The Alpha S First Choice
"Where's he?" My mother yelled looking around excitedly as soon as they settled in the hall. I noticed how Liam didn't follow them in. He left after I saw his mother glare at him.
"Where's who mom?""My baby of course; you think we're here to see you?" she said sarcastically "Why would I want to see someone who abandoned me?"I rolled my eyes "He's sleeping. It's midnight in case you guys haven't noticed. Do you want me to wake him up?""Of course not, we won't want to disturb our little pup's sleep." Luna Alexandra said, her eyes twinkling. Oh shoot! I forgot he was her grandson too. God, that's awkward. "Can we just peek into his room though? You know your parents have seen and talked to him over video chats" Her eyes turned sad "I know I probably shouldn't be this excited but can I please see him?""Of course luna" she was embarrassing me "Please follow me""Me too" Sara yelled and jumped from her seat.I eventually had a train of people behind me. Luna, Sara, Zach, Nick, Dad, Mom. Evan and Emma were the last ones, they already met him but they were still there.I opened the door to Dan's room slowly. I hope they don't wake him up. He was sleeping peacefully hugging his favorite dinosaur. I switched the lights on and moved to let the others in.Luna stopped at the door and squeaked. She quickly covered her mouth with her hands. I rolled my eyes. There were all peeking over and around her shoulder, gawking silently.My heart tightened in my chest. There were so many people that loved my son yet I raised him lonely. He would have received so much love had he been with them. He has only known me and Ray but it was so incomplete without the love of a family full of people.*****"Breakfast guys" I yelled for the third time. Emma patted my shoulder, understanding.They were all in the living room fawning over Dan. Emma and I were the only ones cooking. Poor Dan was overwhelmed with the number of fans he gained overnight. They were all over him as soon as he walked down rubbing his sleepy eyes. He didn't know what was about to hit him.---They were finally all settled at the table with my father holding on to Dan like his life depended on it. My father has always been the drama queen in the family. "His highness is here to spread his awesomeness my babies" Ray yelled in a sing-song voice from the door, he has been doing this to annoy Liam these days.I choked on the orange juice that I was drinking. Emma patted my back trying to relax me. I forgot Ray. Oh god! I didn't warn him to not come over. I was so busy with all the people around. I'm dead."Layyyyyy" Dan, the patron yelled back excited."Yes my big man I'm here" he came into view. I tried shushing him but he wouldn't look at me. He went cold like a stone the moment he saw the number of heads turned to him."Move" Liam was here? Is he crazy? I thought his mother shooed him off yesterday.Oh, how could I forget? Liam thinks that if he pretends that nothing's wrong, no one will notice that something's wrong.I was pulled out of my trance when I heard a loud thud. Evan had pushed his chair away and was glaring with so much hatred that I forgot they were brothers."What's he doing here?" Evan yelled"Evan calm down" Emma held him but he slapped her hand away."I'll not. What is this man doing in your house and why have you not kicked him out yet"I was shocked at his words and more so at everyone else's silence. My brothers, Liam's friends, were visibly fuming along Evan; my mother was holding onto my father who was shaking with anger."I'll not have you disrespect me Evan" Liam glared back. His wolf was stirring with anger at the challenge to his authority."I thought we made it clear yesterday, Liam" luna said sternly "We told you to stay away. We get what you want. You've made yourself clear. We will only see each other once we come to a solution. So why don't you leave. No one wants you here right now"Liam's face darkened. I could feel tears pricking my eyes. My mate was sad, humiliated in front of so many people. My wolf couldn't take it.Liam looked at his mother one last time before storming out leaving an clueless Ray behind. He looked at me. I blinked back my tears and shook my head at him."And who's the hottie?" Sara whistled. I sighed in relief, thanking Sara in my head."He's my Lay" Dan chirped in, happy to finally understand something. Did I tell you how territorial he was, he was a wolf after all."Hello" Ray greeted awkwardly "umm......I'm...""He's my friend and also our neighbor" I finished hurriedly.Sara whistled again."Just friend?" Nick asked. He, Zach and Evan had now shifted there glared to Ray who squirmed under their gaze."Oh come on" I yelled irritated "Ray you'll be late