Rejected by the Beta, Claimed by the Alpha

Chapter 18

I wake up beneath a heavy weight that may restrict my movements, but provides me

comfort and protection nonetheless.

Axe rests his head on my chest with soft snores tumbling out of his nose. I smile lightly, rubbing

his bulging arms that are somehow wrapped around my waist.

I frown when he doesn't budge, my cute attempt at waking the beast going to completely

unnoticed.

I tap his nose a few times and even try to wake him up with a kiss, but my lips can't reach his

head and I can't sit up to stretch.

Realizing that my legs are the only thing with full movement as they are stretched wide to

accommodate his width, I do the only thing that any self respecting lady would do to her man.

I smack the flat parts of my feet against each of his butt cheeks as if they are drums.

"Naaaants ingonyamaaaaa bagithi babaaa!!!" I yell the lion king intro in a deep voice.

Axe groans grumpily and lifts his head whilst squinting his eyes dangerously at me.

I stop foot drumming him and smile innocently.

"Good morning," I say with a sweetness overload.

He blinks at me once. Twice.

"Must you?"

I nod and tap his nose playfully.

"I must. I need to get up."

Axe plants a soft kiss on my collarbone and sits up with a heavy sigh.

"If you need to go somewhere, cancel. I have a surprise for you today."

My spirits lift and I crack a grin, wondering what he could have possibly planned.

"What kind of suprise?"

"A secret surprise that you will probably figure out way too soon. Just get dressed and we'll grab

breakfast on the way, okay?"

I nod and stand quickly, only to be pulled right back. Axe kisses my fresh mark chastely and

captures my lips only for a moment before smiling softly.

"I love you Lilac."

I smile back. "And I love you."

He pats my bum before dissapearing into the bathroom and I take the closet, slipping on a pink,

white, and black matching skirt and crop top set.

I don't bother with shoes as per usual and when I reach the bathroom, Axe is already gone.

I groan knowing he probably put on the same clothes from yesterday that he tends to litter the

floor with.

He could never smell bad to me of course, but I'm not sure how sanitary it is to wear things for

the room in which we pee in.

Brushing my teeth quickly and fluffing my blonde curls, I smile at myself through the mirror

cheesily and skip down the stairs.

Mason holds up a peace sign and shoos me out the door to where he insists Axe is waiting

outside.

"Have fun Luna, but not too much. Don't hurt yourself," he teases seeing my mark and smirking.

I roll my eyes and walk to the black SUV that Axe leans against in his full dark god glory.

He meets me with a kiss and opens my door, lifting me into the vehicle unnecessarily.

"Will you tell me where we're going now?" I ask in what is most likely the tone of annoying little

child.

Axe starts the car up and hits the radio, some sort of rock band sounding through the speakers.

"If I speak, I'll give it away when you guess it."

I raise a brow an decide to do some inductive reasoning. We're in the car. There are only so

many places warewolf go that require the car to get out of the pack.

A club? Absolutely not. A date? Not at this hour and most certainly not in this outfit.

Home.

"You're taking me back to Blue Moon Pack aren't you?!"

Axe doesn't answer and I smile widely.

"Yep. For sure. You did promise my dad we would visit all the time!"

The alpha mutters something under his breath and I give myself a mental high five.

Nailed it.

•••

"LILAC!"

Axe's hard voice yells after me as I jump out of the still moving car.

I mean, if you consider ten miles an hour moving. He was almost parked.

Ignoring his call, I race to the my old house faster than I should be considering I've been lack on

the training.

I had wanted to barrel through the doors and surprise my dad, but Axe must have told him we

were coming because he barrels out and meets me halfway.

I yell in delight as my old man throws me up in the air like he's done since I was a baby. I doubt

I'll ever get heavy enough for him not to.

I laugh as I come back down and get pulled into a bone crushing hug.

"I missed you princess."

"I missed you too Dad," I say through badly concealed panting.

I don't know why I bother to hide the effects of my exertion. He can hear my heartbeat.

"Lilac!"

My dad doesn't let me go, but we both face a furious Axe who stomps over with his fists

clenched.

My dad frowns at me and puts an arm over my shoulder to hide me against his side.

"What's the meaning of this?" My dad asks refferring to the alpha's attitude towards his mate.

Axe crosses his arms and looks my dad dead in the eye.

"Would you like to explain to Lilac why she isn't supposed to jump out of moving vehicles, or

should I?"

My dad's gaze turns into a reprimanding glare and I cringe looking between the two men.

They have never gotten along or agreed on anything, but of course, the first time they do...