Alpha’s Surrogate by POOJA

13. Take responsibility
Kiara’s ice cream melted before her eyes, rendering it inedible not that she had even dared to move the spoon from the dish even once. How could she even consider eating them when she had committed an irreparable crime due to her own hasty judgment and folly?
She had hurled a shampoo bottle at the Alpha!!! Not only that, but she had yelled at him, raised her voice, then demanded that he leave
his own room!
“What the f**k I have done!” She yanked at her hair. When the Alpha left the bathroom, the young she wolf had realized that she had
messed with the wrong person. It had been all her fault for not securely locking the bathroom door, but in her despair and anxiety, she had blamed him then punished him as well. Since then she had cursed herself for being a fool numerous times.
She had chewed off her fingernails while sitting on the bed waiting for his return. It was midnight, yet sleep was not closer than if it was noon. All of her attention was concentrated solely on the door, through which the grumpy Alpha would enter the room to unleash his
wrath on her. Her peace of mind had grown wings taking flight from her person then continued to weave and evade her grasp at every
turn when she tried to collect it.
Kiara’s terror had intensified as the night unfolded, but Xavier had not returned to the bedroom, implying that he was going to
return with a storm. She knew she’d done wrong by hurling a shampoo bottle at him, and she felt terrible about it. Instead of fright and
anxiety, she had resolved to apologize to him, but her face grew bright red as a tomato when she realized he had seen her naked.
While rolling on the bed concealing her face in her palms, she let out a furious but cathartic sigh. She knew that wouldn’t be able to look him in the eyes without recalling how she had been completely exposed in front of him! In actuality, she was embarrassed more
than she was scared. She had finally managed to relax her body and laid down on the bed, staring up at the ceiling as she waited for
Xavier.
When he had not returned after another hour of waiting, she had become concerned. Had she hurled the shampoo bottle so hard that he had been in so much pain that he had needed to go to the hospital? No, that would no more quickly than any other wolf. Secondly, a shampoo bottle would only sting him like an ant bite. Getting out of bed, she made her way to the door, she was determined to find out why he hadn’t returned to their room.
She was astonished to find the lights turned on throughout the pack house as she descended the stairs. What was going on? Why
were so many people awake so late at night? No sounds had reached her in the room, but the scene changed as soon as she entered the
corridor. The main entrance of the pack house was open, but Jennifer and Leena were spotted wandering the hall.
“Jennifer, what’s going on here? Is there something wrong?” Kiara had placed her hands over her arms, worried about standing in
front of the others in her sleeveless top and little shorts that she had typically worn in her pack, but she had no idea how these people dressed at night. Fortunately, she didn’t look odd because Lena was wearing more exposing clothing than her. Jennifer had been wearing
a knee-length nightgown covering her big belly.
“Kiara, we thought you were sleeping,” Jennifer exclaimed as she approached the young female watching as a couple of males sprint
out of the pack house.
“I couldn’t fall asleep. I had been waiting for the Alpha to return, but he never did, so I came down to check on him. But what exactly is going on?”

“Vampires have been spotted close to our territory. An alert has been issued to the entire pack. As soon as they learnt about
vampires Kaiden, Taylor, and the Alphas set out to investigate. We woke up with our mates. Because you were so weary, we didn’t want to
wake you up.”
Kiara was taken by surprise when she learned about the vampires. Fortunately, Ardara Moon pack had never been attacked by a vampire, nor had she ever encountered one. There was quite a commotion in the pack as the situation was quite serious. The Beta and Gamma females had been awaiting the return of their mates. They didn’t appear frightened, but rather certain of their safe return. It gave an excellent and demonstrated impression that even though vampires were a threat the pack members were prepared to face them at any time. Lena had wanted to go with Tyler, but she had stayed at the pack house in case Jennifer had needed her.
stupid to suggest that anyone go back to sleep as the unexpected news had snatched everyone’s sleep until the problem had been resolved. Kiara glanced at her watch, finding that it was already 2 a.m.
“Is this Sirius Bright Pack’s first vampire attack?” Kiara sat on the sofa across from the two ranked females.
“There were numerous vampire strikes on the pack before, but that was when we didn’t have a covenant with the Vampire King,”
Jennifer began to explain.
