The Alpha Who Saved Me

Chapter 42

Gavin

I couldn’t believe my luck when Quinn accepted my date proposal finally. I don’t know what got her to change her mind about us becoming more than just friends, but I will take it. I’m aware that her mind can change at any moment, and so I’m being as patient as I can with her. As much as I want to take her and claim her as mine, I know she is far from ready for that.

I’m not a good man like my cousin, Declan, but I’m trying to be better, for her. I don’t know what it is about this she-wolf, but she’s different from the rest, and I don’t mean because she’s an Alpha. No, I noticed it the first time I met her. I was drawn to her instantly.

She had been dead set on waiting for her mate at that time. Unfortunately for her, it’s been almost a year and still, she is mate less. I’m so glad that I stuck around and waited her out, because now, I have a chance with the gorgeous Alpha. Our wolves get along too, making it so much easier to be able to claim each other if the time comes.

My father has been *me for months now about closing the deal with the new Alpha, but what he doesn’t realize is that I’m not doing this for him. No, I care for the beautiful she-wolf, and I’m not going to use her just to please my father. If I have to wait until his death before I can claim my rightful title, so be it. I’ve never been one to go against the Alpha of our pack, and because of that, I’ve ostracized myself with certain family members.

Declan, for instance, he hates my guts because of the things I’ve done in the past. I’ve always looked up to my older cousin, and I still do. It hurts every time he ridicules me on anything I do, and so I fight back, not wanting him to know how much his hatred for me hurts. Had I known back then what I do now, I would have fought my father harder, at least I like to think I would.

When the situation between Declan and his now crazy Luna first happened, I said a few things that I didn’t really mean, but I was still trying to keep up the pretense of being an *. Now, I don’t want that pretense, I want to be accepted.

Back when I was still a young pup, just coming into myself, my father thought I should become a man. I wasn’t allowed to wait for my fated mate even if I wanted to, because it’s not what my father wanted. He wanted to see his son turning into a man, so when he brought me to the pack’s she-*, who so happened to be in love with my father, he ordered her to bring her only daughter, into the room. The girl was a year older than me. My father then abused his title and used his Alpha command on the girl, ordering her to spread her legs for me.

Of course, being the tender age that I was, I was both nervous and excited. I couldn’t look the girl in her eyes, though. I didn’t want to see the tears streaming down her face as I stepped up to her spread thighs and placed my *at her entrance.

I remember my father’s exact words at that point, “No sense in drawing it out, son. It’s going to cause her pain when you take her virginity either way, so just ram that little *of yours right into that tight hole and then *her like a real man.” My stomach turns now as I think back to that moment, but the memory continues, “She’s going to follow in her mother’s footsteps anyway, and as the Alpha heir, it’s your right to be the one to take her maidenhead.”

I remember looking at my father at this point, “What about her mate, Alpha?”

My father had scoffed, “No mate in his right mind will want a *as a mate. She’s going to take after her *mother anyway, so if it isn’t you turning her into the *that she is meant to be, then it will be someone else. Now, stop wasting my time and *the little *!”

The girl’s mother had tears in her eyes, but she didn’t do anything except hold her daughter’s hand. When I hesitated, my father slapped me upside the head, telling me that if I couldn’t *a simple *then I’m

not cut out to be an Alpha. Mouthing my apologies to the young she-wolf, I plunged myself into her *, and *her as hard as I could with my father urging me to go harder.

It hadn’t taken long for me to spill myself inside of her, but my *hadn’t softened yet, and so I was instructed to keep *her until my *couldn’t get hard any longer. We were there for three hours, and that poor she-wolf took everything I gave her. For a month after I had taken her virginity, my father brought me back to her every chance he had.

It was really starting to eat at me, the way she would lay there, silently crying as I *her over and over. Who could blame her, though? My father would sit and watch each time, until the day came that he thought I was man enough to come on my own. He had made a schedule, what for, I haven’t the slightest idea, but I was to go to the girl three times a week.

The first time I went to her on my own, I had decided before I had even gotten there, that I would not touch her, not unless she wanted me to. This went on for two weeks, where I would go visit her and we would just sit and talk. We slowly became friends, somewhat, but one day when I went to see her, she informed me that she was pregnant. I felt bad, but I knew that I was responsible for her condition, and so I would be man enough to accept it and take care of her and our pup.