for work. So why don't you grab whatever satisfies your hunger and run before they kill you?"Ray nodded slowly, not taking his eyes off Nick."What about Dan?" he asked"He'll spend time with the family today. I'm not going to work either" I said packing whatever I could grab for him."Wait" my mother said "is he your mate? Won't you introduce us?"I stopped. I slowly looked at Ray, he looked back "he's not my mate" I whispered."Oh" came her disappointed voice."I'll still introduce you though" I said "Mom, Dad, this is Ray Williams. He's my friend from college and he has been our family and our only support for the past years. I don't know what we would have done without him" Ray's eyes widened at me. I smiled encouragingly. He deserved a proper introduction."Ray, that's my Father, my mother" my father nodded and my mother smiled as she wiped her tears away "Those are my twin brothers I told you about, Zach and Nick" My brothers grunted in acknowledgement "Luna Alexandra's Evan's mother" She smiled warmly at him "That crazy girl right there is Sara" Sara blew him a kiss, ewww "And you already met Emma and Evan" I finished.Ray greeted all of them."Why don't you have a seat" my father said, surprising me.I quickly recovered as Ray eagerly made his way to his chair "No, dad he's getting late for work, aren't you" I gave Ray a pointed look."Oh...y...yes" he fumbled "I guess""But""Dad, you can grill him later. He's not going anywhere" I pulled Ray along with me and only stopped once we were at the door."Here" I gave him his breakfast."But why did you kick me out. They loved me" he pouted"Yes, they loved you way too much" I rolled my eyes "trust me you don't want them all over you. Just ask Dan what they do to people they love, my poor baby. Plus there would have been a lot of questions. We need to prepare that before I unleash them on you. Now go, you'll get fired""Whatever. You're just jealous that we're getting all the attention""I'll call you. Let's meet up after your work. We have problems to solve" I called after him"Yes ma'am" he yelled. "Oh so you're meeting him secretly?" I yelped and backed away. Sara was grinning suggestively at my face."Its not what you think""Sure sure" she made her way back "Everyone, she's meeting lover boy in secret today" she yelled.-----"I've things to discuss with you" my mom dragged me to my room and closed the door."What are you going to do about Liam?"I was surprised at her directness."You know you guys are being too harsh on him" I said trying to act natural "I was in heat mom. It wasn't exactly his fault""I'm not talking about that. What about the council?""What council?""You don't know? He didn't tell you? We all came rushing here because of that""I can't understand you mom" she was making me nervous."Liam said you refused to come back home and because he wants Dan he'll go to the council. I never knew he could be like this. Such a good boy he was. But if he goes to the council he'll surely win. Alpha blood and the next in line, they won't let him to be raised like this. The alpha wolves high up will surely support him""Mom mom calm down" I was panicking myself, he won't do that "I'm sorry but I need to go" I rushed out of the room, down the stairs, I could hear people yelling but I didn't stop.I took the familiar path to Ray's place, set the password hoping I would find the one I was looking for here. I climbed the stairs, his door opened before I could knock.I raised my brow "oh come on. We are wolves remember?"I nodded and entered. I took a deep breath before looking at him. "What is my family talking about the council" trying hard to breath normal."Oh that" he said nonchalantly "I just made that up to bring them here""You're telling me its no big deal?" my anger rising"Calm down. I'm just telling that I never ever thought of actually going to the council. Trust me" "You effing threatened my family and you want me to calm down? What's wrong with you" I yelled"I just wanted them to convince you and take you home. You know I didn't mean it." "No I don't. I don't know you remember. Stop confusing me with your wife. She must have understood your twisted mind but she's dead and I'm no--"Things happened fast. One moment he was pleading and the next his eyes turned midnight black, a beastly growl escaped his throat as he raised his hand.I impulsively closed my eyes. When the contact I was expecting didn't happen, I opened them again. His hand was hanging midair, his breaths heavy, his wolf reflecting in his eyes."Why did you stop" I yelled "Go ahead. Slap me" I took his hand and pulled it trying to finish what he began. He fisted his hand and pulled it away with such force that I was dragged along with it. He held my