Chapter 10 – Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel

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The next morning, we had our usual classes. I hadn’t intended to sleep over at their house but the early mornings and troubled sleep two nights in a row made me fall asleep much sooner than expected. So, I ended up borrowing some of Juniper’s clothes for the day. She was so much taller than me, that I had no choice but to wear shorts. Thankfully, it was still pretty warm out, even though it was the beginning of October.

I would have to skip my training though. As much as I would like to follow my typical routine, I just couldn’t train without my gym bag. So, I texted Jim and let him know that I wouldn’t be there today. He texted back that he understood, and he’d see me next time. When I turned my phone on to send the message though, I saw that I had several voicemails and text messages from my family. Noah had left several of them, so had Carter and Aunt Eve. I was worrying them, and that broke my heart. I would have to explain everything to them when I got home.

Class went about the same as usual. I was glad that I had turned my assignments in online Friday before everything had happened. Once our day was over, I decided to grab lunch with Juniper and the guys before heading home. They had plans in the city, and I didn’t want to inconvenience them any further, so I decided to walk back to the compound. Besides, I could use the extra time to think.

The walk from the restaurant back to the compound would take me around forty-five minutes. From the gates up to the house about another thirty. That was if I didn’t run any of it. Running would help with the pent-up frustrations, but it would get me home that much sooner. Getting home sooner meant I would have to explain things that much sooner as well. I had to make a decision here.

Before I could think too much on the situation I spun out of his way, causing him to barrel past me and skid into a tree. There was a possibility that this was a nomad, a rogue. If that was the case, then he wouldn’t know the forest as well as I did. I turned and darted into the trees. He got to his feet quickly and followed after me.

I could hear his rumbling growl behind me. He was faster than me, but I would have the element of surprise on my side. He would not be expecting me to know how to defend myself like this.

I let him get closer to me, a little too close for comfort in truth. Then I jumped to the side and used the tree as a springboard, flipping in the air to land a double kick on top of his head. I heard a satisfying thud as my heels made contact and heard an even more satisfying yelp of pain. He was momentarily dazed by the blow.

Once he recovered, he was chasing me again. Gaining on the lead I had won myself in his confusion. I could hear his panting breath as he came up behind me. This time instead of using the tree as a springboard, I slid down to the ground, lying flat on my back. I used the combined momentum of my slide and his run, adding to that I threw my feet up pressing them into his soft underbelly, I sent him flying up and over me to collide with the tree I had been running towards.

He roared in frustration. He was not expecting me to catch him so off-guard like this. He thought I would be easy prey. Well, think again pal.

No sooner had I thought that though, my foot caught the roots of the tree as I tried to stand. It wasn’t long, but it cost me dearly in my fight to gain a lead and plan my next attack.

He recovered from his collision with the tree sooner than I had expected and was after me almost immediately. I hadn’t had time to get enough of a lead.

This time he caught up with me instantly and pounced on me. We rolled through the dirt and leaves. When we came to a halt, he was pinning me to the forest floor with his teeth bared in front of my face.

I was scared, more terrified than I had ever been in my life. But I wasn’t about to show him that. I couldn’t move my arms with his massive paws pinning my shoulders to the ground, but I could still move my legs. I brought my knee up into his belly. I must have hit a tender spot because he growled fiercely in my ear and set his teeth against my throat.

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Riviana

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Before I could even see what happened the weight holding me down was gone. There was the sound of wolves snarling and snapping at each other. I had never seen either of these wolves before, but I definitely recognized the scent of the second wolf that had arrived. It was the Alpha. Oh Goddess, what is he doing here? I thought. But then I noticed that he seemed to be attacking the wolf that attacked me. So, either he didn’t send that wolf and wasn’t mad at me, or he wanted to deal with me himself.

I was stunned for a moment. And hypnotized. Watching the two wolves fight each other. Plus, I had never seen the Alpha in his wolf form, and the other night was the first time I had seen his face up close. Why was I seeing so much of him lately?

When he was in wolf form his fur was mostly black, he had gray around his face and on his underbelly that extended down around the insides of his legs and under his tail. His wolf eyes were a bright gold, a slight contrast to the deep rich honey golden color I had seen the other night. In either form he was gorgeous. And he took my breath away. But since his wolf form stood about as tall as me with paws larger than my head, lethal was the word I should be using for him.

I heard more people approaching us followed by a loud yelp. The wolf who had attacked me was now lying motionless on the ground.

Coming back to my senses I got to my feet and started to turn away from the scene. I was going to run for my life, but I was halted by a deep, smooth voice. It felt like something deep inside of me was churning just listening to that voice. I had heard it before but had never felt a reaction like this.

“Don’t you dare run again. Stay right where you are.” He told me. I had no choice but to stay. I knelt on the ground and sat on my heels with my head bowed. I was too afraid to look at him.

“Riviana.” I heard Noah’s voice, as the others I had heard coming towards us were finally close enough to see what had happened. They would have made it sooner if they had changed into wolf form, but there had to be someone around to carry the extra clothes for the Alpha, and to carry the prisoner that was now lying unconscious on the ground.

“Noah?” I called out to him, confused.

“I figured you were all just angry at me for not telling you that I was not coming home last night. I was going to explain everything when I got home.”

“Explain what?” I heard the Alpha growl behind me. It was clear he didn’t like me, his voice made that abundantly clear.

“Why I was acting so weird the last few days and why I was gone last night.”

“Where were you?” Noah asked before the Alpha had a chance.

“I fell asleep at Juniper’s house after spending the day hanging out with her and her mate. I hadn’t intended to, but I had two nights of broken sleep and two early mornings in a row. The exhaustion caught up to me.” I was looking at Noah out of the corner of my eye. He had handed the Alpha a bundle of clothes and was staring at me in disbelief. I was still not ready to look at the Alpha.

“Why did you leave so early yesterday? Why was your phone off all day? Why were you ignoring your family?” Noah threw question after question at me.

“I wasn’t ignoring you. When I was with Juniper, we went to the movies and saw a double feature, I had to turn my phone off. I’m sorry Noah.” I put my sincerest feelings into my voice, hoping he would understand.

“Why didn’t you tell anyone what happened at the Harvest Moon Gathering?” He asked me.

“What are you talking about?” I asked him, playing innocent. I heard the Alpha roar behind me. “Are you referring to how I got in the Alpha’s way and angered him? How I have been wondering how he will punish me ever since?” I asked Noah, letting the Alpha know very clearly that I hadn’t intended for it to happen and I have been stressing over it ever since.

“Do you not know what happened?” Noah asked me.

“What are you talking about?” I asked him.

“Riviana, you mated.”

“Mated?” I shouted. “With who?”

“With me.” I heard the Alpha growl behind me, the sound of his voice made me shiver and made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up all at the same time.

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