Chapter 35

Chapter 35
Ezra

Roman starts delegating where we are all going to sleep, but I’m barely listening. I feel tense. That feeling I get when I’m about to explode, but I can’t figure out what has me so mad. 

“Ezra? Did you hear me?” Roman asks, while Jaxon waves a hand in front of my face. 

I smack his hand away and scowl at him. “Yes, I heard you!”

Jaxon glances at Roman. “What’s going on?” 

Roman stands a little taller and crosses his arms over his chest. It’s his “alpha” stance. The man isn’t an Alpha, but he always stands a little taller when he thinks it’s time to step into the leader of the pack mode. It never bothered me before, but I’m on edge. 

“Don’t talk down at me, man, you’re not the Alpha anymore!” I snap at him. 

His eyes go a little wide. “What?” 

I scoff. “Look at you! You stand there acting like you have any power over us, but you don’t, Roman. You’re a Beta just like us! You have no power anymore!” 

Jaxon glances between the two of us. “Man, come on.” He reaches out to touch me, but I step away from him. 

“What?”

“Calm down, man. I get it, this is new, but you don’t have to lash out at Roman.” Jaxon says. 

“Of course you’re going to take his side. You’re a kiss ass.” I yell at him. 

He lets out a incredulous laugh. “Right. You need to take a walk. I don’t know what crawled up your ass, but you need to go.”

“Fuck off, Jaxon.” I push him, and he stumbles back. 

Roman steps in between us before I can go after him again. 

“Stop it!” Roman growls at me and pushes me backward. 

I open my mouth to say something, but before I can, the door is thrown open. 

“What the hell is going on in here?” We all turn to see Aria standing in the doorway with her arms crossed and looking pissed. 

Roman moves back from me and clears his throat. “Just a disagreement.” 

My eyes stay fixed on the little Alpha as she storms into the room and right up to me. She has to lift her head up to look at me, and even though I tower over her, she’s fucking scary. I swallow and feel myself start to sweat a little. 

“Why do I feel like this is your fault?” She says, poking me in the chest. 

“I-“ I start to say, but she cuts me off. 

“Come with me.” She grabs my shirt and starts dragging me out. 

I let her. 

She takes me next door to her apartment and past the others sitting in the living room. They give me a confused look, but Daniel is smirking. That makes me mad, and I flip him off. He laughs. Aria takes me into the room I’m guessing will be hers. Once we’re inside, she lets me go and slams the door. She whirls around and glares at me. 

“What is your problem? Huh?” She yells at me. 

Suddenly, all the anger I felt a minute ago starts to melt away. In fact, there is a warmth growing in my chest as I watch her. She’s pissed but also…beautiful. 

“Ezra, I swear to god if-“ I can’t stop myself. 

I walk over to her and lean in to kiss her. As soon as our lips touch, it feels like I’ve been shocked, and then there is this calm that comes over me. She grips my shirt like she’s going to try to push me away, but then I can feel her pulling me closer. Her body moves closer to me until there is no space left between us. I wrap my arms around her waist, and her arms move around my neck. She feels amazing against me, and feeling her is reminding me of watching her and Noah together. 

She isn’t with Noah now, though. She’s here with me, and I don’t want to think of her with another man right now. I want her only to think of me. Even the thought of her with one of the other’s creates a jealousy I haven’t felt before. I growl against her lips and bend down and lift her so she will wrap her arms around me. Our lips part for a minute, and she looks at me with what looks like she’s confused. 

“I thought you hated Alphas.” She says softly against my lips. 

I close the space between us and kiss her again, but pull away before it gets too deep. “You’re not just any Alpha, you’re my Alpha.” 

Her lips quirk up into a smirk, and she closes the distance between us again. I move back until the back of my legs hits the bed. Before I fall backward, I turn us so she is laying on the bed and I let her go so I can look down at her. Fuck she’s beautiful. Her red hair is spread around her head, and she’s looking up at me like she wants me as bad as I want her. 

“Are you sure you want to do this?” I ask her, suddenly feeling unsure. 

She pushes herself up so that she’s sitting. “Do you want to be claimed by me, Ezra? Be honest. Because once I do this, you will be bound to me forever. You can’t change your mind later if you regret it.”

I lower myself so that I’m kneeling in front of her, and reach out to push some of her hair away. 

“I want this. I’m an asshole, there is no doubt about it, but I want to be part of this pack. The guys are my family, and we always stick together. In this and everything else. But I’m not choosing to do this just because of that. There is…something pulling me to you. I couldn’t hate you even if I wanted to, but I will most likely hate any other Alpha that isn’t you.” I explain. 

She laughs a little. “Buck is an Alpha, and like a father to me. So you have to be nice to him.” 

“Okay, fine. I’ll be nice, but that’s it.” 

“Deal. Now, can we go back to what we were doing?” She asks.

Now I’m the one who laughs. “Yes, Alpha.” 

“I like the sound of that coming from your mouth. I also like you kneeling in front of me like this.” She says with a saucy smile. 

She reaches out and grabs my shirt, pulling me into another kiss. I’m back on my feet and climbing onto the bed over her. Her arms wrap around me again, and I lower myself on top of her. Not enough to crush her, but enough for her to feel the weight of me on her and to feel how turned on I am. It’s almost painful when she lifts her hips up and against me. 

When she breaks our kiss again, I huff in annoyance, but she starts to pull my shirt over my back, and I realize why. 

“Take it off.” She says with a low breathy growl. 

“Yes, Alpha.” I say.