Telling my father hadn’t gone over so well, and to this day, I wish I had never mentioned it to him, because that night, he took me to the girl’ s house, and had me *her one last time before he strangled her and then strangled her mother, making it all look as though they had a break in. Since he’s Alpha, nobody questioned him when he made the decision to burn their bodies and send them up to the Goddess right

away

A few short months afterward, he had me do it all over again with a different she-wolf, although that time, it was an orphaned she-wolf whose parents had died in a car accident, and she was taken under

my father’s wing. She lived in the pack house, and eventually my father made her sleep in my room with me. I had started to have feelings for the she-wolf, and she had feelings for me.

Declan was visiting the day it happened, and since he was family, my father brought him in on it as well. My cousin knew of my feelings for the girl because he always teased me about it, but when she came into my father’s office to tell us about her pregnancy, my father sent my cousin out to wait for us. Without making me *her this time, he pretended to sympathize with her and when he walked behind her, he wrapped his hands round her neck and strangled her as well.

Tears burned my eyes, but there was nothing I could do to stop him, I was too young to fight him off. My father then called Declan back into the office and he saw what had happened. My father made it sound as though I was the one that murdered the innocent girl. He also commented on how this was the second time that I had to take care of my mistake.

Once my father made Declan take an oath to never speak of it, my cousin left and never came back for another visit. It’s also when he turned his back on me, but it’s partially my fault because I never once corrected the false accusations against me. I think it’s because I was hurt that my own cousin would think that I could do something like that.

ANANDONNNNN

“How was your date with the Alpha *? Did you get any *?” My father’s voice yanks me back to the present.

“Don’t talk about Quinn like that, and no, we are not there yet, Father. It was only the first date.” I roll my eyes once I turn away from him.

“Don’t use that tone with me, Son, and I will call her whatever the **I want.” He stands, looking outside the window with his hands behind his back, “You will do what you must in order to claim her. I want to combine our packs.”

“I can’t claim her if she decides that she doesn’t want me.” I argue.

He turns back to me, “Well, if you ever want to be Alpha, then you better figure out a way to claim her! Knock her up if you have to, you’re good at doing that.”

I flinch at my father’s words, “I will do no such thing. I like Quinn, and I respect her too much to deceive her. Why do you want to combine our packs anyway? Dark Moon is still a small pack.”

My father ignores the first part of what I said but responds to the last part, “They may be small, but they have connections that I will never have. They have the ears of many packs and if that Alpha *knew how to rule, she would know that her pack is pretty much at the top of the list for being one of the best packs. It doesn’t matter how small they are right now. Why do you think they are growing so fast?”

I never really thought about that, but none of that matters to me. Not that it will do any good to tell my father this. I will just continue letting him believe that all is well and on track. I’m older now, and I can protect her from him this time around. One of the reasons why I never brought any girlfriends around is because I didn’t want to see them turn up dead, but then again, I learned to wrap my *up when things turned intimate. She-wolves aren’t required to take the birth control until they turn eighteen, so as teenagers, I always carried condoms with me.

“I hear another body was found, this time on Declan’s territory, but close to Dark Moon’s as well.” My father’s statement has me whipping my head his way

“What are you talking about? When?” I ask as I stand up.

He shrugs, “Last evening, I guess. I received an email about it this morning from Declan’s Beta. They are wanting info on any possible disappearances of she-wolves with auburn hair and blue eyes. Apparently, the body was not recognizable.” He says all this like it’s nothing. like the poor she-wolf wasn’t anyone important.

The fact that this is the second body that has been found on or near Quinn’s territory and that this last one had the same color hair and eyes as Quinn, is not a coincidence. I turn and go to leave, but my father stops me.

“Where do you think you’re going? You mother has her friend and their daughter coming to visit. You should be here to woo the daughter in case it doesn’t work out with the Alpha **”

I clench my fists, “I’m going to see Quinn, to make sure she doesn’t need Blue River’s support in this latest find. It will help with bringing us closer, and that’s what you want, isn’t it?” I know I shouldn’t, but I play on my father’s own greed just so I’m able to go see Quinn without going against the Alpha. I can only fight so much, but going against your Alpha can get me punished, even as his only heir.

“Yes, yes, you are totally right! Go on then and work your magic.” He waves me off.

I grin as I walk out. The *doesn’t even know when he is being played by his own son. I guess he taught me well after all.