Rise of the Alpha
Chapter 23

Zeke

I wait for the door to shut behind the girls before reaching down, picking up my shoe from the floor, and chucking it across the room, right at Blaine’s head. “What the f**k, dude!” he barks out, barely holding onto the beer in his hand.

“What the hell was that shit with Wylla? You claimed relentlessly that Magnolia was your mate, then you go and k**s her best friend like that. Dude, I could see your hard-on from here, imagine what Magnolia saw and how she felt about it. If you screw this up for me now that we are finally heading to a good place, I’ll f*****g kill you.”

“Dude, it was a game. I thought we were all playing and having fun. She didn’t seem mad, especially when she turned around and kissed this fucker over here,” he says, pointing in Jude’s direction before running his fingers through his hair.

“Yeah, I get that it’s a game, but you f*****g enjoyed it.” I mean, really, who the hell does he want to be with?

He lets out a deep sigh, falling back on the bed as he lifts his hands and begins rubbing his eyes. “F**k, man, it was weird as shit. I know Magnolia is my mate, and I can feel it so intensely, my wolf feels it, needs it. But there’s this pull to Wylla as well, not as great as the one I have to Magnolia, though. The k**s was so f*****g good, man. It went straight to my c**k, and at no time did I or my wolf feel like it was wrong, or forbidden.” He sits back up before continuing, “Goddess, this is f*****g confusing as hell, but you’re jumping down my throat. What about the s*x demon over there practically f*****g my mate in front of me? What the hell was that shit, Jude?” he growls out as he clenches and unclenches his hands. I have a sinking feeling he’s trying to reign in his anger and not go flying across the room toward Jude.

“F**k you, Blaine, you’re being a f*****g hypocrite. You want to bitch at me for playing the game and kissing the girl who I also have a f*****g pull to. Yeah, you heard me, I have a pull to her as well, and you heard what Wylla said just as good as me, she has multiple mates. You just seem to have selective memory when it comes to that little fact. So if you and your wolf are smart, you’ll know you need to get used to it. For all we know, I might be one of those other mates. I plan to k**s her just as much as I f*****g can. Wait, let me rephrase that, her and my rainbow sprite. Hopefully soon, I can make sweet love to them,” Jude f*****g croons, and I want to barf. Imagining him having s*x with anyone, let alone the girl I want, makes me feel ill.

“Both of you cocksuckers need to get your c***s in check. Just make sure you don’t f*****g screw shit up. She’s finally over what happened in the woods, and I don’t want to make her upset again. Shit, you heard her, she’s okay with me being a ferret. No one’s ever been okay with it before. Once chicks find out what my shifted form is, they bolt. Magnolia accepts me, and I know she is my future, the one.” I pour my heart out to them. I’ve never felt for someone like I do Magnolia, and it’s scary. I’ve fallen for her fast and hard. “We just need to make sure we’re not f*****g with their feelings. I like Wylla, and I have a pull to her just like you guys claim, but not the way I do to Magnolia. But leading her on, making her think there are more feelings for her than there really are, is wrong.”

“I get it. Really, I do, but I don’t feel like I’m leading her on because I genuinely have feelings for her too. It’s hard to explain, maybe it’s because I’m an incubus, and we have the ability to love or care for more than one person with more ease than most.” Jude stands slowly from his seat and walks over to the trash can, dropping his empty bottle in it before heading to the mini-fridge and pulling out another.

“And it seems like our pretty little wolf has caught the attention of the witch too. I think they’re friends, but if my intuition is right, Wylla feels more than just friendship toward Magnolia. She might feel a pull too and be a mate, it might be why we all feel pulled to her as well, just not as strongly. We need to be mindful of Wylla and her feelings for Magnolia too, not just ourselves. The four of us could be the mates she will be looking for once that f*****g spell is lifted.” He lifts the bottle to his lips, swallowing down the liquid.

Looking over at Blaine, I see his face turned down to the floor. He feels it as well, even though he may not want to admit it. “Okay, so we continue to get close to Magnolia but be mindful of how we’re treating Wylla. We don’t want anyone’s feelings to be hurt.”

We all nod in agreement and drop the subject. We spend the rest of the night drinking and bullshitting before we finally call it quits and go to bed.