Chapter 21: Alpha Daniel

Ben pov

Shit.

Fucking Shit.

I had woken up in that skinny girl’s bed, and she was still sleeping like an angel when I sat up and looked at her. She was gorgeous with her small nose, big, lush lips, and huge hazel-brown eyes that batted at me just a few hours ago.

I didn’t even know what had happened. She is usually not my type; I like brunettes cause they remind me of Candi, and I can still pretend I’m fucking her. Yeah, I know I’m using them, but they never complain about that department about me fucking them to oblivion.

I looked at the girl again, long blond hair flowing down her small frame, cute perky nipples on those round, perfectly shaped tits. She was dreaming, making me smile at her; she was adorable, young, and still so ambitious, full of hope and dreams, not like me, defeated, drained, and fucking crushed.

I caress my hand over her face. She senses me her smile leaves me having a bigger one. She has tan skin that looks amazing, like she was dipped in bronze, her golden hair spilling all over the pillow. She smelled like coconut, and I took a big seep of her scent again. I usually hated coconut, and I really did.

A frown came upon my face, still watching her beautiful features. She was stunning and young, and I would never have chosen her if I weren’t drunk… shit… I rubbed my hands over my face, and I remembered everything; beasts weren’t like humans, we didn’t get hangovers or blackout from being drunk, but we sure made stupid choices just like humans did…

I stayed, not wanting to leave for some reason. I usually just get out as soon as possible. I looked at the time, it was just five past trees in the afternoon, and she was still sleeping like she’s been up all night.

I really did wear her out…fuck! I swing my legs over, put my feet on the floor, turning around, afraid she might have woken up by my cursing, but she sounds asleep like she’s having her best sleep ever. I smile at her again, lean over without thinking about it and kiss her again on those soft lips. She answers back, still asleep, trying to grab me when I dodge out of her arm, realizing what the fuck I’m doing. No matter how I like her, I can't stay, and she is so pretty my eyes hurt.

She's human, and I’m a beast; there is a reason I only fuck human girls, no attachment, no mates.

I get up still naked and just put my jeans on barefooted. I don’t care much that I’m half-naked when I still can’t find my shirt, and I just shift anyway and run back to the village for the last part back.

“Ben, mom is here! Get back now, and fucking help me, she’s with Allison, and she’s mad at me for ditching her invitation to the Luna ceremony.” I hear Daniels’s voice in my head and sight. Him being Alpha was hard enough but having Allison as the Luna of the pack, shit, they were not the easiest mates to deal with. I still felt my duty and responsibility towards them being the Beta. It was just fucking annoying that they were both equal dicks to each other and everyone around them.

“Fine, give me ten.” I link back while still looking at the sleeping girl, Milly… her name is Milly…. I like that name; it suits her innocence, I hope she gets into nursing school and all that other shit she was talking about when I checked her out before kissing her.

I feel my dick straining against the jeans again, fuck! I don’t want to drag this girl into my world with the brewing war; she’s human and, let’s be honest, barely legal at me being 35, which is nothing in beast society. Still, as a human, I was a freaking cradle robber…. I sight again, bad choices, man, bad fucking choices.

I make myself leave, not caring about my stuff being left behind, it’s not like I can’t afford new shit, and I’m not like Daniel being a snob sometimes, always dressing like he's going to formal wear dinner or having dinner at the with the president, I wasn’t like that at all, I just needed clothes so that females didn’t eye rape me and that was it.

I sigh again as I close the door silently and leave; this is for the best. She was just a mistake, a one-time thing just like everyone else I had fucked since Candi died…. I was already outside and shifted, not caring about the jeans being ruined, and started to run, fuck my life.

I’m back at the mansion in no time, my beast is black, and I look like a shadow when I’m in the dark. I’m big like the Alpha but not bigger. He is and will always be the one in charge. I’m ferocious and loyal, just like every other Beta, not like that Gamma bastard that I should have just killed the minute I felt something was off about him. He wasn’t right. I smelled it on him. The perk of being a wolf, I guess.

I shift back and put on cargo pants and a shirt before heading to the kitchen, where I know Carla will be, probably cooking some weird shit for her unwilling son.

I see her right away. She still looks good. She has the same features as Candi, only older. I have known her all my life, the former Luna of our pack. She was the best Luna ever and still was in my eyes, even if she was a little off since the death of her mate Alpha Kain, but then again, after Candi died, I haven’t been fucking right in my head either...

“Ben!” she chirps, letting go of what’s in her hands; she’s about 70 years old but still looks like she’s in her mid-forties. Her eyes are the same as those of her children: green emerald that sparkles when she sees me, a small sliver of sadness that I don’t miss. I remind her of her dead daughter and grandchild. I feel the same way but push it away. I am really happy she’s here; not like Daniel being a dick, thinking she's just nuts for not being like she was before the death of Alpha Kain.

“Luna Carla,” I say, her title still respectfully, and bow my head when she just waves her arms and hands at me for saying something like that to her, she is my mother-in-law, or she was, is… shit… but she’s still family no matter what.

“You silly boy, I haven’t been Luna since my son became the Alpha, and now you have a new Luna, or so I heard….” She says, accusing me like it’s my fault that Daniel is a fucking dick.

I just smile at her. I don’t smile at anyone, except for a few chosen ones; it’s not that I’m trying to be rude, it’s just that I don’t feel like I owe anyone anything being a smile at them for no reason when I don’t have to.

“Yes… Luna Allison…” I say her name with respect as well. I do respect her, me being Beta and all, but she is still a bitch; but then again, I can’t imagine Daniel having any other mate than her. She fits his beast and mood perfectly, fighting back like no other female ever has done against him. It’s almost funny if it weren’t for the fact that they get into trouble all the fucking time.

“She’s pretty, and oh my, does that girl have a mouth on her?! I almost blushed the way she was talking to Danny.” She laughs at the end of the sentence dragging me along with her. She does have a mouth on her, that's for sure.

“Not as pretty as you are, Carla,” I say, teasing her, hugging her small frame; she’s not small like Allison or skinny like Milly was… fuck… I let go of the laughing woman cursing myself for thinking about that human girl again, and I needed to get her the fuck out of my head.

“Something bothers you, Benji, and don’t tell me it’s nothing. I have known you since you weren’t potty trained.” She grins at me while walking back to the counter and continuing to do whatever she is doing; I’m not a cook, and I’m not even going to try to guess what she is doing.

“you were such a cute pup, you and Candi always running around, stirring up trouble… she stops herself when the sadness drowns her voice, making me swallow the lump in my throat, hard and burning. I stare at the wall behind her while she’s frozen like a statue. Both of us messed the fucked up in the head after our mate's death; maybe that’s why we get along so well; it’s a pain that almost can and will kill you if you’re not strong enough.

We stand quiet, too long for it to be natural, and I finally clear my troth and walk up to her. She still froze, dropping everything in her hands when I slowly walked her up the stairs to the Alpha living quarters and made her lie down before sitting my ass down in one of the chairs, not wanting to leave her alone.

Shit, that’s why Daniel took over at seventeen, with his mother shutting down like she had a flip. We were lucky enough to be almost adults when it happened.

But I guess everyone had their way of grief…. I close my eyes, and Milly’s cute face pops up in front of me, making me frown again. She’s driving me crazy being all cute and naïve, I need to get some new pussy tonight, and this time, it’s going to be a brunette.