The Alphas Daughter

Who is Zak?!

Riley

“ Zak! What are you doing here” I exclaim

“I’ve come to see you” he replies “As soon as I heard of the senior alpha dying and you going away for a ‘family emergency’ i put two and two together and I knew I had to come and be with you, I just guessed this was your pack” he says softly

That’s when I remember, I’m sure James said he was a powerful alpha?

“Zak, are you an alpha?!” I ask wide eyed

He stares at his feet and says “Ri, I’ll explain that later”

I can feel James eyes literally burning into us. I introduce them to try and break the thick layer of ice that has clearly formed!

“James, this is Zak. Zak this is James”

Zak holds his hand out to shake James’ for a second I didn’t think James would agree to the hand shake but he did. I can see James clench his jaw as Zak greets him with a smile and asks how he’s doing.

“Yeah, fine thanks. Riley was just going to introduce me to my son” he says coldly.

By Zak’s reaction I’m guessing he had already clicked on that James was Elliott’s dad. They did look identical after all.

“James, shut up.” I hiss

“You really have a death wish today, don’t you?” I ask sarcastically.

He doesn’t reply he just looks me up and down, I’m sure he looks almost disgusted.

“Is there I problem?” I ask straighten myself and staring him dead in the eye

“I was just hoping I would of met Elliott by now” he explains.

I pull him to a corner and I whisper “James, tonight’s not a good night, he’s had my t**t of a brother running at him in full alpha mode and with my dad dying, it’s a lot all in one day, and he will be so excited to see Zak. what about tomorrow?”

He looks livid! Like he’s about to explode

“Is that how it is Riley, your f*****g boyfriend shows up and then I can’t meet my son” he growls.

“Whoa! Excuse me, I said you can meet MY son tomorrow” I say through gritted teeth.

“Your a f*****g piece of work Riley, you act all innocent and hard done by, but you ran off remember, you are the reason I wasn’t involved with Elliott” he’s shouting at me now, and for some reason I can feel myself getting upset. Why does he always have an impact on me, and why the hell is he being like this.

“James, I would never of ran off if you hadn’t rejected me. And don’t ever forget that” I don’t give him chance to reply, I walk away, towards Zak then link arms with Him and walk towards my apartment!

As soon as I enter the room with Zak, Elliotts eyes light up! He’s so happy to have his best friend here! Those two together are as thick as thieves.

“Zak” Elliott screams

“Hey dude. I’ve missed you” Zak says as he’s cuddling my son to his big muscly chest.

Most girls ovaries would be bursting at the sight. But not me, for some reason I’ve never looked at Zak like that. I mean he’s drop dead gorgeous, but he’s my best friend and always will be, I hope he can find his mate and be happy! He deserves it, he’s been my rock these past few years as well as Sally. I really miss her, I can’t wait to see her!

I’m quickly drawn out of my thoughts as Elliot’s excitedly squeals “mumma, Zak’s home” he says piercing the air

“Yeah hun, Zak’s come to visit us” I say

Zak and Elliott spend most of the evening playing, laughing and shouting, by bed time Elliotts done in. Having Zak back here makes me feel safe, like my comfy blanket is here, but I can’t help but wonder why Zak’s never told me about how powerful he is.

“I’ll put him in his bed Ri, I’ve missed him” Zak asks

“Okay, but once he’s asleep, meet me on the balcony, we need to talk” I say

I can see by Zak’s face he knows what I want to talk about. How can my best mate be a powerful Alpha and not have told me, and why is he not running his pack?

Not even 10 minutes pass before Zaks coming out to the balcony. “He’s out for the count” he says sheepishly.

I don’t usually drink but after today I’ve poured us both a glass of wine and I’m sipping mine. To my surprise Zak picks his up and basically drinks it like a shot!

“Zak, you’re an alpha and you didn’t tell me” I say, I sound pissed off, maybe I am, I have no idea how to feel!

He stands next to me and runs his hands through his hair before looking out over the forest. The view from this balcony has always been amazing, you can see the entrance to the forest from here and the long spiral drive way which runs along side it.

“Yeah, I am an Alpha, or should of been anyway” he says not looking away from the forest.

