The Destined Alpha novel Chapter 3

"You act like this is a new discovery," I smile turning to face her.

She shrugs and snags a cookie. "So what's going on over here?" She asks as she hands Ophelia a cookie, Ophelia happily takes it off her hands.

"I met this guy in the woods today-" she cuts me short.

"Wait...what?"

"Yeah you heard me, now quit interrupting" I side-eyed her. She held her hands up in defense and I continued. "I was out on a daily trip to my spot and we saw each other and he actually saved me from busting my ass. He said he was coming to this party, so I'm looking for him."

"Does he know you're the birthday girl?" She asked handing Ophelia another cookie.

"...No..." I said shyly.

"Why not?" she asked.

"I don't know, ugh. But I don't know his name. We didn't have time to exchange names since I was already running late for my own party." I exclaimed. Hearing Ophelia whine over my shoulder, I grabbed two more cookies for her to munch on. She took them, satisfying her for now.

"Girl, you can't run late for your OWN party. The party literally doesn't start until you walk in." Evie said shoving another cookie in her mouth.

"That's besides the point. Anyway, I need something to call him so when I see him I'm not just looking at you calling him 'Mysterious boy'," I mocked crossing my eyes, "so I need your creative brain," I continued to look around.

Straightening her outfit out, she smiled proudly. "Don't mind if I do," she began to look around with me. "What does he look like?" She asked me.

Vividly remembering what he looks like in my head, I gave a quick smile. "He's tall, at least 6 foot, with gorgeous dark chocolate skin and the sharpest jawline I've ever seen. He had a 5 o'clock shadow when I saw him but it was full so you know he'd look good with a beard. His teeth were porcelain white and pair that with his smile, he could make any dentist swoon. He has these thick lips and these deep brown eyes, You couldn't see where they stopped. His haircut was A1 with waves you could swim in. He had these diamond studs in followed by a gold cuban link chain. Oh, and his body, he wore this shirt that made his muscles pop and you'd think that he was about to burst out of that top in any minute...his broad shoulders and thick chest..." At this point I had slipped into another realm and Evie had to stop me before I went any further.

"Oh shit girl, you've got it bad." She shook her head at me as my cheeks and ears turned a bright cherry red.

"Help me," I begged her through my teeth as I tried to regain myself.

"Hmm..." she thought, "what about, Nemo?"

I shake my head, "no too obvious. Everyone uses that as a nickname for a guy."

"What about...Pineapple?" She questioned perking up when she found the pineapples at the end of the table and popping a few into her mouth.

"Ehhh, I'm not feeling it." Struggling with Ophelia as she tries to climb over my shoulder closer to the table. "Ophelia, what is going on baby girl?" I asked her finally attending to her needs.

"because I'm a Runt."

"Why?" Not knowing how to answer her curious question, I look to Evie. She shrugs at me and watches to see how I respond. Smiling, I adjust her on my hip and hand her my iPhone to play games. She types in my password, it unlocks leaving her to roam my phone.

We reach the stairs and Evie says she's going to run up to my room real quick, she had to take a phone call and she was going to grab the boys, who were in the game room after. Nodding at her, I continue on. Turning the corner to go into the Sun room, basically the Teen hangout spot because there's a mini bar and some other games for us to play, I see the person I was dreading to see tonight.

"Aw fuck," I mumbled, careful not to curse too loud. I tried to turn around before I could be seen but that didn't work. Hearing him sniffing the air, he then called my name in a sing song tone.

I slowly turned back around and grimaced at him as he walked closer to me. "Hey, Briar." He looked down at me. "What's going on, how are you?"

"I'm fine, Braxton, thanks for asking. Now I really have to-" I said quickly trying to back away.

"Hey, woah, where are you going? You and your...sexy ass..." he looked me up and down, side to side, taking every little bit of me in.

"I have to go find my parents before the Ceremony," I stated trying to get away.

"I'm sure they can wait a few minutes, I'm just trying to check on my mate," Swiftly, he grabbed my free arm and my waist, pulling me back in towards him.