Page 66 of Her Destined Alpha (Alpha #3)

“That… that was risky, and you didn’t think to inform me? Rayhan!”

“Dad, chill. I’m fine. Besides, we’re out. Uncle Al also knows about her.”

“And how did he react?”

“He was fine. Says maybe this is what I need to do… to fix this conflict between our kind…” Despite his words, I could sense the struggle he was feeling.

“Fix the conflict?” I asked.

“I don’t know about that, but above all, I need to guarantee your safety. Secondly, every single witch or werewolf who has hurt you shall pay.” His voice was ice-cold. His dad looked at him with concern but said nothing.

“You girls can use the underground training ground for practice. Raihana, I’m assuming Delsanra knows more than you, so please let her lead.” Raihana nodded. Her excitement to learn was obvious. I gave her a small smile.

“And when do you want to have your Alpha ceremony?” Papa Raf asked Rayhan. “You have found your Luna.”

“Not yet... if you want me to run the pack, I will do it unofficially,” Rayhan replied. “There’s some stuff I need to take care of first.”

“Perfect,” his dad agreed with a nod. I knew it was because of me; I didn’t want to be Luna until the pack knew my reality…

The men fell silent, but I could tell they were mind-linking.

Rafael smiled and gave a nod to Rayhan, who stood up.

His hands left my waist as he stretched, a move that made my core throb as he teasingly showed off the bottom of his stomach and that perfect V that showed off his well-groomed pepper of hair that dipped into the belt of his jeans…

I looked away quickly, not wanting anyone to catch me drinking up how gorgeous my mate was.

“Shall we get going?” he asked me, smirking cockily. I knew he had caught me.

“Yes, unless you want to stay here for the entire day? Go ahead, I’ll head back with Raihana,” I stated, trying not to show my embarrassment, spinning around and walking to the door. He chuckled as he followed.

“I’ll drop you off home before I head out to handle something.”

I nodded, smiling when he leaned over and opened the door for me. I smiled up at him, leading the way out.

Rayhan

After walking Delsanra home and knowing Raihana would keep her company, I decided to go talk to Chris.

I hadn’t seen him since everything, and it felt weird.

We had never ever argued like this, and he didn’t even defend himself against me.

If I could forgive Raihana, then there was no reason why I shouldn’t do the same for Chris.

I found out he was in one of the gyms working out, and I was glad it was empty.

He was working out on one of the lifting machines.

I walked over, pulling off my top. I did a few stretches before sitting down at the one next to him.

Lying back, I gripped the weights and began doing my own lifts.

Neither of us spoke, and for a moment, it just felt like old times working out together.

Although I had been away for a few years for my alpha training, we had stayed in touch, and whenever I was back for a visit, it was like I had never left.

“Why Raihana?” I asked suddenly, without even thinking. He paused, mid-lift, before carrying on.

“I don’t want broken bones again, so I’m not going to answer that,” he replied cockily. I turned my head towards him, my eyes flashing in annoyance.

“Did you forget who she was?” I asked.

“For a moment, yeah…” His reply was quiet.

“What you did was wrong. You were told to guard her… not to cross certain lines,” I said, sitting up. He did the same, turning and looking at me, and unwrapped the bandages he had wrapped around his hands.

“I know that. Although you may not have heard, I fucking stopped. It was hard, but I did stop when I realised what I was doing,” he said quietly. “She was angry, and she-” He frowned deeply as I looked up at him.

“Care to share?”

“She was basically pissed off with me, and we were arguing... then yeah, shit happened. I lost control, and she’s no angel,” he said, clearly not wanting to tell me exactly what happened.

Whatever it was that he was hiding, he was covering for Raihana.

Yeah, I know that. Heck, Ri… it takes two, even I know that.

“I get that. But she is not one of your one-night funs, Chris. She can’t be,” I said quietly.

“Yeah, I know. She’ll probably find her mate at the next mating ceremony or some shit,” he muttered.

Was he actually affected by that? I mean, he didn’t care if a she-wolf found her mate.

“Probably. Are you going to attend the next one?”

“No,” he answered quietly, looking at his hands.

“Happy with your one-nighters?” I remarked. He gave me a cold glare, his piercing green eyes meeting mine.

“Those don’t really seem so fucking appealing anymore,” he muttered.

Those words surprised me, and I wondered if there was more to it with Raihana?

Was it wrong to restrict them if that was the case?

I guess I’ll keep an eye on them… If there was more to it and they wanted to pursue it, I wouldn’t stand in their way.

Chris never did relationships, and if Raihana meant more to him, then who was I to stop them?

I just didn’t want him hurt if the Blood Moon came and Raihana found her mate. .. nor did I want him to hurt her…

“I’m sorry for hitting you. I shouldn’t have lost it,” I said, looking him directly in the eye.

“Yeah, you shouldn’t have. It was a dick move, but I don’t blame you, man.” Chris gave me a smirk. “She is your sister, after all.”

“Yeah,” I said, giving him a small smile. I was glad we’d sorted our crap out.

“Tonight we need to meet the girls and have a movie night or something. Del might like it too.”

“Yeah… if it’s okay, mind if I call Raihana? She and Delsanra are getting pretty close.”

“That’s your call, and if she wants to; I don’t have an issue with it,” he said.

I didn’t reply, lying back down on the bench. Yeah, I’ll ask her… I wasn’t going to let my ego get in the way of ruining any of my relationships.