“What happened, why aren’t you leading your pack?” I ask him

He takes a seat next to me, but he doesn’t look at me.

“My father stripped me of my title and gave it to my brother and told me he never wants to see me again” he said it so fast I could barley understand what he was telling me.

“Why though, what did you do?” I ask

“I met my mate” he says in a sad tone

“But isn’t that what alphas are supposed to do” I say confused

“Yes, but my mate was a man” he says not looking away from his feet.

I sit back in my chair, shocked at what he’s just told me.

“You’re gay” I ask

“Yeah, I guess I am. A gay embarrassment. My father was so disappointed, he hates me.” he says with tears forming in his eyes.

I get up and go and sit on his lap and put my arms around his neck.

“I don’t care you’re gay, I couldn’t give a flying s**t as a matter of fact, and the fact your knob head father can’t see how amazing you are is his loss. What I do care about is for four years you’ve seen me at my worst and at my best, you’ve been there for me when no one else was yet you still couldn’t tell me this” I ask slightly hurt

“No Ri! I always knew I could tell you, I guess if I told someone then it was real” he says

“Zak, you’re gay. And that’s very real, you have a mate out there, go and bloody find him and be happy” I exclaim.

He puts his head on my shoulder and looks up at me “the goddess may not of made my life straightforward, but she brought me you and El, so I’m always thankful” he says softly.

I kiss his forehead and tell him I love him.

“Ri, James is Elliotts father isn’t he” he asks

“Yeah he is. I didn’t think I’d ever see him again, especially after he rejected me”

“He what?” Zak asks getting angry.

“Please don’t get angry” I plead “he never knew about me being pregnant, I came to Goddings when I was just pregnant, remember? That was what I was running from… I guess we were both running from embarrassment over something that was never our fault” I smile at him

“Riley, I would say it’s his loss, but he’s clearly head over heels for you, I saw the way he was staring at you, but also glaring at me” Zak giggles

“My best friend is gay! I just wish he had told me sooner” I say pecking him on the head and then he hugs me tighter and we just sit for a while realising what shambles our lives are at this very moment!

James

My blood is boiling as I leave the great hall! I cannot believe Riley just spoke to me like that! She does have a point, but it doesn’t make it okay, she was just showing off in-front of her new f**k buddy!

Who is this Zak? And why didn’t Riley tell

Me she had a boyfriend? I can feel Clint getting angry.

“He touched mate, right in front of our faces” he growls

“He hugged her” I state

“He loves her” he’s getting uncontrollable now and I know I need to let him run so I head towards the forest! He needs to run otherwise he might do something we both regret!

After an hour of smashing up trees and Clint running as fast as his four legs would carry him, he was tired. As I pick up my shorts and head towards the pack house I look up to the balcony where Riley’s room is and I cannot believe what I am seeing- she all f*****g over him, sat on his lap with her perfect arms wrapped around his neck. I feel sick. They are talking about something intense, he looks sad, she’s smiling at him. f**k this hurts! My girl on another man’s lap. I should never of rejected her, I should of sat Mark down and spoken to him wolf to wolf. I would of learned then that he didn’t care that Ri was my mate! As soon as he met Beth he understood the mate bond comes before everything. How f*****g stupid and naive I’ve been, and now I’ve lost her to Zak!

Shit. It’s happening again- I’m crying!

I wipe my tears and storm into the pack house. I head straight to my apartment. If I go anywhere near Ri’s room all hell will break loose and I’ll probably rip Zak’s head off or at least try considering he’s an alpha.

All night I toss and turn

How does Riley still have this effect on me if I rejected her? I never cry, but she had a habit of making me few things, deep feelings I’ve never had before.

“f**k, she never accepted the rejection” I say out loud as I sit bolt up right, realisation hitting me like a bolt of lightning

That night in the forest, my 18th birthday, she walked away, she called me all sorts of names- most of them true, but she didn’t actually accept my rejection. But if that is the case why can’t I feel when her and Zak have s*x? It’s the mates bond that when a wolf is unfaithful their mate will feel it. I’ve been told it’s like being stabbed in the heart with a silver knife. But I’ve never had that?! Maybe they haven’t had s*x… yet! I need to get my girl back and fast