Fated To The Alpha (Ezra, Katya)

Fated To The Alpha by Jessica Hall Chapter 71
“To get a drink” I lie and he nods letting me go before snuggling back into his pillow. I wait a few minutes for him to fall back asleep.

I walk to the walk in grabbing one of Ezra’s shirts from the hanger.

“You have drunk too much Kat, I don’t think I can shift, I feel queasy” Kora says. Great, now I had to run, I felt fine though. Grabbing some track pants and a jumper, I slip them on, ditching Ezra’s shirt on the floor before sneaking out.

Going down the steps, I forget about the third one and it creaks. My heart almost stopped at the loud noise, made louder by the deafening silence that had fallen over the house.

It took me thirty minutes, quicker than last time to get there and I stayed for around an hour when my mother told me to head home because I couldn’t stop yawning. Trudging back we part ways when I am halfway back home.

Kora was off making me wonder if me drinking affected her and not me, because I felt completely sober while she felt sluggish. Hearing a twig snap. I freeze, sniffing the air, my heart hammering in my chest and Kora stirs nervously.

‘What is it’

‘Must have been an animal’ I tell her and I keep walking yet I felt like I was being watched.

I move quicker and start running when I hear movement behind me making me run faster. When I hear another twig snap off to the side of me.

My eyes darted around looking between the trees when I saw Mateo walk towards me before stopping his arms folded across his chest.

“I’m sorry Kat, you left me no choice” he says.

taking a step back when I hear footsteps behind me. I spin around to see Ezra walking toward me

in his fury. I look at Mateo. He was leaning on a tree watching me before his eyes

clearly I was wrong for

me

“Kat?” Mateo says.

you’re supposed to

do that if you are running off into the woods of a night, my job is to protect you even if it means protecting you from your

cornered, Ezra reached for me, his

here?” I don’t say anything. Instead swallowed and was

lie to me” Ezra says and Mateo steps forward

until I felt you climb out of bed. You lied to me Kat, I nearly had a heart attack when I woke up and you weren’t back from getting a drink”

to find it is a photo of me with my mothers

unnecessary

this?” I ask,

answers and I hang my head.

to hold it together right now Kat’, but I suggest you start walking home” Ezra says. I sniffle before pressing my lips together and walking ahead. Both Ezra and

the woods alone” Mateo says, grabbing my arm, he pulls me to him wrapping his arms around

would never do something to hurt you kat, but I can’t always be your friend. Not when you do something as dangerous as leave without telling anybody”

job. You brought this on yourself” Ezra says from where he was watching us from the doorway. He nods to

too chicken to sleep with it off as I walked toward our bedroom. Ezra silently followed behind me, and his silence was almost worse than his raging fury.