The Challenge Two Alphas, One Girl

Maze’s POV

After our conversation, I felt so close to Friday. I was really scared now, terrified actually, of losing her. I sighed when my Beta told me my Dad wanted to meet Friday, Friday scampered off to change without explicitly being asked. I followed her, shutting the door to her room and locking it. She paused and looked at me.

“I’m confiscating the outfit, remember?” I said in a serious tone, hiding my smile.

I sat on her bed. Friday had a sly smile. She slowly undressed herself. She was teasing me. It was working. She was wearing a lacy pink thong and matching bra underneath the outfit. I made her stand still so I could admire her. I got up and circled around her slowly to look at her from every angle. She giggled. I picked out what she would wear to meet my father. It was a long, black dress with long sleeves. Totally boring. My father would approve of it.

She followed me to the conference room. My father, Malachi Mason, was sitting at the head of the conference table flanked my my mother, Elizabeth Mason and his former Beta, Friday’s awful alcoholic father. Both my mother and father were brown haired. I had my father’s grey eyes and olive skin. My mother had blue eyes and fair skin. Friday’s Father, Farris had brought her mother, Felicity with him. My father’s eyes kept darting across to her and hers kept trailing over him. Were they still sneaking around together after all these years? Did Friday’s Dad or my Mom have any idea?

“Son,” said my Father stiffly. I nodded just as stiffly.

“Father, Mother, this is Friday, my mate and future Luna,” I said emphasising the last part as presented Friday to him, bringing her forward.

My father regarded her, his face expressionless. He shook her hand politely. My mother extended her arm gracefully and shook Friday’s hand, smiling. Her smile was cold.

“It’s so nice to meet you,” Friday said. “Well, Maze, you’ve already met my parents.” I shook both of her parents hands. I sat down next to Friday.

“You’re the daughter of my former Beta and yet I’ve never officially been introduced to you until now, why is that? Why are they hiding you?” Said my father plainly.

“Well, you already know that I am wolf-less. Prior to my eighteenth birthday, I can’t give a reason for us not meeting,” Friday said, completely unflustered.

My father stiffened further if that were even possible. My mother kept her cold smile in place.

“There was no need for you to meet her, Alpha,” Farris said still addressing my father formally, not looking at his daughter.

“She looks just like you did when I first met you, Felicity,” said my father suddenly, comparing Friday to her mother.

Felicity nodded, forcing a smile.

“I sensed she was not like her brothers, you see, Alpha,” Farris said. “I must have sensed she was wolf-less while she was growing up.”

“At least she is very beautiful like her mother,” said my father, again comparing Friday’s looks to her mother and making everyone in the room uncomfortable.

“Thank you, Alpha and… I see that Maze gets his good looks from you, Alpha,” said Friday awkwardly.

My father smiled genuinely, gazing intently at Friday. I came into this meeting prepared to defend Friday. I was expecting a lot of criticism and malice from my father towards her. I had never considered  nad first met nis ratea mate, Friday’s mother, Feucity.

said matter-of-factly. “You can’t mind-link. Your mother and I would coordinate a lot of

chuckled. My mother looked surprised at my comment. “Forgive me, mother,” I said

a teenager, I argued with him on her behalf regarding his constant criticisms of her. It struck me suddenly that

for how critical I’ve been of you, by the way,” I whispered quickly to her before turning back to

my mother said. “And your brothers are joining

dislike them, probably because they reminded him of Farris, the man who fathered all of the children of the woman he was in love with. On the other

said as if he couldn’t help himself. Like father, like son.“ Why did you choose such a

nothing, shrugging, unwilling to blame me. I admired her loyalty. “I

her,” my father said as though that were obvious. My mother was wearing a similar black dress. Felicity was wearing a floral

you encouraged Mom to wear as Luna,”

is very young,” my father said, smiling at Friday, his

father continuously calling Friday’s mother by her first name. Fang was still adopting his new role as a

to my father. “You should see the pictures.” “Did you bring any?” My father asked, actually curious.

horror-stricken. Fang fake sniffled and the twins

from the table, her chair scraping against the floor.  .

count to ten then follow after him. I

Friday’s POV

cried myself to sleep. He had woken me up

Flashback (Warning: Abuse)

brown wolf, running in the woods. Running so fast it felt like I was flying. Something pulled me from my dreams back into my sad reality. Fang was

screamed. It stung. I knew they’d be a welt on

it isn’t shameful enough to have a timid weakling for a sister when I’m the Beta of the pack but now you have no wolf.

tomorrow or soon,” I pleaded. Fang sighed exasperatedly. “If you don’t, I don’t know what I’ll do,” he warned. “I didn’t ask to be this way,” / whispered. “And I didn’t ask to have you as a sister!” Yelled Fang. “Three kids were more

storage room that had been converted to a fourth bedroom. My parents and three brothers had the upstairs bedrooms. The twins didn’t even share a room. They each had their own.

but I didn’t feel the pain. He didn’t hit me again. He was just taunting me.

He walked out of my room. I hugged my knees to my chest

Alpha, snapping me out of

so he would not notice my tears. He noticed them anyway. He took a handkerchief out and wiped them away

Maze.

I said, sniffling, gesturing towards the

back, tangling them. I hugged myself against the cold. Malachi took his blazer off and draped it over my shoulders, again making me think of Maze. Like Father, like son. I slipped my arms into the sleeves of the blazer and

so you probably don’t produce enough body heat,” he commented, staring