The Challenge Two Alphas, One Girl

Chapter 56: Ladies’ Luncheon

Elizabeth’s POV

That w***e was here. Felicity sat directly across from me at the table next to my Mazey with Friday on Mazey’s other side so that Mazey was between an old w***e and a new one. Malachi sat on Felicity’s other side so that my arch nemesis and husband’s long-time mistress got to sit between said ex-husband and my only son as though she were replacing me. I felt a strong, warm hand enclose my left hand which had been resting on the table. Mazey was stretching across the table to hold it reminding me of when he was little. He was too precious. I calmed a little. My other hand was in Cody’s rough palms. Cody was directly across from Malachi. The silence was deafening.

“How is everyone?” Boomed Thaddeus from Friday’s other side. Why was she always forcing those two to hang out together? I really liked Thaddeus but where was the competitive aspect of this challenge if all three were always together? Thaddeus’ parents were next to me with True sitting on my left. Fang and Astrid were also on that side of the table and Theo was on Thaddeus’ right with Ida. The two pairs of twins were next to them: Timothy, Titus, Fallon and Fargo. It was a reunion of sorts.

“I’m well, thank you Thaddeus,” I said. Cody nodded. “Yes, I’m fine,” said Felicity brightly. “Never been better,” said Malachi, grinning. Ugh.

I noticed his neck was marked and stiffened. Felicity also bore his mark, the silvery quality of it shimmered catching the sunlight and to think, I’d hesitated to let Cody mark me.

“How’re you doing, Elizabeth?” Asked Malachi hesitantly.

“Great,” I said stiffly, feeling annoyed. I knew he was wondering why I had not come to see him at all since the first day at the hospital. I wasn’t about to show my face there again when he’d used his Alpha voice to command me to stop fighting Felicity, thus advertising that I wasn’t his

true Luna. I felt a small pang of guilt though. He had been shot and we had been married for twenty-five years and we did have Mazey together but he was alive, wasn’t he? No harm done.

“And who is this?” Asked Felicity, always trying to be friendly. She was looking at Cody, smiling.

“Cody,” said Cody, shaking her hand. “Lizzie’s old friend.” I had not told him what to say yet. I had just said I wanted to take things slowly.

Malachi did not extend his hand to shake Cody’s. “Malachi, this is Cody,” I said pointedly so he would acknowledge him.

“Cody and I know each other,” he said as though that were obvious. I bristled. I was shocked he remembered Cody. Well Cody did tell Malachi’s Dad to ‘f**k off” so he must have made an impression.

suggested anything but that. I almost snorted with laughter but I stifled it. I wan’t about to laugh at Friday’s comments. I knew I was being a tad unfair. She was a different person than her mother but

the Marigold newspapers where she was clad in Maze’s blazers. I recognised all of Mazey’s blazers anywhere as they were usually monogrammed. Whatever she had on underneath his blazer was so short it

It literally took wny lainers sanity although he was always near the edge anyway, being such a raging alcoholic. I was happy for them though, all of them. Malachi and my Mom and Elizabeth and Cody. Elizabeth had not officially introduced him as her mate but I could sense it. It was clearly demonstrated in the way they acted together. There was an easiness, a fluidity. Finding your true mate was a beautiful thing. I would never begrudge anyone that. glanced at my handsome Maze. I still felt a pang when I thought of how I’d almost lost him, how he’d

at the casual, offhanded way he addressed him when they clearly were not friends in the slightest. Cody was a brave one, I liked him.

good as new,” said Malachi, nodding. My mom

Malachi and Elizabeth and their family being snobby, looking down on Felicity for being a rogue and looking down on me as one of the servants, the groundkeeper’s son. Sheer aristocracy had kept four true mates apart and sent a once decent man spiralling down into alcoholism and even

bit but my heart went out to him. I could understand the complexity of his grief feeling that the woman he loved had run off to live happily ever after with another, more powerful man and the same man too. Malachi. That was how I felt when I saw her in her wedding dress and Farris possibly felt the same panic. The panic that had led me to flee Marigold and head to the neighbouring Berryndale. Farris had fled Marigold for Berryndale also, but he had shot

say and so was I for housing him. I did not have any serious grievance left towards Malachi. I had even had to talk Farris out of showing up here today with a gun. I really hoped that had been the rum talking. He just drank nonstop, going

a start. There were sirens and flashing lights. Commotion in the street outside my ranch house. They were searching for a prisoner. A prisoner! In this quiet ranch! I ran downstairs and peaked outside. There were police vehicles and a

noises,” said a voice

skin. Tall. Lean but muscled. About my age. I had seen his photo before! The former Beta, Farris Fenestra,

you are,” / said with my palms

shoot you,” spat Farris, putting his gun down on the table. He was sitting calmly at the breakfast table as though we were old friends. We did

don’t sell me out, that’s all,” he said. “How

near the beginning of his marriage. He was worried

Igrowled instinctively.

increased as a few other cars were added to the melee. Farris raised a finger to his lips to make a Shh sign. I

for a bit. I made a big, messed-up, crazy mistake,”

for this, aiding and abetting an attempted murderer

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