Falling For the Hidden Alpha(Freya Series Book 1)

Amber finished Elsa's speech, and everyone cheered. We threw our caps into the air and our families applauded. I hugged Cassie, then Tyler.

Everything is going to change now, I thought to myself and it made me tear up.

“Don't cry Frey. We will still see each other every day,” Tyler said while he ruffled my hair.

I swatted his hand away and brushed my hair back down.

“Yeah I know but it won't be the same. We'll all be working at different places,” I whined.

“Why don't you come and work at my parents guest house?” Cassie asked while placing her hand on my shoulder.

“Really? Can I?”

“Yeah, of course, I'll let my parents know later.”

“And me and Tristan can come and meet you both for lunch every day,” Tyler stated.

“See life won't change too much. You can't get rid of us that easily,” Cassie mocked.

“Thanks guys, I love you.”

“We love you too Frey.”

I turned around and held my elbows out, they linked an arm each, and we strode over to our proudly awaiting families. Cassie and Tyler walked on towards their families when I slowed down. I’d spotted someone out the corner of my eye. Over by the school building was the guy I'd seen earlier with the bunch of dead flowers. He beckoned with his hand for me to follow him, then slowly snuck behind the school building, out of my view.

I peered over to my mom and the others, and they were all pre-occupied. So, I decided to follow him and find out if he was real, or a figment of my imagination. I slipped away and headed down the side of the school building. I turned the corner and walked around the back of the school. I scanned around but he was nowhere in sight. I shrugged and said out loud,

“I must be going mad!”

I turned around to go back to the others, but quickly stepped backwards as the guy was now standing right in front of me. My heart was racing as I gazed around to see if I could run past him, but he moved with lightning speed and grabbed me by my neck. I winced in pain when he slammed me into the wall and pinned me up against it. Staring helplessly into his deep brown eyes, my tears began to slide down my cheeks, and I found it increasingly difficult to breathe. My discomfort went unnoticed by the guy, he just scanned up and down my body like some sort of pervert.

I didn't like the road it was headed down, so I commenced clawing at him and thrashing around, trying to get away. He hissed at me and squeezed his hand tighter around my throat causing me to choke and gasp for air. I froze in fear when he moved closer to me, and with tears still streaming down my face, I quickly closed my eyes when his lips met mine. I tried to keep my mouth tightly shut, while his tongue forcibly tried to gain entry. I sobbed uncontrollably when his tongue managed to break through my barrier and roamed freely, inside my mouth. I made sure to keep my own tongue firmly planted to the bottom of my mouth.

He finally finished his putrid kiss and pulled his face away from mine. I peeled open my eyes and watched as he wiped his mouth with his free hand. He smirked at me then squeezed my neck even tighter, cutting off my air supply completely. Little black dots began to flood my vision, and before I knew it, his evil grin was all I could see. It was etched into my brain while the rest of the world began to fade into an all-consuming darkness.

I awoke to a girl's soft voice calling out my name.

“Freya? Freya are you okay?” Elsa asked with concern in her voice.

She was kneeling down on the floor next to me, and had her hand was held out for me to take. I took her hand and slowly rose to my feet. I straightened out my clothes and asked her,

“What happened?”

She shrugged and replied,

“I have no idea. I was heading back to my car and found you lying there, unconscious. Do you remember anything?”

I stood there for a moment trying to remember what had just happened. I couldn't remember a thing.

Why am I at the back of the school?

I shook my head, then replied to Elsa,

“No, the last thing I remember was walking over to our parents with Cassie and Tyler, then it all goes blank.”

She shrugged again.

“Hmm, how strange. Well you seem okay now. Do you need me to walk you back?”

She actually sounded quite sincere in her offer, but I felt fine.

“Na, I'm good. But thank you for helping me, Elsa.”

I leaned in and gave her a hug.

She began to walk in the direction of the parking lot, and I strolled the opposite way, back towards the others.

“Oh hey, Freya?” I heard Elsa shout and I turned around to see what she wanted. “Do you know that guy over there?” She asked as she pointed over towards a brand-new white Land Rover.

Standing beside it was the guy with the dead roses. I furrowed my brow as I inspected the bunch of flowers, they weren't dead anymore. In fact, they were beautiful again like the bunch I'd originally seen him with. I shook my head at Elsa as I continued to watch the guy.

“Oh okay, never mind I thought he was being a creep. He was just standing there staring at you, but I guess he was actually staring at her,” she said while pointing to someone behind me. I spun around, and a girl in a graduation gown waved at the guy. She then ran towards him with her arms open wide. Elsa waved me goodbye then headed back towards her car.

I couldn't shift the feeling that I was missing something. I stared at the couple a little longer. The girl then stared at me and smiled widely, before turning back around towards the guy. I blushed as the guy grabbed her ass with one hand then swept her hair aside with the other. I didn't know why, but I couldn't take my eyes off of them. He peered up and smirked at me, showing off a set of pearly white, very sharp teeth.

Did I just see fangs? What the hell? They were fangs, I'm sure of it! No, they can't be...

My confused thoughts were cut off as he lowered his head towards her, then sunk his fangs into her neck. Images flashed before my eyes. In the images, I was the girl and the strange guy was sinking his fangs into my neck instead. I gasped for air as panic overtook me. Suddenly a hand grabbed the top of my head, and another held onto my shoulder. My head jerked to the side and a searing pain shot through my neck as fangs pierced through my skin. The world once again began to slip away from me as darkness dragged me away from eternal light.

