Riley Cooper was never treated right by her fellow pack members. Constantly harassed and put down, Riley believed it couldn't possibly get worse. That, however, all changes once she finds out her mate is soon to be Alpha of her pack; Kaiden Moore. A...
"I want to be able to protect myself. I don't want to be pathetic anymore. I want to learn how to fight." A smile appeared on Dakotas face hearing these words come out of my mouth. "Let's go talk to Nellie." I followed Dakota back into the pack house, ignoring all the whistles and lustful looks I received. We finally found Nellie talking to Jake, but she turned away from him to hug me when we approached. "What's up girl?" Nellie smiled at me. I smiled back. "I have a proposition for you Nellie," I laughed as Dakota tried to sound proper; earning me a nudge. "Ry and I have decided it would be a good idea for her to start training. I know all of our wolfs are required to train, but I want Ry to receive special training just from you." "Ya know Dakota, usually you come to me with pretty shitty ideas but THIS IS GREAT. YES A HUNDRED TIMES YES," she turned to me, "I KNOW YOU ARE GONNA BE SUCH A GOOD FIGHTER I CAN SEE IT NOW." I couldn't stop laughing, "thank you so much Nellie, this means the world. I can't wait!!!!" Dakota excused himself and we talked for about ten minutes more, planning when and where we would meet and what I wanted to learn. However, our conversation was interrupted by a loud scream coming from across the room. "IM GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!!" I looked at Nellie, "what the hell?" Suddenly, the twins burst through the crowd and ran to cower behind Nellie and I. I took note of the water guns in their hands. "We're dead meat," Dylan whispered in my ear. "Hide us," Nathan ducked behind me. From the crowd a very angry looking Blake emerged, followed by an even angrier looking Dakota. They were drenched. "WHO THE FUCK PUTS VINEGAR IN A WATER GUN AND SHOOTS IT AT PEOPLE," Dakota shouted as he looked around the room. "IM GONNA SMELL FOR THE WHOLE GOD DAMN WEEK, WHERE ARE THE TWINS," Blake started walking around, searching for them. I could hear Nathan and Dylan laughing behind me, and Dakota must've heard them too as he started strolling towards me. "Now baby, you wouldn't happen to know where the twins are, would you?" I gave him a smug look. "Dakota, do you honestly think I would hide them and risk the chance of you coming near me to find them? You reek, have you ever heard of a shower?" "Make fun all you want baby, but by hiding them you have officially become part of this; you're in for it." He smirked as my face dropped. From behind me I felt movement as Nathan shouted "RUN!!!!" He took off towards the back door followed by Dylan, who grabbed my arm and dragged me behind him, making me grab Nellies arm and drag her. We made it out the back door and almost to the pool when Dakota and Blake caught up with us. A crowd had formed behind them. "You are all goners," Blake stated as he lunged towards Nathan. They struggled back and forth at the edge of the pool while Dylan crept up behind them. There was a giant splash and laughter broke out among the people in the crowd as both boys fell into the pool, curtesy of Dylan. Dylan took no time to wait as he grabbed Bailey; who was standing in the crowd; and dragged her into the pool with him. I broke out in laughter, seeing a drenched Bailey swimming around in her clothes next to Dylan who had a smug look on his face. "Looks like you're next baby." Before I could react Dakota grabbed me by the waist and threw me over his shoulder. I hit his back and protested as he started strolling towards the pool. "It's no use fighting baby, I warned you." And with that I was engulfed by water. I came up laughing as other people from the pack began jumping in the pool, which was absolutely giant. The music blasted and the colored lights were flashing, I looked around at all the people surrounding me. Dakota and Blake were by my side, laughing and teasing the twins. Bailey and Nellie were splashing each other and the boys. Even Aiden had made his way over to us and was joining in on the fun. Everyone looked so happy, and in that moment I was too. This was my new family.
After everyone had gone back to their rooms at the end of the party, I had stayed behind with Nathan, Dylan, Bailey, Aiden, Blake and Dakota to help pick up. After a few minutes we accepted it was a lost cause and agreed to try again in the morning. We all walked upstairs and Dylan and Bailey said goodnight as they ducked into their room. I turned to Dakota, "Am I sleeping on the couch?" He laughed, "Of course not! I've already had a room made up for you, it's actually right up here." We all stopped at a room and I was astonished as Dakota opened the door. It was gorgeous. It was a mostly grey, modern room with small decorative accents throughout. It had the comfiest bed I had ever seen and a bathroom and walk-in closet attached.
