Page 21 of My Forbidden Alpha

“Dad did what he did to help us.”

“Yeah, but it’s fucked. And he has another alpha’s daughters here. So all this time you’ve been hiding from him?”

“Yeah… I’ll always be grateful to Dad. When we needed it the most, he was there for us. We hoped he’d never find out. Mom faked our deaths back then. She had the strength to sever the pack tie and reject my biological father.”

“That’s not foolproof. There’s a difference between the pack-link breaking, a mate dying and a rejection.” I look at her sharply and she nods.

“It was a risk we had to take,” she answers quietly. We stare at one another and that’s when something hits me.

“Your father doesn’t have a male heir… Fuck, no wonder you’re fucking huge! You’re an Alpha heir. I don’t know how or if that’s even fucking possible, but it’s the only thing that makes some kind of sense. Fuck, Red, don’t you see it? You might possibly be an Alpha Female.” I step back, letting go of her and run my eyes over the five-foot-two frame of the bombshell in front of me.

I’ve never heard of an Alpha Female before, but that’s theonly thing that makes sense, especially with her aura and her wolf. She isn’t even huge. Usually, alphas are big and muscular in comparison to others in human form but she’s not. Ok, she’s toned but she’s not some she-hulk.

But it comes down to, regardless of her build, she is an alpha wolf. That is enough proof for me.

“Actually, before you think you made some amazing discovery, you aren’t the only one to come to that conclusion,” she retorts with a glare as if my staring was offensive.

I scoff before smirking mockingly. “I’m probably wrong, you’re a midget, there’s nothing alpha about you.”

That gets her frowning. “Yeah right. What is it? Did your alpha ego get bruised that I might just be an alpha? Or is it the fact that you can’t wrap your head around the fact that a female can be an alpha?”

Her irritation is clear when she picks up the washing sponge and dollops a big blob of washing-up liquid onto it before flicking some soap suds at me, irritated. I duck and it misses, only for me to earn another scathing glare.

“You know, if you weren’t wearing such tight pants, that pretty much give away exactly what’s down there, I might have wondered if maybe you had some balls and a dick down there,” I tease, smirking before I whip her ass with the dishcloth, making her yelp as she jumps. “Then again, it might be a micro penis. I heard tape works well to hide everything you need to-”

“Elijah!” she growls.

“Hey, don’t get offended. If you want to see what a really good dick should look like, I won’t mind being your model, for research purposes obviously,” I snicker as she glares at me, her nostrils flaring. “But then again, you yelped like a girl.”

“You are such a jerk!”

I simply smirk at her before it fades when the gravity of the situation hits me once again.

“I told him our pack name… this is serious. We can’t keep this hidden, Red. We need to tell Dad, so we are prepared in case there’s an attack,” I say quietly.

“Yeah, I realised that, but they were there. They knew I would come that way. I feel like they already know where we are, or where I am. I wondered if he even knows that Mama’s alive.” Her heart races, “Or Indy…”

“So, you think he’ll just focus on you? If he knows you’re here, he’ll know about them too.”

“I can’t put them in danger… I… I can handle him better…” She’s talking more to herself but seeing the worry in her eyes when she talked about Indy and her mom gives me a glimpse of the woman behind the front that she always puts up.

“No one needs to handle him. Alright? You have a pack now, regardless of the past.”

“I know, but I can’t risk people getting hurt because of me. What if I go pay him a visit and ask what he wants-”

I shake my head. “Are you insane? That’s risky.”

“I get that, but I don’t want Mama to go through that again. She’s happy now, and even though she rejected him, that bond still exists. I fear that if they come face-to-face, he might use that against her. I don’t want her to go through any more suffering simply because he wants me. Cade was there for me. I’m strong. I can handle myself.” She turns and looks at me defiantly. “I-”

“Whoa, hold up feisty pants. Are you really planning to go see Daddy Dearest all alone? Do you actually think that might work? What the fuck is wrong with you?” I growl, my Alpha aura rolling off me.

She flinches slightly but although I’m still far stronger than her, she’s not as affected as others would be, only reinforcing my assumption of her somehow being an Alpha Female. I rein in my Alpha aura, not wanting to use that power against her.

“Look. All I’m saying is that this is something we really needto think through properly. Dad knows that your dad is an alpha, correct?” I ask, running my fingers through my hair as I try to control the anger I’m feeling towards her father.

Alphas are meant to protect their pack, and above all, their family.

“He knows, but he never mentioned it to anyone for our safety. But they only want me, so we could avoid involving Mama and Dad. I am not afraid to go ask him what he wants. Maybe then he’ll just back out of my life,” she says quietly as she finishes off the dishes before taking the rubber washing-up gloves off.

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