Eli noticed the other shifters watching him as he pulled Jadelyn to the side. He was beyond pissed because of how they treated Jadelyn. He wondered if they had been doing this the whole time, and if they would do this in front of the Alpha—what fucking things did they do when the Alpha wasn’t around? Shit, he should have returned when she didn’t write him back.
Everybody else around Jadelyn mistook the shaking of her legs for fear except for Eli, he knew it was the anger she had bottled up inside her that was now trying to fight its way out. From the middle of the arena, her father could see her legs bouncing up and down on the ground. He knew he needed to put her in the ring quickly before she unleashed it all onto the closest person to her. Baron walked to the announcer, covered the mike, and whispered something into his ear.
“I would like to welcome everyone to the first annual Alpha Battle. Here is what will be on today’s agenda. The first battle will be between two female shifters, once their fight is over, two male shifters will battle and then the mates will fight together. After the battle, the winner of the battle will go sit in the green box while the loser will move to the red box. The first round of the battle will be fought in our human form, but as soon as you hear the bell ding again, you are to shift immediately into wolf form to fight in the next round. At the end of the day, everyone in the green boxes will have tomorrow off while everyone in the red box will have to fight for the right to battle again the next day. Now to start off, the first battle of the day is with our very own Alpha’s daughter, Jadelyn, against Misty.”
They both rose at the same time and made their way to the center of the arena. It was hard for Jadelyn to keep her eagerness and excitement contained on the inside. Before they could make it to the center of the arena, Misty accidently bumped Jadelyn twice, trying to get a rise out of her. Jadelyn ignored Misty instead of giving into the response she was looking for. Once they were in the middle of the arena, Baron and the announcer stepped back, and the referee took their place. The referee was there to break up the rounds before one of the battlers killed the other one.
Immediately following the referee’s countdown, the bell rang, signaling the first round. Jadelyn felt the adrenaline rush as she stepped back and waited for the right moment as Misty charged at her with an explosion of rage. Jadelyn avoided everything Misty tried to throw at her, letting her tire herself out before the next round. When Misty would strike at her, she would lean slightly the other way to avoid her punches, and the spinning kicks she threw her way as well. By the time the bell dinged for the second time, Misty was having a hard time catching her breath, but it didn’t stop her from shifting immediately—she just knew this round would be hers. It took Jadelyn a second before she semi-shifted; it was the first time anyone besides Eli would see how she looked when she shifted. The whole crowd gasped when they saw Jadelyn’s semi-shifted state. Her claws on her hands and paws extracted while her muzzle slightly formed.
Jadelyn thought it was best to fight smarter instead of harder since she would have to fight two more shifters today. She knew there was no way she was losing this battle. She watched as Misty circled around her as if she was Misty’s prey.
The crowd sat on the edge of their seats as Misty made the first move. Eli was getting frustrated as he watched. It looked like Jadelyn was just going to let Misty take a chunk out of her hand with her canine teeth. He sighed in relief as he watched Jadelyn grab Misty by her muzzle and throw her across the room before she could bite her.
Misty growled as she charged at Jadelyn with a stronger determination, she wasn’t going to let this latent show her up in front of the whole shifter community.
Right before Misty could leap on her, Jadelyn jumped backwards and landed on the rail dividing the battlers seats from the arena. As soon as she landed on the rail, Misty’s mate, Tate, tried to push her over into Misty’s waiting mouth, but before he could, Eli was up and knocking his hand down. Not letting just what happened bother her, Jadelyn stood up, did a back flip off the rail over Misty, and landed directly behind her. Jadelyn knew then it was time to end the fight when she noticed she was beginning to become exhausted herself.
This time, Jadelyn was the aggressor in the fight. She quickly approached Misty, hitting Misty in the nose, breaking it and causing her to stumble before falling over. The bell rang signaling the end of the fight. The Referee carried Misty to the red box while Jadelyn walked to the green box with her head held high as the crowd whispered in confusion throughout the arena.
They couldn’t believe she had won against Misty. They were all staring at her now with shocked looks on their faces as Jadelyn sat in the winner’s circle. They were all still in shock when Eli’s battle against Misty’s mate began and didn’t hear the bell as it rang signaling the first round.
Eli was ducking and dodging his opponent’s punches with ease, frustrating his challenger in the process. It was starting to look like a boxing match to those around them. When the next punch came, instead of ducking, Eli blocked his face and took it. He didn’t give his challenger time to celebrate the contact he made. Instead, Eli lunged at his opponent, pushing off with the back of his left foot while punching with his right hand. The force of the punch caused his challenger to stumble back a few feet, but he recovered quickly. The challenger swung with full force to the side of Eli’s head causing him to lean all the way back to avoid the punch. The bell rang signaling the end of round one and the beginning of round two.
Before anyone could blink their eyes, they both had shifted into their wolf forms waiting for the other to make the next move. Eli was stuck—he couldn’t move, see, or hear. It was as if a magical force was holding him back. By the time he was able to see and move, his challenger had his ear in his mouth, biting down hard. He could hear Jadelyn growling as his hearing slowly came back to him. Eli raised his paw and struck his challenger with enough force that his challenger had no choice but to release the hold he had on his ear. His opponent growled as his body hit the ground with a thud. Eli waited until his opponent got back up before going in for the kill. He didn’t want to chance someone claiming it wasn’t a fair battle. The other shifter was embarrassed since Eli knocked him down in front of the entire shifter pack.
