Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games novel Chapter 128

Chapter 128

“Another round?” Liam asked after Kyle left. We spent the rest of the evening wasting away in video games. Don’t get me wrong, I loved playing and hanging with the guys, but I wanted some time alone to both sulk at the earlier rejection, and to relish in the knowledge that I would see her in less than twenty–four hours.

“Do you have anything to eat around here?” Chase asked as his stomach grumbled.

“There’s some crisps in the press,” I told him.

“There’s some what in the where?” he asked.

I just shook my head and walked into the kitchen to grab the bag of Lay’s from the cabinet next to the fridge. I threw it next to him and sat back down.

“Chips. These are called chips,” he informed me.

I rolled my eyes at him. “We will agree to disagree on that.”

We continued to play for several more hours.

“Last round. I’m wrecked. Gonna call it,” I informed them halfway through our current game. It was half eight at night. I was done.

“Ohhh, you suck. You suck,” Liam teased, less obnoxiously than his younger brother at the close of our final game.

I shook my head at them, suddenly sad that none of my brothers would ever tease me in such a manner. The Westins were truly a great family and they treated their pack fairly and with respect. Like they treated each other. Like family.

I had been around a lot of other packs. My father had seen to it that my brothers and I knew everyone in pack leadership for nearly every pack. We had been sent out to the best camps, schools, and eventually colleges for this purpose alone. Where other future alphas went, so did we. And we all knew that one day we would battle to take one of their lives and live that life with their mate. Having smelled my one true mate, and knowing she was out there, it felt like the fear just thinking

about it.

I couldn’t afford to lawn chi-

Chapter 128

was pissed, yeah, but I had to believe he’d get over it and accept me back to the clan when the time came. As much as I liked the Westins, it was customary for a male wolf to find his mate and bring her back to his pack, not follow her to another pack. That could be perceived as a sign of weakness, and after the mess I had made with the challenges for Kelsey, I didn’t need any more ammo pointing towards weakness.

No, I would find my mate and take her home. I sighed, looking around the cottage I had grown to love. So why did it sometimes feel like I was finally home instead?

Elise

My alarm sounded at four o’clock. I turned it off and rolled over, curling the blanket up to my neck, and found my sweet spot. I had been having the best dream, and still felt pulled into that sense of lulling and comfort. I wasn’t moving. I didn’t want to. I closed my eyes and drifted back to sleep.

“Elise? Sweetheart, are you sick?”

I stretched lazily and rolled toward the voice.

“What, Mom?” I asked in a sleepy voice.

“Sweetie, it’s almost noon. Kelsey just called, worried that you didn’t show up for work and said you left early yesterday, not feeling well. Is everything okay?”

“Hmmm,” I sighed, not quite ready to face the world again. “I’m okay. Actually, I feel great. I think I just needed sleep. I’m so comfy, I don’t want to move or get up.”

She laughed. “Okay, I’ll call your brother and let him know there’s to be no adulting for you today.”

I smiled. “Yes, that would be wonderful.”

“You look happy today. It warms my heart to see it.”

I frowned. “I’m sorry, Mom, I never meant to worry anyone.”