Mated to the Alpha King | First Draft Sample

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It's funny how sometimes when you least expect it, fear comes and bites you in your bum. Most of the times you escape it, and the other times... Well you deal.

I couldn't help but think about the hopeless countless amount of ways I could 'deal' with my fears. Especially when Bryce stood in front of me looking like he could announce a blood bath any minute now. There was no doubt that he had read the text message, his expression said it all.

I was just slightly nervous on how he would react to me on deleting it like I had something to hide. I didn't. I suppose I was trying to be a coward, things were going so well tonight and I didn't want anything to ruin it. I thought removing it would get rid of it... It was only later, looking at a livid Bryce did I know how foolish that was. Fear would always come and bite me in my arse. There was no running here. I was cornered.

"Why did you delete it?"

Nervously, I turned towards the still oblivious Evangeline who kept giggling at something Harry said, and the two boys who seemed to be faking not paying attention. I knew they were listening. Their tense stances said so.

Feeling a little better, I looked at Bryce again and moved towards him wrapping my arms around his waist.

"I just thought it was a case of a wrong number. The sender was a private number as well."

I watched as he eyes narrowed and he reached out his hands, expectantly, I placed my phone on his open palm.

Bryce's frown deepened as he went through my phone, with a mad growl he handed me back my cell and slipped his hand around my waist, steering my towards the now awkwardly silent Roman and Matthew, and a still oblivious Evangeline.

"Now I want to promise you something" Bryce whispered, his arms sliding around me as he pulled me on his lap. "When I find whoever that is, I will break his hands, one by one, and then, I will rip his head off. The whole fucking world needs to know that you belong to the king. You belong to me." His breath fanned the side of my neck, and I could tell he was trying his hardest to control himself. Gulping down nervously, I could do nothing but shudder at how fierce he sounded, and nod.

***

"That was so much fun!" Evangeline chirped up, yawning just as she finished making her drag her 'fun' in a funny way.

"Sure was" I mumbled lovingly, holding her against me as she rested her head against my chest. It was funny really. How we were seated. I was still in Bryce's lap, his arms possessively around me while Evangeline had crawled on my lap an hour into the movie. So it was really just Evangeline on me, while I on Bryce. He didn't seem to mind though, which made me question his strength the whole more.

"Did you see how Neville stood up to them! Neville's bwave! Even Dumbly thinks so!"

My eyes glided to Matthew when he returned from the kitchen dusting his hands on his pants as he walked towards us, he smiled at a shrinking Evangeline and held out both his hands. "Come on bug, we need to get you to your mum before she starts hunting for our head"

Roman nodded beside him, but chuckled when Evangeline moved towards towards Matthew reluctantly, all the while looking at me with pleading eyes.

"Go on, Emily must be worried Eva" I smile softly at her, leaning forward to place a kiss on her cheeks before Matthew picked her up and straightened.

"Night Thi" Rome reached down to hug me but stopped at Bryce's warning growl. His eyes widened and he moved back. His head down. "Yes Alpha. I apologize."

I frowned. Then turned towards Bryce. "Stop it," I muttered, and reaching out a hand towards Roman hands pulled him down and into a brief hug. I knew I was pushing it, but Roman meant me no harm and I really was not in the mood to go with Bryce's Possessiveness.