Born For The Alpha novel Chapter 10

Gradually, Arda’s shock left her and she placed the phone back onto the table. It was barely touching the table when her phone buzzed with a call from her younger sister.

Arda took a few more seconds to calm herself down before receiving the call.

“Hey, sis.” she said.

“You’re not my sister.”

“What?”

“You are not my sister and I think it’s about time you knew.”

“Mabel, what are you talking about?”

“Ask my dad and my mum.”

Arda did not fail to notice how she stressed the word my in her statement. Before she could say anything, her sister was off the line.

For a moment, she chose to believe that her sister was joking. Arda redialed her number and it kept ringing but there was no response. She decided to call her father who received the call in a single ring.

“My dear, you’re still up late?”

“Yeah, studying.” She responded. She didn’t want to talk about her problems.

“Okay. Take it easy.”

“I will. Where is Mabel?”

“She’s around somewhere in the house.”

“Look dad, I know that Mabel and I barely get along as siblings but she just said something nasty to me on the phone. Now, she won’t take my calls. I need you to tell her to stop. I can’t take her shenanigans anymore.”

“What did she say?”

“That I’m not her sister. She said I should ask you and mum. She’s just talking nonsense.”

There was silence at the end of the line but she knew that her father was still there. So why wasn’t he responding? He cleared his throat and she heard Mabel’s voice in the background. “Tell her the truth dad, tell her. Mum, please tell her.”

“Dad, I can hear Mabel’s voice in the background. What is going on?”

Fear was slowly creeping up her spine. Her heart was beating faster than normal. She felt as if it was going to burst if it did not stop. “Dad, please tell me it’s not true.”

She heard her father sigh heavily.

“Sweetheart, this is not how I envisioned telling you about this but you know your sister…”

“Dad, no. Please tell me it’s not true.”

“Dear, you need to come home and I’ll tell you everything, but no matter what? You’re still our baby.”

Arda felt like her head was about to explode. A dizzy feeling was threatening to overpower her and it felt like her body was struggling to hold her.

“Arda.” She heard her father call her and it sounded distant because of the turmoil overtaking her senses. “Arda, are you still there?”

Arda could not speak. Her eyes landed on her reflection on the mirror. Who the hell was she? She had to know. She couldn’t take all the secrecy anymore. “Sweetheart,” She heard her father say. “Are you there?”

“I’ll be home tomorrow.” She said and ended the call. Then she felt tears filling her eyes and rolling down her face. She had thought that the breakup with Luke had drained her tears. She had thought wrong.

Moving herself away from the dresser, she walked over to the bed, her hand covering her mouth so that she would not cry out and disturb her friends. They had already held her hand over one problem. She didn’t want them doing that again twice in one night. It felt like her life was a curse but not everyone had to know that. Not even her friends, not now at least.

She climbed onto the bed, slipped under the covers and cried herself to sleep.

Hours later when she woke up, it was to a new day. She sat up on the bed and instantly, memories of the previous night flooded her vision and she acknowledged the reality that was her life.

She no longer had blood related family. Her relationship was broken before it could even begin and she had a stalker on the loose.

The only important thing now, was getting home so that her adopted parents would enlighten her about her birth.

Arda left the bed and began preparing for the weekend. She packed a bag and ventured into the bathroom to freshen up. When she emerged at the living room, it was with her packed bag.

Arda was not prepared for the sight that greeted her eyes. She stood, trying to absorb the shock of finding her friends with their lips locked together at the entrance of the kitchen.

When they saw her, they quickly disengaged, guilt covering their faces. Arda could not stop feeling betrayed. Luke had been right after all. And just when she thought that the surprises were over, this had to come up.