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"You may now kiss the bride."

Those were the words that change my life forever. Those six little words that are meant to bring joy to others ruined my life. If it wasn't for those six words, I wouldn't have been in the situation that I found myself in with Alpha Huntley.

He watched me from across the hall. That look of disdain that he wore so well marred his handsome face. A look that was reserved only for me. Sharp navy-blue eyes pierced their way into my brown ones. Cutting its way through to my soul.

A shudder ran through me because I knew the promise and the threat that his gaze held. The sides of his lips kicked up into a smirk that told me it won't be long until I had to pay my due.

As I stood there watching him, I couldn't help the heat that ran through me. It materialised from some wickedly hidden part within me. The hunger and lust I felt for him were unbearable and undeniable. Even when I tried to tell myself that it was wrong, the feeling just intensified. I wanted Alpha Huntley. I wanted him in the worst way. He wanted me too, but he wanted to ruin my life.

I loved him, but he hated me.

My desire for him was so strong that I was afraid that everyone was seeing it. I shouldn't have wanted him as much as I did. For one, he was now my new stepbrother, but he was also my best friend's boyfriend. And I was already seeing someone else.

I knew that the relationship between Alpha and Marley was not really that serious. They were both just having fun, as Marley liked to say. However, Bradley and I had been together for almost two years. We were friends for two years before we started dating. We finally got together on my sixteenth birthday. Bradley and I had the same values and wanted pretty much the same things out of life. We both wanted to wait until marriage before having sex. And had planned to get married before we started college.

My mother was not too happy about me marrying at such a young age, but she never protested because she loved Bradley. Sometimes I thought she loved him even more than she did me.

It didn't matter anyway, because all that was about to be crushed. My mother and Alpha's father had done the inevitable. They got married, sealing my fate. All my belief about waiting for marriage was about to be cast out the window. In just a few short hours, I'd finally get to know what it felt like to have Alpha Huntley inside of me.

I should have been pissed or appalled even. But I was neither of those things, instead, I was strangely excited and turned on as hell, neither of which I should be. I already had a boyfriend, and Alpha was seeing my best friend. I shouldn't be having those feelings towards him, but I did.

My attraction to Alpha Huntley started when I transferred to Hallway High. My dad had been offered a job as the principal of a very prestigious private academy, but it was two states over. So, we packed up everything and moved. I was only fourteen at the time and changing school in the middle of the semester was not what any kid wanted. First off, you become the talk of the school. You have no friends, and other kids don't make an effort to befriend you. But worst of all, you become fresh meat, for the overly hormonal teenage boys, and overly dramatic mean girls.

I remember feeling like I just wanted to crawl into a hole and die after my first week at Hallway High. Lunch period was the worst. Whenever I approach the cafeteria, I would feel like a lamb going to its slaughter. On the Friday of my first week, I opted out of going to the cafeteria, instead, going to have my packed lunch on the bleachers.

I was halfway through my chicken mayo sandwich when I saw Alpha Huntley for the first time. He had come running out of the school. Red basketball shorts hung low on his waist, revealing that deep V line by his pelvis, and rock-hard abs that seemed to go on for days. His white t-shirt was casually thrown around his neck.

My sandwich was forgotten as I openly gawked at him. He looked like a teenage male god. Something the Romans' talked about. He looked like every teenage girl fantasy and every woman's wet dream.

I watched him as he ran his hand through his long black hair that was glistening with water. I couldn't tell if it was wet from sweat, or because he just had a shower. Either way, it looked sexy as hell, and I wanted to run my fingers through it.

He stood by the opening of the gym door, looking around the field as if searching for something or someone. His eyes landed on me, I prayed that he'd come closer so that I'd get a better look at him. However, when he started advancing my way, I felt panicked. My heart picked up, and I quickly looked away from him. grabbing my unopened water bottle, I opened it and started drinking, needed to do something.

It wasn't long before a shadow was cast over me. And the scent of rain forest after a hurricane with the tiniest hint of spice assaulted my nostril. My involuntary response was to close my eyes and inhale deeply, letting go of my breath with a sigh.

A deep chuckle jarred me out of whatever trance his presence put me in. My eyes shot up to him, and I was greeted with the darkest blue eyes I'd ever seen. But my heart stopped for a moment when his lips kicked up into a brilliant smile.

"Hey."

Words were coming out of his mouth, but I was struck dumb by all his gorgeousness.

"You're the new girl, right?"

His hand reached out and touched my shoulders. I sprung to my feet, startled by the contact. The bottled water almost spilling, and me almost tumbling. He put his hand on my waist to steady me, bringing his naked chest closer to me. I stared at it, and as if having a life of their own, my hands reached out, touching him.

He chuckled, "Easy there, I don't even know your name as yet."

That pulled me out of the hypnotic daze that I was in. I pulled away from him, his hands slipped from my waist.

