The Alpha's secret

CHAPTER THREE : THE SLEEPOVER

ALICIA POV

SIX YEARS AGO

“Mum, I am home”, I called out to an empty house. Maybe she was upstairs.I went upstairs to check out her room to find it empty.I came back downstairs, my eyes darted to the note on the kitchen counter.I opened the note and began to read it.

Sorry baby, work calls,I am going out of the city to help the native pack. I should be back tomorrow.P.S. I ordered a pizza for your lunch. Love you.

I am an only child. My father died when I was little.I was told by my mum that he was also a doctor helping out a pack during which a sudden attack was made. No one survived the attack, including my father.

My mum was a vet doctor who specializes in caring for animals and with the native pack under attack, she must have been needed to help out some of the wounded wolves. She was a badass who was always too busy to have my time, and I am always scared she would end up like my father whose good deed got him dead.

The big house felt even bigger without her presence and suddenly an idea popped into my head.A sleepover, it had been long since Brian, Karen and I did that.

I took out my phone from my bag on the counter and dialed Karen's number. She picked up the call immediately.

“Sleepover in my house at seven, are you in?” I asked Karen.

The other line became silent before a loud scream of Yayyyy resounded from her, startling me “ we haven't had a sleepover in forever,I am so in”. she paused for some seconds before asking “So your mum is out of town huh?”

“Yep”, A simple response from me, which I am sure Karen understood as I didn't want to talk about her absence,she proceeded to ask if she should bring anything. I tell her to get some chips, popcorn, chocolate and coke from the store.I was about to cut the call when I suddenly remembered what prompted the idea of a sleepover.

“And before I forget, the sleepover is a secret arrangement for Brian tournament,we are going to rub our minds together on how to get Brian to win the tournament,so you can feel free to start thinking of ideas”.

The fact that I knew about Brian enlisting for the tournament was such a big surprise to Karen. She started rambling on . “ What are you talking about, Brian isn't enlisting for the tournament, he would never do that. Where did you get such a silly idea” she grinned nervously.

“Oh cut the crap,I saw Brian on the line today and good job not telling me by the way”. I said in an accusing tone

I heard Karen sighed in relief “ I am so sorry Alice, I wanted to tell you, but he made me swear not to tell you,I wanted to tell you so bad,it was hard keeping it to myself”.she said, sounding apologetic.

“I was just caught off guard when I saw him in the line today,I never knew he wanted to be the Alpha's right hand man,he never said anything about that to me”. I said to Karen

“ Trust me,I was as shocked as you,I had no idea either, but it is his choice. We have no other option but to help him win,I would give him a call to inform him about the sleepover, okay”.

“Thanks Karen, that would be nice. I would start thinking of Ideas for Operation get Brian to win the tournament”. She laughed at the name then replied “More like operation help Brian win the tournament”.

“That sounds nice, we have work to do.I will see you in the evening.”

“see you soon” Karen responded before cutting the call and I began planning for the night,I honestly didn't want to be all alone in this big house all night and I wanted to help Brian out so it was a win-win situation.

Soon it was evening,I took a look at my work at felt proud of myself,I had gone out earlier to rent some romantic cheesy movies for the night,I also went to the attic upstairs to get the white board my mum always used to take interns whenever she had a class with them and also gotten a map of our district just to make sure we understand the corners and places that would be best for Brian to lay low in when the tournament starts.

Karen arrived first looking casual in a baggy Tee shirt and ripped jeans.Karen mostly prefers comfortable clothes which always gives her off as a Tom- boy but behind the whole boisterous vibe,she is dark hair petite beauty, with a round face and lovely brown eyes. She bought the snacks as promised and we both set it up the living room.

Brian arrived a bit later when Karen and I were in the middle of a movie.I opened the door and saw him dressed in his usual sweatshirt and jeans,nothing too elaborate, but he looked good, that was something I had always been secretly jealous of,that Brian could wear joggers and a faded T-shirt anywhere and still looked good.

“What's up with the board?” Brian asked as he sat between Karen and I on the sofa.

“It is for a game” I replied before playing the movie and our attention drifted there.

An hour later,a werewolf scene came to play. We watched as the protagonist transformed into his wolf form and saved a poor girl in distress, then the word mate came into his head.

Karen broke the silence “ I just don't get the mate bond. What if let say a person's mate is a serial killer, are you just supposed to take it like that” she asked while facing the TV screen.

“What if you do not ever get to meet your mate because he is far away from you?” I added.

“What if your mate is an animal, and you find out while watching a documentary?” Brian intervened.

Karen and I both stared at him, he must have felt our eyes on him. He paused the movie and defensively replied “What,I thought we were all allowed to state our opinions”.

“Really Brian, that is what you are most bothered about, finding out your mate is an animal?” Karen asked as she rolled her eyes.

“What can I say? I am a guy”, He shrugs. “Besides, I do not think it works like that cause trust me,I haven't felt anything like that”.

“Well, that is because you are eighteen and cannot shapeshift. Maybe your mate is indeed an animal" I said and grinned wickedly, teasing Brian.

“You turn eighteen and see how easy it is to break every bone in your body”.

“Do not remind me,I do not want to think about it”.

“Then you shouldn't have brought it up” Karen interjected as she stuck out her tongue at me.

I rolled my eyes in response, such a childish move.

By now, we had stopped focusing, l on the movie and more on the conversation at hand.

“Speaking of shapeshifters, do you know there would be many of them in the tournament, right? If you want to win you need to be smart, Brian, and that is why Karen and I decided to be the best friends ever and help you draft out a plan and I would be damned if anyone other than you won the tournament”.

I stood up from the sofa and took the marker, then boldly wrote on the board OHBWTT “As I would like to fully call it OPERATION HELP BRIAN WIN THE TOURNAMENT”.