arms to stop me from falling. I looked away. Instead of letting me go, he increased the force on my arms, it was getting painful. I winched, but he didn't let go."Look at me" he gritted out. When I didn't, he shook me and I was forced to look at him "This is the one and the only time I'm holding back. You bring her name between our fights one more time and I'll see to it that you suffer the consequences. Did you not learn the basic courtesy of not disrespecting the deceased?" he spit out. I could see disappointment along with the obvious anger in his eyes. Why was he disappointed? What did he expect of me? Why would he have expectations?I looked away. His hold loosened but he didn't let go. His anger was fading fast and I knew why. Our mind was slowly pulling us in another direction and we were losing focus. We may not have noticed our proximity, but our wolves did. I pushed his hands away and sprinted back."Stay away" I said after I composed myself, I was looking everywhere but him "from my son and me. I don't want to know your intentions. I don't want to know you" my heart ripped with every word I spoke, but I continued "I don't want you anywhere near us. We were so happy before you came by. You ruined everything. Please stay away from us"He took a sharp breath "I can't do that" he said in his alpha tone."Why can't you? I did it for you when you wanted me to" my eyes flared at him "To have a mate and to still live happily without them, you taught me that." I challenged.He closed his eyes in frustration. When he opened them again, they were cold and determined. He strode towards me. I moved back but he didn't stop until my back touched the wall behind me. He placed one hand on the wall right next to my head and looked down at me. That's what you do when you want to intimidate someone and he was doing a great job at that."Maybe I wouldn't do that because I'm not as good as you. I'm selfish. You of all the people should have known that. I didn't wait for my mate because waiting for you was hurting me. I wanted to be happy so I fell in love with a woman who made me happy. Had I been like you, I would have stabbed my heart with a knife but still not given up." He snickered "I'm sure he must have been tempting. He's a good man, so much better than me. But you still couldn't bring yourself to be with him all these years despite thinking that I was happily married. That's who you are and this is who I'm." he lowered his gaze down, away from me "being good, it comes so easily to you. So you wouldn't understand; the effort that I put in reining my animal"He took a deep breath and moved away "Come home. Stay in my sight. I want to make sure you both are safe and healthy. Let Daniel be safe and free in his own territory. Let me watch him grow. That's all I need. I won't utter a word about the bond to anyone; I won't make it obvious. I'll try to not interfere in your life as much as possible.""No" I said and moved to the door."You have until tonight to decide" his voice stopped me, the door knob half twisted in my hand "If you decide to stay here, I'll take your freedom home with me.""What do you mean?" I turned around to face him"You want to be free of me, don't you? You don't want them to know about the bond. Come with me and you can be free. You can even bring that man with you""You're sick. What have I ever done to you to deserve this? I've only showed you kindness. All these years, I never blamed you. I only blamed the circumstances; I knew anyone in your place would have done that. I would have done the same thing had I been you. I kept defending you and this is what you give me in return?" I was crying now. I felt so helpless. I thought I knew of the basic goodness in the man in front of me, but I was wrong. He was nothing like his father or his brother. He was always cold and aloof but he was soft spoken and treated everyone well. We thought he was perfect, without a flaw. Turns out he only cares about himself and that was the reason he was aloof. His selfishness was his flaw.He was right, Ray was so much better of a man than him. Yet it's all thanks to him that I can't be with Ray. I didn't like the direction my thoughts were turning to. His cruelness was making me want to rebel."I told you I wasn't ever again going to say sorry for the moon goddess' doing. You didn't do anything. It's not your fault. You were just chosen for the wrong person""So go away. Let me live with the right person""I can't do that. The last few days that made you unhappy were the happiest days of my life. You can hate me all you want but do so while staying in my sight. I'll take your hatred and all your complaints."I walked away and shut the door hard behind me without another word."Remember. Tonight" I heard him as I climbed down the stairs.*****
