Alpha Mine

Chapter 8

“Alpha Mine”

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Chapter 8

Tayla sat stiffly at the table as her very arrogant and very stubborn mate strode into the kitchen. She watched him closely while he walked over to the coffee maker and went through the ministrations of fixing himself a cup of coffee without saying a single word of acknowledgment to her.

Actually, he hadn’t bothered to speak to her since Adam angrily walked out the door the night before. He didn’t even come to bed until after midnight and then, it was like he was purposefully trying to stay away from her by hugging the opposite side of the bed. Enough was enough!

Clearing her throat, she prepared herself for a good old fashioned face-off with her husband. “Would you care to explain what in the hell happened last night? And don’t you dare tell me it was nothing Rafe. I know you and I know better. What happened?”

Rafe stared mutinously out the window, unable to even look his precious Tayla in the eyes. What was he supposed to do, tell her the truth?

He snorted aloud. He could just imagine how well telling his wife that the one girl their only son has decided that he wants as his mate just so happens to be his onetruemate also. Yeah, he could see that going over real well.Not!

And the worst part of it all; was that it was his own entire fault. He knew that. He dug his own grave and now he was going to have to lay in it. The moment he realized that the blond little sprite was his mate all those years ago, he should have sent her off to another pack instead of letting Jared and Samantha adopt her. He was fully aware of the ramifications if he didn’t accept her but after he saw the unequivocal happiness in both of their eyes, he just couldn’t tell them no. Now, because of his weakness, he was screwed in every sense of the word.

From birth Rafe had been groomed to be an Alpha. At an early age he was taught logistics of mating with true mates. He knew that if he rejected Dava then there would be a possibility of a connection forming between Adam and the she wolf because Adam was his son; he came from his family line. Until the two family lines were joined by true mates claiming each other, the mating gene would continue to pass from son to son and daughter to daughter.

Rafe closed his eyes. Even after allowing Dava to stay, he had been fully aware of the worst that could happen. He knew that there was a good possibility the mating gene would pass to his son. And for that reason alone, he had been adamant about sending Adam away for his schooling. He didn’t want to take the chance.

Now, that Adam has formerly declared her as his mate, it’s no longer a possibility- it’s his hellish reality and he didn’t know what to do about it.

Rafe covered his face with his hands. In a perfect world, he would just accept the mating knowing that once Adam fully claimed her, any bond with that he previously had with Dava would be irrevocably broken. He would be left with a feeling of emptiness but at least he would still have his Tayla to fill some of it.

Theproblem was that this wasn’t a perfect world and the Alpha wolf inside of him raged at the idea of any other wolf, son or not, taking Dava as their mate.

After being with Rafe for almost twenty years now, Tayla could easily read the tension that was drawn up tightly in his back. All of the anger that had been simmering inside of her, suddenly cooled and deflated.

Standing up, she walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. “What is it?” she asked him softly. “What is going on Rafe? Talk to me, please.”

Rafe wanted to talk to her. He wanted to pour out everything to her that had been happening but he wouldn’t. He couldn’t. He just couldn’t bring himself to hurt her like that. He loved Tayla with all his heart. She was his chosen mate. He chose her to spend the rest of his life with when he had given up on ever finding his true mate. She was the mother of his son. He couldn’t bear to place this sort of burden on her. This was his cross to bear and his alone. He would have to figure out something and do it fast because he wasn’t sure how his wolf would react if Adam followed through on his declaration. He wasn’t even sure if he would be able to control the wolf, he could barely control him as it is now.