The Wolfless Alpha

Chapter 6

Kai has never met a girl that treats him like a real person before. They all usually want something from him. He can tell that Ember has no romantic thoughts about him at all.

With the other girls, it doesn't even have to be the alpha title, just his face is enough to draw in a crowd, so the fact that she couldn't care less, garners his attention. It is so different for him. It is so novel that he somewhat enjoys the cold shoulder as it further reinforces his first instinct, that there is something different about this girl and he can’t help but want to move closer. He wants to know more about the girl that has managed to take his mind off his loss.

"So you are not interested in being with me?"

"Are you deaf? I have a boyfriend"

"Temporary boyfriend"

"Then I am waiting for my true love"

"You have already said that"

Ember sighs, this boy is hard to talk to, she feels like she is talking around in circles and getting nowhere.

Without the word and the concept of mate, the whole thing sounds ridiculous, so she is hoping to stop talking about it. She is not sure the exact moment she said too much and had to keep talking nonsense to cover up the facts, but he just keeps going, not giving her an out at all.

"No, I am not even slightly interested"

"Can we be friends then?"

Kai has never had a girl that is a friend, but he has never met a girl like Ember before.

"Maybe, if you still want to be friends in a couple of days after you have had offers from everyone else, I may consider, till then, no thanks"

Kai looks at Ember in amusement. For some reason, he seems to like getting shut down by her. It is amusing and very interesting.

Kai sits silently beside Ember, quietly looking at her beautiful hand written notes.

It has been just over twenty-four hours without his wolf, but for the first time he thinks that it may not actually be so bad. This might be a slight novelty, but if he can keep Ember around, it might not be quite as bad as he was imagining.

The class ends and he walks beside Ember. Even though she keeps telling him to fall back, he doesn't listen at all, wanting to keep as close to her as possible.

But it doesn’t take long for the sight of the two most beautiful people in the school walking together to draw attention. Even without his advanced hearing, he can hear the gossip that follows them.

"Is she really lining up her next boyfriend for when she gets dumped?"

"Trust her to use her looks to somehow attract that hottie"

"How is he looking at her? She is just going to be discarded goods. He didn't even look at me"

“How is that b***h always so lucky?"

"Is she trying to line up the next ex-boyfriend?"

"What's the use of those looks if she is always just a discarded piece of trash?"

“Look at her thinking she is so important. She just opens her legs for everyone”

“How slutty is she? She and Declan haven’t even officially split and she is trying to get the new kid”

“What a wh*re”

Kai looks at Ember, who just looks steadily forward like she hasn't heard a word they have said. His eyebrows knit together at their words. Why does she get so much hate?

Kai looks forward and sees the sign for the library and quickly grabs Ember’s hand and pulls her in through the door quickly, trying to not be seen when they are both the centre of attention and without his speed is a complicated task.

Even without his wolf, he is still a talented and strong individual, so he manages to accomplish it.

Ember is shocked, but then hits his hand off as soon as they enter the room, glaring harshly at him. Kai is at a severe strength disadvantage at the moment, but Ember is sensible and knows how to act around humans so that nothing can be seen, no matter how much she doesn’t like being dragged around.

He grabs her hand again and leads her toward a quiet aisle.

Kai sits down on the floor with his back against the bookshelf. Ember looks at him before sighing and sitting down next to him as she looks at the innocent look in his beautiful eyes.

Kai looks at her, waiting for her to start. He rarely approaches girls and has truthfully not had much contact with them.

With all the insane alpha training and the strict rule book of what is expected of a Misty Dawn alpha.

What is expected?

Absolute perfection, no natural desires, no having fun. All just find your mate, settle down, pop out a bunch of kids and live out your boring boring life until you die of boredom. Find your mate who never questions a single thing, find a mate that doesn’t have an opinion, find a mate that always follows the rules, so together you can just follow the rules into a life monotony, nothing more.

Annabelle and William are the most dull mated pair ever in existence, according to Kai. He is sure that they have a scheduled day to have s*x, in missionary position, they probably even kiss to only the right amount of contact, zero desire, just a passionless, tedious existence. No fire.

"Do you not care about what they are saying?"

