Alpha’s Betted Bride (Gabriella)

Chapter 32

CHAPTER 32. I woke up to someone banging g on my d my door. When I looked through the keyhole and saw his face and disheveled hair I was suddenly very much aware of how newly awake I was. I patted down my hair and fixed my robe, “Hey,” I said when I opened the door. He was in a white t-shirt and grey sweatpants. His thick hair was messy and he looked just as awake as I was. “Do you have coffee?” He asked tiredly with a cup in his hand. I smiled and nodded my head. The coffee brewed and he sat on the chair and dragged a hand over his face. to bring down two cups, I felt som 1 tidied up in the kitchen and put everything away. Just as I reached up in the cabinet someone behind me. His arm came around my head and pulled down a cup, handing it to me. His body brushed against mine and I felt the heat he exuded. “Thank you,” I said and adverted my gaze. I placed my hair behind my car and walked over to the coffee pot. “Do you have any plans today?” Easton asked and took out the creamer from the fridge. y schedule sent to my mail and don’t work until Friday!” “No, I got my “Great, drink your coffee and get dressed, we’re going on an adventure,” 1 furrowed my brows and looked at him. “What adventure?” “You’re new here, I’m gonna show you the town: It’ll take about ten minutes,” I laughed and nodded my head. Excitement crept through me and Easton we s gleaming as he drank his coffee. We walked through town and he wasn’t lying, it didn’t take long to see all of it.

Then there was the school and There were a few stores, one clothing store, one supermarket, a few restaurants, and a bookstore. Then underground club where everyone spent their weekends. He took me into the school and showed me his classroom. The kids ogled and the girl’s cheeks flustered as we passed them in in the hallway. We walked downtown and three guys came at us. I felt Easton’s hand pressing against my arm and pushing me closer to the wall as they passed us by. He positioned himself closest to the guys. One of the guys scanned me from top to bottom and another glared at Easton, his eyes narrowed but Easton held his stare and lifted his head. The guy cleared his throat and looked away. “In here,” he said and opened the door to the restaurant. It was Italian with a very homey feel. We sat down in one of the booths and the waiter came out and took our orders. “When are you gonna tell me your story?” He asked and twisted his fork in the spaghetti. “What makes you think it’s an interesting story?” “A girl like y you, moving to a town like this, I know that it’s an interesting one. Will you tell it to me?” “Yes, when I’ve known you for more than two days, I’ll tell you. Wil you tell me yours?” “It’s not interesting,” 1/5 CHAPTER 32. “I bet you’re wrong.” He drew in a deep breath and wiped his mouth. He placed his arms on the table and leaned forward. “I was brought up with two loving parents, both of them wanted something for me that I didn’t want for myself. I realized that I had to choose my own way or else I’d never be happy.” “So you moved here?” I asked and furrowed my brows. There are many other places with a lot more

opportunities around the world, why choose a tiny town in the middle of nowhere? He chuckled and nodded his head. “I did. Not at first, I traveled and lived a little here and there but I then I ended up here and I just” He shook his head and pinched his lips together. -I loved the peace and the freedom and the quietness of it. Haven regretted it since,” “I get that, the peace and quiet, it’s nice,” “And just when I thought it couldn’t get better, you moved here,” he said and locked his eyes with mine. My stomach fluttered and I felt my cheeks flushing. We sat and talked for hours. The clouds outside drew together and darkened but we didn’t notice that until we were about to leave. Easton paid the check, even though I tried to take it. We turned around and looked at the darkness unfolding outside the restaurant. People were speed walking to their homes, stores were shutting down and the winds that blew through town were strong and hard. They pulled their jacket around themselves and kept their heads down. Then t the thunder c came and afterward they skies lit up from lightning. “Shit,” Easton said and looked out through the window. “We’re closing down now and heading home before the storm sets in. You kids walk safely out there!” The owner said and waved us off. We opened the door and it flew up, nearly coming of its hinges. “You ready?” He asked and looked at me. I nodded my head and locked toward where we were going. The raindrops came down one by one but it sped up quickly and we started running. We took shelter halfway home and laughed as the water dripped from our clothes. We looked out at the chaos that was rising around us. It was a small space with a little roof barely covering us. We pressed closer together and I turned my head, looking up at him. It was like all noise canceled out, even the sound of the rain was

pushed away I stared into his eyes and there was something familiar about them. “I- Uhm-” He cupped my cheek, his thumb dragging over my lip and I melted into his touch. Easton leaned down, slowly and carefully his lips touched against mine. I pressed myself harder onto him, deepening the kiss when suddenly something felt off. It felt familiar, to familiar and somehow it felt wrong. I pulled away and sucked in my bottom lip.. “Sorry,” he said and furrowed his brows. “No, don’t be, I’m just…We should go,” I said. 2/5 CHAPTER 90 “Do you want to wait for it to calm or-* “No, let’s go,” I said and smiled. Just as we reached the complex I stopped. Standing under the heavy rain, I tilted my head back and let the drops hit my face. It felt liberating. Standing in the middle of the storm, the thunder blasting around me and the lightning lit up through the thick clouds. “Gabby! Come on!” I couldn’t stop laughing as we walked up the stairs, Easton dragged his hand through his hair and took of his jacket. “Da*n, this storm is big,” he said and shook his head like a dog trying to dry off. I put the key into the lock and turned but it didn’t work. It was like something blocked it. I tried again, took the key out and put it back in. “What the hell,” I breathed and tried putting more pressure on it but nothing. “These locks are old, that happened to me too when I first moved in. We’ll call them tomorrow and have them come and change it. Meanwhile, you can stay at my place if you’d like,” he said. “Oh, Uhm,” He raised his hands. “I’ll sleep on the couch and you’ll take the bed.” He added.