The other shifter had to prove himself as Alpha to the others. He leaped into the air planning to land on Eli, using the force of the impact to knock him out. Just as he was about to land on him, Eli lay on his back and pushed out his hind legs with so much force it sent his opponent flying back into the air. He tried to land on the ground upright, but he was soaring through the sky so fast he couldn’t right himself. He got the wind knocked out of him from landing on the ground with so much force. The announcer called the fight after Eli’s opponent laid on the ground not moving for over two minutes. Eli headed to his place in the winners box sitting right next to Jadelyn.
Eight battles later, four other couples landed in the winner’s box with them and it was now time for the couples to fight together. “Up next, we have the Couple’s battle, where each couple will fight together against another couple. The same rules apply as the previous battle and the last two couples standing will be going straight to the Battle Finale next week. Starting off the Couple’s battle, we have Jadelyn and Eli against Greg and Treasure,” the announcer announced as both couples made their way to the center of the battlefield.
Before the battle began, Jadelyn made eye contact with Treasure to be sure and turned to whisper in Eli’s ear. “I have all the confidence that we are going to win the title as Alpha and so do they. They are just going to bow out of the fight to us. I, as well as them, would like for them to be our Seconds in Command.”
“Go ahead and give them the okay, this is the only couple’s fighting style I liked while we watched them.” Jadelyn nodded and signaled to them their choice for them to become the Isle’s Second Betas. They would take over as Alpha if something happened to the Alpha and First Beta. Greg and Treasure bowed to Jadelyn and Eli in unison when the bell ra
ng to begin the battle.
“Looks like Greg and Treasure have faith in Jadelyn and Eli and are choosing to become their Seconds if they win,” the announcer said as he directed Treasure and Greg to special box seats, and Jadelyn and Eli back to the green box seats. Jadelyn watched as her friend, Liberty, and her mate, win the last battle of the day, which meant the following week Jadelyn would have to battle against her friend for the Alpha title.
“How about we do a movie night tonight like when we were younger to celebrate the two of you making it to the final round?” Chelsea asked as they all climbed into the car.
“Sounds like a good idea. I just got Dark Shadows today so we can watch that,” Jadelyn said as Ace drove them home.
Jadelyn set up the movie projector in the backyard while the others brought out the black Yang sectional sofa. Jadelyn pressed play right as Ace and Chelsea walked out the back door with their beers and popcorn. Jadelyn laid her head on Eli’s chest and placed their popcorn in his lap as he wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and pulled her closer to him.
Sometime during the movie, the day’s events caught up to Jadelyn and she fell asleep in Eli’s arms.
He was so caught up in wondering how humans wrote stories and movies about vampires and wolves but didn’t believe they existed that he hadn’t noticed Jadelyn had fallen asleep on him until she began to lightly snore. “Well, looks like we’re going to bed early. Come to Jadelyn’s room after you get dressed in the morning so we can discuss something,” Eli said before he picked up Jadelyn and carried her through the house and into her room. He gently laid her on the bed before sliding in beside her.
***
At two a.m., Jadelyn quietly slid out of bed while Eli was still sleeping. She desperately wanted to tell him where she was going, but Liberty had made her promise not to tell a soul where she was going. She quickly slipped on her clothes and quietly made her way to her bedroom door. Before opening the door, she turned around to see if Eli was still asleep. After watching his breathing for a few more seconds, she opened her door and made her way out. Placing her hand on the wall, she guided herself through the dark hallway all the way out the front door so the light wouldn’t alert the Enforcers of her departure.
She worried that the sound of her engine purring as she started her car would alert everyone in the house of her leaving. So instead, she threw the car into neutral and coasted a few feet from the house before starting her car. Five minutes later, she was pulling up to the alley that separated both of the stores Liberty’s father owned.
Just as she was about to exit her car, her phone alerted her to a text message she had just received. When she noticed it was from Eli, she ignored it and continued to exit her car while thinking, he must have awaken and realized I was gone. I will deal with him when I get home. She could hear whispers from the alley as she approached it and thought maybe Chelsea was with Liberty, but boy was she wrong. The alley was dark when she entered, causing her to squint her eyes as she tried to make out the two figures in the alley. The street lights in front of her helped her see more clearly as she walked closer. She gasped when she noticed who was actually in the alley with Liberty. Misty was standing with Liberty in the middle of the alley with a sinister look on her face.
“Well, well, well, look who decided to show up,” Misty said as both she and Liberty circled around Jadelyn.
They must think they are intimidating me since there are two of them or they have someone else in the shadows waiting. I need to take these two out before the others come out of hiding. Just as Jadelyn finished her thoughts, Misty and Liberty both backed away from her as red orbs formed in their hands. Orbs! Shifters don’t have orbs. They must have brought a witch in on their plan, that’s the only way they could have gotten the orbs. A witch cast a spell on them. They both cocked their hands with the orbs in them back in order to prepare for the throw. Jadelyn was coming up with a plan to escape when the orbs came flying at her. She closed her eyes and waited for the impact, which never happened.