Ember looks at Kai's serious expression and laughs.

"Will me caring change what they say?"

"Why don't you just end the relationship if it has a deadline anyway?"

Ember sighs and leans her head back against the shelves, looking at the books that are stacked on the shelves in front of her.

"It is not exactly as easy as you say it is, even if I end it right now, I am still left in the same position yet I am minus my backer"

"What about your brothers?"

She has two brothers, how are they not stopping the chatter? Kai is an only child, but to him it would make sense for siblings to protect each other. The triplets should be even closer and it should be even more the case in their situation.

"Well, my brothers have a lot to deal with already and Declan is their umm……. best friend"

Ember doesn’t want to go too far into the complications of her life at the moment, she does not whinge or complain to others, she just keeps it all locked in her heart. It is impossible to explain without knowing the dynamics of a pack anyway.

Kai wants to ask straight out. He wants to confirm his suspicions but since that will expose him, he doesn't. She wolves are a lot harder to class without seeing their wolf, but an alpha male is a lot easier to spot even in human form.

It is common for relationships between alpha and beta families in a pack to arise. Often, a mated pair will come from that. That is how Kai's parents were. So they have got to be boring their entire lives together.

As Kai starts to put the pieces together, he understands the situation better. Of course, he can't actually say any of this.

"Do they know what the others are saying?"

"I assume so. It has been like this for months”

"Can't they do something about it?"

"Look Kai, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but you can't change peoples opinions. The only thing that is going to damage me more now is being seen sneaking off into the library with the likes of you"

Ember pinches his thigh and then laughs before standing back up. Kai isn't as bad as she first thought, the fact that he wanted to listen and she knows that he wants to protect her. Maybe she can't judge a book completely by its cover. It is a very good-looking cover. Maybe there is something actually worth while within its pages.

"Come on, we better get to class, I don't want any more rumors about my looking for a long list of ex-boyfriends and how I can’t stay away from your d*ck because I am such a wh*re. Sometimes these kids are so over dramatic"

They walk together to class side by side. Ember doesn't try and make him walk back this time. The corridors are nearly empty and now that she actually has a better opinion of him, she is not about to push him away.

The day actually passes quickly, through till lunch. Even though Ember has been enjoying Kai's company, she is not about to invite him to sit with Declan and her brothers at lunch. That would just be inviting trouble. She is already feeling like an outcast within the small group, bringing a handsome stranger would only increase the divide.

Kai sits down on a bench with his sunglasses over his face as he watches Ember’s every step. He cannot understand the reason why, but he can't seem to stop looking at her. Yes, she is a once in a lifetime beauty, but with most beautiful things, he can just take a look and he can get his fill and move on. He can just appreciate the beauty every so often, so why can he not take his eyes off her?

Kai ignores the swarm of girls that are chattering around him, just making sure he has a clear line of sight to Ember and that is all he is worried about. He is not going to acknowledge the others at all. His earphones plugged firmly in his ears to stop incessant chatter and vacuous pick up lines.

He purses his lips when he sees a brown-haired boy wrap his arms around Ember’s waist. Two boys stand near, both with identical caramel coloured hair as Ember has. They are obviously her brothers, they are incredibly large in stature, on par with Kai himself.

He was wondering which way it was, whether Ember was from the beta bloodline or the alpha bloodline, but looking at her boyfriend compared to her brothers he knows that she is from the alpha bloodline.

Not that it matters to him, he is hardly a blood purist or a blood snob, she just interests him. He wants to know everything about her.

Even though he knows that, that man is her so-called temporary boyfriend, he can't help but feel slightly agitated when he sees him touching her.

How odd to feel possessive over someone after knowing them for only half a day. Kai shakes it off, not understanding his own thoughts.

Ember stands with Declan, he has his arms wrapped around her waist. It is a common occurrence. It has been happening for three years, she has long been accustomed of it, but why does she now feel an uncomfortable tinge?

Even though for some reason she wants to turn around and see what Kai is doing, if he has anyone to eat lunch with, who he is talking to, what he is eating, if he is looking at her, if he is thinking about her. She resists the urge, she shouldn't delve further into that relationship anymore than she already has. He should not be on her mind at all.