Alec’s

Sadie 

“Fuck, why the hell did I let you talk me into this?” I asked Raven as I stared at the building before me. 

Maybe it was just me, but it looked menacing. Like it was a place where every kind of nightmare. comes true. My feeling about it may just be because of what Alec and his pack did to me, but it didn’t 

matter. I felt what I felt. 

“Because you have to. Whether he accepts responsibility or not is up to him. At least you will have told him the entire truth,” she answered, rubbing my back in a comforting way. 

I continue staring at the looming building, my heart torn into two. I know that Raven is right. Despite the monster Alec became to me, he deserves to know that he’s going to be a father. Even though I know this, it doesn’t really stop the doubt raging inside me. 

Am I really doing the right thing? Alec proved to me that he’s cruel. He revealed the born monster inside him. The one feared by everyone. Is such a man even capable of love? Will he love my child? My biggest fear is that he’ll use my child to punish me, or, worse, punish him or her for the mistakes he thinks I made. I don’t think I could handle it if that ever happened. 

“Come on, let’s get this over and done with.” 

Raven grabs my hand and proceeds to pull me towards where I am sure my doom awaits. 

“Wait,” I said, pulling us to a stop. “We have to find another way to see him. I am a banished wolf. The moment I walk through those doors, they’ll know, and I’ll either be kicked out or killed on the spot. 

“Damn, I hadn’t thought about that… You’re right.” her hand holds her chin as she lightly taps her lips. She was thinking. I’ve come to know that that’s what she does when she’s in deep thought. 

“Banishment for wolves is connected to their scent, right?” she asks. 

“Yes” 

When a wolf is banished, their scent changes. There are four kinds of wolves. Pack wolves, banished wolves, rogues, and loner wolves. 

Pack wolves take the scents of packs and are easily recognized, as we usually mingle with others just to make sure that we know each specific pack. This is mainly done during the Moon Festival, when packs all over the world meet for the Moon Annual Ball. 

Rogue wolves are wolves that have given up their humanity. They decide to live more like beasts than 

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humans, meaning they have no sense of right or wrong. These kinds of wolves are usually killed on the spot by packs. They cause nothing but chaos and mayhem. They are recognized by a rotting smell that clings to them. 

Banished wolves, as you’ve guessed, are those that have committed such heinous crimes against the pack or Alpha that they can no longer live with others. That includes crimes like betrayal or killing another pack member. Their scent isn’t similar to that of the Rogues, but it is close to that. They usually smell like death, because of the dead pack bond inside them. 

Last are the lone or loner wolves. These are wolves who decide that pack life just isn’t for them, and they prefer being alone. Of course, they don’t have the pack scent, but theirs isn’t putrid like those of rogues and banished wolves. They actually smell pretty normal, all except for having a pack scent. 

“I’ve got an idea.” Before I can question her about it, she begins chanting in a low voice so that the surrounding humans don’t hear. 

“What did you do?” I asked curiously once she’s done. 

I 

“I masked your scent… All you have to do now is sneak in and tell your Alpha 

tell him.” 

what you came here to 

“He’s not my damn Alpha. He is nothing to me. The only connection I have to him is this baby, and right now I wish he or she were someone else’s baby.” This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

I didn’t mean to growl at her, but I hated Alec. How could I not after every damn thing he did to me? He’s a bastard and the lowest of the lowest of scums. 

She raises her hand in the air in surrender, backing away from me. “Okay fine… Your baby daddy then.” 

“Can we just get this over with?” 

She nods her head and takes my hand again. 

We started walking and entered the building. My eyes kept scanning the area, hoping that even though I had my hoodie on, no one would recognize me. 

I’ve been here hundreds of times because of my friendship with Piper. Every corner of the place holds memories that are now too painful to remember. I was once happy and all that has been taken away from me. 

The security guards sniffed a little, but let us pass without a word. 

Ashford Corporation was the largest privately owned security company. Alec was the CEO and their 

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services catered to the likes of celebrities, presidents and senators. He was not only powerful in the 

werewolf world, but also in the business and human world. 

Most of those that worked here were werewolves, but they also had some vampires and witches. With our abilities and strength, they were better suited to protect the people who came here seeking bodyguards. 

Alec decided that only the supernaturals would work for him. Piper once told me it was so that they could better hide the identities of those here. It would be pretty hard to hide from a human when one walked into the office cafeteria and found some vampires drinking blood from a blood bag. Or find werewolves mid–shift in the training arena while they spar. 

“Come,” I whispered to Raven. “Let’s use his private elevator. It will take us straight to his office floor.” 

It would also minimize the chances of someone realizing I was here before I had the chance to talk to Alec. 

We headed to the underground parking lot. I ignore the looks that I get as we walk. They were probably wondering if I was a celebrity and that’s why I was hiding my face. 

Once we get there, I look around to make sure there is no one around. 

“It needs an access code,” Raven states the obvious and I’m tempted to roll my eyes at her. 

“I’ve got this,” I said before inputting the four–digit code. 

I’m relieved when the light turns green and the doors open. Deep down, I was afraid that they may have changed the pass code after I escaped. 

“How did you know the code?” she asks suspiciously. “I thought you and Alec weren’t close.” 

“We aren’t. I used to come here all the time with Piper. Alec gave her the code, and she has never hidden it from me.” 

Damn, I miss my best friend, but I also can’t forget her betrayal. I can’t forget how she turned her back on me. Yes, I know blood is thicker than water, but she knows me. She’s known me since we were little girls. How could she think I would hurt Alec? That I would come between him and his fated mate? 

We enter the elevator and push back the painful thoughts. What was done was done. There is no other way except to move forward. 

Raven and I are quiet as the elevator begins its ascent. I counted the floor numbers just so I would have something to do. Something to distract me from my fears. 

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The moment it stops on the fifty–first floor and the door opens, my panic rises. My heart was beating so erratically and my chest felt constricted. Like a tight fist was squeezing it. 

“You talk to him, okay, I need to find the bathroom,” Raven says as we step out of the elevator. 

“It’s on your left at the end of the hallway.” I pointed her in the right direction and watched as she left. 

Once she’s out of sight, I remain standing, trying to calm down. My hands were shaking, and my whole body was encased in fear. I was so tempted to turn back around and leave, but it was like I was frozen on the spot. 

“You got a lot of nerve coming here, Sadie.” His deep and menacing voice pulled my eyes to his. “Either you’re pretty brave or pretty dumb.” 

Fuck. Maybe I shouldn’t have come, but it was too late now to turn back