Running from the Alpha by Cherrytop (adult books to read .txt) 📕

just that I’m anxious if Markus and his men are still trying to track us down,” I lied, though the thought did slip through my mind, cursing the extra amount of stress that began to whirl through my body.
Chelsea’s worried face seemed to relax a diminutive amount as she grabbed one of my shoulders. “He won’t find us, and even if he does we’ll outrun him like last time,” Chelsea informed as she stepped over a rather large muddy puddle that glittered from the sun’s rays.
I nodded, trying to refocus on nature’s sounds rather than putting myself through depression. When Chelsea had smiled and indicated she was returning back to Sam, my mind wondered to Markus robotically once again without me realising.
What if he did succeed in catching us? Would Markus kill us? I asked myself. What if his men were close by and ready to attack? I bit my lip, determined to push these unpleasant thoughts from my mind. But that didn’t last long when I heard the familiar call of a wolf, a wolf but it was Markus.
I immediately fell to the floor, choking as my eyes widened and my body seemed to be responding. This was not any ordinary call, in fact, this was a personal call to your mate, even if you weren’t bound to each other, Markus had never used this call luckily, but now it seemed desperate yet surprisingly angry.
It was almost impossible for the female to control herself, the call was hypnotizing, meaning you weren’t in command of your own body any longer, you wolf was.
I was about to howl back until Adrian clamped a sweaty palm over my lips, putting a finger to his own, but I struggled, trying to respond, desperately in need of his touch, I wanted him and yet why were my friends obstructing me again? I wondered as I tried to wiggle out of their embrace, Adrian picked me up and started to carry my flaming body, I struggled yet I wasn’t strong enough, it was heat, my body was going through heat.
You could only use the mate call once every month, when it was a full moon, and unfortunately today was when the white round object appeared from the sky, captivating many of the wolves eyes, the owner of all packs.
I screamed loudly, trying to rip away from Adrian who forcefully gripped my waist tighter, I growled angrily, how they dare stop me from returning to Markus especially when I needed him to take away this burning sensation.
I whimpered angrily and arched my back as my eyes closed for a brief moment before reopening and fighting much harder. This unbearable heat would last for about a day and I could not bare this, so I tried to escape, ferociously tearing at Adrian’s top. “I’m sorry I have to do this Elisa but,” With that, Adrian knocked his elbow straight to my face, my body fell limp in his arms, the only sound was my calming breathing yet my wolf still seemed to be wide awake.
Chapter 2

When I had awoken, which had seemed like a elongated amount of time, the indistinct vision that became refocused on Adrian startled me as I wondered where exactly we were located. But as I looked around the unfamiliar place, I realized that we were all together in a secure cabin, the tender flickers of the flames licked across the wood logs at the fireplace, Sam and Chelsea were huddled closely together under a blanket, half asleep, my mind wondered instantaneously back to what had happened from the last time I had been conscious. “You had to be put out,” Adrian grumbled, as he placed a blanket over my rigid body. “You were in heat, so I had to put you out.”
The memories had immediately flooded through my brain a whole series of different scenes playing through my mind, but I couldn’t remember anything much after the piercing calling of Markus’s voice as it howled through the darken woods. “What happened?” I groaned as I tried to position my throbbing head in a more comfortable arrangement.
“Markus had called the mate howl and your body instantly became overwhelmed by your wolf so you were not capable to guard yourself, nearly loosing the person inside of you,” Adrian returned as he sat at the edge of my bed, with sympathetic eyes.
“How long have I been asleep for?” I wondered as I dug myself deeper into the covers.
“Four days, we had to lug you with us and finally ended up here,” Adrian spoke as he stretched his legs and blew out an unsteady breath.
I nodded; trying to not tolerate myself to become irritated at how complicated I had been over these past few days. “It’s fine now, as long as you’re safe,” Adrian smiled before pressing a kiss to my forehead, his lips soothing my aching body.
“We should get some rest now, go to sleep,” Adrian whispered as his eyes stared through mine and into the soul that was slowly shriveling up inside of me.
I nodded, gracefully spreading a phony smile across my face. “Goodnight.” Adrian left the room; the spot of where his shadow remained was now a cold illusion. I snuggled deeper, depriving my thoughts from Markus instead to the window of where snowflakes began to flow, my eyes lit up, no one had to know that I needed just a little time to cool off.
