My fated alpha by Natalie
Chapter 20

After I had spent almost an hour convincing Raine to stay with me, I got up from the floor. My knees were feeling a little numb because I had been sitting on the floor for so long but I was glad that she finally listened to me.

I wasn't sure how long she would stay but I thought that I would replace a way to make her extend her stay for another few weeks.

For now, she wasn't going anywhere. And, I was growing restless to replace a way to the other problem I had.

Hence, I left her after a hug and walked out of the door, straight for my office. The file I had been working on earlier was still lying on the desk but it could wait. Now, I had other things to do.

As I walked towards my office, I saw Ben hastily rush towards me.

"Alpha, please spare a minute, I wish to talk to you."

I just waved a hand, indicating him to follow me. He did as I asked and walked in the office behind me.

I sat on my chair and looked at the watch, "Ok, I have a long night before me to work so quickly tell me what is that you want to talk about?"

Ben gave me a sheepish smile and I raised an eyebrow at that. "Uh, well it was about Madeleine."

"What about her?" I unintentionally snapped at him. He heard the annoyance in my voice and asked a little apprehensively, "I just wanted to know which pack she belonged to...and...”

He stopped midway and I was getting frustrated at the way he was dragging things out.

"Common beta, you know you have pack duties and I have them too. Speak your mind."

I said with a smile trying to tone my voice down. He hadn't done anything to make me snap at him.

Well, not yet.

"...and, if possible...I mean, by any chance...do you know if she has a mate?"

"Why?"

I asked him more sharply than I had intended to. In my haste to get back to work, I had totally forgotten that Ben had been staring at her ever since he had seen her.

Was my beta smitten by her already?

I thought in annoyance. Then as if Luke wanted to taunt me, he reminded me of how she had looked in my shirt.

At that thought, I felt a bulge in my pants and I mentally chided Luke. Damn, I was letting both my wolf and my beta get to me. Adjusting myself in my seat, I shifted a little and crossed my legs. Ben was only staring at the floor nervously and I told him what he wanted to hear.

"She is never going to have a mate because she is wolfless."

The shock that was visible on Ben's face made me feel satisfied. And then I scolded myself for feeling so.

My gamma just placed his hands on the chair in front of him and shrugged his shoulders.

"Oh..."

I knew I should not have said it the way I did but he was annoying me. I had work to do and he wanted to discuss Madeleine's possible mates with me.

Ha!

His alpha wasn't going to let him take interest in her.

"Why?" Luke suddenly asked me.

I didn't answer Luke nor did I provide any more information to Ben. He kept staring at the floor and spoke,

"All right, then. I'll leave, alpha."

Knowing that he wasn't going to pursue Madeleine anymore made me sigh in relief. I immediately asked him without looking up from the file,

"Any recent news of the rogues who had shown up?"

"They are steering clear of our pack and territory. Everybody knows better than to mess with the Blue Moon pack."

Ben answered with pride and I smiled at him.

"That is great but it would only be the case until we continue to train ourselves harder than before. I want all my pack members in good shape."

My gamma looked at me eagerly, "Charlie told me something about you agreeing to attend the ball..."

I had just let go of my annoyance and my gamma decided to just talk about the topic I wanted to avoid.

Madeleine's face flashed before my eyes and I thought that it was a way for me to meet her again. "Maybe, I haven't decided yet..."

I tried my best to not let the emotions show on my face. I had reluctantly agreed to accompany Raine and then used the same line on her to make her stay.

But now, I felt that it would be yet another chance for me to meet her without any issues. The thought made me feel satisfied.

Trying to sound casual, I asked him, "How many days until that stupid ball?"

Ben looked at me with wide eyes, "Days? It's tonight, alpha."

Damn it!

Madeleine

I never had a busy day in my life. I got up pretty early and completed all my chores before Clare asked me to sit down on a chair and made me shove some food down my throat.

For some reason, I was feeling very

excited about the ball. I thought of all the good looking guys and girls who would be dressed in their absolute best, dancing together and maybe even replace their mate. Content

A ball was a prestigious event and I felt super nervous to be the one managing things. Garron had done his part by visiting all the alphas and personally inviting them to the ball.

But, the rest of it was on me. And,

despite everything I wanted the event to be a success. My recent past was filled with nothing but sadness and misery so the ball offered me some respite. S

The good thing about Garron was that he had really asked Steve to stay away from me. So, I could roam around freely without the fear of him grabbing me or making me do unnecessary stuff.

Steve looked at me pointedly, as if he had lost a chance to bully me, but I couldn't care less.

I knew I would have to pay the price by giving Garron some insider information about Hayden, but for now, I decided to live in the moment.

Thus, I hastily finished the food Clare served me before I placed the plate in the sink and gulped a big glass of water.

"Thank you, Clare" I smiled at her and she smiled back while saying, "Don't forget to breathe and rest, or you will just faint when you will see all the handsome hunks."

I chuckled at the thought. Last night, when I had been worried by Garron's words, I had imagined the very same thing.

The only difference was that there was just one alpha who appeared in my dreams- shirtless and hugging me tightly.

The mere thought made a faint blush rise up my cheeks but then I discarded the idea. Shaking my head, I began walking towards the gate when I heard Garron's voice. "Wait, it will take you an hour to walk to the venue. Steve will drop you there, you will reach faster."

Steve who was standing just beside him threw him an incredulous look.

"What?"

The omega couldn't quite believe his ears. "You want me to drop her at the venue? What am I? Her personal driver?"

Garron gave him a cold look and spoke, "If she doesn't get there on time and the preparations are not complete, you would complete it.”

Steve just raised his hands in the air and slapped them against his legs, "I know nothing about this maid stuff.”

Munching on an apple, Garron continued, "Right, so go and come back soon. We have things to do."

Madeleine merely looked at Garron who smiled meaningfully at her. She gave him a hesitant smile and then suddenly understood what was going on.

He was playing nice to her already so that she could start working on her task.

Swallowing hard, she got in the car beside Steve.

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