What's an Alpha?

Synopsis

Starting my life out living in an orphanage I knew I had never been anything special. I just tried to stay out of trouble and out of the way. But fate apparently had different plans.

I had learned early on how to control my emotions and let anything extreme just roll off my back, that was my main way of staying out of trouble. But trouble seemed to want to find me. Even when I thought I was in the worst spot I had gotten in yet nothing could prepare me for this .....

Nothing could show on the outside but inside I was freaking out!!

What the hell is happening to me? And what, oh, What is an Alpha?

~~

"Stay away from me..." I said as I backed up slowly.

"I'm sorry, sweetheart, that's not possible." He responded as he slowly stalked towards me, a bit of a smirk on his lips.

I must keep my fears in control I told myself, this guy is freaking me out. I could feel the dominance and power radiating off of him. I kept backing up until I bumped into a hard rough surface, I glance behind me out of the corner of my eye not wanting to fully take my eyes off this gorgeous guy in front of me.

Seeing that it was just a tree that I now had my back pressed against. I let out a little sigh of relief, it was short lived though as I focused forward again to see that he was now right in front of me. He quickly put each of his hands on either side of me against the tree effectively trapping me.

"I have been waiting for you a long time and I have no intention of letting you go now that I have found you. You are mine." He stated matter-of-factually.

I knew I had to get out of here, this couldn't be right. I had been avoiding his gaze but I looked up into his forest green eyes and tried to plead with him.

"Please-" was all I got out before his lips crashed into mine and I jerked back as I felt a spark at our lips touch that was not unpleasant, it just startled me so I bashed my head into the tree behind me.

I winced at the pain from that but my heart impossibly started to hammer faster as he looked me in the eye then down at my lips before he brought his lips back to mine.

I heard that voice in my head telling me that we wanted this and to kiss him back. I, like always, pushed my emotions away and brought my hand up to his muscular chest and pushed him away gently. He did not move away but he did stop trying to kiss me.

Moving his head so that his lips were right next to my ear he whispered "I am Alpha Alexander, and you are my mate." punctuating his sentence with a soft growl.

I couldn't stop the soft gasp that escaped my lips at his growl and as his word started to sink in all I could think was - What the hell is an Alpha?

~~

**New Cover as of 8/29/15**