I slipped from the bed, steadying my weighty body, supporting myself with the bed before limping over to the back door which was luckily unlocked. The doors swung open as my hands clenched over the handles, a blast of wind sending my hair flying over my shoulders, the cool breeze instantly burning my heated face.
I breathed in, the smell of nature wondered through my nostrils, a mixture of leaves, blackberry’s, animal’s and crispy leaves had the aroma to make any wolf intoxicated.
I took one delicate step outside, the snow just about reaching over my foot, even without wearing any shoes, the feeling over the chilling substance still had my body yearning for more. I took another step into the grass, wearily looking around for any signs of movement before closing my eyes and twirling through the snowflakes as they embraced my body.
A small smile curved at my lips, my favourite season was winter and with this, my body became stronger, the adrenaline rushing to my head, my wolf was ready for a battle, nothing was going to discontinue me from succeeding, not even Markus who had almost captured me a few days ago, fortunately Adrian had been there to facilitate me and save me through the agony I’d probably be witnessing now.
Suddenly warm hands embraced my thin waist, asking me to tilt my body against his for support as I watched the snow drift towards us. “Adrian, what are you doing?” I mumbled, though halfheartedly as I somehow needed attention in case my body may disintegrate from exhaustion, though I didn’t want to sleep.
“I have a little dirty secret to tell you,” Adrian sang into my ear, though the words were slightly muffled as his body moved against mine.
I must have stiffened by the way Adrian’s hands tried to sooth me. “It’s not anything bad,” Adrian whispered warily as he pulled me closer. What was wrong with him? Why was he suddenly acting this way? I wondered as I made not attempt in moving from his embrace.
“What is it then?” I asked as I stared up at the apparent night sky, the crescent slightly hiding behind the one cloud that sat lazily in the sky.
“I love you,” His dark voice coursed through my body, rumbling the wolf that had also not expected those words to proceed from his lips. For a occupied second I couldn’t speak a word, my mind was blank and my eyes were far away, his nudge that dug into my shoulder became an direct switch to remind me that someone was presence.
“You what?” I stuttered, still not understanding what he had meant.
“I’ve kept it a secret from when I had first met you because you were already in love with the alpha, so now that you had decided to run I wanted to expose my factual feelings to you, I hope you don’t feel uncomfortable by this,” He uttered as he turned me around and made me face him.
I stared in complete astonishment; my expression must have alarmed him as he took a defensive step back and pushed his hands into his pockets awkwardly. I had never expected that my best friend was in fact in love with me, all these years he had kept soundless, not speaking a word, all the pain he must have gone through by the amount of ignorance I had shown him, just like Markus and I.
So I decided to do the only thing I could possibly think of, my lips smashed against his, his body stiffened beneath my contact for a few moments before he responded instantly and returned my kiss, our body’s became one and our lips moved in perfect timing, the intense moment became a love scene as our tongue’s entwined with each other, his hands that wandered over my body, the way his fingers caressed my curves, the soft yet firmness of his pleasurable body against mine, what was I doing? I was only going to hurt Adrian, yet my mind didn’t seem to respond to my pleading of regret.
His arms tangled around my waist, pulling me an inch closer, delicately lightening the kiss before gently touching the side of my neck and down to my collar bone, his hot breath against my skin instantly making me forget the explanation that Adrian was my best friend, his hands that slid down my back and sliding right back up to the sensitive part of my neck, his eyes that roamed the bare skin of my shoulders and the way he brought his eyes up to face mine. “Adrian,” I breathed as I tried to shift away from him, the regret instantly replacing happiness.
His eyes twinkled with disappointment, and the way he took a step back only made my heart ache further. “I’m not trying to upset you, it’s just that my body is hurting and is still recovering from the heat, give it time,” I know I was lying but hurting my best friend like this was unacceptable, he obviously loved me and I suppose I could give him a chance, I’d have to comprehend the positives of these points, hopefully one day bringing myself to love him too.
The light in his eyes returned, shining brightly as a smile slid its way across his face, anyway he’d probably find his mate and obviously really fall in love, maybe this was just a temporary feeling before the actual obsession replaced him. “So you’re not rejecting me?” He wondered hopefully.
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