Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Alpha's Regret Chapter 1 Everly POV My head spins as I look around at my surroundings. My head is pounding, and I instantly regretted drinking so much. Panic courses throughwhen I can't immediately recognize my surroundings. I could tell I was in a room; the light coming in through the window was blinding as I tried to figure out where I was. The last thing I remember is the annual Alpha meet-up, a costparty I attended with my family. My sister and I snuck off to meet with the other future Alphas after my father insisted that I needed to get in good with them, seeing as I am next in line and would have the pack handed over toat the end of the year when I turn eighteen. Yet, for the life of me, I can't remember how I got into this room.

I groan, rubbing my eyes and praying I am seeing shit. The alcohol burning in my system is still makingconfused, except when I go to move. Suddenly, I becaware of the heavy arm draped over my waist. My head whips to the side, praying that the heavy arm belonged to my sister and we had both passed out somewhere. My worst fears are realized, and I must contain my horror scream when I find a naked man lying beside me. He wasn't just any man but Alpha Valen of the Nightshade Pack. This man owned half the city and is from a rival pack. My father is going to murderif he finds out.

"Fuck!" I whisper under my breath before looking down to find myself also naked. The slight discomfort between my legs 0.00% ||| < Alpha's Regret Chapter 1 288 Vouchers madeaware that I tossed my virginity out the window and have no memory of it. So much for that being a magical moment. I don't even remember it. He must be a shit lay; I chuckle to myself. Of all people, it had to be the notorious Alpha and my father's biggest rival.

My phone vibrates on the floor beside the bed, causingto nearly dive off to retrieve it. My sister's face pops up on the screen. I quickly answer it, mindful to keep my voice low, whispering into the phone. "Hello?" "Where are you? Dad is going to lose it, I told him you're with me, but he has askedto chome," she shrieks through the phone. I look around before looking out the window, trying to figure out my location. Shit, I realize I'm still at the hotel where the Alpha meet was held.

"Still at the bank's hotel," I whisper, and she pauses, going quiet for a few moments.

"Oh my God, please tellyou didn't fuck Alpha dickwad?” she whispers, knowing dad would kill me, probably disownif he ever found out. Alpha Valen's reputation was scandalous and terrifying. I look over at the Greek God lying in bed beside me, ultimately passed out and unaware ofstanding and gawking at him. I would love to see the horror on his face when he woke up, but he just might killalong with my father. Shit, they may even conspire together to make my death exceptionally horrific.

"No, of course not. I just fell asleep in one of the rooms here, 11.91% *t III O < Alpha's Regret Chapter 1 completely alone," I lie, hoping Ava believes me. I won't get her caught up in my minor issue if dad asks her; she sucks a lying. She doesn't know she can't get in trouble because of me.

"Stuff it, Dad asks. Tell him you stayed with Amber and me. I will have Amber pick you up on the way, be there in five," she says, hanging up. I quickly look around, scooping my clothes up off the floor and squeezing into the tight bodycon dress. I toss the stupid-ass fairy wings in the trashcan in the bathroom.

Looking in the mirror, I try to fix my makeup. My face is still covered in ridiculous amounts of glitter, and the eye mask that was painted on my face by my sister still concealed half my face. I chuckle to myself, knowing the Alpha will probably wake up just as confused asand wonder why he is covered in glitter.

I vaguely remember talking to him, finding myself drawn to him for sunknown reason. But now, as I gaze upon his paralytic form, I can't help but wonder who took advantage of who. I give him one last glance, scoop up my heels, and grab my clutch before rushing to the hotel door and swinging it open, only to crash straight into Alpha Valen's Beta.

I recognize him from last night's introductions, though. thankfully, he had no idea who I was as I was at the back of the room when he was introduced. I smack into his chest, and he stumbles back, staring at me. I am thankful for the paint on my face because he may have recognizedas my father's daughter, and that is the last thing I needed.

23.59% FOR > O III Alpha's Regret Chapter 1 1288 Vouchers He smirks at me, clearly finding it funny that I am running from the Alpha's hotel room.

"My Alpha in there?” he asks. I drop my head, hoping he doesn't recognizeand quickly nod. I step past him, trying not to touch him.

"Are you alright, or do you need a lift home?" he asks, makingstop.

"What, do you give all your Alpha's one-night stands a lift home?" I chuckle at him, and he smiles.

"Only the pretty ones," he says, and I roll my eyes, waving him off before taking off to meet my sister. We needed to hurry hbefore my dad sent out a search party to run through Mountainview City to retrieve his daughters.

3 weeks later One night. That was all it took to throw away everything I had ever known. I knew something was wrong when I felt a bit under the weather for more than a few days. Werewolves rarely got sick. My father was the Alpha of Shadow Moon Pack, and after spending the last week sick, he had finally broughtto see the pack doctor.

Our home, Mountainview City's entire population, was werewolves comprising four packs. My father's pack was the second-largest pack, which meant we had plenty of esteem in 35.93% 4* ||| < Alpha's Regret Chapter 1 283 Vouchers the area. Plus, the fact that he only had two daughters meant that I was next in line as the eldest. Well, until the Doctor cback and turned that dream upside down. The look of disappointment on my father's face made my heart clench. One night, one man, the biggest mistake of my life.

