Page 4 of The Alpha and His Song: Volume One

With what felt like lead in my feet I went up the stairs and opened the door. To my shock, Keith’s friend Justin was standing there, thrusting into my girlfriend. Channing snarled and it came out. Lisa shouted, “Keaton, what the hell?” Justin frowned at me.

I tossed the flowers saying, “Yeah, I’m the one in the wrong for coming to talk to my girlfriend and give her flowers. That I drove several hours away to buy, because the flowers around here aren’t up to your standard. We’re done.”

Lisa screamed, “KEATON, NO! This was YOUR fault! You didn’t have my back today when Clara said I cheated on her test.” Channing said, “Because Lisa did cheat off Clara.” Yeah, it was obvious. I turned and flashed outside.

Lisa’s family had just pulled up. Her mom waved, “Keaton, hi.” I nodded, “Ma’am.” She frowned then her eyes widened because Lisa had come out in a bedsheet. Lisa shouted, “We are NOT over!” I replied, “Why do you care? You’re with Justin.”

I heard a sharp inhale of breath, but I couldn’t turn to see who it was. Lisa waved, “You’re hysterical. I’ll come see you tomorrow when you’ve calmed down.” I replied, “Don’t bother.” Then I flashed away knowing half the pack had seen that scene. I was angry and hurt but the thing was, I felt relieved too that it was finally over. Except it wasn’t.

Flashback Ends

Lisa had come by two days later keeping our routine of giving me a protein drink. Channing huffed, “I still say she’s wrong about our performance.” Yeah, well she pointed out I wasn’t doing great in the sex department which meant I couldn’t blame her.

Keith brought me out of my thoughts, “I again circle back to my original point. Why isn’t Lisa here? The answer is clear and it’s because she knows you aren’t her mate. She’s playing you.” I yelled, “She’s not! You’ll see.” Keith sighed as I ran out the door.

I shifted into Channing. I asked, “Do you scent her?” I didn’t but maybe my wolf did. Channing replied, “I don’t smell anything that would be our mate.” My wolf was being very quiet. I knew he’d bonded with Lisa’s wolf, Lady, and liked her a lot.

Lisa he wasn’t so sold on, but that was fair. Channing wasn’t as convinced as I was Lisa was our mate, but he did feel protective of her. Channing said, “It looks like that’s my Alpha blood being protective of a pack member.”

I caught my parents scent, along with my older brother Emmett and his mate. They were watching me, but they weren’t approaching. A pang hit my heart because this was supposed to be a happy moment. Families were all smiles and not hiding, but that wasn’t my moment.

Flashback

Keaton was angry. Dad said, “Keaton, I…” I cut him off, “You never give her a chance!” Dad sighed, “Is that what Lisa says?” I replied, “YES! You hurt her feelings.” Dad questioned, “How? We have invited her into our home, and we spend time with her.”

I replied, “Everyone knows you don’t think she’s good enough for me.” Dad stared at me before saying, “I can hardly help that. I want the best for my pups. Do I think Lisa is? You know I don’t, but I have never opposed your relationship or been rude to that girl. Even though my instinct, and Bolt’s, scream at me to. I want you to be happy, Keaton. Are you happy?” No.

I snarked, “Yes, but you guys can’t ever be nice to Lisa and make her feel unwelcomed here.” Except that was a lie. My family was always nice and cordial to Lisa. Dad replied, “I don’t know what to do to make her feel welcomed, son. We allow her in this house and talk to her.”

I whispered, “You don’t want to.” Dad replied, “Life is full of doing things we don’t want to. What I don’t like is how much you’ve pulled back from this family. We invite Lisa because if we don’t, we know we’d lose you and that’s not acceptable to us.”

He and I went round and round on this argument to the point I didn’t know why we were having it. What was I doing? I shook myself thinking about how Lisa had cried. Her snot was actually dried on my neck, she’d cried so much. I was just defending her like she deserved.

Flashback Ends

I flashed back to the present and ran behind a tree and shifted back. I had to go to Lisa’s house. I ran there and knocked on the door. Her dad opened it smiling saying, “She’s upstairs.” Keith’s words were ringing in my ears.

If she thought she was mine, why wasn’t she down here? I asked, “Can you ask her to come down here?” Her dad studied me, frowning, but nodded then closed the door. I stood there waiting for Lisa, wondering when her scent was going to hit me.

Flashback

Keaton was at Lisa’s birthday celebration, but no one else had come. Channing said, “I linked Shara who said no one was invited.” What? Then why did I set all this party up? I linked Clara, “Lisa didn’t invite anyone to her birthday party?” Clara snorted, “People asked if she was having a party and Lisa said no one was coming between you two.”

Lisa showed up and burst into tears. “No one came again. Do you see all I suffer because I’m your mate?” I replied, “Clara said…” Lisa shrieked, “So you’re taking her side? Of course! My Beta Female couldn’t even be here.”

I replied, “She’s my Beta, you’ll have a Beta Male.” Lisa screamed, “ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW?! No one came to my party! I have no one but you yet you’re just believing them over me! Your Beta is trying to separate us, like everyone always does.”

Channing snorted, “Wow.” Yeah, this was extreme even for Lisa. I asked, “Do I smell good to…?” She cut me off, “Yeah, lucky me you smell amazing. We are mates and you can’t even listen to or believe in me.”

I replied, “Lisa, I…” Lisa screamed, “Save it. This is just perfect. I have a useless mate who can’t even be a proper Alpha. Now you’re going to be a horrible mate! Here is your latest sex report. My god Keaton, let down the Alpha line in our pack more. I only came nine times before I passed out. YOU ARE PATHETIC!”

I still didn’t understand why it counted against me if she passed out. I was still ready to go, and I hadn’t gotten off yet. That thought made me cringe. Lisa had told me I was a selfish lover wanting to get off before she had come ten times.

That cut me deeper than the glass she threw at my head. I couldn’t let my family down by being a bad Alpha and mate. I was a weaker Alpha who was bad at sex no matter how hard I trained, while my dad was a shining example of a perfect mate. I couldn’t mess up being a good mate, I just couldn’t.

Flashback Ends

Lisa opened her door with tears streaming down her face. Her scent honestly did nothing for me and Channing. My wolf didn’t even feel possessive towards her in the slightest. All that talk at my girlfriend’s fake birthday party, and it had been a ruse. I was such a shitty Alpha that I fell for it.