Alphas Don’t Beg

Chapter 26 - The Swing

Connor POV

How could he?

How could he just turn his back on us? on me?

Now Alexandria is our sister?

Did he forget what they did to our father?

Yes, he was still in the womb when dad died, and not even mother knew he existed yet when we ran away… but he is still his father too.

“What did Jake want so soon?” Mother asks, coming into my makeshift office in this ruins that we took as a home.

From the biggest castle to a ruin, from a prince to a rogue, that’s what my life came to.

“He was saying that he is out… as no longer keeping taps on the targets” I inform her.

“What?! You are lying” she says, shocked.

“It’s your fault, we shouldn’t have sent him to this pack six years ago, he was too young and now he is loyal to them” I snarl.

“It was the right choice, it’s where I hid Sarah when she was a baby, and we needed extra eyes on them, after we knew who was living there … didn’t the whole Lauren thing work out to our advantage?” she defends herself.

“That was just dumb luck”.

“It was careful planning, you are the one who keeps screwing up everything …. now you drove your brother away”, I’m not in the mood for her.

“f**k off and get out” I tell her off.

“Don’t talk to your mother like that” her so called chosen mate says, coming behind her, she tries so hard to convince me that he is like a father to me when he was just one of my father’s men who helped us escape.

“You can f**k off too”.

I don’t give a s**t about that man or even her, as far as I’m concerned Jake is my only true family, I raised him almost like a son, mother was so lost mourning my father and she never fully came back from that.

“Listen boy” the fucker says but I cut him off.

“Who the f**k are you calling boy? I’m a 35 years old man who can easily break you in half, you are only here to entertain her. Don’t forget your place” I growl.

Is he f*****g kidding me?

He cowers back as usual, hiding behind her.

I’m getting sick of her too. She stopped being a mother years ago, but I have to keep my promise to dad, to take care of her if anything happened to him… and I have to avenge him.

And unfortunately, I need her.

She told me things only her can know, like how to get in touch with the one person who is after the same thing as me… taking the new king down.

Maxima POV

I went to check on Alex last night, but she locked her door and wouldn’t answer me nor Zander.

Gabriel never came back to his room, and I never explained what I meant.

I got a late-night call from Dad, telling me that James and Jemma are finally home, thanks to my other cousins.

He even sent a picture of James wearing a pink skirt with a huge grin on his face, weirdo.

Dad still thinks it’s unsafe for me to travel now, which is good because I really can’t leave here before I fix things with Gabriel.

I have no appetite. I skipped breakfast and I think we are well after lunch.

I’m still not hungry, so I go for a walk.

As I walk out of the parkhouse I see the swing that I first saw when we arrived here.

It’s basically a blank of wood hanging from a tree with the perfect shade casting on it.

I love swings, so I go straight to it.

I start swinging, getting higher and higher when I start feeling Alecka.

“Wow, that’s impressive” Gunner says, and she disappears again.

“Hey” I say coming to a stop. I’ve been avoiding him but I guess I can’t escape forever.

“You’ve been avoiding me” he says with a knowing smile. s**t!

“Uhm… uh” I stutter.

“It’s okay, I know this is a surprise for you as much as it was for me… do you need a push?” he offers, and I hesitantly nod.

He goes behind me and puts his hands on my waist to push me.

I hear Alecka growl as soon as he touches me and my body reacts to his touch, it’s not pleasure nor pain, but it’s different.

I think he really is my mate, all indicators say so… but Gabriel.

“I know there is something going on with you and Gabriel” he says, f**k!

“Push harder” I reply, not knowing how to answer to that, and he does as I say.

“I mean I saw the way he looked at you at the conference, when he thought no one was noticing… but I did… and the way he’s been reacting since I arrived here” he says still pushing me.

I’m flying so high, I feel like I can touch the sky… I wish I could, so I’d escape answering him.

I swing back and instead of pushing me again, he holds me from the waist gently and says softly in my ears “But what sealed it for me, is the fact you’ve been avoiding me, mate”.

Yeah, I need to fly away now.

“Push harder”.

“If I pushed you any harder you are going to fall”.

“Just do it”.

He does and I swing higher than ever, I can practically touch the clouds.

True to his words, I do fall off the swing, flying in the air, and I’m sure I’m going to break something when I land.

But before I hit the floor Gunner catches me in his arms.