"Where's who mom?""My baby of course; you think we're here to see you?" she said sarcastically "Why would I want to see someone who abandoned me?"I rolled my eyes "He's sleeping. It's midnight in case you guys haven't noticed. Do you want me to wake him up?""Of course not, we won't want to disturb our little pup's sleep." Luna Alexandra said, her eyes twinkling. Oh shoot! I forgot he was her grandson too. God, that's awkward. "Can we just peek into his room though? You know your parents have seen and talked to him over video chats" Her eyes turned sad "I know I probably shouldn't be this excited but can I please see him?""Of course luna" she was embarrassing me "Please follow me""Me too" Sara yelled and jumped from her seat.I eventually had a train of people behind me. Luna, Sara, Zach, Nick, Dad, Mom. Evan and Emma were the last ones, they already met him but they were still there.I opened the door to Dan's room slowly. I hope they don't wake him up. He was sleeping peacefully hugging his favorite dinosaur. I switched the lights on and moved to let the others in.Luna stopped at the door and squeaked. She quickly covered her mouth with her hands. I rolled my eyes. There were all peeking over and around her shoulder, gawking silently.My heart tightened in my chest. There were so many people that loved my son yet I raised him lonely. He would have received so much love had he been with them. He has only known me and Ray but it was so incomplete without the love of a family full of people.*****"Breakfast guys" I yelled for the third time. Emma patted my shoulder, understanding.They were all in the living room fawning over Dan. Emma and I were the only ones cooking. Poor Dan was overwhelmed with the number of fans he gained overnight. They were all over him as soon as he walked down rubbing his sleepy eyes. He didn't know what was about to hit him.---They were finally all settled at the table with my father holding on to Dan like his life depended on it. My father has always been the drama queen in the family. "His highness is here to spread his awesomeness my babies" Ray yelled in a sing-song voice from the door, he has been doing this to annoy Liam these days.I choked on the orange juice that I was drinking. Emma patted my back trying to relax me. I forgot Ray. Oh god! I didn't warn him to not come over. I was so busy with all the people around. I'm dead."Layyyyyy" Dan, the patron yelled back excited."Yes my big man I'm here" he came into view. I tried shushing him but he wouldn't look at me. He went cold like a stone the moment he saw the number of heads turned to him."Move" Liam was here? Is he crazy? I thought his mother shooed him off yesterday.Oh, how could I forget? Liam thinks that if he pretends that nothing's wrong, no one will notice that something's wrong.I was pulled out of my trance when I heard a loud thud. Evan had pushed his chair away and was glaring with so much hatred that I forgot they were brothers."What's he doing here?" Evan yelled"Evan calm down" Emma held him but he slapped her hand away."I'll not. What is this man doing in your house and why have you not kicked him out yet"I was shocked at his words and more so at everyone else's silence. My brothers, Liam's friends, were visibly fuming along Evan; my mother was holding onto my father who was shaking with anger."I'll not have you disrespect me Evan" Liam glared back. His wolf was stirring with anger at the challenge to his authority."I thought we made it clear yesterday, Liam" luna said sternly "We told you to stay away. We get what you want. You've made yourself clear. We will only see each other once we come to a solution. So why don't you leave. No one wants you here right now"Liam's face darkened. I could feel tears pricking my eyes. My mate was sad, humiliated in front of so many people. My wolf couldn't take it.Liam looked at his mother one last time before storming out leaving an clueless Ray behind. He looked at me. I blinked back my tears and shook my head at him."And who's the hottie?" Sara whistled. I sighed in relief, thanking Sara in my head."He's my Lay" Dan chirped in, happy to finally understand something. Did I tell you how territorial he was, he was a wolf after all."Hello" Ray greeted awkwardly "umm......I'm...""He's my friend and also our neighbor" I finished hurriedly.Sara whistled again."Just friend?" Nick asked. He, Zach and Evan had now shifted there glared to Ray who squirmed under their gaze."Oh come on" I yelled irritated "Ray you'll be late for work. So why don't you grab whatever satisfies your hunger and run before they kill you?"Ray nodded slowly, not taking his eyes