The Challenge Two Alphas, One Girl

Chapter 38: Fenestra Family Fall Out

Maze’s POV

It was midday on the third day of Friday’s heat. Thaddeus and I were roasting hotdogs on sticks over a small fire we had made outside. He had said this way I could cook my own food for once. I had glared at him but I was happy to roast my own hotdog. I had always wanted to go camping and do stuff like this with my Dad but he never had time for me and I did not have siblings to go with instead. My mom was an aristocrat and very girly and clinically depressed so she took pills to perk up and pills to sleep. I would lay in bed next to her and tell her stories when she cried over my Dad ignoring her. She had been soft-hearted in her youth like my Friday. I pictured Friday that day at the Cat Cafe when she sobbed so bitterly over my rejection and criticism of her. My stomach was in knots. I should have known so much better than that after what I had seen my mother go through. I was still so ashamed of how I had behaved.

“Bro! You’re burning your hotdog!” Yelled Thaddeus in his deep voice, making me jump as he snapped me out of my thoughts.

I looked at my hotdog. It was completely black on one side. I roasted the pale side a little then blew on it and took a bite. It was good still! Crispy!I ate the whole thing.

“I want another one,” I said. “Maze, what do we say?” Said Thaddeus in his snooty Marigold voice. “Now?!” I tried. Thaddeus threw a cold hotdog at my face but I caught it easily, laughing. “Bro!” I exclaimed, “Not cool.”

“Getting hit in the face by a frozen hotdog is a rite of passage in Berryndale. Haven’t you ever been camping, you beast?” Thaddeus said.

I rolled my eyes. That was another favourite of Thaddeus and Theo, calling each other “beast”. I wondered if Theo would be annoyed when we got back to the pack house and he realised that Thaddeus was now fond of me. I wondered if he would be a little jealous. I felt smug. I had never had a best friend or anything, just servants and sycophants.

“No, I never got to go camping,” I admitted. “I always wanted to go though.”

“Maze!” Exclaimed Thaddeus in mock horror. “Sleeping outside is for vagabonds!” Scolded Thaddeus, again with his snobby Marigold impression,

Igrinned.

“We can go camping properly in Berryndale,” boomed Thaddeus. “What? You’ll let me sit in on one of your dates with Friday?” | asked.

Thaddeus shrugged. “The fifteenth day is our travel day and it won’t take all day to get to Berryndale. As that day is a no man’s land like the first and last days of the challenge, we can all camp that night,” offered Thaddeus.

“You’re taking me on a date?” I teased.

“It’ll be so bro-mantic just you wait,” Thaddeus said, chuckling.

“Poor Friday, she’ll be a third wheel,” I joked.

She’d be the meat in our sandwich which was the exact opposite of a third wheel but I could not say   soder, It Still seemea plausible. I garea not pring it up again thougn. I signea, contuctea. Dia i want that?

asked when I fell

I’m ok,” I said, smiling. “You’ve made this time away from

tall, smart, handsome, funny, the best warrior, a chef, modest, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera…” said Thaddeus starting off in his deep regular voice but trailing off into his higher-pitched

laughed and then looked down only to realise I had also burnt my

Theo’s POV

Exclaimed Friday, getting to her feet. She was a bit shaky. I helped her back to

ok,” I said. “Promise

fixed me with an innocent wide-eyed look, nodding. I grinned at her. I bounded down the stairs to the Beta

mother and father were in the

sniffling, tears evident in his

looked shell-shocked. A snarl ripped from Farris’ throat. The former Beta’s eyes turned black. Fang quickly put his mother behind him, getting

Snarled Felix. “IS IT?!” His voice rang out throughout the pack house. Felicity trembled. “I’m so sorry, Farris,” she whimpered. “You have every

defending his mother despite being furious with her too. Farris lunged at

Betas defending that dishonourable w***e?!” Spat Farris. Fang growled at

to calm down. You have four kids together. You’re not about to attack her. She’s

hell and I never knew why!! never knew why he hated me so much! It was because of you!”

marry the Beta of

Felicity spluttered. “I…I…”

his claws out, canines bared, eyes black. He

His bones

only an Alpha command could. I gasped. The voice

looked at her, shocked. He growled at her. Her eyes turned black and he recoiled.  violence against

You must

don’t hate you,” said Farris simply. He sighed. “I don’t hate

and slumped against the far wall, sitting down, putting his

level what was up. He drank his awareness away and now in the cold light of day, his pent up emotions were spilling out. All the anger and resentment he had for

was trembling, burying her face in Fang’s back.

looking at his little sister, back to Beta business as

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