Conquering the Alpha (BxB) - Werewolf Story

Chapter 59: The Heart Wants What It Wants

SETH

I still get nightmares about it.

On Labor Day, the day of Ravenwood Academy's 'Annual Wolf Run', what was supposed to be a cool event turned into a nightmare. Upon our return, we were attacked by rogues who wanted to capture us Omegas.

I was in wolf form, like the rest of the students, waiting for my turn to re-enter the academy property, when I was taken forcibly by a rogue who apparently wanted to capture me for some reason I am not so sure.

I mean, I know what they want with Omegas like me, but it's too terrifying to even think about. *sweats with terror*

I wasn't the only Omega they captured; there were three of us, but fortunately, the school authorities saved us with the assistance of the Alpha students, like my brother.

It was a very traumatic experience for me, one I am fully healed from physically, but not mentally. I mean, I am doing okay. I will not let fear dominate my life, but I still get nightmares about that fateful day.

Now, speaking of bad dreams, I wish I could wake up from the horrible sensation of feeling like there's nobody left for me at Ravenwood.

The only boy here who did not treat me like a commodity was Sean, the Alpha from England. Unfortunately, he was expelled from this academy once my father uncovered his arrest report for allegedly possessing an illegal substance that is no longer illegal in the US. At least, I don't think so. It isn't in my home state and not here in Colorado either.

Sean was wonderful to me. A true English gentleman who saw me for who I was and not what I could bring to his pack. You are sorely missed, my handsome knight.

Now all my options are sycophants who just want me for my money and last name. After these few weeks that I had front row seats to watch my brother's infatuation for Jake somehow grow into a full blown passion, I have come to crave what Skylar found in my roommate - a love with no hidden agenda.

Technically, Skylar did not find love because Jake doesn't love him. He loves Jayden. But the point is that if he were to love my brother, he would do so not because he is a Stronghold but because of who he is inside.

At first, it was ludicrous to think that Skylar could ever find ANYONE here in Ravenwood who would fall in love with him for who he is despite his famous last name.

Come on, this is Ravenwood Academy, a place famous for political matches and people marrying for money or power. In our case, we have both. None of us came to this prestigious place deluded; we knew from the start why we came here, and that would have been fine by me.

Beauty fades but a contract keeps us bound for eternity - or at least the ten year minimum guaranteed. It is what my parents had and it would suffice for my brother and me as well. But then Skylar had to have that famous epiphany of his and look for someone who would love him for who he was inside and not what he could bring to the table.

Like many boys before him, he wanted what the other one had - his roommate, who actually had found a love like this - a pure, untarnished love that would sustain them through the ages, like those older married couples who stay married for 25 or 50 years.

It is a beautiful sentiment and a lovely hope, but one would sooner win the lottery than a love like that, like what mated couples used to have back in the good old days when werewolves were paired by a deity so powerful that they remained together until death did them part.

My paternal grandparents - much like Jake's maternal grandparents - are still together to this very day for more than forty years. They are very much alive and present in our community back in Texas. Grandpa is Chairman of the Board of Stronghold Oil and of the Board of the Wolf Council in my pack. My grandmother is a volunteer in several charities that she started when she was the Luna of our pack before my mother, who now follows in her footsteps.