Page 3 of Her Cruel Alpha

Chapter 2 - Henrik

“Sam, if you don’t hurry up, you're going to be late for work,” Jay said, standing across the kitchen. He screwed a cap onto a travel mug, setting it next to Sam’s car keys.

Sam came charging in, her eyes narrowed on Jay. Even angry, my sister still looked like a child in my eyes. My sister looked happy. She had lost her baby weight pretty easily after having their daughter. She still had a happiness to her, a glow that I knew wasn’t from the pregnancy but from how happy her marriage was.

“If you had let me sleep last night, I wouldn’t have struggled to get out of bed. And I wouldn’t be running behind in the first place.”

I cringed, pausing as I grabbed my coffee. Some topics I still didn’t want to hear. “I understand that I’m a visitor in your home, and you guys get to do what you want, but I’m not oblivious to what goes on.” I quickly add, looking at Sam. “I would rather not hear things.”

She rolled her eyes. “Get over it. Clearly, we had sex, Henrik.”

“I’m aware, but that doesn’t mean my mind needs to imagine it. I still see you as a little child.”

Sam smirked. “Keep it up, and I’ll give you details of every space we’ve done it on, including the chair you're sitting in.” Sam grabbed her keys and coffee off the counter, giving Jay a softer smile. Then, she turned on her heels and marched away.

I looked at Jay, who was holding back a laugh. He waved a hand. “Sorry.”

“You should have let her sleep. She’s a bear when she doesn’t get her rest.”

Jay snorted, shaking his head. “She was the one who jumped me.”

I shook my head. “Nope, no.. no.” I set my mug down and glared at him. “I will gladly get a hotel room if you two can’t keep your sexual habits together and private. I don’t need to know anything.”

Jay gave me a single nod. “Sorry.”

I took another sip of my coffee and looked down at my seat. “She was joking about this chair, right?”

Jay’s quiet was answer enough, so I got up. I pushed the chair in, wiping my hands onto my pants afterward. “You people are sick.”

He laughed. “Oh please, don’t act like you’ve never dated a woman and had her on every inch of your place.”

I scuffed. “This is different. This is my sister. This isn’t some chick I won’t see around.”

“And I didn’t choose her,” Jay added.

I knew that. They were forced together, and I had been worried. Jay had always been a reserved person, and Sam…well…Sam had dealt with so much growing up. I know that I didn’t even know about half of it. Sam always just handled whatever was thrown at her. I wish I had handled more, that I had helped with more.

But they were happy now. I could see it on both of their faces. When I arrived yesterday and we all had dinner, I could see the happiness in their eyes. They were in love, and it showed.

Katie’s face flashed before my eyes, and I scowled. I could see the hurt look in her eyes from the other day and the way her hands tightened on her bag.

I wanted to forget about that, but I couldn’t. It kept popping back into my head, and I couldn’t seem to move past it. I felt terrible, and I could see that after rejecting Katie, she had been hurt.

But I had to. I didn’t have a choice, much like everything else in my life. I had to do what was best for my pack and everyone else before I could even think about my own needs. Rejecting her was the right thing, even if it hurt.

It was one thing to have a fling and enjoy myself, but all of those girls were aware that it couldn’t be anything more serious. Katie wasn’t that type of person. She was sweet and gentle. She was the type who looked at a guy and saw a future that went past animalistic sex.

Jay snapped his fingers at me. “Are you listening to a word that I’m saying?”

I quickly cleared my mind and took another sip of the coffee. “Were you blabbering about my sister still?”

Jay glared at me. “No, smartass, I was talking about the party. Which just proves that you weren’t listening.”

Shit. That’s right, the party. I almost forgot about it. Jay was turning twenty-seven, and Sam was throwing him a huge party. She’d invited all of us guys to join and a bunch of their pack. She rented out the old barn just near the outskirts of Honeycomb Valley. It was an enormous barn with a large open space. A lot of people used it for graduations and weddings.

“What about the party?” I asked.

“I’m just making sure you're still bringing the cake like you said you would. Sam said I should remind you because you might have forgotten.”

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