Freya Rose

Elsa dramatically waved her hand in front of my face, trying to get my attention. She then shouted,

“Earth to Freya. Come in Freya.”

I blinked a few times, so that I could focus on Elsa, and replied,

“Sorry Elsa. What's up?” I tried my best to shake the fuzzy feeling from my head, and snap out of the daze that I was in. “Wait. Didn't I just see you in the parking lot a few minutes ago?”

I glanced over to see if the guy with the flowers was still there, but I didn't see him, or the girl.

“Um, no. I was with Amber and Jessie. You've been standing there just staring at the parking lot for the last ten minutes,” she explained then let out a nervous giggle. “Um, can you sign my yearbook?”

She held out a pen for me, and without even looking at her, I took the pen and scribbled good luck, love from Freya, into it. I was still distracted while handing her back the pen. She turned the book around to read what I had written, and as she did, I casually walked away from her.

“Hey, is that it? Good luck? Nearly six years of school together and that's all you...” She babbled on, but I had walked too far away from her to hear the rest of her rant.

“I am so proud of you honey,” my mom said with tears streaming down her face.

“Thanks, mom,” I replied and gave her a hug.

Cassie's parents were congratulating her, and they both threw their arms around her. Tristan had Tyler in a headlock and was rubbing his knuckles across his head.

“Congrats little bro,” he said playfully.

I laughed and began to stroll over to them. It was strange that no one had noticed that I'd been gone for ages. It was like I hadn't been anywhere at all. Well, actually from what Elsa said, I hadn't been anywhere at all. I was just stood on the grass daydreaming, like a crazy person. I decided that I would tell Tristan tonight when we were alone. I didn't want everyone to think that I was going crazy.

“Move out of my way, you idiot!” Amber snapped sarcastically at me and barged me out the way with her shoulder.

“Hey, watch it you jerk!” I snapped back at her while trying my best to keep my balance.

She looked me up and down, then put her nose in the air, before flipping her hair and strutting off towards Tyler and Tristan.

“You stupid bitch.”

I said quietly, but obviously not quietly enough, because Cassie overheard me and asked,

“What's up, Frey?”

“That stupid slut just bumped me. I nearly fell right on my ass!” I snarled while pointing at Amber.

Cassie growled and folded her arms across her chest. I couldn't hold my tongue and I spat out,

“She's always picking on people. I hate that stuck up bitch.”

“Well, you got the bitch part right.” She sniggered. “And she thinks she's better than everyone else too.” Cassie nodded her head in agreement and casually said,

“that's probably because she's the Beta's daughter.”

“What? She's a werewolf too?” I questioned with disbelief.

“Oh, um, yeah she is,” Cassie replied while she turned to face me.

“What in the hell? Is everyone in this town a damn werewolf?”

Am I the only human around her?

“No, but there is quite a lot of us,” she answered with a smirk.

We just stood there in silence for a few minutes, as we glared at Amber, while she walked over towards Tristan and Tyler. A thought suddenly dawned on me and I asked Cassie,

“So is Landon a werewolf too?” She didn't say anything she just nodded her head. “Oh, so are Landon and Jessie mates?” I asked her cautiously not knowing if I would hit a nerve or not.

“Yeah, they are,” she answered quickly, without any particular expression on her face or tone to her voice, then went on to explain, “we can find our mates any time after we turn eighteen. Jessie was over at Amber's house on our birthday. I guess Landon was home, and they found out that they were mates.”

She was still eyeing up Amber when I asked her,

“so, are you okay about them being together?”

She gazed at me, and with a smile she said,

“I won't lie and say it didn't break my heart at the time, because it did. I felt betrayed by both of them, especially Jessie.”

She looked over at her sister. Jessie was laughing and joking with Landon. Cassie smiled at them, before looking back at me.

“I didn't understand, or even fully believe that the mate bond was real at first. I thought people in the pack were just overselling it, and I hadn't watched anyone find their mate before.”

I watched as she peered over at Tristan, then back to me with a sad look on her face. The look on her face said exactly what I was thinking.

Tristan hasn't found his mate yet, and my heart sank at the thought of him leaving me for someone else.

“When Tyler came around that night, I was a complete mess. I was crying into my pillow and everything. He came into my bedroom and asked if I was okay. I took one look at him, and my wolf howled mate. His did the same, and in that instant all the pain I was feeling, and any feelings I thought I'd had for Landon, disappeared.”

She watched Tyler with a giant smile on her face.

“So how do you know, someone's your mate?” I questioned her.

She slowly turned back toward me, and when she furrowed her brow at me, my heart sank again.

“It's hard to explain, but as soon as you see them, your heart aches to be with them. You see nothing else but them, they become your entire world in an instant,” she said with such feeling.

She placed her hand on her heart and lovingly gazed back at Tyler. The way she described it was adorable, and I wondered, if that's how Tristan feels towards me?

“That sounds incredible,” I said in awe.

“It is. There is no other feeling like it in the world,” she replied as she waved her fingers at Tyler.

“Can a human be a werewolf's mate?”

She stopped waving and quickly snapped her head back to look at me, her eyes were full of sadness. I took in a deep breath as she delivered her short and blunt reply,

“No.”