The Alpha’s Forbidden Love

LUCY

Weeks after my return from the hallowed manes packs, my mother made sure she kept her eyes on me always. She prohibited me from leaving the pack and from having any secret meetings with Cade after she heard all that had happened to me.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

It was exhausting being by my mother’s side all the time, I had things to do but she wouldn’t let me. How was I supposed to win the trust of Cade again if I was stuck by her side like a child?

Nathan and I had reconciled and returned to being best of friends but things had changed. I kept my secrets from him even though he tried to get them out of my mouth. He was his father’s son and not to be trusted. you wouldn’t blame me for being so careful around him.

“A penny for your thoughts,” Nathan said, drifting my thoughts away.

“I’m tired of being stuck here, I need a break from my mother,” I complained.

“Go out then, I’ll cover for you,” he winked.

Daring my mother wasn’t new but I didn’t want to get her worried again.

“I’ll pass.”

He looked at me surprised. “What changed? You used to be the daring one,” he said. “Did your time away change you completely?”

I sighed. “Maybe it did,” I said.

“Hey, what’s going on with you? You still haven’t told me how you escaped from the alpha,” he said.

“I already told you, he let me go. I’m his mate remember, he wouldn’t do anything to hurt me,” I said.

Nathan had been asking these questions since we got back together and it was beginning to look suspicious. That was why I couldn’t trust him with anything that had to do with me again. He could be leaking information about me to his father and it would ruin everything for me.

“what about you two? Are you two a thing now?” he asked.

“What are you talking about ?” I asked pretending not to know.

“I meant you and the alpha, Lucy. Have you agreed to be his mate now?” he asked curiously.

I shrugged. “we are not, we can’t be together, and need I remind you that we’re still foes and will always be,” I said. “we’ll always be enemies, that’s our fate.”

Nathan looked at me suspiciously. “There’s something you’re not telling me, you never keep secrets from me. What has happened to us?” he asked.

“Us?” I scoffed. “there is no us, okay? You’ve been the one acting strange ever since I returned,” I said and walked away before he had the chance to explain himself.

I had been outside for too long and I knew my mother was probably worried sick. I walked in to meet her in a feisty mood, her feet tapping the ground and a frown on her face.

“I was out with Nathan, I didn’t leave the pack I promise,” I began to explain myself before her tongue-lashing began.

“You got me worried, you need to inform me of your every movement. I can’t afford to lose you again,” she said in a worried tone.

“Mother, I’m fine. Nothing is going to happen to me again, you have nothing to worry about,” I said.

I lay on my bed thinking of my next plan. I earlier overheard that they were planning another attack on the hallowed manes pack. This time was going to be different from before.

Cade had formed an allegiance with other rogue packs and he was out recruiting more fighters for himself. Every day I would see them hold meetings and train in the open field. This attack was going to be massive and would probably be the biggest invasion the hallowed manes pack would ever experience.

I couldn’t help but wonder why Cade was so interested in the hallowed manes pack, there were other packs out there to invade so I didn’t understand why this pack was so important to him. There was something he was hiding from us and I was going to find out what it was.

Late at night, I sneaked out of the pack after my mother had fallen asleep. I missed going to the cliff, my safe place, I was tired of being stuck in the pack doing nothing. I needed a breath of fresh air from everyone, I needed to think.

As I snuck out, I noticed a figure following from behind, his scent was unfamiliar. I felt my heart race as I increased pace.

“Relax, it’s just me,” the voice said from behind.

I turned and heaved a long sigh when I saw who it was. It was Chris’ beta, Glen.

“what are you doing here? It’s late and too risky to be out here, what if someone sees you out here?” I asked.

“It’s good you’re finally out of there, I thought you got into trouble,” he said, deadpan. He told me about how he had frequented the pack to ensure my safety.

“Did Chris put you up to this? He shouldn’t have,” I quibbled.

“He only wanted to make sure that you’re safe, at least I can finally go back home now that I know that you’re safe.”

We walked in silence for a while until we got to the cliff. I pondered on whether or not to tell him about the coming invasion or keep it to myself until I got the chance to meet Chris again.

“How’s he doing? I mean Chris,” I asked.

“You can ask him yourself,” Glen said, pointing toward a direction.

“Hello, mate,” I heard Chris say. He came out of his hiding, accompanied by two other men, one of whom I recognized as his guard.

I felt my heart flutter as he held my hands to his mouth and kissed them.

“What are you doing here?” I asked.

“I came to see you, I was worried that something had happened to you in there,”

“As you can see I’m fine, I can take care of myself,” I said, rolling my eyes.

He chuckled. “Of course, you can.”

He held onto me so tight, his arms wrapped around me. His pheromones sent tickling sensations down my spine, I felt at peace in his arms, like I was meant to be with him. Maybe the moon goddess was right about us being together despite the situations surrounding us, she probably had a reason for bringing us together and I wouldn’t fight it anymore.