My fated alpha by Natalie novel Chapter 4

Hayden

I returned to my territory late in the afternoon hoping that nobody would notice me. I didn’t feel the need to sleep but I knew I had a lot of thinking to do. But before that, I had to change my clothes.

Steve or whatever his name was, was smelly and Luke was growling at me to get rid of the stink. As such, I went inside my home and threw the clothes in the bin before stepping inside the shower.

The hot water rejuvenated my senses and I felt instantly refreshed. However, the face of Madeleine kept swimming in front of my eyes. A small part of me was worried that Steve would hit her again because I had been impatient and bit a large part of his ear off though Luke tried to assure me that I had just grazed his ear.

Even he was getting restless that I was the reason to make her suffer again. But then, I couldn’t go running to that pack territory every now and then. My relationship with Garron and his pack wasn’t cordial and we bared our teeth at each other every now and then.

Though, I had to thank her for the way she had saved my neck while lying to her alpha and the beta about not knowing that I was going to attack Steve. I let myself soak in the warmth of the hot water as steam surrounded me. The water drops ran down my hair as I smiled recalling the feisty girl who was brave and defiant.

Her face was terror-stricken and the way Steve had walked out of the house with a broken glass bottle in his hand, charging at her, I couldn’t have assumed that she needed saving from anyone else.

‘She is courageous and quick-witted even while being injured and facing the alpha and that jacka** Steve who abuses her.’

I thought and then was surprised that I was still thinking of her. There was a knock on the door and I turned off the shower and draped a towel around myself before heading out.

As expected, Charlie was at the door, and I responded “Come in” before walking towards my wardrobe.

Charlie bowed his head to acknowledge me before asking, “Can I know where you were yesterday, alpha? We were worried about you.”

I knew that he was waiting to know the same and sooner or later he would find out when Garron and his pigs would try to make a big show of how I had entered his territory, both uninvited and unannounced.

Holding my wardrobe door wide open, I tried to make myself busy and show that I hadn’t heard him.

Shuffling through the clothes, I pulled out a t-shirt and jeans and put the t-shirt on while wiping my head with another towel.

“I left to get some air, I am sick of you guys trying to throw girls at me.”

“But, you have to find someone sooner or later, alpha. You wouldn’t even agree to attend the ball.”

I slammed the open wardrobe door shut and turned to look at him, “Do you want me to walk out of this room again? You can say so directly.”

My voice was annoyed and Charlie instantly stiffened when my wolf let out a growl.

“But, I was just…”

His voice turned hesitant and I rolled the towel I was wiping my hair with into a ball and flung at him. That made him duck and leave me alone for the time being.

Once he was gone, I combed my hair and put on the jeans before walking out of my home. The coast was clear for once and it was clear, no beta or omega troubling me for attending the ball.

As such, I ran towards the packhouse and closed the front door before anyone could follow me.

After going inside, I shuffled through my drawers and tried to find something that I wasn’t even sure I still had with me. My office was simple; it didn’t have any fancy furniture or unnecessary showpieces.

I walked through the length of the room that was sparsely decorated. It only held a few cupboards consisting of old files, a large desk with drawers, and a chair.

Digging through the drawers, I almost turned the entire office upside down until I found what I had been looking for. Picking one of the hardbound dusty registers, I coughed a little while wiping the dust away. The register was in tatters and it was a miracle that the loose pages hadn’t come off.

Walking back to my desk, I placed the register on the table and gently flipped the pages open. As I carefully searched through the pages, I heard a knock on the door.