Rejected You Alpha, for A Beast
Chapter 28

JESSICA’S POV

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Nick and the guards don’t stay long, they just disappear into the woods and as I try to step out from behind the tree, Nathaniel grabs me tighter, holding me in place. “They are still here.” He whispers so softly that even my ears struggled to hear him. I turn my head, looking up at him and his eyes are focused on the wood behind the car.

I pick my phone out of my pocket, putting it on silent before I type a message in my notes.

Goddess knows that I have no clue how to whisper that softly for only him to hear and then we’d be caught.

My hand shake as I type, the nervous feeling only intensifies with every movement of a finger.

I don’t know why Nick would bug our car, he has no reason to and then he follows us… like we were about to do something beyond idiotic.

I hand Nathaniel the phone and his eyes flick over my message and before he could frown and ask me about it, I slip out from his grip and I start to walk out of the woods towards the car. “Are you almost done?” I yell back at him and I could feel the tension building in the distance between us. He finally emerges from the woods, “Yeah.” He mutters and I move to the car, purposely slipping and falling right next to the door and I reach under the car, feeling for the tracker that Nick himself would have planted when he tipped our car.

I should have known when I saw him in the trees, how could I mislook it?

I can’t feel it and I push myself up, “What happened?” Nathaniel’s caring voice appears behind me as I dust my hands off from the dirt.

“I slipped.” I shrug and as he opens the car door, Nick emerges from the woods too.

“Why were you in the woods?” He seethes, his tone controlling and his eyes blazing with anger. “Nick?” My eyes widen in surprise, even though I knew he was out there, but I didn’t think one second that he would come out here and face us.

“What are you doing here?” I frown , folding my arms in front of my chest. “It doesn’t matter.” He seethes, shrugging the question off like it doesn’t matter. “It does, were you following us?” I seethe, acting mad even though I’m not.

I just wish that he’d leave us alone.

“What? No.” He glances to the side and I click my tongue, sighing, “Oh Nicky…” a low growl comes from behind me and I could feel the jealous vibe coming from Nathaniel, which is strange because we haven’t even claimed one another.

“I know this is hard, but you can’t be hung up on me. We’re over.” I tut , offering a small smile and even though I know that he knows we are over since he met his mate, I know pissing him off and embarrassing him will make him storm off.

“I know we are.” His hands fists next to his side, his forest orbs now darkening. “Then stop checking up on me Nick, understand and accept that we are now with different people. Our mates.” I smile and his eyes flick to Nathaniel, “Now please get the tracker off the car and go back home, we just stopped . We are not planning against you. So stop being paranoid. You know that I would never hurt a pack I built.” I stare into his eyes that are slowly calming and going back to it’s basic green colour. “I didn’t track you.” He deadpans, lying straight to my face. “How did you know where we are?” His face pales and I hum, “Just tell me where it is and we can go our own ways.”

“It’s not on the car.” He shrugs and my eyes furrow into slits, “Excuse me?” , “It’s in the car.” He sighs before pulling the back door open and he takes a chip out of the seat.

How did Nathaniel know that the car was tracked?

Every second I have more and more questions while I’m with him. He’s a mystery, avoiding to answer me and even though it’s luring and attractive, he’s a walking red flag.

“Thanks, now go home.” I snatch the chip from him and let it drop to the ground, stomping on it and I smile down at the shattered pieces. “And if you ever do that again, we might have to give you a reason to use one.” I deadpan before getting into the car and I slam the door shut. I stare at Nathaniel as he stares Nick down, his eyes a strange maroon black colour, almost a dark crimson.

He stares at Nick as he steps forward, “I have had enough of you and your bullshit. One day, she will get fed up with your schemes and lies and tricks and then she is going to want you dead and I will happily make her wishes come true with a bright smile and it will be the last thing you see.” He threatens Nick, but instead of feeling like I need to protect Nick, I just ignore it because it will be true.

