Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 29 No Match for Me

Hayley

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In Spanish class, my mind wandered to the recent advice from my tennis coach. Ms. Anne’s irritation with my distraction was palpable.‘

“Hayley, por favor, traduce esta frase,” she directed, pointing to the board.

Startled by her call, I glanced up to find every student’s gaze fixed on me.

Before I could respond, Rachel, a classmate, took a jab Anne, Hayley’s from a remote town. She probably hasn’t had much chance to learn Spanish. Maybe you should speak to her in English.”

Laughter erupted around the room, and Anne, visibly annoyed, said. “If your Spanish isn’t strong, you need to concentrate more during class!”

I frowned but quickly scanned the board before rising with calm assurance. The sentence means, ‘If the world becomes corrupt, then innocence itself is a crime”

When I finished, Anne and the class looked at me in stunned silence, their disbelief evident.

“Anne hasn’t covered this yet, and Hayley translated it perfectly?”

“Yeah, I thought she was only good at tennis, but it turns out she’s pretty sharp overall!”

Anne, did I get it right?” I asked with a smile, enjoying

her throat, slightly embarrassed, and said, “That’s correct. Please take your seat.”

me, looked surprised and teased “Hayley, you’re getting pretty good at this

shot him a withering glance. Luck might account for one or two

to genuine admiration. Only Rachel, the Beta who had

stemmed from my refusal to be embarrassed,

no mind; she was inconsequential to me

arrived to pick me up.

regarded me in silence before finally asking.

I nodded.

does the tournament start? Benjamin

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Wed, Jan

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of having competed in a previous tournament, so I added, “By the way, Christopher said you’ve participated in this tournament before and was

me?

long time ago. I’m not sure I have much to offer you

now.”