My Bestfriend Slipped Inside Me (An Alpha’s Secret) by Demiah13

Xade's pov I becsolid stiff. Your mate. Your mate. Those words ring in my head over and over. How did he know? How did he figure it out? Henry must have seen the gears in my head shifting and decided to answer my silent question. "No one can be fooled by the way you stared at her. The way you almost lost control," he eyed me. "I guess you know the consequences of not being able to give in and mate with her fully since you took a while to notice I was close by." My jaw clenched and he looked atin pity. "I guess you made the decision for her as well. This can be avoided you know, your death. If you just mark her." My claws pierce the skin of my palm and the warm blood dripped down to the forest floor. "I won't risk it, there's a good chance her body will reject it and she'll die. I'm not risking her life just for my sake." He shook his head. “If you had not slept with her the bond wouldn't have woken up and demanded you mate her fully. This is why your wolf is already dying so quickly, not being able to even be close to her is slowly killing him and it won't take long until your human soul withers." I scowled, grounding my teeth. "Don't you think I know that! But I won't risk it, I won't risk her.” Henry sighed as if he was talking to a child. "I won't force you, but if I were to bring this to Alister he will. He likes order and he rather save his people than see them die because of a human. If he knows- Before I could think my fingers are around his neck, my claws digging into his skin and drawing out blood. Henry's eyes widen a bit as I snarled in his face. "You won't tell him a thing!" His hands grab mine. "I won't. This is why I am bargaining with you kid." He managed to pull my fingers off his neck and I am not surprised since my wolf is weaker now.

I narrowed my eyes. "I won't just accept any stranger in my house either." Henry rubbed his neck, a tiny smirk crawling on his lips. "Even with a weakened wolf and you still have a good grip in you kid," he coughed and spat scrimson blood on the ground. "Got to say if I wasn't a council member I'd be stew." "Stop beating around the bush and tellwhy you wantto keep sgirl in my house and what is she to you. What is she?" Henry coughed again and began to speak. “Her father is a rogue we recently captured. Alister had him beheaded because he refused to cooperate and leave the packs alone. His daughter....we were to kill her too since she shares the sblood and is rumored to have helped her father in the slaughter of innocent children in the pack." My brows draw. "If she's as bad as her father why do you want to save her?" Henry let out a breath. "Because she deserves a second chance like you got. I don't believe she helped her father and in fact was perhaps one of his victims. She's skittish and shy, surely not a killer." I scowl. "A killer isn't written on anyone's face. This could be a mask. They like to play the innocent card.” Henry shook his head. "You don't understand, when we captured her and her father we had them stay in different cells. She stayed in one very far away from him. The few children we were able to save from their slaughter...cto her and offered her water and bread. When they sawthey run and she refused to tellwhy they don't treat her as a monster if she was one of them that helped slaughter their pack." "Then why not tell Alister that," I ground out.

Henry scoff's. "Alister has already decided that she be beheaded like her father to make sure we don't regret saving her life in the future since evil blood runs in her veins." I looked up at the sky, the stars contemplating. Henry was right, everyone deserves a second chance, however accepting a strange girl in my hwasn't something I wanted to do.

"It's only until I can figure out a way to not have Alister question her whereabouts and forget about her. She'll get a new identity etc, might even get her to join a pack." Henry drewback to the question." Do this forand I keep your secret. It's a win win situation for us both." "She looks a bit child like...no?" Xaden asked, his arms crossed over his chest and his head tilted as he stared at the young girl sleeping soundly on the sofa. She seems to be around my age with a petite figure and height, dark red hair cascading down her back in tangle waves.

She looked to have been through the mud literally.

My brows draw. She doesn't look like a killer or someone insane... Henry was right about her being, skittish and shy though. She barely said a word and blushed the entire tXaden stared at her until she actually fell asleep on the couch. "For the hundredth time, stop being a creep and stand there staring at her." I grumble, drinking another icky beer. Fuck the taste get more rancid as I drink.

"And you say she's a murderer?" Xaden ignored my words and instead hitwith more questions. "She's rather cute to be a killer."

I give him an 'are you serious' look and with a shake of my head, I make my way to my bed.

To my bed. Have für d. Have fun being a creep. It she decide to wake up let her know where the shower is, I don't want her stenching up the pillows V placed on the couch."

My words grow faint at the end, as I looked back and scan the area. One thing I noticed when I get back was the way Avery decorated my penthouse to look more homey. Dad advisedto take down the photos of us to make the pain feel less...but I couldn't bring myself to. They can remove every memory ofin her head, every fragment and every thread. But forthose memories will stay, everything will stay. Our threads will remain entwined in my mind for us both. I'll take the pain for us both.