The Alpha Who Saved Me

CHAPTER 6

DECLAN

I can hardly believe that tomorrow will be three years since I brought Quinn into my pack. She was just a scared petite young girl at that time, but even then, I could see a fire that burned inside of her. That girl has been through a lot in her young life, but she has overcome it all. She thinks that I am not aware of the reasoning, but the moment she started training, I knew it was for revenge. Quinn Night, daughter of the late Alpha Lincoln and Luna Stacia of the Dark Moon pack, has vowed to seek revenge for the massacre of not only her family, but for her entire pack

Quinn is a strong-willed she-wolf that will make some male an incredibly happy mate. She turned eighteen today and even though I haven’t found my mate yet, at the age of twenty-six, I had no fancy notions of her turning out to be my mate; I was not sure how I would have felt about it at that time. I have watched her grow up in the last three years, almost like a little sister -almost.

Lately, I’ve been seeing glimpses of a different woman when I look at her. She’s the same person, but she’s different, I can’t explain it, but it makes me feels things that I don’t think I should be feeling towards her. It’s one of the reasons I have taken up sleeping with Lila, the pack ****. I know, I know, I sound like an **, but she really is the pack ***, who has slept with every unmated male that is of age in the Storm River pack. I don’t dare sleep with an unmated she-wolf otherwise, because I don’t want to ruin her for her Goddess-given mate.

Quinn Night is the only person that may be able to bring me to my knees if she really tried. I would do anything for that girl, and I have absolutely no idea why. She’s the type of person that would do anything for anybody, but ***does she have a sassy mouth. I chuckle to myself as I think of this last part. Nobody would dare talk to me the way Little Red does, out of fear of my wrath. Just like I don’t dare call her Little Red, out of fear of her wrath.

I think back to when she came to the office earlier today and remember feeling an overwhelming disappointment when I realized that we really weren’t mates.

I was working on the pack’s income ledger, when I lost track of time and the next thing I knew, I was hearing a throat clearing, and I looked up, “Oh, hey Quinn. Sorry, I’ve been super busy today,” I closed the ledger and stood up to go to her, “Happy Birthday, sweetie.” I hugged her tight, lifting her off the floor, “You haven’t met your mate already, have you?”

She rolled her eyes at me, “No, I haven’t, and I doubt I will. I’ve been all around town today and didn’t smell anything.”

“You went around sniffing for your mate?” I asked out of confusion.

“No, Cici pulled me around town trying to see if I’d smell him. I really don’t have any motivation to find them just yet.”

I laughed, picturing Cici doing just that, “Leave it to Cici. That girl is going to give her own mate a run for their money.”

Cici is my Beta, Carter’s, baby sister and best friend to Quinn. She was actually the only one that I could get to come in and see to Quinn when we first brought her to the packhouse after the attack on her pack. The two of them have been tight ever since.

She grinned at my comment about Cici’s mate, “I’ve said the same exact thing.”

I tap my finger on her nose, “That’s because great minds think alike!”

“Oh yeah?” She closed her eyes, “Tell me what I’m thinking right now.”

“You are thinking about what my birthday gift to you will be.”

“Are you serious?”

Shrugging. “That’s what I would be thinking.” I chuckled.

Quinn slaps my chest, “Ha, ha! You’re such an Alpha dork.”

Islap the same spot, “You wound me, Quinn!”

“I’m sure you will be fine in five minutes time,” she joked, “Isn’t that how it is when any female wounds you?”

I sat back down in my chair while Quinn sat in the one opposite and on the other side of my desk, “You aren’t just any woman, Quinn.”

sister that you have to put up with.” She

as my kid sister, Quinn.” The more I thought about it and looked at her, I knew that I no longer thought of her as

into Lila downstairs, like literally.” She

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What was she doing here?” I remember thinking, What the hell is

flying through the door and she was just standing there with a hand full of condoms. She said that you ran out, so she was bringing some more over.” She paused for a moment before switching topics, which was

towards her. She is way too smart for her own good, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, a party? I know nothing of a party.” I had no idea how to hold a straight face, so I probably

across her lips and pretended to lock them, “My

for dinner at five. I’ve had a dress laid out for you on your bed; mom picked

you and your mom have done for me. You didn’t have to take me in, but you did. You didn’t have to rebuild the Dark Moon pack’s town, but you did. I

Just be happy Quinn. That’s all I want is for you

What Quinn doesn’t know is that when we cleared out her old packhouse, we kept everything of her parent’s and her older brother, Dylan’s, things, figuring she would want to go through them one day. I even made sure that her old bedroom was packed up. Once that was taken care of, I had a construction crew go in and

I hear

close the safe and jump up. I hear

“What the hell, Alpha!”

safe.” I’m surprised that I could get any words out after seeing her. She is ***gorgeous; she’s transformed from a sassy eighteen-year-old to a seductive older woman in a matter of hours. I watch her

like?” She

in the whole front of her dress, which isn’t much, since the neckline is completely non-existent, dipping all the way down to her waist. She has two pieces of fabric that attaches to the waist and goes up to cover her perfect hand-sized breasts before tying together at the back

chuckles, “It’s the one

got good taste.” I fight myself over not sinking my teeth into

and starts fiddling with my tie. Her perfume smells divine as she stands this close to me,

same color as Quinn’s dress. It’s almost as though mom was dressing us up as Alpha and Luna. How I wish in this moment that it was

from me. “Your text asked me to

have part of your birthday gift that I thought you may want before we leave.” I hand her the blue velvet box that I had the jeweler wrap it in after they cleaned them for me,

beneath her. My reaction is instant as I

looks up with watery

things into storage, so you can go through it when you are ready. I have everything here, it’s all yours. I wasn’t sure if these meant anything, but they looked like they may have been special, so I wanted to give them to you for your birthday.” I swipe one of her runaway tears away

just before the attack.” Next thing I know, she has

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think I did, that’s why I did

herself away, taking her warmth with her, as she slaps my chest playfully, “You’re such

kiss on the top

*Thank you, Declan.”

cross my mind at the time. Picking up the other item that I removed from the safe, and the present that I got her, I tuck them away into

mother, Beta, Cici, and myself, along with the birthday girl, of course. Quinn

are finishing up with the dinner portion, a commotion breaks out just outside the private room that I reserved. Before I could get up to see what was going on, the door bursts open

my invite got lost in the mail.” The woman has the audacity to lean down and kiss my cheek. I have no words as I watch her grab a chair and squeeze it in between mine and

must be mistaken, Lila,” Mom states, “This is a private birthday party.