off Nick."What about Dan?" he asked"He'll spend time with the family today. I'm not going to work either" I said packing whatever I could grab for him."Wait" my mother said "is he your mate? Won't you introduce us?"I stopped. I slowly looked at Ray, he looked back "he's not my mate" I whispered."Oh" came her disappointed voice."I'll still introduce you though" I said "Mom, Dad, this is Ray Williams. He's my friend from college and he has been our family and our only support for the past years. I don't know what we would have done without him" Ray's eyes widened at me. I smiled encouragingly. He deserved a proper introduction."Ray, that's my Father, my mother" my father nodded and my mother smiled as she wiped her tears away "Those are my twin brothers I told you about, Zach and Nick" My brothers grunted in acknowledgement "Luna Alexandra's Evan's mother" She smiled warmly at him "That crazy girl right there is Sara" Sara blew him a kiss, ewww "And you already met Emma and Evan" I finished.Ray greeted all of them."Why don't you have a seat" my father said, surprising me.I quickly recovered as Ray eagerly made his way to his chair "No, dad he's getting late for work, aren't you" I gave Ray a pointed look."Oh...y...yes" he fumbled "I guess""But""Dad, you can grill him later. He's not going anywhere" I pulled Ray along with me and only stopped once we were at the door."Here" I gave him his breakfast."But why did you kick me out. They loved me" he pouted"Yes, they loved you way too much" I rolled my eyes "trust me you don't want them all over you. Just ask Dan what they do to people they love, my poor baby. Plus there would have been a lot of questions. We need to prepare that before I unleash them on you. Now go, you'll get fired""Whatever. You're just jealous that we're getting all the attention""I'll call you. Let's meet up after your work. We have problems to solve" I called after him"Yes ma'am" he yelled. "Oh so you're meeting him secretly?" I yelped and backed away. Sara was grinning suggestively at my face."Its not what you think""Sure sure" she made her way back "Everyone, she's meeting lover boy in secret today" she yelled.-----"I've things to discuss with you" my mom dragged me to my room and closed the door."What are you going to do about Liam?"I was surprised at her directness."You know you guys are being too harsh on him" I said trying to act natural "I was in heat mom. It wasn't exactly his fault""I'm not talking about that. What about the council?""What council?""You don't know? He didn't tell you? We all came rushing here because of that""I can't understand you mom" she was making me nervous."Liam said you refused to come back home and because he wants Dan he'll go to the council. I never knew he could be like this. Such a good boy he was. But if he goes to the council he'll surely win. Alpha blood and the next in line, they won't let him to be raised like this. The alpha wolves high up will surely support him""Mom mom calm down" I was panicking myself, he won't do that "I'm sorry but I need to go" I rushed out of the room, down the stairs, I could hear people yelling but I didn't stop.I took the familiar path to Ray's place, set the password hoping I would find the one I was looking for here. I climbed the stairs, his door opened before I could knock.I raised my brow "oh come on. We are wolves remember?"I nodded and entered. I took a deep breath before looking at him. "What is my family talking about the council" trying hard to breath normal."Oh that" he said nonchalantly "I just made that up to bring them here""You're telling me its no big deal?" my anger rising"Calm down. I'm just telling that I never ever thought of actually going to the council. Trust me" "You effing threatened my family and you want me to calm down? What's wrong with you" I yelled"I just wanted them to convince you and take you home. You know I didn't mean it." "No I don't. I don't know you remember. Stop confusing me with your wife. She must have understood your twisted mind but she's dead and I'm no--"Things happened fast. One moment he was pleading and the next his eyes turned midnight black, a beastly growl escaped his throat as he raised his hand.I impulsively closed my eyes. When the contact I was expecting didn't happen, I opened them again. His hand was hanging midair, his breaths heavy, his wolf reflecting in his eyes."Why did you stop" I yelled "Go ahead. Slap me" I took his hand and pulled it trying to finish what he began. He fisted his hand and pulled it away with such force that I was dragged along with it. He held my arms to stop me from falling. I looked away. Instead of letting me go, he increased the force on my arms, it was getting painful. I