The Destined Alpha novel Chapter 7

"Okay, what the actual fuck. I thought they were extinct!" He shared.

"Well," I chuckled, "apparently not." I smiled at him. His facial expression shifted to a look of confusion.

"Why are you so calm about this?"

"Mate." Was all I said. His eyes widened and he wiped his hands over his face trying to process what just happened and what I told him.

Still trying to calm him down, I looked back over at the stage to see what was going on. At that same moment, I see Briar sprinting off the stage and towards the front door.

"Briar! Wait!" I screamed reaching out for her. Flynn grabs my arm before I could run after her. I look in the crowd and see Briar's trio of friends. The two guys are holding the girl back. She was crying and screaming, clawing to get away from her friends.

"Evie, you can't! Give her some space right now!" The guy with light skin tried as she kept pulling.

"Ev, love, she's going to be okay!" The one with skin like mine promised.

"No! She needs me! Let me the fuck go! Let me..." and in that moment Evie's legs gave out and she collapsed to the ground. The guys caught her and held her in their arms as she sobbed. Briar's mom finally came down the stage and walked to Evie to calm her down. She took the guys' place and gave them instructions.

"Jayden," she pointed to the Light skin guy, "Go help Alpha Stone direct everyone to the back yard so we can start to get them calmed down." He nodded and joined Alpha Stone at the back door. "Cooper," she pointed to the chocolate skinned guy, "Take all of the children upstairs to the playroom and help Sienna get them situated. They won't be there long because we are going to give the parents their briefing and send back to their packs so when Briar is ready to come home she can." He nodded and did as he was told.

Unexpectedly, she looked over at me while rubbing Evie's back. Flynn still had my arm in his hand. She looked from me to Flynn and back to me. With one swift nod she gave Flynn the okay to let me go and in the same motion she shrugged her head at me to go after Briar.

"Thank you," she mouthed. I nodded and sprinted off to look for Briar.

Following her scent, it led me to the tree where I first met her. Looking down at the base of the tree, I see the heels she was wearing at the party. Looking up the tree, I see her silver hair blowing in the wind.

"Well if this was a game, you'd win because you found me," she chuckled into my chest.

I smiled. "Is it okay if i put you in my lap?" I asked softly.

"please," she simply responded. I manipulated my arms under her legs and around her body. I swiftly took her spot on the branch and placed her in my lap, supporting her back.

I rubbed her back some more and waited until her breathing slowed. Once it did, I watched the sun finish setting and then looked down at her to see if she was asleep. She had these naturally flush, thick lips that pursed when she slept and this tiny pixie nose that turned up just slightly at the end. I watched as she curled in closer to my chest and adjusted herself to get more comfortable. Seeing that it was late, I decided that it was time for me to get her back home.

I started my descend and when I got close enough to the ground, I swiftly jumped down and landed so I wouldn't wake her. She was small enough for me to hold her in one hand so with my free hand I held her shoes. I walked back into her pack's territory, with permission of course. Opening the front door, I sniffed out her room. Following her scent, I ended up on the third floor, fourth room to the left, two doors from her parents' room.

Laying her shoes on the floor next to her closet, I carefully place her in her bed, pulling the covers on top of her until they reached her hips. She rolled over in her bed and curled up in her blanket, I smiled as I turned to walk out of her room. Closing the door, I made my way to the front door. As I passed the kitchen, the lights flickered on. Standing in my place, completely horrified, I prayed it wasn't her father.