The Pack's Alpha (by Cooper) novel Chapter 24

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Monday evening, Yorick and l are once again in my room. I was teasing him and he’s prowling around, Thad hunting me in the small space. He tackles me onto the bed, growling against my neck and sending shivers through my body as I squeal.

His fingers begin unbuttoning my blouse when I hear my cell phone ring. I answer without looking, distracted as I watch Yorick kiss his way down my chest.

“Hello.” “Cyra, are you ignoring my calls?” Shit! Stellan.

I push Yorick off me and sit up.

“Stellan, how are you?” l ask, ignoring his question. Of course I was ignoring his calls. I spent the entire weekend with Yorick and barely thought of Stellan.

“I’ve been wanting to ask you the same question. The last I heard, you were injured and in the infirmary at the Academy,” he says.

1 look at Yorick who is watching me intently. I turn away from him, focusing on the call.

“I talked to Dad. I told him I was released from the hospital,” I tell him.”And yet, I wanted to hear that you were healed from you, Cyra. Why have you been ignoring me?” He doesn’t sound hurt, he sounds annoyed. It’s as if me ignoring his calls has caused him undo frustration.

“I’m in school, Stellan. Even though it’s only been a week, l still have a lot of studying to do and I missed an afternoon of classes because of my surgery.”

“One phone call, Cyra. One call to tell your betrothed that you were okay,” he says. Yorick growls beside me and I slap a hand over his mouth, shaking my head to tell him to be quiet.

“Is someone there?” he asks, his tone becoming angry.

“I’m in a study group, Stellan,” I say, watching Yorick get up and begin pacing angrily on the other side of the room.

“I see. Well, I won’t keep you from your … studies. But” don’t ignore my calls, Cyra. I was worried about you.

You’re to be my mate. It’s my job to look after you,” he says.

“Well, hopefully there will be no more instances of me breaking a knee, so you won’t have to worry.”

“Uh huh. Goodbye, Cyra.”

“Goodbye, Stellan.”

I disconnect the call, watching Yorick. Fur is periodically sprouting on his arms before receding and Thad’s claws keep sliding in and out of his knuckles.

“Do you want to go for a run?” I ask him quietly. I can see that he’s struggling to maintain control of Thad.

“What I want is to kill any man who would try to take you from me,” he snarls. Thad is fighting hard to take control.

“I’m going for a run,” he says, yanking the door open. The way he’s walking, it’s as if he and Thad are literally battling it out for control of his body.

“I’ll come with you,” I say, standing.

“NO!” he barks, startling me. “He’ll mark you if he has a chance,” Yorick says, just as Zach and Piper walk by. Zach may be a jokester, but he’s an Alpha and a good one. He glances from Yorick to me and back again.

“I could use a run, Shakespeare. Come on,” he says and Yorick takes off. I hear his clothes shred before he gets to the door leading outside and then I hear Thad’s howl of frustration as he races off.

“What happened?” Piper asks, watching them leave. I sigh and she steps in, closing the door.

“Stellan called,” I tell her.

“Stellan is …”