“So you’d rather break your neck than have a conversation with me” he says in a low voice, his lips are so close to my face, I can feel every word, sending shivers down my spine.

“It’s not that” I say just above a whisper, still in his arms.

“Then what is it mate?” he says brushing my hair out of my face.

“Uhm… um..I” I go speechless again.

“I love the way your lips move” he says, softly touching my lips with the tip of his fingers, and it does something to me.

“Gunner” I barley say.

“Mate” he says in a husky voice, leaning in for a kiss.

“Stop” I say finally collecting myself and pushing him away.

“Why? You are mine Maxima, not his” he says, irritated.

“I have to go” I say walking away, hearing him growl in frustration.

Lauren POV

Patrick does nothing but growl and drink.

The little shreds of him that was left, is almost gone now.

He is an alpha, and now he is nothing.

Yes, he brought most of that to himself but he lost his mate… who wouldn’t go insane after that.

Yes, he lost his mate because I’m barely anything after what they did to me.

What’s worse is that when the king knows the full truth about what really happened and how his daughter got hurt, which it seems that until now he doesn’t, he will surely kill Patrick.

I can’t let that happen.

The princess seems like a good person, a reasonable person, she did save me twice.

She has to be the answer.

But how will I go to her? I haven’t stepped outside this house ever since what happened.

I’ve been hiding in shame and fear.

But I have to do this for Patrick, I’ve already failed him as his mate and as his Luna.

Patrick is passed out drunk, so I figure it’s as good of time as any.

I open the front door, take a deep breath… and stand still.

“Luna? Do you need something? Are you okay?” The guard at the door says surprised, they never saw me that close to the door, if they saw me at all.

“I’m fine… just going for a walk”.

“A walk?” the other guard asks, looking equally as surprised as the first one.

“Yes, now stop asking questions and move out of the way, if your alpha asked about me, just tell him I’ll be right back” I say in all Luna mode. I guess I still got it.

I take a couple more deep breathes and finally step out… then go back… I can’t do this… they will see right through me, they will know what happened, or maybe I’ll be taken again.

But even when I stayed in the house safe and secure, they came after me anyway… so it doesn’t matter and I have to do this for Patrick.

I gather whatever courage I have left and step out again.

“ Do you need us to come with you, Luna?” the guard offers.

“No, I’m fine” I lie but I have to do this on my own.

One step, then the other Lauren, you can do this.

Just to this tree over there, then we’ll take it from there.

Okay now to the next tree.

I think it’s been like an hour and I still haven’t reached the pack house yet with all the stops I’ve made to calm myself down.

I see someone is coming my way… oh no.

They will know, or they will just take me… I can’t breath.

I have to go back… this is a bad idea.

I feel like I’m about to faint when someone catches me.

“No, let me go, please” I panic.

“It’s okay Lauren, it’s me, I won’t hurt you” I know that voice.

I try to collect myself, take a few more breaths and now I can see who it is… the princess.

“Are you okay? What are you doing out here?” she asks as she sits me down under a tree.

“I was searching for you”.

“Me? Why?... wait, Patrick” she figures it out.

“Yes, Patrick… you have to forgive him and please don’t tell your father” I plead.

“How did you know I haven’t told him yet” she wonders.

“Because if you did, we’d all be dead by now”.

“That’s why I haven’t told him everything yet, but my father is not an evil man, Lauren. He gave your mate too many chances and he blew every one of them”, she is right.

“I know but he is not himself, what happened to me affected him in the worst way” I try to explain.

“I know you’ve been through a lot, but it was you who went through it, not him, and I understand the whole mate bond probably made him feel it but still it’s not an excuse. And if he is acting like that” she starts a long, very long rant that I can’t really concentrate on … I keep looking around for any signs of danger, for them to take me again.

I can’t do that again, I feel like my lungs are crashing.

I have no time. I have to just tell her.

“They killed his mate. They killed my wolf”.

“What!” She says stunned.

“ That’s why he is losing it, that’s why I’m the way I am. They killed a part of me, and killed his mate… and from what I understood when I was taken, I’m just an experiment, a successful one after so many failures… they mean to do it on someone much more powerful… someone like you”.

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Okay guys,

What do you think of what Lauren said and do you think it justifies Patrick's actions a little bit???

About the last chapter, I see a lot of you got confused. I hope everything is clear now.

I'll do a chart soon and until then, I've posted a photo of Alex on the f*******: group, hope you like it.