winched, but he didn't let go."Look at me" he gritted out. When I didn't, he shook me and I was forced to look at him "This is the one and the only time I'm holding back. You bring her name between our fights one more time and I'll see to it that you suffer the consequences. Did you not learn the basic courtesy of not disrespecting the deceased?" he spit out. I could see disappointment along with the obvious anger in his eyes. Why was he disappointed? What did he expect of me? Why would he have expectations?I looked away. His hold loosened but he didn't let go. His anger was fading fast and I knew why. Our mind was slowly pulling us in another direction and we were losing focus. We may not have noticed our proximity, but our wolves did. I pushed his hands away and sprinted back."Stay away" I said after I composed myself, I was looking everywhere but him "from my son and me. I don't want to know your intentions. I don't want to know you" my heart ripped with every word I spoke, but I continued "I don't want you anywhere near us. We were so happy before you came by. You ruined everything. Please stay away from us"He took a sharp breath "I can't do that" he said in his alpha tone."Why can't you? I did it for you when you wanted me to" my eyes flared at him "To have a mate and to still live happily without them, you taught me that." I challenged.He closed his eyes in frustration. When he opened them again, they were cold and determined. He strode towards me. I moved back but he didn't stop until my back touched the wall behind me. He placed one hand on the wall right next to my head and looked down at me. That's what you do when you want to intimidate someone and he was doing a great job at that."Maybe I wouldn't do that because I'm not as good as you. I'm selfish. You of all the people should have known that. I didn't wait for my mate because waiting for you was hurting me. I wanted to be happy so I fell in love with a woman who made me happy. Had I been like you, I would have stabbed my heart with a knife but still not given up." He snickered "I'm sure he must have been tempting. He's a good man, so much better than me. But you still couldn't bring yourself to be with him all these years despite thinking that I was happily married. That's who you are and this is who I'm." he lowered his gaze down, away from me "being good, it comes so easily to you. So you wouldn't understand; the effort that I put in reining my animal"He took a deep breath and moved away "Come home. Stay in my sight. I want to make sure you both are safe and healthy. Let Daniel be safe and free in his own territory. Let me watch him grow. That's all I need. I won't utter a word about the bond to anyone; I won't make it obvious. I'll try to not interfere in your life as much as possible.""No" I said and moved to the door."You have until tonight to decide" his voice stopped me, the door knob half twisted in my hand "If you decide to stay here, I'll take your freedom home with me.""What do you mean?" I turned around to face him"You want to be free of me, don't you? You don't want them to know about the bond. Come with me and you can be free. You can even bring that man with you""You're sick. What have I ever done to you to deserve this? I've only showed you kindness. All these years, I never blamed you. I only blamed the circumstances; I knew anyone in your place would have done that. I would have done the same thing had I been you. I kept defending you and this is what you give me in return?" I was crying now. I felt so helpless. I thought I knew of the basic goodness in the man in front of me, but I was wrong. He was nothing like his father or his brother. He was always cold and aloof but he was soft spoken and treated everyone well. We thought he was perfect, without a flaw. Turns out he only cares about himself and that was the reason he was aloof. His selfishness was his flaw.He was right, Ray was so much better of a man than him. Yet it's all thanks to him that I can't be with Ray. I didn't like the direction my thoughts were turning to. His cruelness was making me want to rebel."I told you I wasn't ever again going to say sorry for the moon goddess' doing. You didn't do anything. It's not your fault. You were just chosen for the wrong person""So go away. Let me live with the right person""I can't do that. The last few days that made you unhappy were the happiest days of my life. You can hate me all you want but do so while staying in my sight. I'll take your hatred and all your complaints."I walked away and shut the door hard behind me without another word."Remember. Tonight" I heard him as I climbed down the stairs.*****
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