My Alpha Is My Baby Daddy.

curtains to brush against tangled sheets and bare limbs. Elara stirred beneath the shee

k was s

body sore in places she'd never felt before, heart racing with the memory of everything that happened-the way h

-Alec Drenmo

on made her s

ht. And he had no idea that she, Elara Quinn, was one of his pack members. That the body he had touched, tasted, c

lpha until her friends had told her , she must have

highs making her wince. Her thighs were s

oo

linen. He hadn't known... Of course he hadn't kn

s still stunning, even in sleep-like a god sculpted from shadows and danger. But the moment felt

, trying not to wake him, but his vo

're

fr

ed with sleep and faint remnants of wine. His voice was

ttered, pushing himself up against the he

d tried to compose her

the bruises blooming across her hips and the curve of her t

wolf," he

ed slowl

ad. "But I can't

t s

aught. "Does

ily. "If you're not strong, you're deadweig

ut deeper t

. Her voice was quiet, trembling

d if you can't handle the heat," he

flin

p. "You gave yourself too easily for someone who acts

burn through her like wildfire. He didn't know what

and and sipped it. "Don't get me wrong. You were good.

t hollowing out as tears

to

ing a brow, still half

aid

he cold wooden floor. She found the bathroom, slammed the d

hair. A girl who had given her virginity to a man who couldn't remember her

et the water wash away the eviden

nd the room, grabbing her clothes from th

head tilted back, still shirtless, looking like

at him on

er wanted you,"

r heart in pieces, unaware that the man who jus

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th her sister. Her fingers trembled around her phone as she pressed call again, her heart hammering in her chest. Her feet

please

the call

voice was groggy

r voice barely above a whispe

moment. Then Kiara's ton

, blinking against the early light. The sight of her twin sister, red-eyed and disheveled, with tears c

la

epped forward, burying h

pered, holding her cl

k and led her inside, locking the door behind them. The small living room still held the smell of old lavender and candle wax.

red, rushing off and returning with w

lping the water as Kiara

" Kiara said softl

before Elara finally spoke, voic

ed. "Okay..

ra continued. "It just

w her surprise too soo

use. Then Elar

Dren

s widened.

rling her finger

lpha of the pack who doesn't even smile at

nodded

. "Damn, sis. That

ss," Elara

ng," Kiara said, folding her leg

was ,He didn't know who I was. I gave him the name Ara. I kept my mask on the whole time. But he... he was drawn to me. I cou

ed, her face

woke up in the middle of the night and he was drunk. He started talking about how he

inced.

anything. I just... saw the blood.

r hand. "Hey. That was brave. You

hook he

ot as hell. But you? You're Elara. You're not some random girl he can forget. He

sn't even k

u've already left a mark. He won

small smile trying

the most powerful man in the pack for you

ly through her tea

w. The mysterious masked girl who sedu

a next time," El

e is... make him remember your name. Make sure he know

o with him or anyone for that matter

he rest out later. But you

.Ok

t beside her until Elara's breathing evened out and she

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ms had been a mess of Alec's voice, her bloodied sheets, an

oon, she forced h

lier. After a warm shower and stuffing herself into the simplest jeans and oversize

t be bailing on me

é where she and Holly worked most afternoons and the other workers worked mornings. It was

k and flirting with a regular.Elara sometimes wond

it," she said whe

Elara replied, tying on her a

y whispered, eye

Just...

ldn't press. She wa

-

s passed

ccasional werewolves who lived around town but didn't belong to the main pack. Her mi

it d

le brass bell on the door rang. Elara turned, a warm smile on he

uys from her college.

a. She was the worst kind of gossip-rich, prett

fly, gripping her note

uh

gling. Elara forced a smile and took their orders-a roun

eave, Zara caught

re you at the p

n nodded. "Just for a b

, it was wild! Did you hear w

stomach

e just enough for Elara to pretend she wasn't interest

, eyes glinting, "he to

! No way. Alpha Drenmoor never brings girls t

o girl has ever been there before. No one's allowed inside exce

round the tray, her nail

ho she is?" som

, right? They say he even woke up this morning-li

aughed. Jok

t like th

-

ack room and stood st

m. She hated how exposed she felt. As if they could see through her

e cut through the fog

d too fast.

Come on. Break

-

un was beginning to dip, casti

ate, her hands tr

hing really, really

ick wall beside her, a

upt as Elara unra

ith just a touch. The pull. The room. The bleeding. The name-Ara, not Elara. The mom

had her head bur

whispered. "He was so-so beautiful. He

t, Holly sa

bagged Alec Drenmoor? The man with the jawl

n't say it

t in front of her and placed a firm han

n her own brea

years. The man who's never let a girl into his house-and you were in his bed. If I

ed horrifi

th sucks. But you don't need to feel

yes welle

strong. And you've got me. And Kiara. And your name might be Ara to him-but he sure as hell

slapping Elara's butt lightly and makin

she expected. Orders, laughter, smiles. Her

er chest, somethin

or didn't k

gonna stay clear away from pack meetings and live