The Alphas Daughter

My son, our son

For a moment I consider lying, but I can’t lie, I’ve never been able to.

“Yes, he’s yours” I say quietly.

“f**k Riley” he exclaims dropping my hand and running both of his through his hair.

“Why didn’t you tell me” he turn stood in-front of me. There’s no getting out of this conversation now.

“Are you joking?” a scoff comes out of my mouth

“Ri, you had a baby, my baby, and you didn’t tell me” he says sounding irritated

I stare at him blankly, this has to be a joke.

“James how could I have told you I was pregnant, you had rejected me, remember?”

“That doesn’t stop you from telling me” he says hurt.

Does he not understand what him rejecting me did to me all them years ago?

“You rejected me, but not only did you reject me James, you had s*x with me knowing you was never going to accept me as your mate, you didn’t just break my heart, you destroyed it, for weeks after I wanted to die.” I say starting to feel angry

“Riley, stop please” he says, he looks like he about to breakdown

“No James, you need to know. Do you know how happy I was when I realised you was my mate” I ask. He’s just staring at me with hurt in his eyes.

“I knew I was going to be loved and safe forever with you James, I thought we would spend the rest of our lives together and when you guided me here to this f*****g forest I followed. I would of followed you anywhere” I hadn’t even realised how I was shouting

He looked like he was about to cry!

“And then we had s*x James, we made love and I was so happy, happy it was you. And then you rejected me, like some cheap w***e” I spit

“No Riley, it was never like that” he shouts

“Wasn’t it, because that’s how it felt” I say looking at the floor.

“Riley, I wish you had told me about the baby” he says quietly

“Why? So we could of got married? You didn’t want me James, you made that very clear when you rejected me” I say.

“I’ve always wanted you, I always will” I just stare at him in shock. I was not expecting that.

“I never ever wanted to hurt you” he says

“You didn’t just hurt me James, you nearly killed me, I wanted to die everyday, but the moment I found out I was pregnant, I had something to live for, I knew I didn’t have a choice but to run. You saw Marks reaction” I shout throwing my arms in the air

“I would of protected you” he shouts tears filling his eyes.

I stare at him straight faced and reply “how can you protect me from you James. You were the worst monster of them all”

That’s when I realise he’s crying… James is crying?! The f*****g beta is CRYING. I stand staring at him, I’m speechless. I don’t know what to say. I need to leave, leave this conversation, this forest and I need to start burying these feelings again.

“I’m not sorry I didn’t tell you James’. I was 18 and alone. I think we both know I probably made the best choice” and with that I walk away.

He starts to follow me.

“I want to see my son Riley” he shouts

“Keep your voice down” I growl, panicking someone might hear, even in the forest someone might still be here!

“He’s half of me too Riley! He deserves, I deserve to know him” he says

“Okay, and when he turns 18 and finds his mate, why don’t you tell him the lovely romantic story of how you f****d his mother in a forest and then rejected her” I spat

He stares at the floor he then looks up and says

“Please Ri, I want to meet my son, our son”

I feel my heart c***k. He looks broken, he looks like me everytime I looked into the mirror after he rejected me. A shell, broken, hurt… damaged.

“Fine” I say

“When” he asked.

“No time like the present, it’s been a s**t day, I might aswell make it shitter” I sigh.

And we walk towards the pack house.

As we are walking side by side in silence and I see James go stiff, I hear him growl and he puts his arm out infront of me to stop me from walking any further

“What is it” I ask feeling panic rise in my body.

“Someone’s on the pack land, he’s powerful, an alpha. The guards have got him in the grand hall” he explains

“Why is he here” I ask

“To see you” he looks at me surprised

We both walk briskly into the great hall side by side.

“Hello gorgeous” Zak says turning to face me as I enter the hall

“Zak!” I scream and run up to him, embracing him as he spins me round.

I can feel James eyes transfixed to us.

He kisses my forehead and I cup his face.

“I’ve missed you” he smiles

“I’ve missed you too” I hug into him

“Where’s El?” He asks

And before I could answer James replies “he’s asleep”

James:

I see Riley take off towards the forest, out of the office window.

I need to talk to her, I need to know if the boy is mine. I need to know why she ran 3 years ago.

Marks being a right prick at the moment and he’s clearly taking everything out on Riley and Elliott, I know he’s got issues but this isn’t okay.

“Mark, do you think it’s time you saw someone mate?” I ask softly

“No!” He shouts

“You were seconds away from killing your nephew and your sister” I exclaim.

He stares at the stiff glass of brandy on his table.

“Imagine if me and Beth hadn’t of been there today, and you know as well as I do that child had nothing to do with the death of your father” I sigh

“I can’t stand looking at kids since loosing Rosa” he admits

“Mate, I’m not going to pretend I understand because I don’t, but you can’t keep taking it out on others, it’s not fair on them or yourself, you always feel like s**t after” I state

“Go and see Dr Robinson” I say

“Okay, can you go check on Riley, I shouldn’t of said those things” he says with his head resting in his hands

“Yeah of course I’ll go speak to her” I say

“Thanks mate” Mark says

And as I turn to leave, Mark looks at me and says… Your his father aren’t you.

I freeze and I look back at him, he looks sad.

