Filed to story: Hiding the Alphas Baby Novel PDF Free by Author Lia
I stare at his chest, unable to control the way my heart beats at his words or how my breath hitches in my throat. Alpha Alexander gets up from the bed and disappears into the bathroom while I lay there, thinking about his words.
I have heard so many people tell me that I am not alone, but something in the way he said it with keen certainty and a gruff complaint has touched my heart.
I smile unconsciously and snuggle under the covers on his bed. Shortly after, I am drifting back to sleep because something in me knows that I can rely on him completely when it comes to Ayla. For the first time in years, I have slept in without worrying or caring about the world.
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When I wake up again, it’s already midday, and Ayla is at her school. I take a warm bath and change Alpha Alexander’s sheets before strolling out of his room, only to end up stumbling upon my nemesis of a best friend.
Before I can run away, she corners me and places her hand on her waist in a serious way. I smile awkwardly, looking at her from under my fluttering lashes.
“Spill.” She commands, huffing.
“It’s nothing. Haha.” I try to diffuse the awkward situation, but she grabs my hand and drags me to the yard so we can sit on the bench and discuss the ‘nothing.’
“You better spill every single detail, or we are fighting.” She starts again right after sitting beside me.
I slide into the corner of the bench and sigh. Daphne gives me a long stare before her eyes soften.
“What is going on, Layla?” She whispers.
She knows I can’t resist that soft voice, so I tell her everything that’s going on with Theo and Alpha Alexander. I tell her how he keeps pestering me about spending a night with him and how I want to, which is stupid as hell, but I can’t control it anymore.
She listens to everything carefully and nods like my Mom used to do when I ranted about my day activities in the school. By the time I am done telling her all the details, her eyes are narrowed into slits, and her lips are pursed.
“It’s wrong.” She says when I finish.
I suck in a huge breath, finding my shoulders shaking with the effort. “I know it’s wrong to want Alpha Alexander, D.”
“No. That’s not what I meant.” She shakes her head.
“What do you mean then?” I wonder, leaning back.
“You want Alpha Alexander, and you willingly want to spend a night with him, but at the same time, you are fueling Theo’s hope for you, Layla. That is what’s wrong for me.” She looks into my eyes.
My shoulders slump. I tried thinking about this before, but I ended up concluding that I would just resist Alpha Alexander and focus on Theo, which might solve all my problems.
“What do I do?” I mumble.
“You should clearly tell Theo that you are not committing to him yet. Stop all those activities with him for the time being, Layla, and go for Alpha Alexander,” she states.
“But…”
“It doesn’t always need to be a commitment, Layla. If you want him, have him. It can be a casual thing, and you can see where you want to go after that. Maybe after your obsession with Alpha Alexander is over, you will finally be able to focus on Theo as you want. That way, he will be the only one on your mind, and that will be fair to him and to you.” She cuts in and says in a single breath.
“What if things become complicated, and I don’t stop wanting Alpha Alexander?” I pull my legs up and rest my chin over my knee.
“That’s what you are scared of.” She concludes.
I nod. “He is Ayla’s Daddy. What if I never stop wanting him, and he never stops hating me? What if l-develop feelings for him and he doesn’t? What will become of us then?”
“Then you will know you have done everything there was to do, and you need to move on.” Daphne sighs.
“What if I regret trying everything and giving in?” I wonder.
“Then, my friend, you regret it. That’s life.” She chimes, patting my shoulder.
“You are so bad at giving advice.” I chuckle.
“I believe in living life to the fullest. If you want something, get it. Think about the present and leave the future in the future.” She shrugs playfully.
I laugh harder. All the worries escape my mind when I am with her.
“Just think of it like this: what if we die tomorrow? Will you regret not banging Alpha Alexander before that? Will you not want your soul to remember how good the sex was so you can masturbate in the afterlife?” She wiggles her brows.
I grimace, shaking my head. “No! Stop painting that picture in my head!”
“Don’t overreact. I know you like that picture.” She giggles, bumping her shoulder with mine.
“I don’t know why I am friends with you.” I choke on my breath.
“Because, Baby, I wiped your runny nose in kindergarten, and you love me for it.” She pulls me into her arms, and I huff out a laugh. It’s true. I love her for all she is to me.
I take a moment to breathe in peace, and the next moment, I jump to my feet in surprise and fear. Loud alarms are blaring in the packhouse.
“What is it?” I blurted, looking around.
“The attack alarm. The pack is under attack.” Daphne hisses, grabbing my hand in her palm protectively.
All of a sudden, I jerk my hand out of her hold and start running to the door. My heartbeat escalates as I fasten my steps, and Daphne follows me.
“Where are you going, Layla? It’s not safe outside!” She yells from behind.
“Ayla is still in school. My Baby… she is still out there.” I struggle to breathe.
LAYLA
There is a breach on the border. That’s all I could hear from the warriors who were rushing to the border to tackle the threat. Alpha Alexander was already there, making sure this pack and its members remained safe from whoever this enemy was.
I didn’t waste any time and sprinted toward Ayla’s school. It completely slipped from my mind that it would take me at least an hour to get there, no matter how fast I ran.
Fortunately, I had Daphne. She took one of Levi’s cars and came behind me. We both started towards the school in complete panic. Levi had mindlinked Daphne that he sent warriors to the school already but something was not settling right with me.
I didn’t see my baby off this morning. I had never slept in before, and now I’m panicking about something.
No, I don’t want to think that.
My Ayla will be all fine. The warriors will protect her. She is the Alpha’s daughter, and they will die before letting someone lay a finger on her.
And that’s exactly what they did. I find out when Daphne parks the car in the school’s parking. My lungs constrict when I see the bodies of several warriors in the lot, some are wounded, while most of them are dead.
“What the fuck!” Daphne yells, but I am out of the car, running in the direction of the school to find my baby.
She will be fine. Maybe the attackers breached the border from the other side, too, and came to the school because it’s close. Then, they encountered warriors in the parking lot and never made it inside.
My hopes shatter when I see the same bloody scene in the corridors of the school. Daphne comes inside behind me and gasps loudly.