Reclaiming My Beloved Alpha

Edeline 

While my best friend Darius was helping me choose a dress for tonight's dinner, I watched each car arrive through my window.

I'm so excited!

My longtime crush, Percival, is returning from his summer training today.

He is our future Alpha, the firstborn son of our pack's Alpha.

Every future Alpha is supposed to train with other warriors and Alphas during the summer at a different allied pack. They do this to develop into formidable leaders and master all the techniques needed to become warriors, elevating them to the rank of Alpha.

A year after his first shift, at the age of eighteen, he started taking summer vacations. In their first year of training, future Alphas spend time with their own pack, picking up tips from their own Alpha. This was his third training year. There was just one year left before he would be deemed qualified to succeed his father, the current Alpha, should anything happen to him.

With just words, I declared him to be my mate.

I'm saying...

Though not to brag, we have been family friends since the beginning of time. We are still not mates. As the sole child of our pack's beta, it is fated that the Alpha's firstborn and the beta's firstborn will be together. Everyone is aware of it.

There are two powerful bloodlines that indicate robust heirs in the future, so now is the time to celebrate.

"What about this one?" he inquired, reaching into my closet to get a red sundress.

Despite my eyes being fixed on the window to see if Percival had arrived yet, I replied, "Looks good."

I heard Darius sigh, and before my hands could catch it, a dress pelted me in the face. "Darius, what the hell is wrong with you?!"

"I'm sure, Edeline, my brother will be at the dinner this evening." Rolling his nearly brotherly sky-blue eyes, he said, "You don't have to guard your window and wait for him to arrive."

I was staring at this tall man, Percival's younger brother and my best friend since I was a little child. Darius protected me as if he were my own brother at all times. Even though Darius and I were best friends, even at such a young age, I had always had a thing for his brother.

His fingers snapped in front of my face, and I snapped right back to reality. "Edeline, are you genuinely falling in love with me?"

"Not a chance!" I rolled my eyes as I spoke.

"Oh, please, hurry up. I am far more attractive than Percival, your wolf will eventually develop a craving for my hot body," he declared with pride.

"Darius, stop being so ridiculous," I said, clutching the dress to my body as I turned to go change in the bathroom.

I have been anticipating this day for a long time. I get even more excited when I hear my parents and Percival's parents discussing their plans for me and Percival's future.

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