Resisting The Heat [TinCan 18+] (ON HOLD)

-04- 🌙 Give You Hell

[A/N - This book already has over 1k reads and we're only on chapter 4 skdmskdm thanks Gumballs 🖤]

"Truth be told, I miss you. And truth be told, I'm lying. When you see my face, hope it gives you hell, hope it gives you hell."
~All-American Rejects, 'Gives You Hell'

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*Can's POV*

Adjusting my stance to keep myself steady, I narrow my eyes and glare at my attacker.

A fist swings at me, which I block with my forearm before sweeping out my leg to knock my opponent off his feet. He dodges my attack, delivering a blow to my side that makes me yelp as I hit the ground.

I pull myself off the ground, eyes widening when I can't see my opponent. My ears twitch, sensing someone behind me. I whip around, kicking my leg high towards his head. He grabs my ankle, twisting my leg and flipping me to the ground once more. I groan at the impact, getting ready to stand back up when he presses his foot to my chest, pinning me down.

"Give up?" He asks with a smirk.

"Fuck off," I growl, squirming under his weight.

"Don't let your dad hear you use that language," he warns me. "Type swears you get it from me, but we both know who uses the most foul language."

I chuckle as my papa extends his hand, helping me to my feet. "If you don't tell him I got my ass kicked again today, you have a deal."

"You got it," papa laughs, patting my back. "But we seriously need to do something about how often you get your ass kicked."

"It's not exactly a fair fight," I complain. "You're twice my age, and a natural born Alpha. I won't be a real Alpha until I'm twenty-five."

"Well..." he starts slowly. "Your dad and I have been talking about that. There might be a way for us to perform a ceremony for you to receive the powers of an Alpha."

"Really?!" I exclaim, wagging my invisible tail. "How? When? Can we do it now?"

"Slow down, slow down," papa chuckles. "I said there might be a way. We're still consulting the elders to see if you can receive a blessing from the Moon Goddess. It's not certain, since this type of ceremony has never been performed before. Most Alphas naturally conceive a child, and that child is born an Alpha."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," I wave him off, not caring to hear all that bullshit again about me not being a natural born Alpha. My dads aren't my birth parents, but they're still my real dads. Anyone who says differently can fuck off. "When can we do it?"

"If we can do it, we'll perform the ceremony after your 18th birthday."

I deflate, jutting my lip out in a pout. "But that's a year away!"

"I know, but the power that comes with being an Alpha wolf is a lot of responsibility, even if you won't be leading the pack until you're twenty-five. Your dad and I agreed that it'll be best to wait until you're an adult."

I grumble to myself, kicking an innocent rock on the ground. While I've mostly accepted my unique situation, it still sucks that I'm the only one out of my close group of friends that's not a natural born Alpha. Pond's mom is an Alpha, and he was conceived naturally, making him an Alpha wolf by blood.

Ae's birth parents were the Alphas of a pack that got wiped out in a war against a vampire clan, and my uncles adopted him when he was a baby. So even though we were both adopted, Ae at least has Alpha blood running through his veins. Pete isn't an Alpha, but we're not that close. He's closer to Tin, which consequently means I hardly spend time with him.