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"I'm sorry, we didn't have a ton of time to get it ready but we did our best. I hope you like it," Dakota stuttered. "Like it?" I questioned. "This is the best thing I've ever seen in my life! And it's mine?! That's crazy! I've never had anything this nice. Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!!!" I ran up and hugged him as as he chuckled. "Don't mention it Ry, now go try to get some sleep." I ran and plopped myself down on the bed as everyone watched. I waited for a second before a thought hit me. I was scared. I had been mostly distracted all day from the events that had happened earlier, but I would be alone all night. I would have time to think and I know what my mind would travel to, it already was. Kaiden. A feeling of doom settled on me. I'm sure everyone could see it in my eyes as they all began looked over in concern. "What's wrong Ry?" Nathan questioned . "Nothing. I'm fine." I couldn't bother them with my issues, I didn't want to ruin their night. "Cmon Ry, we talked about this earlier. Whenever a girl says she's fine it's a lie. Tell us what's wrong," Dakota made his way over to the bed. I sighed. "Please don't be upset with me, you guys are absolutely amazing. But today has been such a long day. I mean with everything that happened this morning.... I just, I really haven't had time to let it settle in. I've been distracted all day. Now I will be alone and have time for it to sink in. I know it will hit me hard, I'm already starting to feel the pain of the rejection. And I'll have time to just think. I don't know, I'm just scared." I had begun crying. They were silent for a moment before Dakota spoke up. "I've made the decision as Alpha that we will each take a night for however long as Riley needs it, and we will stay with her." There was murmuring and nods of approval. "No guys really, it's okay, I don't want to do that to you. I'll be..." "It's my alpha order. No if ands or butts," I was cut off by Dakota. "I'll take tonight, everyone else go get some sleep. We have training tomorrow," Dakota continued. Not wanting to leave out of concern but having to follow the alphas orders, Blake walked up to the bed and kissed me on the forehead, "Try to get some sleep Ry." He was followed by Aiden who gave me a hug and said goodnight, and finally Nathan kissed my forehead as Blake had and assured me everything would be alright. There was silence as everyone left the room. I looked at Dakota who smiled at me. "I'll be right back baby, I just have to go grab clothes to sleep in. Go ahead and change; there should be some sweats in the closet; and get ready for bed. I'll be right back, I promise." He started towards the door but was stopped by my voice. "Dakota?" "Hmm?" "I just wanted to say thank you for.. uhh.. ya know.. caring." "Don't mention it Ry. You deserve to be happy." And with that he left the room. I grabbed a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt and threw my hair into a bun. I finished brushing my teeth and washed my face, then got into bed and waited. Suddenly, it felt as though something was stabbing my chest. I cried out in pain and fell to the floor as Dakota rushed back into the room. "Riley what's wrong?" Dakota questioned, the concern evident in his voice. "I... don't... know... stabbing pain.... my chest... help" I tried to say in between sobs. "Did it just start happening?" I nodded. "Oh shit Ry." "What" "Nothing. It isn't something you want to hear." "Tell me!" "Kaiden is having sex with another girl." "What?" "After you've found your mate, you know when they have sex with someone else. It's an unexplainable pain. It kills, I've never felt anything like it." He knew what it felt like? He must've seen the questioning look on my face. "My mate is human. When I found her she was already madly in love with another boy, I couldn't take her from that. I tried to get her but she wouldn't accept me. So.. yeah. I know what it feels like, I'm so sorry." I started to say something but was stopped as another, even stronger wave of pain hit me and I screamed again. Dakota scooped me up and laid me down on the bed, holding me all the while. He pulled the covers over me and held me as I cried into his arms. The last thing I can remember is him stroking my hair and humming a song to me as I drifted off to sleep.
---------------------------------- I know it's been forever since the last time I updated!! I'm sorry!! But I promise the next one will be out soon and we'll hear a little bit from Kaiden's perspective. What'd you guys think?!
