Page 10 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 1

"Last night?" Scarlett asked as everyone took a seat. To my annoyance, Kiara sat opposite me, her irritating scent filling my nose. She glanced at her twins. They both looked nervous. I raised an eyebrow.

"Your daughter was bitten by a Manangal last night. Or did you not know?" I asked Elijah mockingly, earning myself a glare from the girl opposite.

"Is that true?" Elijah asked, his eyes flashing.

"Dad I’m fine." Her sensual voice sent pleasant hums through my body. I wondered if it was really so bad to have a little fun before I left. I mean, if Elijah found out he’d be fucking pissed, but I didn’t really give a shit. It was his daughter who was fucking tempting me. I didn’t really go for girls that age… So why now?

"You were bitten? I asked you both about last night." Scarlett’s icy voice came, now walking over to Kiara and tugging her small cardigan off her shoulders, growling when she saw the wound that was almost healed on her smooth tan skin.

"You could have fucking died." Elijah said, turning his gaze on his son. "You were supposed to take care of her."

"We’ll do this later." Scarlett said curtly. I raised an eyebrow.

"Don’t mind me, carry the fuck on." I said, helping myself to some food. I saw Kiara glare at me, and I raised an eyebrow. It was kind of intriguing that she wasn’t scared of me. Even if women wanted me, they were still scared of me.

"I’m fine. Can we just eat, please." She said, tearing her gaze away from me.

"Fine." Scarlett said, sitting down next to Elijah, she gave him a kiss. Family drama. This is why I fucking love being alone.

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Dinner was over and my men went off to the pack house where they would be staying. The tension between the Westwood’s was strong. Even though Elijah tried to make small talk about work, the Manangals and Wendigos. I knew he was seething. His eyes kept flickering from cerulean to cobalt and if his mate didn’t have a hold on him. I'm sure he would have lunged at his son.

"This is your room. I hope you have a pleasant stay." Liam said curtly, I knew he was going to hear it from his dad.

"Hm." I replied, walking into the room. My stuff had already been bought up. I took off my jacket, pulling off my shirt and decided to go shower. I could hear the family arguing downstairs. No matter how quiet they tried to be, no one really realised how good my hearing was.

Twenty minutes later, I stepped out of the bathroom, wrapping a towel around my waist. I walked over to the bedside table to plug my phone in when the door burst open to reveal a flustered and pretty pissed off Kiara.

Her glare turned to shock when her eyes fell on my body.

7. Towel & Tattoos

KIARA

Dad was blowing things way out of proportion, blaming Liam for something that wasn’t even his fault. We were in the family lounge, although we were keeping our voices low. Everyone was tense and pissed.

"Alright, I get it. I’m sorry!" Liam said closing his eyes, trying to be the calmer one.

"Dad enough!" I said frustrated. Mum frowned, placing a hand on dads chest. She was angry we had lied but what did they expect? They always blamed Liam and I hated it.

"Elijah. Enough. She’s ok and you need to stop thinking she’s a baby." I gave mum an appreciative smile. If anyone understood it was her, I just wished the others did too. I hated that Liam already blamed himself and now dad was only making matters worse.

"I get it, I messed up. I should have stayed with her until she came out of the bathroom." Liam said frowning. I shook my head, hell no.

"Dad! Liam! I left the cinema of my own will. If I just returned to the screening room, I would have been fine! Liam stop flipping blaming yourself." I snapped.

Both men looked at me frowning. "You shouldn’t have left." Dad said now looking at me. I wasn’t wearing my cardigan now since everyone had already seen the bite and I saw his eyes flicker there before concern and worry settled in tenfold. I closed my eyes taking a deep breath.

"I don’t need you to keep looking out for me, I need to breathe. Goddess, I feel suffocated at times!" I snapped. I know I sounded like a selfish bitch right now, when all they did was love me, but it was suffocating.

"Kiara, you almost got killed again."

"Dad. Please, I don’t want to hurt you guys, but you need to let me breathe." I whispered, looking at my brother and dad pleadingly. Mum sighed.

"Elijah, Liam, you two do need to give her space. Especially you, Elijah."

"Red… fuck she almost died; this is what? The seventh fucking time?! She’s had enough near-death experiences for her entire life. I am not going to lose her, nor do I need that asshole to think I owe him anything." Dad hissed, his eyes flashing. His Alpha aura rolled off him. It affected me the most. The other two were Alpha’s after all.

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