Alpha's Choice

Prologue

* I'll just keep this short and sweet, this is my first story and i hope you enjoy it! Please comment :)*

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Layla
The music thrummed throughout the large packhouse, bouncing of the wooden walls and echoing in the long corridors. I lost myself to the heavy bass and swung my hips mindlessly to the muffled lyrics. Tonight, I was going to lose myself. I was already half way there, taking any alcohol that was offered my way without a second glance, I even managed to stomach some unknown pills James had shoved into my hand before he went off to do God knows what. Anything goes in the pack, at least tonight.

It was Mia's 17th and all the adults had cleared out along with the pups of the pack to let us celebrate. They didn't have much choice, she was the Alpha's daughter, what she says, goes.
"Layla!" Zach's familiar voice booms across the crowded room as he makes his way through the mass of sweaty, grinding teens. Along with being the Beta's son, Zach was really cute. He stood at six foot, with messy blonde hair and he had the most inviting brown eyes, a girl could just lose herself in them. That's what I found myself doing as I staggered my way to him, a drunken smile appearing on my sweaty face.

"Zachipoo!!" I slurred, stumbling into his warm arms. Giggling, I wrapped my arms around his waist drawing him closer. At the back of my mind I had this tugging feeling that I shouldn't be doing this, that it was wrong. Zach smiled down at me lazily, his brown eyes shining silver in a flash of lust. Tentatively, he wraps his arms around my waist and begins swaying us to the music.
Something's wrong about this, but right now I can't think what it is. The alcohol and whatever James had given me was clouding my judgement, making it hard for me to see anything but Zach, and his warm brown eyes, and his soft lips.....

And suddenly, he's kissing me, his lips crash into mine with such ferocity I think his wolf might be closer to the surface than I thought. I'm only shocked for a second before I bring my hands up and wrap them into his hair, tugging on it gently. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
He licks the bottom of my lip, asking for permission, and I open my mouth, he tastes as good as he looks; mint and vanilla. The kiss deepens and I think we better stop before we end up mating right here in the middle of the pack living room, before a horrendous shriek pierces the air, "YOU BITCH!"

Zach and I spring apart, immediately putting distance between ourselves. I'm panting from the kiss and from the shock of the screaming voice. Everyone seems to go silent, the music stops and I turn to see Mia rooted to the floor in the entrance of the living room glaring daggers at Zach and I.
Oops. Now I remember why I shouldn't have done that.

Mia's face is bright red, matching the color of her now frizzy hair. She stands straight, her back rigid with anger and her hands balled into tight fists at her sides. If the situation would've been different I wouldn't have laughed at how comical she looked. I glance over to Zach to see that he had visibly paled, his cheeks flushed from emotion. My head snaps back to Mia as she stomps over go me, arching her head to look me right in the eyes. I can tell she wasn't happy about our height difference, but with me being 5'9" and her barely scraping 5'2", could you blame the Oompa Loompa?

"What do you think you're doing?" She snarls at me, her canines flashing in the fractured light. Aw, cute.
"Sorry Mia," I reply, being careful not to slur in my drunken haze " we both had a little too much to drink, and it just sort of happened.."

I could see the rage building in Mia's face, she was a pretty girl but right at that moment she looked so much like an Orangutan, I found myself trying not to laugh. I knew the reason behind Mia's anger, she had had a crush on Zach since forever and everyone in the pack practically knew it , except it seemed for Zach himself since he never seemed to really pay attention to her. It drove her up the walls. And there I go carelessly pashing the Alpha's only daughter's heartthrob on her birthday. Fuck.

"You know he's MINE and only MINE you whore!" She screeched, raising her hand as if to slap me. Woah, I had expected her to be upset, but this seemed a bit extreme even for her. The room held their breath, shocked at Mia's outburst and even Zach was left speechless. I stopped Mia's hand inches from my face, careful not to hurt her. She might be the Alpha's daughter but that didn't excuse her from being bat shit insane. She started to shake from anger, I frowned knowing this situation had just gone from bad to worse.

"OUT!" She screeched, shoving me towards the door. "Get the fuck out of here and don't come back you slut!" Another shove.
"Mia? I questioned her, not really believing what was happening right now. I mean , we might not have been the best of buddies but we'd always been civil towards each other. What had gotten into her?
"Leave, you bitch! I'm exiling you from the pack! As the future Alpha I command you to leave, get the fuck out." One final shove and I was out the doorway, Mia's salty tears splashing onto the back of my dress in her haste. My heart stopped. No. This couldn't be happening.
Suddenly, my mind flashed in pain, and I cried out falling to my knees. Silence. No words, no comments, no thoughts. I'd been disconnected from the pack link.

"Mia please! I'm sorry, it was a mistake I swear! Zach, Zach tell her ! Tell her you kissed me"
The alcohol no longer had any affect on me as I desperately searched the faces of the crowd that had gathered outside the pack house. My eyes locked onto a familiar pair of chocolate brown ones, and I silently pleaded with him to help me, to tell the truth. But all I got was a look of disgust as be turned and walked back into the house.

"Leave now Layla, before my dad comes back and I tell him to kill you. No one wants you here, you don't even belong to this pack. You're just another unloveable orphan everyone had to out up with, even your own mother didn't want you. Go, now." Mia hissed as she violently wiped the tears from her eyes.

My chest constricted at her words, a sharp pain stabbing my heart. But what hurt most, was the fact that no one said anything, no one stood up for me. The people I had lived with for 17 years, and no one gave a shit about me. I slowly stood up, my legs shaking and my vision unsteady. But I wouldn't give these bastards the satisfaction of seeing me cry. I had nothing left, nothing tying me down here. If they wanted me gone, I would go. But not without doing something I'd wanted to do for a long time.

I raised my head to look Mia straight into her eyes, making sure everyone's attention was on us. She smirked, thinking I would burst into tears and beg for forgiveness. I raised my hand, and lifted my middle finger, "Fuck you".

Then, without a second thought, I whipped around and sprinted towards the tree line, shifting into my wolf mid stride. My black dress ripped into pieces as my bones broke and re shaped themselves. I didn't care. I didn't care where I went as long as I was far away. The last thing I heard as I leapt into the undergrowth was the collective gasp of the pack shocked at my actions, and Mia's enraged shriek.

She was no Alpha of mine.