dear. Don’t worry about that. But not before they watch me destroy you.” He leaned closer, his face inches from mine. His eyes were filled with madness. “They’ll watch me drain your power. They’ll watch as you scream for mercy. And they won’t be able to save you.” My legs felt weak. I fell to my knees, unable to hold myself up anymore. “Please,” I whispered again, my voice barely audible. “I’ll do anything. Just don’t hurt them.”

“Well done.” They smiled and shrugged, as if it was no big deal. On some level it wasn’t to them or me, but it was to the couple sitting in a cell, currently in limbo. “You’re still bound to Silverpine, correct?” I asked. They both nodded. The man looked at me. “We felt a power shift last night. There is a new Alpha.” I nodded. “We received an email to that effect this morning. Do you wish to return?” They looked at each other, the woman’s expression turned sad and fearful. She shook her head.

“Stop this!” Kieran turned to him. “You can’t stop what fate has already claimed.” Before I could say another word, a sharp pain entered my chest. My knees buckled. Kieran caught me before I fell. “What’s happening?” I gasped. “Your wolf is shifting,” he said. “She’s choosing.” Adrian reached us, fear filling his face. “Let her go!” “She’s not yours anymore,” Kieran snapped. A spark of raw energy rushed between themAlpha against Alpha. The air seemed to tremble. My head spun.

He leaned forward as his energy filled the room. I looked up and shook my head…I heard him, but I just needed confirmation. “My Lycan recognizes yours. Your are my mate. That is not a request or a negotiation. It is a fact.” But I still don’t trust him. I kept my face neutral, even as Betty crooned at the declaration. This is exactly what I need to escape. When I ran from the High mountains pack, I intended to start over in a strange land miles from Alpha Lucas and my sister. Start over by myself, with my head low and wait for time to pass before I come out to the bustling world again. But if I stay with this Alpha, as his mate, that will destroy my plans for we are not so far from my pack a

“You enjoyed it. Every humiliation. Every time you looked at me like dirt. You’re the reason I left this cursed place. You’re the reason I ran to humans, to anyone who would see me as more than nothing.” Silence stretched between us. I thought maybe he’d defend himself again, or deny it outright. But instead, he lowered his head, voice raw. “And yet… you came back.” I looked away, fighting the tears burning at the back of my eyes. “I came back for Mae,” I whispered. “Not for you.” But even as I said it, the bond twisted cruelly inside me, as if it knew the truth I didn’t want to. He didn’t argue. For once, Cade didn’t try to be Alpha, didn’t try to command the moment into silence. His gaze s

“I know that it might be hard to believe, and I don’t blame you for feeling like you’re not worth the fight, but it’s true. I’m going to miss waking up and breathing you in. I’m going to miss falling asleep on your chest, and I’m going to miss the taste of you on my tongue.” “Now who’s making things difficult?” I breathed, eyes fixed on his smirking lips. “You’ve got nothing but sinful deeds on your mind, Alpha.” He hummed, though it rumbled in his chest and sounded more like a rolling growl. “Call me Alpha again, I’ve got nothing but you on my mind, darling. So why don’t you come back with me, hm? I’ll make it worth your while.” “Asha,” I sighed in exasperation. “Focus, please.”

It didn’t take rocket science to know that I had my work cut out for me. The following day, we worked together during training, and I tried to talk with her afterwards. My goal was to tell her what I could, to tell her that I would be able to tell her more on her birthday, and to promise that things would be better soon, but she misunderstood. Most, if not all, Alpha wolves would have shifted by now, and I understood where the misunderstanding was coming from: Alyssa believed that if she didn’t shift, I’d throw her away or replace her.

' I was filled with fury, in infuriating tears. Alice came forward and slapped me hard across the face. "Mind your outrageous tone, young lady." Alice shouted and my father just laughed. "You are lucky, he is an Alpha. If it were someone else, he wouldn't take you in, not to talk more of being an Alpha, who is staying with an Omega." I removed my hand from the spot she slapped me and glared. "I don't care, my words are final, I don't want to be a mistress or his woman." I said legitimately, jeering at them.

“Is that what you think I was doing?” “What else?" I ask, sarcastically. "Forestry vandalism for sport?” A ghost of amusement curves his mouth. “You talk a lot for someone who couldn’t move.” He is calm. Too calm. His gaze steady. I feel insulted. But step closer anyway. “You’re the future Alpha,” I say softly. “I wonder how that was your grand display?” Now something shifts in his expression. His fingers curls slightly into fist. I feel a brief moment of victory. People nearby quiet without meaning to. The air tightens.

And she seems to have taken them with her. I turn toward the door. “ I didn’t come to harm you. Or them. I came to pay back for what I did. Your Pack will be returned to you. You can…rebuild it however you want as an Alpha. ” And then I walk away. Outside, the night is impossibly still. The battlefield is gone. The war is over. And everything inside me is silent. ‘ She is dead. ’ My wolf cries out. But… There is nothing I feel except a vast void she left in my chest. And it starts filling. With resentment. With cold. With…just…nothing.