Alphas Don’t Beg

Chapter 25 - What happened to Alex

Character reminder:

William the former king and Alexandria’s mother had a son called Connor who was 15 when the king died and the queen ran away.

He was mentioned few times in begging for survival.

Jake POV

I wake up in a bed that’s not mine, is that even a bed?

Wait! This is the living area in the pack house.

Why am I here?

The last thing I remember is coming from a run and going to Sarah’s room, to give her the latest orders after I met with him.

Then, coming out of her room, to find a pissed off Alex who thinks I slept with Sarah, because I was only in my shorts, I couldn’t find my shirt when I shifted back, and I didn’t think it would cause all of this.

Alex… did I finish the rejection?

No, because her asshole brother knocked me down on my ass.

“Are you finally up buddy?” Gabriel says.

I look at him … Zander and the princess are there as well, but where is Alex?

“Where is Alex?” Is the first thing I say.

“Why? So you can finish rejecting her?” Zander says.

Is he upset? He is the one who punched me.

“Are you seriously the one who is mad? You knocked me out, and your sister threatened to do the same a hundred times. You don’t get to be mad, neither does she” I tell him off.

But why was she mad? Does she really care?

“First, I’m sorry for that, but I had to stop you...you don’t have the full picture… second, if she really wanted to reject you, why wouldn’t she do it the moment she saw you dumbass?” Zander says, getting mad again.

“Alexander” the princess shuts him up.

“Because she said people will know when we both are in agonising pain at the same time, so we were meant to do it on the last day of the conference… but surprise surprise, you guys were coming with us, so we had to postpone it to just before you left”.

Them coming here ruined every plan and it all went to s**t.

I’m so sick of this f*****g game that I’m forced to play anyway.

“Why did you go along with it Jake?” Gabriel asks.

“What other choice did I have, Gabe? I first saw her and she was ripping through some rogues” And from that moment I knew my life was f****d.

“We knew we were mates and the first thing she said to me, ‘tell anyone and I’ll make you suffer’, I honestly thought she was pissed about the fight for some reason and she didn’t really mean it, then she threatened again, and again, and I knew she really meant it”. she being my mate was inconvenient to me too, but at least I had hope.

She could have been the reason I got out; the reason I’d I see another choice of life, but following him.

“What made you change your mind now then?” The princess asks.

“Because I was fed up, you are leaving soon and she is going to do it anyway, so why wait… why care when she clearly doesn’t… maybe I’m not of high rank enough for her or maybe she loves someone else, all I know I’m not going to be humiliated by her any longer”.

And she really does deserve better, someone who is not a liar and a traitor.

“Or maybe you are the one who does” Zander says.

“What the hell are you talking about?”, huh?

“I wouldn’t call it love, more like a hook up, she did see you coming out of sarah’s room” Gabe says with a knowing look.

Lie, I have to make up a lie right now and I was sleeping with Sarah doesn’t feel like the right lie… or maybe I just don’t want to hurt Alex’s feelings more.

“The poor girl is still upset about you, Gabe. I had just came back from a run and couldn’t find my shirt, she just wanted to talk and have a shoulder to cry on, I’d never hook up with your ex”, yes, that’s a suitable lie.

“Ex? I thought it was only one date?” the princess glares at Gabe.

“It was” he defends himself.

What’s up with them?

Did I miss something when I was out of the pack today?

“Anyway, Zander, we have to tell him” The princess tells her cousin.

“But it’s not our story to tell”.

“And you think she will ever tell it to him?” she says with a pointed look.

“You have a point” Zander is convinced.

“Tell me what?”, now I’m curious.

“You are not Alex’s first mate” Zander says.

“What? She rejected him too?”, so she is a serial heart breaker.

“No… I killed him” the princess adds.

“You did what?” Gabe and I say in unison, equally as shocked.

What the f**k?

“Sit down, shut up and listen” Zander orders. Asshole, but we do as he says.

“It happened a little over 3 years ago, her mate was from Crimson river but he was away for college for years, and when he came to visit his family, it was always brief and not that often, so they didn’t really find each other until she was 20… they fell in love or so she thought… it didn’t take long before they mated, but he kept making up reasons for not marking her… like it will hurt and he didn’t want her to go through that pain, or that he wanted to make sure she loved him as much as he loved her before everything is written in stone… cringing, I know, but she was on cloud nine and eating it all up” the princess starts telling Alex’s story and by the ending of it, it’s going to be a horrific one.

“He had another girl?” I conclude.

“If you mean by girl, a girlfriend that he already marked and had a baby on the way with, then yes” Zander answers.

