Blood Wars

Chapter 12: Whose The Alpha?

(Reese POV)

After he stormed out, I had just sat there is disbelief. Slowly I got dressed trying to hold back the tears that burned in my eyes. The others didn't need to see my pain.

            There was a knock on the door and Stella tentatively entered the room. “Reese? Are you OK?”

            Was I?.. No. The man who held my heart just walked out on me after having sex with me. I sat on the edge of the bed and brought my hands to my head. I sobbed quietly not wanting the others in the house to hear me. Stella sat beside me and hugged me tight.

            The worst part was knowing that this was my fault. Thinking he was asleep, I had let myself think about today’s earlier events. I hadn't thought to close the bond since it was still a new concept. But once I heard him growl behind me, I immediately slammed a barrier between us.

            The hurt in his eyes was clear as day, but I could also feel it through the bond. I felt the guilt flood through me, but I couldn't tell him what we were tasked to do. He would hate me. I listened to him rant about the packs help and something about an alpha female, but the second the door slammed behind him, he threw up his shield.

            “Maybe we should go home.” I just nodded my head and Stella pulled me out the door. The others downstairs looked at us and I felt a pressure in my temples that was progressively getting worse. It felt like my head was going to explode and I dropped to the floor screaming.

            Suddenly Jason was standing over me, “Reese what's wrong?”

            “My head.... it hurts.” He began to stare at me intently and the pain intensified. I screamed again.

            “Reese you have to let down your shield. You’re blocking the pack link.”  I tried to do what he said but the pain was just too much I couldn't concentrate. I grabbed my hands with my head and curled in on myself.

            “I can't. It hurts.” He stood up turned to the others.

            “Stop.” And all the sudden, the pain stopped. Slowly I started to sit up, and Jason bent down in front of me. “Reese, you need to let down your shield.”

            “What shield?”

            “Since you mated with Wolfe, our Alpha, you are now our Luna, our alpha female. And that means you are now part of our pack link. It's sort of like the bond you share with Wolfe ” Hearing Wolfe's name was like being stabbed in the heart. Another tear fell from my face, and Jason smiled sadly. “He's not use to feeling unneeded Reese. It's frustrating for him.”

            I didn't want to talk about this. It just made me sad. So instead, I distracted myself by trying to drop my shield. I closed my eyes and tried to pull down it down. I felt the pressure returning around my temples, but this time it wasn't as bad. I focus on letting them in and then... I heard him.