“I don’t know… there’s a possibility. I rejected her” I say

“f*****g hell James” He says exhausted

“I promised you that if your sister was my mate I would reject her” I explain

“James we were about 10 when we made that promise, after meeting Beth I understand now, the mate bond is chosen for us, we don’t have a choice” Mark says in shock.

“A promise is a promise, though, Alpha” I reply

“You moron James” he shouts

“It all makes sense why she left now. How could she explain to someone like me she was pregnant after she had been rejected” Mark says softly

He looks me dead in the eye and says “you need to fix what you’ve broken James” and turns to look at the window. That’s my cue to leave.

I walk out the of the pack house towards the forest, and i walk into the tall trees, I can see a slim perfect figure slinging her legs into some jeans in the distance, and I walk towards her, she’s walking towards me. She clearly hasn’t seen me yet, and then she lifts her head up with shock on her face… busted! She’s seen me. I carry on walking towards my ex mate.

“Not today James, my dad died and my brothers tried to kill me and my child, that’s enough for one day don’t you think?” She says before I can even open my mouth

“I’m just checking you’re okay” I reply

“Yeah bloody wonderful” she says looking sad.

She tried to carry on walking past me but I grab her hand to stop her, and that’s when I feel it, the sparks of the mate bond! Did she feel it too?

“Is he mine” the words exit my mouth before I can even think of what I’m saying.

“Who” she asks knowing full well who I’m referring too.

She hesitates and the quietly says

“Yes, he’s yours”

My mind starts to blur over, I can feel myself sweating. I’m a father. I have a son. “f**k Riley” I say, nothing else would come out of my mouth! I turn to her and ask “why didn’t you tell me?”

She looks at me as if I’ve asked a question in gibberish

“Are you joking” she ask slightly laughing

“Ri, you had a baby, my baby” I say sounding more irritated than I actually feel.

“James how could I have told you I was pregnant, you had rejected me, remember?” She asks me bluntly. I didn’t need reminding of my f**k up! I knew what I did was awful.

“That doesn’t stop you from telling me” I say with my heart full of hurt

“You rejected me, but not only did you reject me James, you had s*x with me knowing you was never going to accept me as your mate, you didn’t just break my heart, you destroyed it, for weeks after I wanted to die.” She states. Her words literally stab my heart

“Riley, stop, please” I beg.

“No James, you need to know. Do you know how happy I was when I realised you was my mate” I can’t answer her, no words will come out

“I knew I was going to be loved and safe forever with you James, I thought we would spend the rest of our lives together and when you guided me here to this f*****g forest I followed. I would of followed you anywhere, And then we had s*x James, we made love and I was so happy, happy it was you. And then you rejected me, like some cheap w***e” “no Riley, it wasn’t like that” I say, knowing I made her feel so worthless makes my heart break. Why am I such an arsehole?!

“Wasn’t it, because that’s how I felt” she says looks depressed.

“I wish you had told me about the baby” I say, I would of been there for her if she had told me.

“Why? So we could of got married? You didn’t want me James, you made that very clear when you rejected me”

“I’ve always wanted you and I always will” I say. I didn’t even know those words had left my lips, but I didn’t care I meant them. She was staring at me in shock. f**k, she really does hate me. “I never wanted to hurt you” I tell her, hoping, just hoping that she believes me.

“You didn’t just hurt me James, you nearly killed me, I wanted to die everyday, but the moment I found out I was pregnant, I had something to live for, I knew I didn’t have a choice but to run. You saw Marks reaction” she shouts at me

“I would of protected you” I shout back at her. She looks at me straight faced and her next comment took the breath from my lungs

“how can you protect me from you James. You were the worst monster of them all”

I cannot think of anything else, she hates me. She thinks I’m a monster. I feel tears gather in my eyes. I know I’m about to cry. She just glared at me as my tears start to fall.

She starts to walk away I shout “I want to see my son Riley”

She whips round and hisses “keep your voice down”

“He’s half of me too” I try and her response shocks me

“Okay, and when he turns 18 and finds his mate, why don’t you tell him the lovely romantic story of how you f****d his mother in a forest and then rejected her” she spits like the words taste sour.

I didn’t have a reply I just asked “pleas Ri, I want to meet my son, our son”

She stares at me for a second, I’m sure I see sorrow in her eyes “fine” she replies

“When?” I quickly ask “no time like the present, I’ve had a s**t day I might aswell make it shitter” she says.

We start making our way back to the pack house. I’m finally going to meet my son. Will he hate me, what do I ask him? What if he wants nothing to do with me. A million questions are firing through mt head when I’m linked by one of my trainee guards

“Beta, there’s a guy here- he’s an alpha and pretty powerful too, he’s come in peace” he says

“Why is he here” Iink back

“He’s looking for Riley” the guard says back.

I look at Riley who I’ve instinctively tried to protect, I’ve put my arm infront of her to stop her walking any further

I tell her the situation and together we head for the great hall. Why is there an alpha here for Riley I keep thinking to myself.

As we enter the great hall I see some tall, blonde bloke stood, arms crossed.

As soon as he sees Ri he excitedly says “hello gorgeous” I feel sick, why is this guy calling my mate gorgeous, I’m furious, and so is Clint.