"Sorry, I don't know what came over me."

He smiled down at me, "No worries, I have that effect on women."

A deep red blush crept up my cheeks because it was the first time that I'd ever been so forward with a guy.

"So, what's your name, new girl?"

I hesitated, not sure if I wanted to share my name with him. But he looked genuinely interested, not like the others who just wanted to see if the new girl would sleep with them. And besides, I had almost violated him earlier. The least I could do was give him my name.

"It's Myka, Myka Hudson."

His reply was to tuck my hair behind my ears. My heart stopped as I gazed wide-eyed at him.

"Hi, Myka, nice to meet you. I'm Alpha Huntley."

Before I could even respond, two other guys came out of the gym, running onto the field. They were laughing and pushing at each other.

"Yo, Al, what are you doing? Come on, coach is waiting on us." One of them called to him.

"Be right there, Brent."

He grabbed the bottled water out of my hand and ran back to his friends. However, not before saying, "See you around, Myka." I stood there staring after him as he opened my bottled water and drank it.

After that, everything was good. I started making a few friends and Alpha would say hi to me whenever he passed me in the hall. I also found out that he was very popular in school. He was the star player of the school basketball team and head coach. Almost every girl was in love with him and wanted to date him, myself included. But he never paid any of them any interest.

He went about his day almost robotic. Smiling when he needed to. Saying the right things at the right time. He looked like your typical high school jock. But it all looked fake. Like he was just going through the motions. I had the feeling that there was something lying inside of him. Something dangerous. But I ignored it because when he smiled at me, all rational parts of my brain turned to puddles.

However, all that changed about a year of me being in the school. One afternoon I went to meet my mother at her workplace. About six months after us moving, my mother got a job as a nurse in a nearby hospital. My dad was happy because he had started feeling guilty that she left her job to move to a different state.

I wanted to surprise my mother by dropping dinner off for her. When I arrived, I saw Alpha getting out of a car. He waved at the figure in the car before they drove away. It was dark, so I couldn't see the person well, but from what I could make out, it was a woman.

"Hey, Myka. What are you doing here?"

I remember smiling like an idiot because I still couldn't believe that he was talking to me.

"My mum is a nurse here."

His eyes widened, "Really, my dad is a doctor here as well."

"Cool. You wanna go in together?"

I hesitated, not knowing how he'd respond. But he nodded his head and we walked together in silence. I was nervous. I wanted to talk to him but was too scared. And just when I mustered up the courage to finally say something, I saw my mother. However, what I saw shook me. My mother was stood just outside of the hospital. The dark concealing her, but I knew she was my mother. She wasn't alone. She was in the arms of a man that was not my father. Kissing him.

"Mum?" I called out to her.

The two figures broke apart. I got my first good look at the man. He was tall. Taller than my father by about four inches. His black hair was dusted with grey, right down to the stubble on his face.

"Dad?"

Alpha said from beside me. I turned to look at him in shock, but he never looked at me. His eyes were set on his father and my mother. There was so much anger there. It felt unfamiliar seeing that look in his eyes, but still not strange. I had always thought that he had something dangerous lurking within him.

"Sweetie," my mum said just as Alpha's father said, "Alpha."

"It's not what it looks like, son." Mr Huntley continued.

Alpha tensed beside me. Anger radiating off of him in waves. I didn't blame him though. We just walked in on our parents cheating.

"It looked like you were cheating on mum, that's what it looked like!"

My mother broke away from Mr Huntley, taking my hand and dragging me away. Not long after I heard Alpha shouting.

"Sweetie, you can't tell your dad. It will break his heart if he finds out."

I yanked my hand away from her. I couldn't believe what she was asking me to do. How selfish she was being.

"How long have you been cheating on dad."

She had the audacity to look appalled. Like I said something that wasn't true. My dad loved her, would do anything for her, but she cheated on him.

"It's not that simple."

I snorted, "What's not simple, mum? You're cheating on dad! It's as simple as that!"

My voice rose. She looked around, checking to see if anyone else was around. I almost laugh, because just a minute ago, she was kissing a man that wasn't her husband in front of the hospital.

"Keep your voice down, young lady." She whispered harshly.

I didn't care. I didn't care if anyone found out. She was a cheater! She didn't deserve my sympathy.

"Look, we'll talk about this when I get home. Just please don't tell your dad."

I started to protest, but she stopped me. Taking both my hands into hers, she pleaded with me. I didn't want to give in, but I also didn't want to hurt my dad. I hoped that she'd end the affair, so my dad would never have to find out.

"Myka, sweetie. I know all this is confusing, and I do love your dad. But it just sort of happened. We had a very stressful shift. We were just talking, then one thing led to another. I love your dad and I don't want to break up my marriage."

She looked at me with pleading eyes, "You don't want that, do you honey?"

Feeling guilty, even though I knew that it wasn't my fault. I shook my head. My mother smiled and hugged me.

