Page 12 of Fight between Alphas

“Wait, how old is she?” Drake asks, turning to look at Tate.

“Sixteen” My mother and Tate answer at the same time. Drake seemed shocked by that, not even hiding it from his face.

“When does she turn seventeen?” He asks.

“Next year Alpha, but my daughter is a hybrid even then she won’t feel the mate pull” If he wasn’t shocked before he was now, both of them were.

“What do you mean? You have a mate?” Tate asks.

“Yes, I didn’t know though until he marked me and neither of you are marking my sixteen-year-old daughter so don’t even think about it”

“Like at all, you felt nothing?” Drake asks her.

“No, I felt him kind of, I liked being in his presence and when he was close, I could feel sparks, his scent affected me, but Hybrids don’t have wolves to tell us when we find our mates”

“So you do feel something, just not the overwhelming feeling we get?” Tate asks and my mother nods.

My mothers eyes darted to me and her voice flitted through my head a second later.

“You still feel nothing?”

“I don’t know now, I like the way they smell, and I get tingles, but I thought it was their aftershave and because their skin was so warm” She nods to me both Drake and Tate watching me and mothers exchange without words.

“My daughter is not leaving, so you two need to figure out your shit because I am sorry, but I can’t handle the bickering between you two and the stress this is causing my daughter” She tells them. They look at me both nodding, but I could see they didn’t want to leave.

“What do we do then?” Drake asks, looking at Tate.

“May I suggest something?” Arial says stepping forward. Everyone’s eyes snapping to hers. Even I look to her wondering what she had to say.

“Lana has two years left of school, let her finish and come back when she is eighteen, maybe then she might feel something for you”

“You want us to go two years without our mate?” Tate asks and I suddenly felt hopeful, hopeful that they would leave.

“I think it’s a good idea” My mother says.

“Our wolves would be weakened by not seeing her,” Drake argues. My mother shrugs.

“I didn’t say you couldn’t see her, just visit or call till she finishes school and until she is comfortable to go back with one of you or both. It will also give you two a chance to sort out your shit. I will not let my daughter leave a good home and be tossed between two different places always having to pick sides”

Tate and Drake both looked at me and I suddenly felt bad for them, I shift my weight from one foot to the other not liking the attention being cast my way.

“And you want this?” Drake asks. I glance nervously toward my mother.

“It’s up to you Lana” She says.

“Yes” I answer guiltily. I didn’t want them here. Tate sighs.

“What if she doesn’t answer her phone?” Tate asks.

“I will answer, I promise”

“No,” Says Drake, his eyes darkening to his wolf’s. “I want assurance that when she turns 18, she comes with us,” I look to my mother in panic, and she pinches the bridge of her nose.

“I will not force my daughter to go anywhere” She tells him.

“Then I am staying”

“Fine, I will go when I am 18” I blurted just wanting them gone.

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