Alpha Isaiah ✔️

THIRTY EIGHT

Word Count: 2107

~Avia

Tears stream down my face as I drive, aiming for the city.

I can't go back, not now. The mission is over, and I failed. All I can do now is hope Malin will take me back into the Rebellion, otherwise I'm going to have to create a life elsewhere. It hurts to think about leaving Isaiah, never seeing him again, but I can't risk him forcing me to stay with him, to be with him when I want nothing to do with leading this Pack.

Eventually I make it into the city, my tears drying as a sense of responsibility drapes over me. I've known I wouldn't be able to make this work for a while, so this shouldn't have come as a surprise.

I just wish I didn't allow myself to be so weak in that moment...I shouldn't have let him kiss me.

Once I've made it deep into the city, I park and change quickly into clothing in the back of my car. I need to get some sleep, in this quiet parking lot, with what remaining hours of night time are left, and then head to the compound in the morning.

I wake a few hours later with sunlight streaming through the foggy windows.

Stretching, I shift uncomfortably, crawling into the driver's seat. Thankfully the parking lot is still empty, but I know I have to leave this car. Isaiah will put an alert out for it, and for me.

Hopping from the car, I toss the keys into a bush, and make my way out onto the street. The compound is on the other side of the city, which means I'm going to have to get there on foot, and quickly. I have no doubt Isaiah will have his people scouring the streets for me, so I need to make this quick, before the word spreads.

Mid-morning hits, and I've only made it about quarter of the way.

With a growling stomach and drying throat, I stumble into a small shop for a drink and maybe a snack, beyond caring about anyone who may recognise me as Kenna, the girl who has been at Isaiah's side for the past few months.

"Kenna? What's going on."

Jumping, I whirl around from where I was examining the cabinet food, the familiar voice sparking enough fear in me to have my heart beating dramatically.

"Savea..."

She's dressed nicely, for an outing. Thankfully, when I look behind her it's clear that she hasn't come here with anyone else. I'm not sure if I could face Mari and her judgement right now. My world feels like it's on the verge of collapsing.

"Are you crying?" she asks, eyes roving over my face. I'm not now, but I have been, on and off, emotions striking me whenever Isaiah crawls back into my mind.

I release a long breath. I should lie to her and get on my way, but knowing Malin won't be supportive when I see her, and Kadrick will only be angry, I'm desperate for someone to tell me that everything is going to be okay.

"Isaiah is my mate," I whisper.

Her eyes widen. "Oh...Wow, okay."

"I know. I don't know what to do," I say. She may not know why I'm so flustered and upset about this information, and why I can't go back to the estate, but this is surprising news for everyone to learn, and because Isaiah is an Alpha, she knows complications can arise from that.

"Come, sit down." She motions to her table, so I follow. It may be a bad idea to stop and talk to her, but my legs are aching and Savea is the calmest and most reasonable person I know. "Where is he?"

"I don't know, we were at the beach and I took his car and drove off," I tell her.

Thankfully him being left behind likely gave me enough time to put some space between us, and so far, I haven't heard any announcements or even whispers that Isaiah has found his mate and is looking for her. There is a chance he doesn't want to announce it yet, still under his father's influence, or that he thinks I will return to him.