Chase Me Alpha (Daria and Caleb) novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Daria’s POV

My lips fell open as the entire peaceful afternoon fell apart in front of me.

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Raul had invited me out on a walk as we met in the dining hall for breakfast. It was a good idea for me after all the stress of the morning activities.

But somehow Caleb just had to find a way to frustrate my efforts to stay away from him and his issues. Every damn time.

“What do you think you’re doing?” I yelled at Caleb as he stood front of me. His grip on my arm was firm and it tightened a bit. Hissing in pain I was surprised when he turned to me with quilt in his eyes.

“Let me go,” I spoke with venom. Why was he always doing this?

To ruin my day?

Cause chaos in my life like I still belonged to him and this pack?

I wasn’t about to roll over and accept that.

“Alpha Caleb. You heard her. Let go of Daria,” Raul spoke up with a firm voice and caught both of our attention.

Caleb’s reaction was most telling.

His eyes turned stone cold upon hearing the voice and he released me to turn and face Raul who stood fearlessly.

“What if I don’t?” Caleb challenged with a low growl.

Alarm surged through me. If he did anything now it would not only affect his relationship with Raul. It would affect the Wisteria Pack and their relationship with Dartmouth. Worse, his influence in the region could cause Raul trouble.

“It’s enough. Please stop this,” I moved forward only to be stopped by Sabrina’s hand on my arm.

“If you get between them you might get hurt,” She spoke but I shook off her hand.

“Sabrina please. This is more important than me,” I told my friend as I moved closer to the two men.

Raul’s gaze shifted to me and his eyes softened a little.

“Daria, are you okay?” He asked me warmly.

Caleb growled again and raised his arm to block his view of me.

“You have the nerve to get so close to my mate,” he bit out through hisses. “This is a warning Beta Raul. For your pack’s sake, stay away from Daria.”

“Mate. Really?” Raul Sounded surprised. “She’s a Healer. She’s not even part of this pack. She told me. So how are you claiming her, Alpha Caleb? What right have you got over her?”

“More than you ever will,” Caleb shot back.

By that time I’d had just about enough.

“Are you both done?” I raised my voice letting it echo around the entire garden.

My breaths came out in harsh pants as both men fell silent. I moved to stand between them, heart pounding as I turned to

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Chapter 14

Caleb.

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“Alpha Caleb, this isn’t a pissing contest,” I said. “Your ego means nothing to me. So stop with this. Whatever happened in the past is done now.”

I turned to Raul who had an unreadable look in his eyes. He stared at me in a way that made my mouth dry up. I couldn’t get any words out.

Then I heard footsteps and a loud screech at the entrance of the garden.

“Caleb!”

Of all people, I cursed in my head. Moon goddess, why did I have to be involved in this type of drama?

I inhaled sharply as Felicia rushed to Caleb’s side glaring fiercely like a mother wolf protecting her cub. Gone was the usua seductive expression she put on that would make anyone want her. Now she glared with her lips curled back and her canines showing.

I barely restrained myself from acting on that poorly concealed threat.

If I had my way I’d not only slap her. I’d make her kneel to pay for all the ways she had tortured me.

But then I found myself transported back to the past. When is lost everything. My baby. My dignity. Even my desire for life had left me.

Tears pricked in my eyes and I shut them briefly, breaths shaky.

I wanted to leave this place. Being back here was a curse. The Wisteria pack felt like a purgatory that was never ending. I didn’t know what to do. My vision blurred and my legs moved before I could understand what I was doing.

“Daria!”

Sabrina’s voice was sharp and alarmed as I ran past her and out of the garden, out of the mansion that held my darkest memories of my past.

I didn’t know where I was going. So overwhelmed by the thought of being trapped in this hellhole was I that I didn’t bother to think. I only let my feet carry me. At some point the tears had dried up as I ran. I reached the forest and continued running.

Only when I reached a particular familiar clearing did I slow to a small jog. My breaths heaved and every part of my body hurt. I’d used up so much of my energy to flee in panic. I tried to close my eyes and breathe slower but it was difficult. Everything came in all at once. My loss. My pain. My broken bond. How he had rejected me time and time again. I had tried. But it had all been for nothing.

Goddess why do I have to be the one cursed like this?

Tears rolled down my eyes and I sniffled consistently trying to wipe them.

“What’s wrong with me?” I asked out loud shakily. No one answers but the question continued to torture me.

At first it was my father Alpha Kingston who made my life a living hell. My entire childhood was nothing like what anyone else thought. I was never loved. But I could never reveal it to anyone.

And then when I hoped I would be free and live a life with a man who loved me, I was bound to Caleb. An alpha who, for some inexplicable reason, hated my guts. He treated me like garage.

And then I lost the only thing that had mattered to me. My baby gone in the blink of an eye before I could even celebrate the good news.

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Chapter 14

My entire life I’d lived for everyone else. Couldn’t I just have something for myself?

My sobs echoed in the forest clearing. It had been a place where

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found after one afternoon of doing nothing years back.

It became a secret paradise for me to escape to whenever it became too much.

Whenever I was berated one time too many or had enough of her whispers behind my back I would run here.

I raised my head and glanced around the clearing. It hadn’t changed much. Although some bushes were overgrown, it didn’t change the peace it’s familiarity brought to me.

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