Alpha Malik (Published)✔️

Chapter Four

So, this is the official cover for Alpha Rylan!

I had to do a few look changes. Reason being, all my male character need to have dark hair, so people can imagine him dark or light skinned.

His personality also has changed a bit. He's still the same character, however, you'll see how he change with his own book.

(My photo source sent me a few photos and I picked this guy because his eyes kill me)

Word Count: 2424

~Aria

I plucked at the lining of the car seat, irritating Elaine, the woman who has been paired with me. Apparently, it was her job to make me win this entire thing; which basically meant she would get a hefty paycheck if I did so.

Little did she know, I wasn't going to be here for long. At least I don't plan to be.

"This car is expensive," he whispers harshly, still keeping a smile on her face as she said it. The cameras were off - the man behind it wiping the lens with the corner of his shirt - so we weren't expected to keep up with any facade.

So, I took it upon myself to relax, propping my leg up under me, despite wearing a dress. The blue fabric bunched under my breast, to flow nearly down to my knees. This is the first time I've had the chance to wear something that pretty, despite the snow falling gently outside. Elaine had my faux fur coat on her lap, ready to wrap it around my shoulders when it came to it.

"Good to know Malik put his money into something," I whisper back, and she scolds me with a sharp gaze, but no words.

Honestly, I am bored mindless; wanting to get out of the car I have been trapped in for over two hours now. The outside was covered in snow. Every ounce of land was drenched in it, giving off that bland look I have gotten used to over the years. So I rested my head against the window and wished silently that time would go by faster.

We weren't going straight to Malik's. I was to meet the other girl who had been selected from the Love Pack since we are all expected to get along, and I suppose they think this is a good place to start. As a Love Pack member, I think I live up to our name, trying to love anyone and everyone possible.

Including my mate.

I may not know where he is right now, but I wish I did. Then he could sweep me away, straight out of this competition. But Grey...He haunts my mind every second it wanders. This is something I can't escape from, and just the idea of that makes my heart sink. I'm like a puppet on the edge of a string.

It was too bad this girl, Macie North, lived far from where I did. Our Pack is one of the largest, spiralling into the endless countryside that usually is coated with a thick layer of snow. And to think, despite this drive, Macie and I are meeting in the middle.

The moment we got there, Elaine turned to me.

"Listen, you need to look as if you care for at least one second, can you do that?" she questions, tossing the coat onto my lap. The camera people were getting out, reading to film the first interaction. "And try to appear friendly. Important people will be seeing this."

I knew who she meant. Malik and his family. Instead of arguing, which would have caused more hassle than there already is, I nod and try to imagine who this is going to go down.

Who knows what she is like...Or what she looks like. She is bound to share features like mine, considering we grew up in the same Pack. Although, she might despise the idea of love, although that's hard to believe. Maybe she will be like me.