Mated To The Alpha, Falling For His Brother

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JACE

When I heard my brother, Jude, would be having his wedding getaway trip in Paris, I couldn't miss it even though I hadn't been invited.

The hotel he had booked was just a few miles away from one of my mansions in Paris. I thought it would be fun for the black sheep in the family to say hello to the family who didn't give a f**k about him.

It wasn't like I cared about them either. I stopped caring when my father thought that I wasn't responsible enough to become the Alpha of his pack, even though the position was rightfully mine. He took it from me and gave it to my brother, Jude.

I didn't let my parents see how much their decision hurt me back then, except that it deepened the strain that already existed between me and Jude. Jude thought he was better than I was because my father asked him to become the Alpha and lead the pack.

When the truth was he was never better than I was. He was secretly competing with me, he wanted everything that I had. I didn't think much of it until my father announced him as the Alpha. Jude always wanted the she-wolves I wanted in the pack. Every piece of clothing I picked back then in Italy, he wanted me to get him the same too. I thought he was just being childish until I found out he was hypocritical and selfish.

I had left Italy and came to Paris without telling my parents and brother my plans. I worked my ass off in Paris to make a name for myself and in less than two years, I achieved my dreams.

Coming to Jude's wedding getaway trip was just to come and see the lucky she-wolf who had agreed to marry him. And maybe I just wanted to see if he had changed. If he were getting married, then he should have become loyal to his mate, except that he wasn't. Because I still couldn't fathom why Jude would have the audacity to f**k another she-wolf in the same hotel he'd booked for his wedding getaway with his fiancée.

People just never change their ways no matter what, right?

And as if the Moon Goddess was playing a tricky game on me, the same woman Jude cheated on. his fiancée turned out to be my fated mate.

As heavy as that revelation was, it was confusing as hell. My fated mate? Lana? Jude's fiancée?

What kind of twisted game was the Moon Goddess playing?

I thought Lana was Jude's fated mate which was why he was going to get married to her?

The moment I asked if Jude and Lana were fated mates during dinner, I knew immediately that they weren't fated mates. My Wolf growled within me at the audacity. Jude already had everything that was supposed to be mine, and now?

He was going to have my fated mate again?

Never would I let that happen. Even if Lana never caught him cheating, I would make sure the wedding didn't hold. But now that Lana had been betrayed, I just needed to relax and see how she was going to handle it.

Was she going to confront Jude and call off the wedding? Or was she going to act like she didn't catch him cheating and go on with the damn wedding?

Whichever decision she made, there was no way I would let the wedding go on.

“There would be no wedding between me and Lana,” Jude walked back into the dining room, his jaw tight.

My parents' heads snapped up in shock at his words. “Jude!” They called out, their soft tone making my jaw clench.

He didn't say a word to them, just grabbed his phone, locked eyes with me for a brief second and I just smirked at him.

A low growl rumbled from his throat, but he dared not do more than that. He might have been the Alpha, but I was still the rightful one.

The moment he left, my father's condescending gaze moved to me, but I remained unfazed.

“You don't have a hand in this, do you?” He asked, the venom in his eyes as clear as day.

I knew it. I knew he was going to find who to pin the blame of his favourite son on. He'd always done that in the past, and even now, things never changed. He was trying to blame me for Jude's failure.

Despite the anger swirling within me, I plastered on a smile and rose to my feet. “Maybe if your son hadn't cheated on my fated mate, things wouldn't have turned this way,” I said in a low but dangerous tone.

A stunned gasp rippled through the air and my parents’ eyes went wide. I knew they were trying to make sense of my words.

Lana was my fated mate, and there was no way I would let Jude have her.

I ignored the way my parents and Lana's cousins reacted to the news I'd just revealed about my fated mate.

They were shocked to the bones. Of course, they should.

“Ja—”

I didn't let my father finish his words before pushing the chair I was sitting on back, the sound of the chair against the floor cutting him off. I didn't need to hear what he had to say, I knew it already.

He would ask me to reject my fated mate for Jude, the same way he'd asked me to give up the Alpha position for him years ago. I might have given up the Alpha position in the past, but I couldn't give up my fated mate. I had given up more than enough for Jude.

Without a word, I stormed out of the dining room and drove down to the nearest bar. I needed to clear my head and stay away from my parents or Jude. Even if Jude had called off the marriage, I was still certain he would rethink his decision the moment he heard that Lana was my fated mate.

That was who my brother was!

He just always wanted everything that was mine, he couldn't take his hands and eyes off them. And he was going to make sure to have Lana again.

I'd look into Lana’s life and found out she was just an omega, but a strong one. Maybe that was the reason Jude chose her at first, because I didn't want to believe that the bastard really fell in love with her.

My jaw clenched as I pulled into the bar's driveway. The thoughts of Lana being my fated mate had clouded my thoughts and stirred my wolf so hard that it wanted to break free. However, I couldn't shift here, this wasn't the pack.

I hadn't shifted in the last five years and I didn't want to. Not here in Paris, where a lot of humans reside. Maybe shifting into my wolf form would be the first thing on my list when I returned to the pack, because I was really doing that, knowing my fated mate was in the pack. My companies would do so well even in my absence.

My boots crunched on the tiled floor as I made my way to the bar entrance. I pushed the door open, letting the familiar smell of alcohol and smoke wash over me. I strode to the counter without a word, slid into a stool and lit a cigarette.

I took a slow drag, the smoke drifting upward, catching the dim light, while my light grey eyes quietly scanned the bar, calm, and unreadable, but carrying the weight of a storm.

Suddenly, her scent filled the air, wrapping around every fibre of me and hitting me like a punch to the chest. Lana. She is around here.

My legs moved on instinct as my eyes darted around the bar, in search of her. Her scent, wild honey, fresh pine, mixed with the soft sweetness of blooming jasmine was warm and dangerously addictive, pulling me closer without a thought.

My wolf stirred within me, baring its teeth in longing until I found her. Lana was sitting on one of the stools in the bar, a glass of drink in hand.

My chest tightened seeing her this way and the ache in my chest became unbearable as I walked towards her. She was hurt and in pain due to Jude's actions and I just wanted to do everything to make her happy and make Jude pay for hurting her this way.

The moment she saw me in front of her, her baby blue eyes locked on me and I swear to the Moon Goddess, I wanted nothing more than to kiss her so badly at that moment. I wanted to f**k her until every memory of Jude was erased from her head. But I couldn't give in to my desires now, not when she was still tied to Jude. I could still see it in her eyes, how much she loved him and it almost drove my wolf crazy.

Every control I thought I had slipped away when she placed her lips on mine and kissed me.

Fuck.

A growl rumbled from my chest as I kissed her back, desperately and hungrily like she was the air I needed to breathe. Maybe she was.

Lana deepened the kiss with the same urgency and I could no longer control my desires for her. When I suggested getting a room, I thought she was going to refuse. However, she didn't, which made me realise she wanted me as much as I wanted her.

I didn't hesitate. I didn't pull back. I got a room and asked her to use me to forget that f*****g Jude. If that was what it was going to take for me to get my mate to forget about Jude, then I would love to be used by her every damn time.