Fated To The Alpha (Ezra, Katya)

Read Fated To The Alpha by Jessica Hall Chapter 225 – Marabella POV

We were about ten-fifteen minutes from home. My stomach twisted with Kyan’s last text message, and it was all I had thought about the entire way home. Yet, I believed he would go through with it. I believed he would drag me there himself if I didn’t show up to Rose’s birthday when another thought occurred to me. Jonah.

When he said I would regret it, did he mean by hurting him? That was the only way to get even, my family was untouchable, but Jonah wasn’t.

“Well, ring him,” Kora hisses at me, and I fumble with my phone; I start typing when Kora starts to worry, insisting I ring him to be sure. Her worry made my already heightened anxiety so much worse.

“You ok?” my father asks, and I nod, dialing his number.

“Yeah, just want to check on Jonah,”

“But you just saw him. He will be fine,”

“But if he goes to Kyan’s?” I chew my lip nervously.

“Did he threaten Jonah?”‘ My father growls, and I shake my head because he hasn’t. Still, the worry ate at me.

“Marabella?”

“No, but he wasn’t happy. What if he does something to Jonah?”

“Not likely. Those two seem close, always have been, but if it makes you calm down, just ring Jonah,” My father says before yawning. He covers his mouth with the back of his hand, and I suddenly felt guilty for making him pick me up.

“Jonah?” Kora mutters, and I shake my thoughts away, hitting the call button. The phone rings as my father pulls into the service station just outside of town. The first time it goes straight to voicemail.

“I need coffee, want one?” my father asks, and I nod to him before redialling Jonah’s number. My heart rate increases the longer it rings, and Jonah finally picks up, and I let out a breath of relief.

“Told you he is fine,” My father says before getting out of the car.

“Jonah?”‘ I yelp, relieved to hear his voice.

“Hey, what’s up? I am-“

“Don’t go to Kyan’s Jonah. Promise me you will stay away from him,” I shriek in panic. I didn’t know if Kora or I spoke. Our thoughts felt like they were muddling into one.

“Huh, I am with…” I hear a growl that is more like a roar as Jonah’s words are cut off.

“Oh f*ck,” Jonah says before I hear a crashing sound and snarls booming through the phone.

“Mine,” Comes a deep gravelly voice that raised goosebumps on my arms. Whose voice was that? I wondered when more crashing sounded in the background.

“Jonah?” my voice trembled, I could more bangs and crashing sounds.

“Kaif, stop,” I hear Jonah’s voice stammer out before the sound of glass breaking reaches my ears.

“Jonah!” I shriek, ripping the phone away from my ear. Kora pushes against my skin, and my claws slip into my father’s car seat, and the phone slips through my fingers as my gloves tear off my hands. “Kora,” I grit out, trying to stop her from shifting.

Snatching my phone from where it fell in my lap, more crashing can be heard before I hear a long, harsh wheeze come through the phone before hearing another voice, not Jonah’s or Kaif’s

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Jonah POV

the phone, and I pull it away, my ear ringing from how high-pitched her

what’s up?

you will stay away from

erupts behind me and makes me turn

floor. The phone slid across the

down on my shoulder, and I groan

wall and books topple down off the shelf smashing on top of me. His kick to my stomach winds me, and I gasp for breath as I crawl to

when he grabs me by my shorts, his claws on his other hand sinking into my shoulder before he

screams m name through the phone, which only angers him more as he looks

was embedded in my shoulder blade, and I yank it out with a pained groan. Kaif, hearing it slaps at his back as the line slices through

as he looks for the phone when the door bursts open. Lucas rushes in with a bat, a

run,” Lucas yells

bat at Kaif, letting out a war cry, and Kaif pivots on his heel, grabbing it mid-swing and prying it from his hands before launching him back out the door in which he came in. Kaif stalks after

start snapping when Kaif freezes when Marabella calls out his name. He spins around, snarling, and smacks his head on the door frame forgetting to duck. He groans, his

out breathlessly. She must have heard him because she started calling Kaif’s name, his eyes scanning the floor before he barges me out of the way, scooping up the phone

Her voice stammers out shakily, and Kaif prods the phone, his claws

Why does it not work?” Kaif growls; his claws scratching my phone screen that had a

and realize Marabella heard him. The phone signally she was

Jonah can do it,” Marabella tells him, and Kaif growls,

my arm and thrusting the phone in my chest, and I grab

car still when Kaif snatches the phone from me. His hands stroking the screen and cutting off the picture, and

the screen; it will hang up,” I tell him, offering it back to him before collapsing on

screen,” Kaif mutters to

and I roll my eyes when Lucas hesitantly steps in the room, hands up as he moves along the wall. The movement does not go unnoticed by the eight-foot monster staring at the

for the phone. My heart beats faster as Kaif continued to stare at him for a few

are you there?” Marabella calls out, and Kaif looks down at

from Kaif’s grip. He fiddles with the

are

here, but um Kyan is, um Kyan isn’t in control,” Lucas stutters out as Kaif growls

I tell Kaif, Lucas holds the phone, turning it to face Kaif, who leans down, squinting at the screen, and I see Marabella’s startled expression. She must have been expecting Kyan’s appearance with Kaif in control. By the look on

f**k

think it’s Kaif,” Marabella answers

here. Here now. You are mine, not Jonah’s,” Kaif tells

you come to me,” Kaif growls at her, and her mouth opens and closes as she

Mara doesn’t finish, and I watch her on the screen as she stares at Kaif, he stands upright, and she gasps again. Lucas’s hand holding the phone shakes, and Kaif’s chest takes up the image of him on the

get her here? You come when Kyan rings you this way,” Kaif says, looking

you Kaif, Marabella went home. She isn’t in the City,” I could hear Marabella

“Jonah, are you ok?”

phone, and Lucas jumps, pulling it away from

can’t hold the phone. You need to shift back,” Lucas

can’t, he won’t. He f**k things up again. I won’t

stay like that. You will hurt Jonah,” Marabella says, and I

he put his peasant lips on you,” Kaif tells

tries to reason, and Kaif huffs, baring his teeth at

sure she would tell him anything right now to ensure

let him,” Kaif roars, ripping me up off the ground, and Marabella shrieks as

grip tight as his claws slipped into my collarbone before I hear it crack. Kaif groans and drops me, clutching his shoulder, my pain becoming inflicted

you need to shift

“Lycan,” Lucas offers.

exist,” Marabella mutters, looking

how the heck else you explain that,” I hear

and Kaif growls low in the