In Between The Alphas
Chapter 24

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Jake drove me to his place; it took almost five minutes for me to agree to stay at his place. I feel like he has done too much for me but he feels responsible. I wanted to stay in the pack house with the other guests but he was very adamant about me not staying I thought I was winning but then he played the 'Greg left you in my care' card and that's what made me succumb and finally agree to stay with him.

It was a very simple looking house on the outskirts of town. It was almost completely isolated; in fact the closest house to it was about five minutes away by drive and he told me that it's Logan's place. Apparently they both like their privacy way too much. He helped me carry my bag in and led me to the room I would be staying in. it was a very simple room with cream walls and a queen sized four poster bed in the middle of the room. There was a dresser with a mirror over it to my right not far from the doors that led to a balcony.

There were to doors two the left that I'm assuming lead to the closet and the bathroom. It's so simple and I love it, there's nothing extravagant like a chandelier or an ice sculpture. I've honestly never seen a beta that is this simple; then again I've only met one beta in my entire life.

"Earth to Charlie," Jake said snapping me out of my thoughts and I turned to him. "Do you like it? If you don't we can add a few things to make you feel at home."

"I love it; thank you," I said softly and he just grunted in response making me arch a brow, "Are you okay?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" was his snarky response as he placed my bag in front of the closet.

"Okay now I know you're upset; you don't use that tone except you're angry," I said, "What's wrong?"

"Are you really asking me that?" he asked and I took a calming breath.

"I haven't even been here for five minutes Jake, so I don't see what I could have done to get you upset in such short time." I said, "Why don't you just tell me why you're upset." "Why don't you trust me?"

"I'm sorry but I'm not following," I said, "If I didn't trust you I wouldn't be in your house right now without anyone to watch over me."

"I mean why didn't you trust me with your secret before this?" he asked, "I could have helped you; it didn't have to get this bad."

"Jake, I thought we were done with this conversation," I said softly and he rolled his eyes.

"I'm sorry but I can't just throw the conversation to the back of my mind. My girlfriend was going through sh!t and she couldn't even tell me. How do you think that makes me feel?" he asked, "I only let it slide earlier because getting you to safety was more important than my questions and you're safe now so I'm listening."

"I know but I didn't know if you would help me or ship me back to him."

"Why would you even think I would send you back?"

"I've lived with werewolves and their first loyalty is to their pack- I don't blame them for it either," I began, "I've only met two people before you who were willing to put their morals above what was expected of them and I didn't know you well enough to know if you were like them or not."

"So now you do?" he asked, "What changed your mind? Was it the fact that I was your only hope?"

"I understand your anger, I really do," I said, "And I'm sorry; if I could change things I would have told you earlier but I didn't know and you can't really blame me for wanting to look out for myself. I trusted the wrong person once and I wasn't ready to do it again." He sighed at my words and pulled me into a crushing hug, "It just hurts to know that you were going through so much and couldn't tell me."

"I'm really sorry for bombarding you with everything like this."

"You don't ever have to apologize; it's not a chore to help you, I love doing it." "Thank you."

"But you have to promise me that you won't keep any more secrets from me."

"I promise." I said and he gave me a soft smile.

"I'll give you some time to get freshened up and you can come down for lunch okay?" I nodded and he gave me a soft kiss on the mouth before leaving.

He spent the rest of the day taking me around the pack and showing me all the most important places and when we got back to his place we made dinner together and watched a movie. I fell asleep during the movie and woke up around 5 a.m. the next morning in my bed.

I sent a quick text to Greg and decided to make breakfast instead of just sitting in bed with nothing to do.

Jake came down around 7 fully dressed in jeans and a plain tee and he was shocked to see me at first.

"I'm sorry I didn't expect you to be awake so early," he said, "Did you have a good night?"

"I did thank you," I said, "I'm used to waking up this early with Greg because we had to go to the store. I made breakfast."

His eyes widened in surprise but he sat at the counter anyway while I brought a plate of food to him. "This is really good, thank you."

I just waved him off, "Are you going somewhere?"

"I have to go to work," he said through a mouthful and I cringed with a small smile, "You have the entire house to yourself."

"About that," I began, "I was wondering if there was anything I could do to help, some kind of work maybe; I don't like being alone."

He frowned and I thought he was going to refuse but at the last moment he sighed, "You can come with me today and we'll find something for you to do at the pack house." "Really?" I asked and he nodded.

"Sure, it's no big deal," he shrugged, "But you will have to deal with Logan on a daily basis? Is that something you're willing to go through?" he said and my eyes widened for a second.

"It doesn't have to be at the pack house though; I know how private packs are and I'm not a part of this one." I began, "Besides I don't think Logan likes me very much."

"I don't like the idea of you working away from me," he frowned, "If something happens to you I want to be there to help. I don't want to hear about it half an hour later when I can't do anything." He started, "And about Logan; he doesn't really have anything against you, he's just looking out for the pack."

"Thank you," I said suddenly feeling overwhelmed and he just gave me a smile.

"You should get ready because I'm leaving in the next five minutes."

I squealed in glee and rushed upstairs to get ready. I pushed away the gnawing feeling in my gut and focused on the small good feeling I have about this.