The Rejected Daughter Of An Alpha novel Chapter 13

After a speech like that, I can't help but lean forward. He looks at me in amazement and then looks down towards my lips. His breath catches and I know mine does too. He looks back into my eyes and takes a deep breath before speaking.

"May I?"

"Please." I say without a moments hesitation.

The light feeling of something warm against my lips happens not a moment later. I add a little more pressure and can't help but close my eyes when I feel his palm on my cheek. He pulls away a moment later and I open my eyes to see the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen.

"Wow." He says and releases a breathy laugh. I smile and release a breathy chuckle of my own.

"Definitely wow." I say, grinning like the cat that got the canary.

We are split apart by and knock at the door and a grinning Whiskey.

"Congratulations." He says with a gleam of pride in his eyes.

"How'd you know?" Axe asks have stood back a little bit. He's now leaning against this desk as if we had just been having a casual discussion.

"Consent even in the littlest things." Whiskey and I quote in sync. Whiskey turns to grin at me and I wink at him. HE points at his ears and says "Wolf hearing. Dinner's ready"

The rest of the night is a casual dinner followed by a short run around his pack and then off to bed. Everything was rather casual and I'm glad because tomorrow is going to be more stressful and I'm concerned for mom. Axe and I don't meet that night. We spend the night resting and I personally dream about the kiss. I fall asleep with a smile on my face.

Cole's POV

I can't believe I have a daughter. I only ever slept with one person and that was Ari and I was drunk. I barely remember it and now I have a daughter. And she's so strong. She had to get that from somewhere. I didn't really talk to her mother when we were younger, but if she was anything like she is now than she was a pill. Why did I even reject her?

There's so much I want to know about her- about both of them. I'm so glad Cassie convinced Ari to give me a chance to talk to her. I suspect Cassie would have if she wanted to, but the fact that she respected her mother enough to ask is already better than anything I've ever done.

And the fact that she delivered the news personally and gave me details says so much about her character. She's so much more mature than she should be. It doesn't help that my dad butt dialed me while Ari was adamantly talking about all the things she's done. It's obvious that the two of them care for each other like a mother and daughter should. I'm proud of her but at the same time I'm sad I missed it all.

I'm not sure how I feel about not being told about her. Is what Cassie says is true than I guess I understand. I didn't sense any deception in her but she could be trained to not show any or it could just be what she genuinely believes. I guess I understand why she wouldn't want to meet me but she could have at least let me know.

I would not have done that!

You were a dick in your youth. You would have.

Ok, so maybe I would have, but-

No buts. You had no right to her after what you did to our mate. You may have rights to her in the human world but those rules don't apply to us. That's why we have Wolf Laws.

Did you just cut off our link?! How dare you, you- you- butt face!

"Alpha? Are you ok? You've been zoned out since that girl left." My beta says, snapping in my face.

"Yeah. Just a little stressed. I have a meeting tomorrow at the North Carolina pack. I'll probably take my father with me if I can get him away from my mother for long enough, but if I can you'll stay in her room and keep an eye on her." I say, getting into business mode. My father already knows about my daughter, so he would be okay to bring. "And then the following day the girl that was here will be back for a follow up on the meeting."