"Thank you, sweetie! Thank you." She said with relief.

Pulling away from me she smiled, but I didn't return it because as much as I agreed to keep quiet, I didn't forgive her.

"I'm not going to tell dad, but I don't forgive you either."

I turned to walk away from her. The flask containing her food was still in my hand. She called after me and I stopped without turning around.

"Cheating is wrong, mum. I had always wanted to be like you, but not anymore."

Little did I know how my words would haunt me. I turned out to be more like my mother than I wanted to.

When I walked away from her, I walked right into Alpha Huntley. He did not look anything like the boy I'd come to love. His beautiful blue eyes were filled with disgust. I almost looked behind me to see if he was looking at someone else.

"Tell your mum to stay away from my dad."

He said the word mum like it was an insult. It pissed me off. My mother wasn't the only one to blame.

"You tell your dad to stay away from my mum."

He walked closer to me. His eyes looked like a hunter stalking his prey. I stumbled backwards but caught myself before I fall.

"Did you just promise to keep your mother's little secret? Do you really believe that she will stop going after my dad? She's taking advantage of his vulnerability. She's a whore and you are no different."

His words hurt and angered me. I walked closer to him, any fear I felt earlier forgotten. My anger matched his.

"You don't get to say that about my mum, or me. Your dad played a part in whatever is going on between them."

His eyes bore into me. "Tell your mum to stay away from my dad, or you will not like the side of me that will come out."

With that, he walked away. I stared after him, feeling confused about his behaviour. The next day in school he was very cold to me. My friends were confused and wanted to know what changed, but I just acted like I didn't know.

Things carried on like that for months, but I still couldn't bring myself to hate him. I still loved him. But I knew that any relationship between us was not possible, so I started to focus my attention on Bradley.

However, my life took a turn for the worst, when Alpha's mother killed herself after finding out that her dad and my mum was having an affair. My dad up and left, leaving my mum and me.

"Myka!"

Bradley's voice broke through my barrier, taking me out of the past. I smiled at him. He was quite good looking, and the grey three-piece suit that he was wearing made him look exceptionally dashing. His eyes were blue, but more crystal coloured. His strawberry blonde hair was cut short to the sides, and longer at the top, falling in front of his face.

"What's going on in that beautiful head of yours?"

He put his hands around my waist, nuzzling my neck. I smiled, leaning into him. He was so good to me, but I didn't deserve it, especially not after what I was going to do.

"Nothing much, just thinking about my dad."

It was the safest route to take. I couldn't tell him that I was reminiscing about Alpha Huntley.

"You miss him, huh?"

"Yeah, I do."

It was the truth. I did miss my dad. I missed him every day since he left. But I always tried not to dwell on it. It was my mother that cheated on him, not me. He didn't have to leave me.

"I wish I could stay with you, but it's getting late, and I really need to take Britney home."

Britney was his fourteen-year-old little sister. My mum had invited her to the wedding as well.

"It's okay, you can leave. I'll be fine."

He turned me around to face him. his eyes filled with so much love that I felt guilty. He leaned in to kiss me and I kissed him back.

"Call me in the morning."

I nodded my head. He kissed me on my cheeks then went to get his little sister. After he left, I search the room for Alpha, but he was nowhere to be found. The wedding hall had started to clear out. There were still a few people that were drinking and enjoying the night. My mum and Alan were wrapped up in each other. They stayed and talked a little more, before excusing themselves and making their way to their room. The wedding was held in a hotel, so our parents had booked the room for the night. Alpha was supposed to give me a lift home, so I went in search of him.

When I found him, he was in the dressing room that we used to get ready. I could hear the loud moaning of my best friend. I should have stopped, but sheer curiosity took me forward.

My best friend was sitting at the edge of the dressing table. Her skirt hiked up above her waist. Alpha was between her spread tights, furiously f**king her. He looked up, his eyes catching mine in the mirror behind them. Marley had her eyes closed and was too busy screaming to notice me.

I gasped, then quickly darted out of the room. I went back into the wedding hall and waited for him to finish. Fifteen minutes after, both he and Marley emerged. Alpha said nothing to me, but Marley was smiling.

Alpha started walking out of the wedding hall and Marley and I followed. We chatted in the car on the way to her house. But once she left, the drive home was silent.

When we got to the house, he left and went to his room. I stared after him, wondering if he had forgotten what he promised. I felt disappointed and relieved. Deciding not to think too much about it, I went to my room to take a shower and go to bed.

I passed Alpha's room on the way to mine. All sounded quiet. I could have stopped and check on him, but it wasn't like we were friends or anything. He wouldn't take too kindly to the intrusion either.

I got to my room and quickly took a shower. I felt refreshed and ready to crawl into bed. However, when I step out of my bathroom, Alpha Huntley was sitting on my bed.

"Lose the robe, Myka. I came to collect what I'm owed."