"She is pregnant," Doc Darnel tells my father andas I sit on the green chair in the Doctor's office. I feel my heart sink into my stomach. No, it couldn't be. I only had sex once, and I don't even remember because I was trashed. How the hell could this be happening? My father cast a stunned look atfrom where he sat before returning his gaze back to our pack doctor.

"It's wrong; rerun the test. She hasn't found her mate. She can't be pregnant," my father says. I shrink back in my chair. I was only seventeen, nearly eighteen, and the number one rule all she-wolves have drummed in our heads is to save ourselves for our mates. This was a huge deal, especially to my father. This would bring shto our family, that I would break the one sacred rule for she-wolves. Sure, the men fool around, it was a little biased, yet we do it, especially someone likein a position of power, that would be frowned upon. I would be a disgrace to the family.

"Alpha, I have tested the urine sample twice," Doc tells him, but my father shakes his head, not believing his words or not wanting to.

"No, test it again; it is wrong. My daughter is not a rogue whore," he says, finality in his voice.

45.26% O L Alpha's Regret Chapter 1 288 Nouchers I cringe at his words. That's what women are called who fall pregnant to someone that is not their mate. It is the worst thing to be labeled besides a traitor, yet both were treated the same.

Rogue whores are forbidden on pack territories and are only allowed on neutral territory, which includes the main drag of the city and the two streets behind it on either side. Our city was lucky; most she-wolves in other cities that fall pregnant are banished, making them forsaken wolves. They turn feral without any pack contact and are forced to live outside the cities, sending them crazed and mad like they do with those that betray or commit treason amongst the packs. No one wants to leave the city and be on their own out there. It wasn't safe and not how anyone wanted to live.

Our city is different. We don't banish women from the city. Our treatment was slightly more humane, I guess you could say. Instead, we just made them rogues, free to go about their lives without pack help. I used to look down on those women I would see trying to make ends meet for their poor choices. Maybe this is my karma; I was soon going to be one of them. Running through this scenain my head, I start to feel like the room is running out of air. I wonder if I am going to pass out.

"Yes, Alpha, I will test it again," Doc says before rushing out of the room and away from my father's deadly glare. My father starts pacing, and my heart rate quickens when he stops turning to face me.

"He has to be wrong; you are not like that. You wouldn't 57.36% 111 O ☐ Alpha's Regret Chapter 1 17 288 Woschers shme this way," he says, looking for confirmation. I shrink back in my chair. The Doc coming back in again, stopping him from saying more.

"The results are the same, Alpha," Doc says before looking atwith pity. I swallowed, staring wide-eyed at the pack doctor, hoping he could savefrom my father's wrath, but even I knew the elderly, graying man was no match for my father. Neither was I since I still hadn't shifted.

Werewolves shift on their 18th birthdays. After shifting, we can find our mates. I had seen friends and family go through the process. It was considered sacred. I wonder, terrified, how being pregnant would delay the process. Bodies can't shift while pregnant; it is a safety mechanism to protect the unborn pup.

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My father growls, turning on his heel and glaring at me, fists clenched by his sides as he fights the urge to shift. Werewolves often shift when they lose their temper or are preparing for a fight. Shaking, his eyes start flickering black in his anger and his body trembled. My father has always been so proud of my sister and me, always showing us off and telling everyone about what great daughters we are and what a great Alpha I would be when I took over the pack. I looked like him, and he raisedin his image, preparingto take over. His dark hair, and bluish-gray eyes, I got those traits from him, but right now, he looks on the verge of killingas my face is mirrored in his black orbs. I had never seen him so angry in his life, and that was saying something. "How far along is she?" Father asks, the venom in his words 69.81% O Alpha's Regret Chapter 1 makes my blood run cold.

288 Vouchers "We can have a scan done next week to confirm gestation," Doc tells him, and I look at my hands.

"No, do it now so we can take care of it before it gets out. I won't have a rogue whore for a daughter. This is not to get out, do you understand, Doc?" Doc nods his head nervously. I notice my mouth is hanging open. I stare, absolutely gobsmacked at what my father just said. It was going against the moon Goddess to abort a were- baby.

"Wait!" I say, finally finding my voice. My father looks at me, and the Doc moves away from him when he feels my father's aura rush out of him.

"Wait for what? You aren't keeping this monstrosity. We can sweep it under the rug, no one has to know, I and you can still take the Alpha position; we just need to take care of this poor choice, then things can go back to normal," my father says. He made it sound so simple, like this wasn't sin against the Moon Goddess. "No, I won't; I can't do that, father. Please, just letspeak to mom. We can work this out," I plead with him.

"No, you will terminate the pregnancy, then we go home. Doc, get whatever it is you need. I am not leaving this office until 82.71% Alpha Chapter 1 this is taken care of," my father says. I feel tears brimming at his words. Sure, I didn't want to be pregnant, but I was not a murderer; aborting a pregnancy was worse than having a child with someone who is not your mate. "Alpha, I am afraid if your daughter isn't willing, I can't perform such a thing unless there is a medical reason." "She is willing, isn't that right, Everly?" My father says, trying to forceto agree, but I met his gaze head-on. My mind was made up; I won't go through with it.

"No!" I tell him, not expecting his following reaction. My father had never hitin all of my life, he had never raised a hand to me, and the shock on his action was more painful than the blow itself as his hand connected with the side of my face. I could feel the outline of his fingers etched into my cheek as a burning sensation spread across it from his palm. "Then you are no longer my daughter," he says and walks out of the room.

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