My feelings for Nick was pure because he was a good man, he was a great friend, the best even, he cared and he tried and he was always there for me, but this Nick, lying, manipulating, trying to control me…it’s a totally different person and I want nothing to do with him even though my heart still loves him…but I’m not in love with him anymore.

Nathaniel turns his back to Nick and rounds the car and I keep looking at Nick through the mirror, waiting for him to pounce, but who am I kidding? He isn’t suicidal. He knows Nathaniel will kill him and call it self defence, a fight that will last less than a minute.

“We’re never going back there again.” Nathaniel snorts as he speeds off and my eyes flick to the side mirror or last time and I see Nick sitting on his knees, staring at our car driving away.

I wish I could understand him, I wish I had access to his mind like his wolf. Hell I wish I could tell what Nathaniel was thinking most of the time too.

Perhaps they are both wrong for me. Both of their names start with an N, both of them are complicated but only one of them was made for me.

“Fine by me.” My hand automatically rests on his hand on the gears and he turns to look at me, smiling, “I meant it. What I said…” I giggle at the thought of murdering Nick, but in the back of my head I know I don’t want that.

All I want is sweet revenge and him having to live without me is enough of it.

“I know.” I thank him.

Arriving back at the pack, I feel small again as we walk into the house. The memories of this morning was crashing into me and my mood suddenly falls.

“What’s wrong?” Nathaniel spins me around before pulling my back to his chest, his chin resting on my shoulder as he bends forward.

“Where were you this morning?” He lets go of me and I turn to face him.

It’s difficult to hold his gaze especially when his aura bursts through.

“What do you mean?” He grits out, clearly mad that I caught him sneaking out.

“You went to the elders.” I point out and he hums, shrugging. “Why?” , “We have meetings.” His hand slips from mine and he tucks them into his pockets, “We’re you spying on me?” He frowns and I shrug, “I guess I was…it’s just…you came home so late last night and early in the morning, you sneak off with a cooler bag with goddess knows what’s in it. I just… I feel like you are hiding things and it’s just not what I want.” I confess.

‘Offloader.’ Zola snorts teasingly and my heat cheeks in embarrassment as I realise that I just told my mate, he might not be the person for me.

The Moon Goddess is probably rolling over in her grave to get up and to come and haunt me, if she even has a grave. Was she even a person like us?

‘No.’ Zola huffs and I press my lips into a thin line.

“Hey.” He captures my chin in between his fingers. “I get it. I just…we barely know each other so let’s take it slow. I don’t keep secrets, but I have things I do on my own and that’s just how it’s been for such a long time.” He smiles and I guess I have no other choice than to just accept it.

“Okay.” I nod and he leans in, slowly closing the distance between us as he k****s me. His hand drags down my side and the other down my back and with every inch his hands move more down, I’m tugged closer to him until my back is slightly bent back as he hovers over me and I gasp into his mouth as he hooks the back of my thighs and I’m lifted into the air.

My legs clamp around him and I giggle as he walks me into a wall, pressing my back against it. As he presses his body against mine, I could feel his hard wood poking me through the material of my pants.

He hums, almost groaning as his tongue devours the inside of my mouth and I want nothing more than to reach between us and undo his pants, to feel how hard and wet he is underneath my touch.

His hands are massaging my bottom as he roughly k****s me.

“Stop.” I mutter against his lips and as if in instinct, he drops me to my feet, moving away from me. “Did I hurt you?” He asks concerned and I giggle, shaking my head, “No, but I do have questions…” I mutter and his tongue drags across his bottom l*p.

“Like?” I could tell that made him uncomfortable, but he was willing to hear me out.

“Like why you went out on the first night I was unclaimed again…didn’t you want to…claim me?” I ask embarrassed. I feel like a needy girl with a thousand questions. “Goddess, I did. But it was work, I would never just go out unless I really needed to.” The regret in his orbs make me feel at ease. It at least shows that he did want to stay home…I hope.

“I promise I’ll make it up to you.” He grins as he steps closer again and a deep blush overtakes my cheeks.