What other choice did I have? “Thank you,” I said and smiled. We walked into his apartment and Easton hopped in the shower. I took a minute to look around and saw books and a computer but not much else. Everything was very impersonal. Maybe that’s just how guys live through. They’re not weighed down by personal belongings. I was staring at his paintings when I heard the shower turning off and the door opening. “There’s a fresh towel in there for you if you want to take a shower I also left a shirt and sweatpants on the dryer.” “Thank you,” – Aiden’s POV- “Why the f*ck isn’t he answering me!” I growled and tossed the phone against the wall. I ran my hands through my hair and felt the last strings that were bolding my sanity together starting to snap of *Aiden, you need to relax or you will never be able to make this right. You must be in a clear mind,” My mother said and rose to her feet as she walked toward me. “How! How can I be in a clear f*cking mind when my wife is out there somewhere and I have no clue where the **ck she is!” “I’m sure they will contact you eventually” “No, I won’t wait for someone to contact me. If they’re not picking up now then they never will. I can’t blame them either,” that 3/5 CHAPTER 32. sucked, not being able to blame anyone else for this shit other than myself. It was my fault. “Yes” shut up “Maybe if I had talked more this would’ve never happened” Maybe you’re right but it doesn’t matter right now. What matters is finding Gabby and bringing her home

And if she won’t come with us? You’re talking as though I’m gonna give her a choice The air around us shifted and everyone stood up. Cassidy wa was here as well, she hated me and she was pissed but I had told her the truth about my feelings for Gabby and she missed her friend so, for now, we were on the same page. They grew thicker and a vibrating power surged in through the door Everyone looked around and then looked at me. We walked out of the office and saw the witch coming up the stairs. She stepped inside and the doors closed behind her. The windows shut and the drapes drew together. “Alpha Aiden, we must talk,” she said in her raspy voice We walked into the office again, this time with a whole other energy. It was thick and dark around us, we could all feel it and it was all thanks to the witch. “I know you have been informed about your wife’s departure from the pack.” She said and looked up at me. Her skin had always been wrinkly and hanging with little wounds here and there but still, to this day, it creeped me out. “Do you have any information regarding her whereabouts?” I asked and leaned forward. “Oh, I have more than that. A young woman came to me with money, asking me to do a job for her,” everyone listened in, they narrowed their eyes and I clenched my jaw. “I wamed you about her, Aiden, long ago but you did not listen. I warned you about them both,” my breath caught in my throat and I looked down at the desk as I regained my composure. “What is she talking about, Aiden?” The witch slowly turned her stiff neck and looked at my mother. “I warned you as well, darling,” she said and narrowed her eyes on my mother. “You were thirteen, a troublemaker at best, not much prospect of lading a pack with the temper you had within you. to me, do you remember?” She asked and I nodded my head and cleared my throat. “Yes, I remember,” Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.

You were sent “I told you that the people you held closest to your heart were the ones that would damage it the most. They were very much a reason for your issues, they were guided by greed and power. I told you that one day a girl would enter your life and she would bring with her a peace unlike any other. She would calm that brewing storm in your heart and warm you from the coldness that you constantly feel. She would unlock secrets within you that not even you knew existed but such a gift would not come without a price. For if you did not. make changes before her arrival, she would have no room in your heart to stay in. You didn’t, Aiden, you didnt make room for her. You chose those who instead would be the ones to break you, send you over the edge and ruin what you had just begun to build. She came to me, the one that hoped to be your mate and she asked me to call on him.” my eyes widened, I felt it and I couldn’t stop it. 4/5 CHAPTER 32. “No,” i breathed. My moms mouth was agape and my father gulped “Called on who?” Ca*sy asked, looking confusedly at the rest of us. She didn’t know, nobody knew the truth. “On the first born son. On Asher,” “But wait, I thought that wasn’t he the sweetest? Why is this a bad thing?” “I see, they do not know what you know,” the witch said and made tsk’ sound with her tongue. “Secrets can never be buried deep enough, you should know that, she said and looked at my mom. “What did she ask you to do?” I asked, trying to pull focus back on the thing that mattered most. Finding Gabby. “To call on him and to make it so their paths would cross,” “Did you?” I seethed. “You know very well that when a request is made and a sacrifice is given I cannot refuse the service,” “What sacrifice?” “In order to get rid of the Luna and to have you all to herself, she offered the greatest sacrifice of

all-” She snarled, showing of her blackened teeth. “-her firstborn child,” Sam did what? “I’ve lost my wife and my brother knows where she is now,” “Oh no, dear, you did not lose your wife. You lost your mate. And from what I am feeling, it might be for good,” Chapter Comments 1 POST COMMENT NOW IT NOW