My Challenging Mate

When the Alpha Goes Rogue

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Heads up, there's some cussing in this one.

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Ryder and I both look over to the tree line and see Tyler standing there.

"Tyler -" I started.

"Save it,worthless whore." He said to me. But this, he said to Ryder: "I can't believe this! First, you yell at me for even looking at her! And then her decision was to be with me, OK? I didn't force her to do anything. And now you're about to kiss her? You're such a hypocrite, man! You said you don't deserve her and now you're gonna be the 'other guy'? Grow a pair, man." Tyler was a good ten yards away from the edge of the lake. The edge that Ryder was walking up just now.

"Ryder, please." I whispered. He ignored me and kept walking.

"You know what, man? Keep her! I don't want her! I revoke ever wanting to be her matie. Damn, what was I thinking? I always knew she would go back to you, man, with you being -"

Ryder's fist collided with Tyler's face before he could say another word. Tyler staggered back and hit a tree.

"Don't call her worthless." Ryder punched him again. "Don't call her a whore." Another punch in the face. "Don't call me a hypocrite." This time, it was a knee to the stomach. Tyler doubled over and Ryder grabbed his head full of hair. "And don't EVER go near her again!" Ryder punched upward onto Tyler's face, knocking him unconscious.

I had gotten out of the water, but I couldn't pull Ryder away until that point. I grabbed his arm and started tugging him away. Once we got far enough away from Tyler, I stopped him.

"What the hell was that all about?! So you guys were talking about me the night of the party! I knew it... what the hell was that all about?!" I asked again, even though I didn't give him time to answer when I asked that question first. Ryder had an angry look on his face and kept looking around, but not at me.

"Answer me!" I yelled in my Alpha tone. Ryder looked me straight in the eyes.

"No! I will NOT answer you!" My eyes widened a little bit because I knew what that meant. Ryder just went against the Alpha. That means he has to fight for the title. That means he has to try to kill me, if I still wanted to keep the position, of course.

"Ravyn, I didn't mean -"

"Fuck you, Ryder! All of this is your goddamn fault! You come back after five fucking years and you're totally different! One day, you're nice to me and the next day, you're a fucking lunatic? What the fuck did I do to deserve this? Nothing! I was a friend to you since we met and now you treat me like shit? Like I don't even matter? You know what? This is all bullshit! I want nothing to do with you, Ryder. You can take the Alpha position now! I don't want to fight for it! I'm leaving, asshole. Just be sure to make Wes your Beta, he deserves it more than anybody else. Write me a letter one day, telling me how your fucking life without me is! I'm going rogue."

With that, I gave Ryder my Alpha position and changed into my wolf. Since Ryder went against me, there didn't need to be a ceremony. He proved already he wanted the pack so I just gave it to him. Once I was disconnected from everybody, I felt more free than I ever had been.

I was still standing close to Ryder, we were staring each other down. In an instant, Ryder changed into his black wolf and we started circling.

I snarled at him which meant, I hate your fucking guts.

I kept my canine's bared and crouched down on my front legs. I charged at Ryder and knocked him to the ground, trying to get ahold of something to bite. But, I was thrown off of him when he sprung back up.