“Wait a second! Do you mean the Vampire King Alfred?”
“Yes,” the Beta female answered, observing her Luna’s shocked look, which made her smile a little. The young female had no comprehension of the might and strength of the Sirius Bright Pack and the twin Alphas.
“Both the Alphas formed a peace agreement with the Vampire King two years ago to cease their hostility and alienation as the slaughter was unmanageable and neither of the groups wanted to lose their men in battle. However, it continued after the signing. There have been no vampire attacks in the last two years, but no one knows why the rules are being ignored on their end,” Kiara paid close
attention to everything Jennifer explained to her.
She couldn’t believe it when she heard that the Sirius Bright Pack had reached an agreement with the vampires. It was not in every Pack’s best interests to compete with them. Vampires were known for annihilating small packs, like the Ardara Moon Pack, in a single
night. Despite the peace treaty, a sighting of some near the border was cause for concern.
“Jennifer,” Kiara was curious about the vampire and pack’s relationship but then she noticed Jennifer and Lena had been
mind-linking with someone. As a result, she waited patiently.
“The problem is solved,” Lena was the first to speak to Kiara, which gave her some relief. Vampires were really bad news!
“The Alpha has handled the situation and the security of the pack. They all are returning now,” Jennifer informed her with a smile as
they rose from their seats.
“Finally, I’ll be able to sleep peacefully,” Lena yawned. Jennifer giggled and agreed with her as all the ladies went back to their rooms
as their mates were on their way.
Kiara returned to her room but continued to stare at the door like she had earlier. Was the problem truly resolved? They were vampires! She leaned back and sighed deeply. Well, she shouldn’t think about the other issues when the time that had been allotted to her by the Alpha was going to expire soon. He planned to mark her.
“Excellent work, boys. Everyone should now get some sleep. We can discuss it when we wake up,” Xavier dismissed the wolves who had assisted him in his investigation. Everyone went back to their homes.
“What a waste of time! The information was fake,” Tyler grumbled as he followed the Alphas to the pack house. His eyes showed
signs of sleep deprivation, he wished he could hurry to his room so that he could climb in bed alongside his mate, but he had chosen to
join the Alpha brothers with Beta Kaiden.
“But it also makes me skeptical. Yes, the male who told us about the vampires was young, but that doesn’t imply that he just made
them up,” Kaiden remarked.
“But how is it possible that whenever we go to investigate, we can’t smell them? The smell that emanates from the bodies of those living corpses usually reaches us from afar. So how will you explain their disappearance?” Tyler claimed that was okay and Kaiden agreed, although he had some reservations.
“Enough,” Xavier and Zander, who had been walking ahead and listening to both of their arguments, came to a halt and turned to
face their Beta and Gamma.
“We may discuss that in our meeting. Let’s go get some sleep,” Zander made a suggestion as they all went to their own rooms.
Xavier was sweaty and stinky from his wolf shifting and running around, so he opted not to lie on the bed so that he would not risk disturbing the female who must be fast asleep on it. He was too lazy to take another shower in the middle of the night, so he would sleep
on the sofa.
Xavier entered his room but had not turned on the lights and sat down on the sofa. It had been his years-long habit not to turn them
would invariably tind her exhaustedly asleep in the bed. Even it he had wanted to make love with her, she would never have refused it,
but her energy would have been different than when they were newly married.
Xavier chuckled bitterly, leaning his head against the sofa, finally realizing that she had been fatigued because she must have had sex
with Orion while he was gone. His nails dug into his palm as he clenched his list. The b***h had not cared if he returned or not! She never
waited for his return! Kiara’s tranquil breathing caught Xavier’s attention, but it was not coming from the bed but from someplace else. Xavier used his wolf’s vision to see that the young she-wolf had been sleeping on the sofa opposite him.
Why had she been sleeping on the couch? Was he hallucinating her? No, it was true. He took a deep breath keeping his gaze fixed on
her. She didn’t have a pillow or any blankets. Her long, smooth legs were exposed to his hungry sight, reminding him of her earlier nakedness. She’d been sleeping on her arm, which offered him a wonderful view of her boobs that had collided. How careless could this female be? Due to her own negligence with her choice of garments, her sleeping posture was rather provocative. It was evident from the
way she was sleeping that…