My Shameless Alpha Mate

I was working on my laptop when Kaden walked into the pack house.

He looked anxious as soon as his eyes landed on me.

“Why are you working this late? You have to think about our baby, you can't let work stress you. Stress can lead to miscarriage and we don't want that.” He murmured with a panicked look on his face.

He raised his hand to brush my hair away from my face, but I flinched. He paused when he saw my reaction and then dropped his hand.

How could he act like he cared when he didn't really care?

‘I already had a miscarriage, you jerk!’

That was what I wanted to say, but I couldn't bring myself to tell him about the miscarriage without breaking down.

I drew in a deep breath and let it out as I tried not to hyperventilate.

He stared at me with guilt on his face when he noticed my demeanor.

Running a hand through his blonde hair, he murmured, “Please forgive me, Leanne. I didn't mean to drift away from you. It's just that there's so much pack work that needs my attention.”

I glanced at him then looked back at my laptop and when he noticed my silence, he added, “The full moon will be in two days, let's go for a mates run.”

I gave him a tight smile, “Sure.”

I already knew that he was going to stand me up just like every time we had plans, and it was always because of Penny, but I decided to have a little faith in him.

His lips tugged up into a smile as he looked satisfied with my answer.

On the day of the full moon, Kaden cancelled all his plans and stayed home with me.

It was soon the night of the full moon and we were standing right outside the pack house. Just as we were about to shift into our wolf form, Kaden's lips broke into a grin.

I instantly knew what was happening before he even said anything.

He turned to me and his grin disappeared, replaced with a nervous look in his eyes, “Beta Lucas just mind-linked me and he said that there has been a breach at the pack's border. I need to go and check it out. I'm so sorry that I can't go running with you, but you know how urgent this is.”

Did he think I was a fool?

Why would he grin like that when we were under attack?

Besides, he only grinned like that whenever Penny mind-linked him.

I didn't let him know I knew what he was up to, I just nodded curtly, “I know.”

He didn't seem to notice how indifferent I was and smiled as he added, “I know that we haven't been on a mates run for ages, but I swear I'll treat you right and go on that run with you soon enough.”

We wouldn't be going any run because I was done giving him chances!

Why did I put up with him for so long?

Maybe it was because I felt indebted to him because he once rescued me from some bullies in the pack.

I had been playing in the woods in wolf form all by myself and when I approached the pack house, I shifted into my human form.

The two bullies saw me and teased me about how I had no friends and played alone all the time.

I was only a pup, so I could only cry.

Kaden ran up to me and stood in front of me. He growled at them and they felt scared since he was the future Alpha.

They ran away and he turned to me as he comforted me, “You might be feeling lonely, but you don't have to feel that way anymore because you have me now, and I'll always be with you!”

That was the day that I knew that I wanted Kaden to be my mate.

I sighed as I felt my heart breaking. My hand went to my chest and I clutched it as I tried to will the pain to go away.

It wasn't until I took in deep breaths and let them out that the pain eased and I was able to let go of my chest.

I looked up at the moon and couldn't help, but feel relieved.

I could finally see Kaden for who he really was.

I still wanted to go on a run, so I shifted into my wolf form and started running through the woods that were beside the pack house.