Fated To The Alpha novel Chapter 80

Summary for Chapter 80: Fated To The Alpha

Chapter Summary: Chapter 80 – Fated To The Alpha by Jessica Hall

In Chapter 80, a key moment in the Romance novel Fated To The Alpha, Jessica Hall delivers powerful storytelling, emotional shifts, and critical plot development. This chapter deepens the reader’s connection to the characters and sets the stage for upcoming revelations.

Fated To The Alpha by Jessica Hall Chapter 80

Kora shifted and Ares kept his back to us until she bit his tail making him spin around.

 

“Race you” She says before shoving him over and darting toward the treeline.

It felt good being in this form, Kora was carefree and loved the feel of the earth under her feet, the way the dirt kicked up behind her as she zipped in and out of trees and jumped over fallen logs. The breeze ruffled her fur and D*mn was she fast and lithe on her feet.

She slows down looking for Ares, and we could hear him catching up to us when everything suddenly falls silent, before he pounces, tackling Kora. Ares jumps off her and darts away and her giving chase and I could see she was excited for the game they were playing.

“She seems excited to be out” Mateo mindlinks me.

“Yep sucks she can’t shift much” I tell him just letting her go and do what she wants while she can.

“You still want to go swimming or do you want to wait for Ezra?” He asks me and I shrug before remembering he can’t see that through the link.

 

“Either I am not fazed, and Ezra was fine with it?” I ask him.

“Said he was, let me add him to the link” Mateo says and I feel a weird rippling before Ezra’s voice comes into range and it was strange having a three way conversation. I have had orders barked at me through the link with everyone connected but never just three people.

“What’s up, I am nearly done here” Ezra says.

“Do you want us to wait to go swimming?” I ask him.

 

“No, I won’t be long anyway we are just packing up” Ezra says.

“You sure Maddox won’t be angry and get the wrong idea,” Mateo asks and I could hear he was nervous about Ezra coming over while we were both naked in the water.

“No, he is fine with it”

“And you’re fine with it?” I ask confused, Sh*t was I fine with it?

“Kat, I am fine with anything you do as long as you’re safe and only with Mateo” He says, cutting off the link to him. What the F*uk did that last part mean?

“Now I’m confused, I am not sure I am comfortable swimming Mateo”

“Yeah I feel the same, Ares thinks Maddox is going to kill us” Mateo chuckles but his laugh sounded nervous.

“Come on we can just run until he finds us” Mateo says and I focus back on Kora who was still playing with Ares as they zipped through the forest. When it was nearly lunch time though I told Kora to head toward home Ares falling in line with her as they walked back towards the packhouse when we heard movement in the forest. Ares lurched forward in front of Kora who rolled her eyes at the protective stance. Ares relaxes when he picks up Maddox’s scent only to be tackled and Koro whimpers before knocking Maddox off who falls on his side before licking her face, his tongue hanging out the side of his mouth and Ares jumps on him.

“I thought you were going swimming?” Ezra asks us as Maddox chases after Ares, Kora chasing Maddox as they all play fight. Biting and tugging on each other.

“Dude what’s wrong with Maddox, I‘m not sure if he is playing or trying to hurt me” Mateo says as Ares gets tackled again.

“He’s mucking around,” Ezra says.

“Well that’s a first since Kat arrived,” Mateo says.

“He used to muck around with Ares all the time,” Ezra says.

“Yeah but he hasn’t in ages” Mateo says. Kora lays down watching them and resting her head on her paws.

“You still want to go swimming, or do you want to do something else?” Ezra asks and Maddox comes over flopping on his side, he nips at her ear tugging on it until she becomes annoyed with him and nips him making Ezra laugh.

“You guys go swimming, I still need to try to fix my car” Mateo says and Ares turns around only for Maddox to grab his tail and jerk him back.

I step away from them both. “Kat?” Ezra calls when I start walking away.

“No, Ezra. All day I have been trying to figure what the hell has gotten into you and then you throw me under the bus, throw Mateo under it too” I tell him my eyes brimming with tears at the embarrassment and what if Mateo didn’t want this, he was also put in an awkward situation.

“Tell me you don’t love him then” Ezra says and I see Mateo look at me. Kora whines in my head but I ignore her.

“You already know I do, but I don’t know what you were trying to prove by doing this” I tell him, turning around and heading for the house.

“I’m not trying to prove anything Kat, I am saying you can mark him if he wants you to and if you want too” Ezra says and I stop looking at him. Mateo also turns, staring at him like he just grew three heads and pair of bat wings.

“You could have asked first instead of doing this” I tell him before walking off. I heard him sigh and I felt terrible walking away and hoped Mateo didn’t think I was rejecting him but I just couldn’t deal with the way this situation was handled. Ezra could have asked, or just said something to us instead of just throwing it out there randomly.

I head inside and run up the stairs toward the bedroom. ‘Kat Calm down, Maddox is fine with it’ Kora tells me.

‘He didn’t even ask Kora he just put me on the spot and what if I wanted to say no or Mateo did, do you have any idea how awkward things would become’ I tell her.

‘He could have handled it better I admit’ She says and I walk into the bathroom turning the shower before remembering the door and quickly locking it.

“Kat?” Mateo mindlinks.

“Yes, Mateo” I asked as I stepped into the shower.

“I swear I didn’t know he was going to do that, I never asked him to”

“I know that” I tell him suddenly feeling guilty I walked away from him.

“Mateo.. I” He cuts the link abruptly, my head becoming my own and I am smashed with guilt, smashed with emotions I couldn’t understand.