The Alpha, The Rogue & The Beauty

Betrayal

Chrystal POV

My life has been hell for the last two months. Everything has been about Beth. Beth this, Beth that. It's all Connor talks about. Worse than that, Beth now comes to school with us in Connor's car and I'm relegated to the back seat!

Why did things have to change? People aren't interested in me anymore; they just want me to introduce them to her! I haven't had a make-out session in weeks.

This has got to stop. She has got to go. And I think I know how to do it.

A couple of weeks ago I pretended to be ill, so I didn't go to training. Beth and Sarah had gone out, so I was all alone in the house. I snuck into my father's study and rifled through his list of contacts. Eventually, I find the number I want, the number I need. The packhouse of the Bloodstone pack.

It's Beth's birthday today and everyone is currently mingling in our back garden. I had grown bored as none of my friends are here and there are no boys for me to make-out with. Whilst no one was looking, I snuck back into the house and to my bedroom.

I can see the party from my window, and everyone looks like they are having fun. No-one is missing me. Now’s my chance. I pick up my phone and dial the number I have already saved in my contacts.

It's picked up after three rings. 'Bloodstone packhouse, Luna Stacey speaking.' A woman's elegant voice answers.

'Hello, Luna. My name's Crystal, I am the daughter of Alpha Patrick of Moonstone Pack.' I introduced myself.

'Hello, dear. What can I do for you?' She asks me.

'Well, it's actually what I can do for you' I reply.

'Oh?' She sounds intrigued. 'And what might that be?'

'Do you know where your mate, Alpha Leon, is?' I inquired.

'Of course, I do! He is at a trade negotiation with his beta at a neighbouring pack.'

'Would that negotiation involve celebrating his daughter's birthday?' I asked, a smirk developing on my face. This woman doesn't have a clue!

'What do you mean? My daughter's birthday isn't for months!' She exclaims.

'Not your daughter.' I tell her, emphasising the ‘your’. ‘His daughter, his eighteen-year-old daughter.'

'What?' She screams down the phone at me.

'Well, it seems that the woman you thought was his maid, was his lover, his pregnant lover. And their daughter lives here and is mated to my brother, the future Alpha.' I told her.

'And how do you know this?' She asks me.

'I overheard Alpha Leon and Sarah talking. Also, he has regularly been visiting our pack to see them. In fact, he is here now.'

'Why are you telling me this? '

'I want her gone and I believe you will too. She is the eldest child and heir to the Alpha title.’ I slipped in as an afterthought.

'How do you expect me to do that?' She asks, sarcasm evident in her voice.

'My brother is taking her away this weekend, so that they can have some time alone. They will be at our lakeside retreat with a minimal guard. I can text you the address.'

'I think I can get someone to make her disappear. But I need times and places.' She agrees.

I told her as many details as possible about their planned weekend away and then ended the call. Looking out of the window, I saw that it was approaching sunset.

A knock at my door startles me. 'Who is it?' I called out.

'It's David.' Comes the reply as my door opens. I never said he could come in. 'Your mum is looking for you. It's nearly time.'

'Is it? So, what?' I replied, still staring out the window.

'What's wrong? Why are you hiding up here?' David asks me.

'No-one wants me down there! ' I told him.

'That's not true.'

I turned around and leant back against the window ledge. 'Yes, it is.'

'I want you there. I always want you there.' He tells me, walking over to stand next to me and looking out the window.

'Yeah, right! You want to be with your best friend's annoying little sister.' I growled, turning away from him.

A hand came to rest gently on my shoulder, 'I have never thought of you like that. You’re my....' his hand drops from my shoulder.

Tuning back towards him, I found him still staring out the window. 'I'm your what?' I asked him, furrowing my brows.

Sighing, David asks me a question of his own, ‘Did you ever wonder why I always came to your house after school when Connor and I moved up to senior school?'

'Because Connor is your best friend and your dad was always in meetings with mine.' I replied, shrugging my shoulders.

He finally faced me, tears welling in his eyes, ‘I came to see you and when I turned eighteen I found out why.'

Confusion wracks my brain and then it hits me. Did he mean I was his mate? 'Are you saying what I think you are saying?' I asked, slowly.

His hand cupped my cheek and I found myself leaning into his touch. A small smile adorned his face, 'Yes I am, you are my mate.'

I covered his hand with mine and smiled back at him, 'does Connor know?'

'No. How would I tell him that his fifteen-year-old sister is my mate? He would knock my head off.' He lowered his hand and gazed out the window again.

I was speechless, my mouth hanging open. His next words made it close quickly.

Still staring out the window, his fingers gripping the windowsill, 'What did you do on the night of Connor's birthday?'

'What do you mean?'

'Since my birthday, I have been able to tell when you have kissed someone. I get a dull ache in my chest, just here.' He told me, rubbing his fist over his heart.

He turned to look at me, his gaze seemed to burn into my soul, 'but that night, the dull ache turned into a throbbing pain. I had to stop running with the pack. So, tell me what happened?'

My legs gave way and I found myself dropping to sit on my bed, my eyes on my hands fidgeting in my lap. I couldn't look at him as guilt wracked my heart.

Gulping down the lump that had formed in my throat, I spoke quietly, my voice barely a whisper. 'I got bored, so I pulled a boy my age behind the marquee. We started kissing, but when I heard voices, I got distracted. Before I knew it, his head was under my skirt, his lips and tongue........ I got caught up in the moment. But that is as far as he got. I stopped him after that. I'm sorry, David. I didn't know.'

I felt a drip land on my hand, a tear from my eyes. David knelt in front of me, his fingers under my chin lifting my head so he could look into my eyes. A small smile graced his lips as he wiped my tears away with his thumbs.

'No more kissing boys, okay?' He told me gently.

Blinking away my tears, I stared into his grey eyes, 'Can I kiss just one boy?'

Moments later, his lips crashed into mine, his fingers threading through my hair at the back of my head, whilst his other hand splayed out on my lower back, pulling my body flush against his. My legs automatically slid either side of his hips as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

His tongue darts out of his parted lips and I willingly allow it entrance. Our tongues battle for dominance as he devours me. His arms pulled me tighter to his body, so that I could feel his hard bulge in his trousers pressing against my core.

Instinctively, I rub myself against him and he growls against my lips. I wanted to take it further, so my hands made their way down his body, feeling his muscles through his shirt. When they reach his waist, I start to tug his shirt upwards, untucking it from his trousers.

He suddenly pulls away, his hands stopping mine. We are both breathing heavily, and it takes a moment for him to catch his breath.

'As much as I would like to continue this, you are only fifteen.' He tells me.

'My birthday is in two weeks.' I replied with a smile.

Removing my hands from his waist, he holds them between us and sighs, 'if I mate with you, I don't think I would be able to resist marking you. So, it would be better to wait until you get your wolf.'

'But.....' I started, but he placed his finger on my lips to silence me as his eyes glazed over. A sure sign that someone is mind-linking him.

When his eyes returned to normal, he stood up quickly, releasing my hands, 'I have to go. But we will talk about this later, I promise.’

He places a gentle kiss on my forehead before rushing from my room. All I can do is sigh and flop backwards on my bed. Life is going to be interesting now!