Alphas' Secret Mate novel Chapter 2

Anna

“Dude, you need to stake her. She doesn’t belong with the pack, and we can’t have a rogue lurking around town.”

“I can’t stake her,” another voice grumbled. “Look at her.”

Awareness pricked my consciousness, and I began to hear and see the things around me. I was in the backseat of a car. My blood-stained prom dress was still on my body.

Jimmy.

Ah, shit, damn, and hell. I ate Jimmy.

“I can’t kill her,” the other voice replied. “It would be like taking out a baby. Did you see those doe eyes? She doesn’t know what she is.”

But I did know. I was a monster. One who craved the blood of other living creatures and had hair all over their body. Was I a vampire? Was I something else? I had no way of knowing. But one thing was certain—I was awake enough to feel the burning need of an empty stomach.

“Did one of you have a steak?” I croaked and tried to sit up.

They jumped in their seats if you could call it a jump, but I had clearly startled them.

The one with the long shaggy dark hair was driving and he gave the other boy a dark look that clearly said what do we do now?

The one in the passenger side had lighter hair and the greenest eyes I had ever seen. They were both far too good looking for local boys. It was then I noticed the piece of flat board in the passenger’s hands.

“Why are you carrying that around? And where are we going?”

The driver frowned. “You are supposed to be asleep.”

“Drugged,” I nodded as if this was an everyday occurrence. “Right, I have a fast metabolism. I must have burned through whatever you stuck in me. I get it, I mean I won’t hold a grudge or anything. I know I am a bloody mess and that I freaked you out. I don’t suppose the drugs were the reason behind the inordinate amount of body hair?”

The dark-haired boy scowled at me, but the other one’s expression softened.

“My name is Luke.” The second boy said. With a crooked smile he pointed toward the dark-haired boy. “This here is Roman.”

Roman took his eyes off the road for two seconds to glare at Luke before returning to his driving.

“Okay, not a talker,” I mumbled. Then I faced the boy named Luke. “Erm, hi there Luke, I am Anna.” I broke off when a large yawn overcame me. “Sorry, those drugs were something else. Anyhow, did you say something about Jimmy back there before you, um…”

“Picked you up?” Luke supplied.

“It’s better than kidnapped,” I added. “But yeah, Jimmy was my date to the prom?”

Roman’s scowl deepened as he spoke to Luke alone as if I wasn’t there. “Excellent hearing for a fledgling.”

I had no idea what that meant, but I hoped it was a compliment.

Luke answered my question, ignoring Roman. “They were able to save him, but it was a close call. I am afraid that he had to have his memory wiped so he won’t remember the incident.”

Luke waved toward my bloody dress with a wrinkle of disgust on his face.

I flushed feeling gauche and stupid.

“Can you tell me where we are going?” I asked trying to take my mind off of the night’s unusual activities.

“I don’t really know,” Luke said. “You see, Anna, you are something of an anomaly. We were supposed to get rid of you.”

Fear crept up the back of my spine. “What do you mean?”

“Do you know what you are?” Luke asked.

“Some kind of monster, I think. Although thanks to trigger happy there, I don’t know how much of the last hour was real and how much to equate to the drugs. But you weren’t there for the Jimmy thing. That’s on me. I didn’t mean to hurt him. He got a cut and the next thing I knew I was drinking from his neck. It was involuntary; I swear I would never intentionally hurt anyone.”

“You are a Lycan rogue,” Roman interrupted. “It is far more important to learn who changed you and why. It’s strictly forbidden. Who are your people?”