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Kyle

I was going stir-crazy.

I was a few times over at Scarlett’s room, but she wasn’t there. She was not in class either. Where the fuck had she disappeared to? I wasn’t such an awful lay that a woman had to run away from me. I hoped.

The gym was packed, and I could feel the looks of the females as I was about to bench three hundred pounds. The weights were ready and my buddy Steve spotted me.

“Come on, man, who’s the wolf?" We used to push each other to get pumped and to break our records.

“I’m the wolf."

“Who’s the wolf?" Steve yelled at me.

People paid attention to us. You receive attention being the Alpha’s son. I’m also top of our class.

“Kimora is here," Steve whispered. He had a thing for the hot she-wolf since he saw her the first time. Kimora was gorgeous but not as gorgeous as Scarlett.

No one is like Scarlett.

Scarlett is beautiful, but it’s not just that. She’s strong and she’s... she’s.... Steve is saying something. I can’t hear it because my mind is stuck with what happened between us—the hot sex, the fact that I wasn’t done with her. Usually, I lose interest in women after we are together once or twice, but with Scarlett, an endless number of possibilities opens in front of me.

Mate.

I had that conversation with my Dad. As the son of the Alpha, my duties are in front of the pack first, but my father allowed me all liberties. My hands grabbed the cold, steel bar trying to push my mind off Scarlett.

One rep. My muscles burned, and I could feel my chest tensing up.

Two reps. I was still able to do one more.

While pushing the bar for the third rep, my chest cavity hurt and felt tense as if about to explode. Mia was close by. I could feel her. My body and wolf were not in the mood to deal with that woman. She was fine as always. Mia’s problem was not her looks. She looked great. Her problem was her horrible personality.

I watched her from my position on the weight lifting bench walking through the gym, having all guys looking at her, drooling over her, wanting her. She bathed in their admiration and lived to churn their desire for her hard-toned body.

“Hi, handsome,” she purred, ignoring my red face and the fact that I was pressing hard to get another rep happening. The steel almost came crashing back on me. Luckily, Steve was there to help me lift the heavy bar.

“Oh, it’s just lil ol’ me. You don’t have to be so scared," she said with a giggle that made the hyenas who followed her laugh.

I refer to her so-called gang of friends hyenas because they would only get her leftovers.

After the weight was up and secured, I turned towards her. My face was red and sweaty, my veins still swollen and pumping. Mia bit down on her lower lip, unable to contain her arousal. I know that she likes me, but I don’t like her.

“What do you want, Mia?" I half growled, half spit, and grabbed my water bottle.

She moved closer but stopped mid-track as if thinking better of it. “Remember when you said you’d be the first from our year to go on a mission?"

I could feel that she prepared a barb, but what type?

“Well...." She kept going while playing with her long blonde hair. “You aren’t the first. They picked someone else for the mission. And she’s from our class. Isn’t that a shame? To be pushed aside like this, being not only top of our class but also the Alpha’s son? Poor Kyle." She trailed off with an evil grin, turning her back toward me.

Scarlett had beat the crap out of Mia, but only because Mia challenged her to an open fight. She had no idea what a strong fighter she was.

Before beating her, Mia hated Scarlett because she was beautiful, and all the guys drooled over her. Now injury was added to insult, even though Mia was the one who started it. She wanted so badly to be the Alpha female, the mate of the Alpha. She was willing to step over dead bodies. In her eyes, I’m not a man, a wolf, or a living creature. I’m only a means to an end, a ladder for her to use to reach her aspiration and become Queen.

My heart shrunk when I understood Mia’s message. Weirdly not because I was affronted, but because I was afraid Scarlett could get hurt or even worse. The prospect of not seeing Scarlett again bruised my heart.

All eyes were on me, and I was aware of that fact. Of course, they all expected some reaction to what Mia said, and I was not about to offer them that. I was here for a workout, and workout I will.

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