Alec’s

Sadie.

It’s been a week since the truth finally came out, and I’ve been trying to keep busy just to keep my mind from thinking so much.

When everything first happened, I thought that the main target was Alec. I was sure that some other alpha had something to do with it. That, that alpha wanted to weaken Alec and what better way than to get his mate to reject him?

Alec is the strongest and most powerful alpha in existence. He has allies, sure, but he also has lots of enemies. Alphas who want the kind of power he has. Alphas who envy his success. Alphas who want his lands, pack and business. Not all the alphas who are allied with him actually like him. They’re allied to him because there isn’t any other choice.

Those same alphas wouldn’t blink twice if there was an opportunity to take Alec down. If there was a sure way to destroy and weaken him. They would do it in a f**g heartbeat. These are the reasons why I thought he was always the target.

Why me though? Before my powers manifested, I was literally no one. The only power I kind of had was being best friends with the alpha’s sister. I was at the bottom of the food chain and had nothing. Why would anyone target me? Unlesss-

“Nyx, is there any other person who knows about my powers?” I ask her as I shift in my

chair.

I was in my office, and was trying to do all I could do before we went scouting. King, Raven and I usually do this every two weeks in an effort to gain more info on the hybrids. It also gives us the chance to get rid of some of them.

“Why, do you ask?” she asks lazily, as if she had no care in the world.

“Because it just hit me. Why would someone want to target me and set me up? Unless they knew exactly what they were doing, and they wanted me dead.”

I mean think about it. Why would anyone want someone seemingly insignificant dead? They knew setting me up like that would lead Alec to believe that I was the culprit. This would then lead me to being imprisoned and then tried and finally killed.

Why would anyone want someone seemingly weak and insignificant dead? Unless that person already knew that I wasn’t as weak as everyone thought. Unless the mastermind already knew of the power that I possessed. Power that had yet to awaken and they were trying to stop it from awakening.

“There is one other person who knows who and what you are,” her voice pulls me out of my musings. “After what Calvin said, I suspect who it is that orchestrated this whole thing, and if she’s the one, then her actions aren’t

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Revenge? Revenge for what? I never did anything to hurt anyone. Ever. I didn’t like hurting other people’s feelings. It made me feel horrible. So why would anyone want to get revenge on me?

“So are you going to tell me why they would want revenge?” I ask her even though I already know the answer.

“Nope… Not right now, anyway.”

Nyx and her d**n secrets. Sighing, I stay quiet for a while, feeling frustrated with her answers. What’s with the

secrecy? Can’t she just tell me what I need to know?

“You said that there is one other person that already knows who I am right. Well, let’s count out the moon goddess since she knows everything. That leaves the other wolf. The other Alpha Female you told me about.” I tell her, realization hitting.

“Yes. She’s the only other person that knew of your powers before they awakened,” comes her reply.

I want so much to ask her why this other woman would want to take revenge on me, but I hold myself back. Knowing Nyx, she wouldn’t tell me s**it. Not until she feels the time is right.

Standing up, I walk towards the corner of my office, where my coffee machine is. I was running low on energy, so l needed a boost. I’m not one to take naps, but at this point I just might need to. I can barely sleep at night with my mind racing. I was so f**g tired, given that I’m running on two to three hours of sleep every night.

I was just brewing my nectar when my office door opens. I don’t need to turn around to know who it is.

His unique scent of alerts me to who he is. Even if I couldn’t scent him, the bond coming alive between us every time he is near me, is enough to tell me who he is.

“I didn’t take you for a coward; Sadie” he drawls in that deep voice that I hate so much. “You’ve been avoiding me.”

It’s true. When I couldn’t get rid of him, his pack and sister, I resorted to avoiding them. He thinks I’m a coward but I call it self-preservation.

Being near them and seeing them brings around terrible memories that I’ve been trying my d**n hardest to forget. It’s not once or twice I’ve lost control of my powers because seeing them brought a particularly painful memory to the surface.

I couldn’t risk destroying my pack house or hurting my people, so until I could get control of my powers, I resorted to avoiding them.

“What do you want, Alec” I mutter, not even turning around. “As you can see, I am very busy, and I don’t have time for your tantrums.”

“I just want to talk,” there is something in his voice, but I just can’t figure out what it is.

I finish brewing my coffee, then I add some milk and sugar. Once that is done, I take my cup and head to my seat. Once I am settled, I take a sip of my coffee, sighing in contentment.

“There is nothing to talk about. Absolutely nothing,” I tell him after placing my cup down.

On a serious note, what did he expect us to talk about? Unless he had a time machine, and he could go back and undo what he did, then there was nothing at all to talk about.

“That’s where you are wrong. There is the subject of Aspen and our mating,” he pulls the chair opposite me and sits down.

It annoys me, that he would sit down in my chair at my office without even asking. Choosing to ignore that, I take a deep breath before speaking.

“I’m tired of repeating myself, Alpha Alec. We have nothing to discuss when it comes to Aspen because she’s my daughter, not yours. And as for our so-called mating, I already told you that I don’t want to mated to you.”

Don’t you just get irritated when you have to repeat the same thing over and over again? When someone can’t get a f**g hint?

“I’ll go to the council if I have to, but I want to be in my daughter’s life,” he growls in a threatening tone.

He should have realized that I’m not the same Sadie I was back then. I don’t get easily fazed.

I smile. “You’ll do well not to threaten me, Alpha. As for the council, go ahead. Then we can tell them how you tortured me while I was pregnant. We can also add how you wanted to kill me even after I had told you that was pregnant. For good measure, we can add the words you said to me. I have a witness, and I’m sure your company has CCTV footage they can use to verify words. Let’s see whose side they’ll take.”

When I am done, I lean back in triumph as I watch his face morph from complete shock, to anger.

“You can’t f**g do that,” he hollers, standing up before he starts pacing.

“Sure, I can” I drawl “We can even take it up with them concerning our mating. I’m sure they’ll understand why! simply can’t accept you as my rate, given the cruelty you’ve shown me in the past.”

In fact, it’s something that I’ve been thinking of the last couple of days. Nyx and I decided that if he doesn’t willingly accept the rejection then we will take it up with the council.

“Please, Sadie,” he pleads, shocking me to the core.

I recover quickly and smirk. “The all powerful, Alpha Alec pleading. This is a sight to behold. If only I had a camera to capture this moment.”

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Something shifts in his eyes, and his jaw tightens just as his hands fist. He was about to say something when his phone began to ring,

Taking it out of his pocket, he looks at the screen before looking at me. He holds up his finger in a sign for me to hold.

Taking my cup, I roll my eyes at him. What an arrogant b**d.

“Hello” he

says

into the phone. There is a minute of silence, when, all of a sudden, the air becomes charged.

“What?” he bellows furiously, as his angry energy fills the room.