Crazy Mating: Daddy Alphas on My Bed

MY BIGGEST NIGHTMARE IS BACK IN TOWN

MIA

There’s nowhere to run, nowhere to escape from the pain that sticks its claws into my chest. It intends to stay there, eat me from inside out until I’m nothing but a pile of rotten flesh for the vultures to feast on.

Xander expects me to be strong, to be “vigilant”, to “keep my head up at all times”, and most importantly, to “not utter a word about this to anyone until he’s gotten to the root of it.”

I am going crazy. Everywhere I look, there’s a reminder of West—which now serves as a reminder that I’ve lost him forever.

Even now, I’m standing in the garage, staring at his bike as tears rush down my cheeks. I remember my first time on this bike. It was for our first date.

It was against the rules to have just any lady on his bike, especially as the son of the president, but West didn’t care.

“I’m going to make you my old lady soon,” he said, even if it was our second time meeting. And he meant every word. He proposed to me two weeks later, and the rest was history.

And now—

Another pained sob tears through my lungs. I press my back against the wall as I slide down until I hit the ground.

The vodka bottle I just emptied is beside me. I haven’t drank in ages, not since my first heartbreak.

To think it also happened during haze season.

This cursed season always takes from me! It takes, and takes, and takes. It took the boy I loved from me all those years ago.

Jakob Reed.

I walked in and found him balls deep in my cousin. My own cousin.

I shake my head, forcing the thoughts away. I haven’t had a reason to think about Jakob in years.

West fixed my broken heart, and although the speed of our marriage came as a shock to everyone, including his father who seemed to be against it, West always stood ten toes down when it came to me.

“You’re the woman of my dreams.”

He always said. Somehow, that singular sentence would undo every hurt that had been done to me, and I will be new again.

How?

How will I ever survive without him?

The question echoes in my head, over and over again, until I surrender to the darkness that hovers around me.

~

My ringtone keeps on blasting through my ears. I should have put the cursed thing on DND.

Better still, throw it away altogether.

There’s no one to talk to now that West is gone. Who could possibly be trying to reach me this early in the—?

11:45 am.

That’s the time displayed on my screen after I reach for it on the ground, feeling my head split into seven different places. Finishing a whole bottle of vodka would do that to you.

I’m surprised I didn’t die of alcohol poisoning.

I struggle to read the name on the caller ID. Squinting my eyes doesn’t help, so I just decide to answer it.

“Hello? Who is…”

“Damn, Mia! I’ve called you a hundred times this morning!”

Tanya.

“Why didn’t you pick up? You had me worried. If I had to call one more time, I'd have come to look for you. What happened? Did your mean father-in-law put you on time out?”

My eyes narrow into slits.

What is she—oh.

What should I say? Where do I even begin?

I suck in a deep breath as I struggle to sit up.

“It’s nothing like that,” when I rub my palm over my face, the dust from the garage floor coats my skin.

“I was just asleep, that’s all.”

“Are you alright? It’s almost twelve noon. That’s…really unlike you. Unlesssss, West wore you out last night, didn’t he?”

West.

Oh my God.

West.

I clutch my collar very firmly and press my eyelids shut. It’s all I can do to stop myself from screaming over the phone.

“No,” I almost choke on the word.

“He didn’t. Uhmm, he isn’t back yet.”

“Oh? Well, that’s not good news. He needs to be around more than ever now. Especially since your biggest nightmare is back in town.”

I’m so tired. Every muscle in my body is aching. I cannot bring myself to understand the words that are coming out of her mouth.

I heave a tired sigh.

“What are you talking about, Tanya?”

“You haven’t heard?” She sounds worried.

“Well, I guess you wouldn’t have since you’re just waking up. But…I don’t want you to panic, sweetie. Okay? He’ll be a fool to try to talk to you after what he did. Besides, you’re married now, and the Dark Lords would chop his balls off if he dares to…”

“Tanya, for God’s sake, what are you talking about?!”

I know, I know. I shouldn’t snap at her. Nothing that’s happened in the last twenty-four hours is her fault, and she has no idea the pain I’m in.

I just couldn’t help it.

“Jakob is back in town,” Her voice drops. “He’s back in Blackwater.

I feel like I’ve been struck by lightning. My eyes widen at once, and I shoot up, springing to my feet.

“What?”

“I saw him with my own two eyes this morning, at the train station. I needed to pick up a delivery when I caught his gaze. He started to walk towards me with a stupid smile on his face, but I turned around and walked right away. There’s no way in hell I’m speaking to a man who tore my best friend’s heart into shreds and…”

“Do you…do you know why he’s back?”

Why am I asking that?

Why do I care?

I don’t.

Right?

I mean, I haven’t seen him in almost five years, since IT happened. Word on the street says he left Blackwater and became some big shot in some other pack. So why is he here? Why now?

Is he still with Shirley?

Did they get married or something?

“Honestly,” Tanya’s voice snaps me out of my thoughts.

“I do not know, and I do not care. Neither should you. You have a really hot and rich husband who cares about you, so it’s Jakob’s eternal loss, and your eternal gain. I just wanted you to know, so he doesn’t sneak up on you and take you by surprise or anything. He hasn’t been here in almost five years. His return cannot be a good sign.”

A bitter chuckle escapes my lips.

First, I lost West.

Now, the man who tore my heart into pieces is back in town for another haze.

He had blamed Haze all those years ago, said his senses were clouded, he thought Shirley was…me? I remember laughing to his face as tears rushed down my eyes.

But he wouldn’t stop saying it. He had actually convinced himself of that rubbish and was trying so hard—and failing even harder—to convince me as well.

I slammed the door in his face, walked out, and never saw him again.

Would he have cheated on me if it wasn’t during haze? Would I have married West so quickly if I wasn’t trying to heal from the heartbreak he caused?

Would I be a widow now?

“Stop!” My wolf snaps at me.

“We’re already in enough pain as it is.”

I press my palm against my forehead and heave a sigh.

She’s right.

What am I doing?

“Can I talk to you later, Tanya?” I cut in, interrupting her chatter about… I’m honestly not quite sure what.

She’s quiet for a brief second, before she sighs.

“Alright love. I’ll talk to you later.”

I nod, my thumb searching for the call button, but she hangs up immediately.

I slide my phone into my pocket and begin making my way out of the garage when I feel it vibrate again. I roll my eyes as I reach for it.

For heaven’s sake, why can’t people just leave me alo—

It’s a message.

A text from…JAKOB REED.

Hi, M

The bastard.

I know this strange, but I’m in town right now. I…I will really like to see you. The truth is…I have missed you Mia, awfully. Please, call me. Let me make things right again.