All Chapters of Alpha (Reluctant Mates Book 1): Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Sawyer looked around the guest room that Jerry had shown him to and took a moment to assimilate with his surroundings. Regna Mare had an impressive pack house and he had been placed in what appeared to be the main room on the 3rd floor. Blaine and Darius were in the room beside his (a request that had raised one of Jerry’s eyebrows though he hadn’t said a word), connected by a shared bathroom and Seth had been placed further down the hall. The room was tastefully decorated with pale blue walls and a thick cream coloured carpet. There was a striped navy and white duvet spread over a large double bed that matched long curtains hanging over a pair of floor to ceiling windows. There was a desk in one corner of the room and a wardrobe in the opposite corner.He sat down on the edge of the bed, his weight sinking into the soft mattress and mused over the meeting with Grace and everything he had learned so far.

“Come here.”He reached his arms out and offered her his hands. She took them tentatively and allowed him to bring her to her feet. His scent enveloped her as their bodies drew closer and she felt her wolf became doe eyed and compliant.Fucking traitor.“For a moment can you try and forget about the last twelve years?” He paused as she scoffed and narrowed his eyes. “Please? For a moment, just forget it all – close your eyes.”She worried her lower lip with her teeth, an action that caused the familiar curling in Sawyer’s belly that accompanied his arousal. Although it took a moment, her eyelids dropped at his request.He gazed down at her, struck by the contrast of her dark lashes resting against her skin. His eyes roamed over her slightly parted lips and the faint flush of her cheeks

Grace stalked out of the forest in her naked human form, her skin stained with dried blood, her hair littered with forest debris and saw Jerry leaning casually against her truck.His gaze lifted and his eyes brows shot up as he gave a low whistle and held out a pair of leggings and a t-shirt, “You look like shit, G.”“Tell me something I don’t know,” she said with a roll of her eyes, snatching the clothes off him and tugging them on.“So, you want to discuss Carter and his family?”Grace stood beside him and sank back against the truck, “What do you know?”“Seth recognised the son, seems there’s some bad blood to do with his younger sister. He’s not saying much but he’s had to be held back.”“Brilliant,” she said, bringing

Sawyer launched himself into the shift, desperate to burn off the frustration that had built up in his body. His paws pounded the ground, his claws tearing the grass beneath him causing turf to flick up in his wake. He headed south hoping the sea air would clear his head.What the hell kind of luck did he have that his one and only mate didn’t want to be mated? How fucking ironic was it that the very thing that made her so damn sexy was the one thing keeping her from being his.She was an Alpha.He was an Alpha.Couldn’t they be partners? He shook his whole body without slowing. No. A pack needed a dominant leader, when it came down to hard decisions one would always need to have the upper hand.One of them would have to submit.And he’d be lying if he said he wanted to be the one to do it. Every fib

Grace excused herself after their conversation, she needed to sit and think alone without the closeness of Sawyer to confuse and distract her. Unfortunately sitting alone in her room did little to help. She mulled over their situation until late and couldn’t find a solution she thought either one of them would be happy with. Either way one of them would have to leave their pack. Either way one of them would have to submit.After finally heading to bed, she still found no rest. She tossed and turned but no matter her position, sleep eluded her. Kicking the duvet off, she huffed, frustration building. The clock by her bed glared at her with illuminated numbers – 2:05am.Fuck.She had been lying in bed for hours, but she wasn’t any closer to sleep than she had been when her head had first hit the pillow. And she knew why.Sawyer.