Alpha Bully (Wolf Ridge High 1)

The moment we get alone in one of the meeting rooms, Mr. Drake punches me in the jaw. I go down, lights dancing before my eyes. I hear two snarls: one from my dad, and one from the alpha.

I bounce back to my feet, but keep my fists and eyes down to show my surrender.

Alpha Green has Mr. Drake pinned to the wall by his throat. “You will get your temper in check,” he snarls.

“What is this about?” I ask.

“Yeah, what is this about?” my dad repeats.

“As if you don’t know,” Mr. Drake snarls.

“I don’t.” I keep my tone flat and mild.

“Adriana’s pregnant,” he hurls at me.

I blink, still calm. “And?” I’m bordering on being a smart ass here, but seriously, does he think it’s mine?

“And she said you knocked her up.”

“Is that true, son?” my dad scowls at me.

Now I lose my cool. “She said I… No. Fuck no. Definitely not.”

“Watch your language, boy,” Alpha Green snaps.

“Are you denying you had sex with my daughter?”

My neck heats. This is so not the conversation I ever wanted to have with any girl’s dad. “Well, no. But it was one time! Last year!”

Drake lunges at me again, but Alpha Green throws him back against the wall. “That’s bullshit,” he shouts. “She’s been out with you a dozen times this month. She told me you were dating.”

I gape.

“Cole?” My dad’s voice is hard. “You have been out a lot of evenings this month. If you’re lying—”

“I’m not lying,” I say, with exasperation.

“Who were you out with?” Alpha Green asks.

“Give me your phone,” my dad insists, holding out his palm.

Fuck. Why didn’t I delete my texts with Bailey?

I have her listed in there as “Pink” but my dad will totally know who it is. Not only will I be in deep shit with our alpha for having a relationship with a human, my dad will be utterly destroyed. Like lose his shit destroyed.

“Who were you with?” Alpha Green puts alpha command in his voice and my resistance evaporates.

“Bailey Sanchez,” I mutter, unable to resist the alpha pull.

Fuck!

“Denise Sanchez’ daughter?” Alpha Green asks with surprise.

Shame over betraying my dad nearly drowns me, especially with the condemning way the alpha’s looking at me.

“What?” My dad snarls, his eyes lighting up with yellow. “You’re dating that spoiled little brat next door?”

Fuck.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

“Relationships with humans are forbidden, for one thing,” Alpha Green says, even though his own son recently married a human.

For another, I’m a shitty son. He doesn’t say that part, but I hear it implied.

“You’re dating a human and Adriana?” Mr. Drake demands.

“No! Not Adriana. I told you. Not since last year.” The man’s an idiot.

“My daughter’s not a liar.”

Agree to disagree.

“I told you to stay away from that girl.” I can’t decide what’s worse. My dad drunk and furious or semi-sober with this malevolent gleam in his eye. Like he’s going to do something bad, really bad, to Bailey and her mom. Or to me, but I don’t give a shit about that. I just can’t have this turning on Bailey. I can’t let our alpha ask if she knows about us. He’d smell a lie and the results for Bailey if he knew could be disastrous.

“How long have you been dating the human?” Alpha Green asks.

I need to make them all forget about Bailey.

I hold my hands up to Mr. Drake. “Due respect, your daughter lied. That pup is not mine.” To Alpha Green, I say, “I’m not dating Bailey.” I turn to my dad and offer the only explanation I can give to diffuse this situation. The one that hasn’t been true since the first time I touched Bailey. “We’re not dating; I’m evening the scales. Using her.” I affect my most ruthless shrug. “I took her V-card and used her up. And she took it, because I’m alpha and she’s human. She didn’t stand a chance.” I can’t look at the disapproving faces of Alpha Green and Adriana’s dad. I just direct the lies at my dad, whose purple face starts to relax. The yellow leaves his eyes. “When I’m done playing with the human, I’ll leave her on her knees. Her mom ruined you. I’m ruining her.”

A slow smile spreads over my dad’s face. “That’s my boy.” He thumps a heavy hand on my shoulder.

I’m nauseated. I want to puke. But this is the way I save Bailey.

“Is that the way you treated my Adriana?” Mr. Drake tries to lunge at me again.

“For fuck’s sake!” I throw my hands in the air and appeal to our alpha. “Are we done here? Not my pup. I’ll take a blood test to prove it.”

Alpha Green appears disgusted by all of us. “We’re done. Get in the hall for the meeting.” He pushes out of the room and I follow, tight on his heels. I have my blinders on, trying to block out any more shit coming from my dad or Mr. Drake so I don’t register the small figure leaning over the drinking fountain at first.