Fucking asshole, no wonder she is closed off.

“Oh, f**k” Gabriel reacts.

“Then why play her like that? Why not just reject her?” I ask.

“According to his girlfriend, who came searching for him when she felt the pain of him mating with another, his chance of being the future royal beta or gamma was too good of an opportunity to miss” Zander explains, anger is clear in his features and I can’t blame him because I feel the same.

“That f*****g asshole” I growl.

How could he hurt her like that? His own mate.

“Of course, when Alex knew, she was devastated, she met up with him and confronted him with everything, and when she tried to reject him, that’s when everything got even worse” The princess continues.

“How so?”, I’m starting to believe that son of a b***h deserved to die.

“He basically said f**k his girlfriend and f**k the baby on the way and tried to forcefully mark her to seal the deal, to ensure his place as a royal mate, because that was all her worth to him… but thank the goddess Max was there at the right time and the right place… although I wish it was me” he says gritting his teeth, remembering this clearly affects him.

Fuck! it’s affecting me, and I wasn’t even there.

I wish I was there; I wish it was me. Maybe we could have saved each other from a painful life.

“It was the first time I shifted, I was so angry I couldn’t control Alecka, she just came out and ripped him apart, no one could stop her, she sent everyone who tried to the hospital, it wasn’t until she lost all her energy that I shifted back, but I was near death”.

“That’s why you won’t shift” Gabe asks and she nods.

“On top of what Alex went through… she had accepted him and they mated, so while Max was ripping him apart… Alex felt everything” Zander adds.

Oh no! And she is mated to me, someone who is going to betray her? Someone who will only hurt her more?

What’s wrong with the f*****g moon goddess? Mother is right, She is a cruel b***h who loves tormenting the best of us.

But Alex doesn’t deserve that, she doesn’t deserve that fate.

“So now do you understand why Alex acted the way she did?” The princess asks.

“I have to go” I say standing up to leave.

“Jake, don’t make any hasty decision that you’ll regret” Gabe advises.

“Don’t worry… for the first time, I see everything clear, and I know this decision will be the right one” I say then leave.

I never wanted to play this game, to be that person, a deceiver.

I never planned on getting that close to them… I didn’t expect Gabriel to treat me like a brother, or Lauren to treat me like a big sister or that my mate would be a royal… and I don’t really want to betray them.

I was bred and raised for this goal, but it was never mine in the first place.

This was never really my fight, and I don’t want to be a part of it anymore.

Lauren didn’t deserve what happened to her and I Can’t do that to Gabriel…more importantly... I won't do that to Alex.

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I’m now waiting in the middle of nowhere, far away from the pack, waiting for him.

“Jake? Did something happen? We just met. Why did you ask for another meeting?” he says, without even a hello.

“Yes, I mean no” Man up Jake, just say it.

“Is it a yes or a no, make up your mind” he says, losing his patience, like he always does.

“It’s a yes, I made up my mind and I don’t want to be a part of this any longer” I stand up to him.

“What the f**k are you talking about?” he growls, grabbing me by the collar.

“I’m talking about this whole f*****g plan, I’m not keeping taps on them anymore, I’m not observing Lauren’s progress and I’m not betraying them” I push him away.

“But you are betraying me?” He snarls.

“I’m not, your secrets are safe, but I’m not going to be a pawn in your plan any longer, your precious Sarah can be, if she wants, but I’m out” I say with finality.

“Precious Sarah? You know I don’t give a s**t about her, it’s mother who talks about her like she is a prize, just because she is the daughter of the hunter, she practically raised, when she was living with those filth, but I care about you Jake, because you… I actually raised” he says shoving me in frustration.

“Yes, you raised me when you were basically a kid yourself, but raised me to do what? Achieve your goal? Or like you call it, fulfil your destiny?... but what about my goal… my destiny?” I shout.

“They are the same” he shouts back.

“They were never the same…you are the one with the right to claim… you are the one with a revenge to take… you are the one who was meant to be the king Conner, it was never me”.

“When I take the throne back from Derek and his b***h”.

“You mean your sister” I cut him off.

“I mean his filthy hunter b***h…when I claim what’s mine and become the king, you don’t think this will benefit you in anyway?” he tries to win me back, but I don’t care any longer, I found something better.

“I don’t want whatever this will bring anymore, Conner” I say, walking away.

“You walk away from this, and I’ll have to kill you” he growls.

I stop and turn to him to say,

“No, you won’t… you said it yourself; you raised me since you were 15, and despite all the hate and anger mother tried to embed in you… you are still not vile enough to kill your own brother, Conner”.