Conquering the Alpha (BxB) - Werewolf Story

Chapter 30: My All

Skylar

It's a pipe dream.

I am not delusional, I promise you. I know what I am up against.

Despite how well Jake hit it off with my parents over the weekend he spent in our home in Texas, I know full well that if he would ever be revealed as my prospect, the level of scrutiny on him would be that much higher. My parents would turn their focus on him and that weekend would have gone very differently.

When I told Jay that he is basically a spineless man afraid of his grandfather, I did not actually mean that. For starters, his grandfather is an intimidating Alpha and from what I heard, he painted a pretty nasty picture of Jake way before he was even allowed to meet Jay's parents. That's messed up!

I just had to tease my roommate, but I would not have acted differently than he did. That's the truth. I must confess that I also did not mean it when I said that if my father does not sign off on my contract with Jake, I would marry him anyway and take my chances.

There is a small chance my father would produce another heir just to spite me. Maybe not with my mother but with his mistress, who is not pregnant yet by some miracle. Probably because there is a clause in my parents' marital contract that both of them are prohibited from procreating with other people.

As in, my mother would leave my father and take half of his money. He'd still be an incredibly rich man, let's not get carried away here, but there is a line you cannot cross. Fidelity can be negotiated, but having an illegitimate child is another matter altogether. My mother is a sweet, caring woman but she is proud and my father knows it.

She is not afraid of enforcing the penalty clauses on their twenty year old contract.

I am not saying I am afraid of my father, I just respect his opinion and I know the man. He is not going to take me marrying Jake against his will, he is going to cut me off and leave me to fend for myself. I am sure I would be supported by my mother who would never truly cut me out of her life, but I was born to be Alpha of the Stronghold pack.

I am not going to do anything to jeopardize that. And who gets to be Alpha is my father's decision. That is also in the contract. It's non-negotiable with any Alpha you sign a contract with. It would be the same with Jake if we ever were to become contracted partners.

With all that being said, I wasn't just speaking out.

I have every intention to fight over Jake and to convince my parents to let me have him. Of course, I also need to convince Jake but that is a different matter. If I turn on my charming self he won't be able to resist me. I just know it.

But right now all this is a pipe dream.

Someone could say I took a huge gamble by dismissing Victoria to take my chance on Jake, a person who would not so easily be accepted by my father. I know what I did could be considered crazy by some. But it's November, if I don't take a chance now then when?

Of course, I could crash and burn and get no partner at all. Now that I burned the bridge with Victoria, she will never be mine again and most of the other candidates of note will have been prospered by one of my Alpha colleagues. I know the risk I am taking.

But you know what they say: the higher the risk, the higher the reward.

Or the higher you fall spectacularly. Who knows? Let the games begin!

It's Friday, 1st of November, late in the morning. I am driving Jake back to Boulder, the city where he was born and raised, right here in Colorado. We don't have classes today, so we are making a move on early.