***
Eli pretended to be asleep as he felt Jadelyn slip out of the bed. When she turned around to look at him, he steadied the rhythm of his breathing. As soon as he heard the door click behind her, he quickly jumped up and slipped on his clothes in record speed. Not caring if he woke the rest of the house, Eli ran down the stairs. He knew this was what his grandmother was talking about. Earlier that day, before he left to pick up Jadelyn, his grandmother had told him to keep a close eye on Jadelyn after the fight because she will need his help that night. His grandmother was the only gypsy shifter born in the last hundred years on the Isle. She could predict the future and reverse witches spells and curses. She also warned him when he needed to pay closer attention to something in his life before it went wrong.
He let her get a few blocks away before pulling off so she wouldn’t be able to hear his motorcycle as he trailed behind her. He was two blocks behind her when he noticed Jadelyn had stopped her car and pulled over. Before getting off his bike, he text Jadelyn to warn her of his grandmother’s predictions, but he noticed she didn’t even check it. As he was closing in on the alley, he felt a sharp pain in his gut and knew he had to get to Jadelyn fast. He teleported to the alley instead of running since he knew he was most likely working on borrowed time. He saw two fireballs sailing through the air toward Jadelyn when he teleported directly behind her in the alley. Eli quickly grabbed Jadelyn around the waist and teleported them back into her room.
Chapter Seven
Eli left Jadelyn alone in the room as he made his way to the Enforcer’s wing of the Alpha house. He sent some of the Enforcers off to get Jadelyn’s car and his bike before making his way back up to their room.
Jadelyn took her clothes off when Eli left the room and slipped into one of his t-shirts. Jadelyn jumped at the sound of a gruff voice and turned around just as she was about to climb into bed.
“Why did you leave that late on your own without at least telling someone where you were going?” Eli asked as he let out a frustrated breath. He just kept thinking about what would have happened to Jadelyn if his grandmother hadn’t warned him.
“I should be the one pissed, not you, one of my best friends just tried to kill me and is hanging with my enemy. Look, I didn’t think anything was wrong. I thought she was having problems and needed my help or advice but didn’t want anyone else to know. So I went to meet her there alone since I knew if I would have told you, you would have insisted on coming,” Jadelyn said with a note of anger in her voice.
Eli couldn’t argue with her there. He knew he wouldn’t have thought twice about meeting with one of his friends alone. When he lived off the Isle, he and James used to all the time. Hell, he and Ace even did it when they were younger and wanted to keep secrets from Jadelyn and Chelsea. When he turned to face Jadelyn after processing it all, he could see a look of frustration and anger written on her face. It took him a moment to realize she must have been frustrated and angry since another friend turned on her.
Eli kicked off his shoes and slid off his shorts as he made his way to Jadelyn. He pulled her toward him into a tight hug and ran his fingers through her hair to comfort her. Eli picked Jadelyn up and kissed the side of her neck before dropping her onto the bed. Jadelyn giggled lightly when her back hit the bed. Eli slid in behind her and pulled Jadelyn to him. He brushed kisses from her shoulder blade to her neck and behind her earlobe.
Jadelyn liked how her body felt when she was secured in Eli’s arms, and the way her body heated up from his kisses. She could feel her cream soak her panties.
Eli rolled over until he was on top of Jadelyn and kissed her with so much passion it astounded her. He pulled back from the kiss while they desperately tried to catch their breaths, he whispered in her ear, “I am going to show you how much I appreciate your love and friendship.”
The smoldering passion lingering from the kiss heated their bodies so much it felt as though they were about to explode. Jadelyn leaned up and
traced her tongue over the tattoo of her name on his neck while Eli groaned from her teasing. Eli gently pushed her back down before leaning forward and hungrily kissed her. He explored every inch of her mouth with his tongue over and over again. As the kiss heated up more, a fire lit between Jadelyn’s legs and more of her sweet moisture leaked onto her panties, which were now soaked. Without breaking the kiss, she wiggled her body down until she was in the position he needed. Jadelyn began rubbing her clit up and down Eli’s cock, which was poking out of his boxers. She was trying to relieve the fire burning through her body. However, she quickly learned the only way to get satisfaction was from his cock filling her.
“I need you inside of me, filling me.”
“I have plans for you, fuck, just hold on,” Eli said as he reached down and spread her legs as wide as they could go then he kissed his way down her body.
“Ummm, Eli,” Jadelyn said breathlessly.
“Shhh, baby, I got you,” Eli said right before kissing her inner thighs. “You’re so wet for me, your cream has seeped through your panties and coated your thighs. I have to see your pussy, the scent of your arousal is driving me insane,” Eli said as he took hold of the crotch of her panties and ripped them off her body. “I hope you weren’t fond of these panties.”
He looked at her once more with enough heat in his eyes to shake her to her core from the intense stare. “Grab the headboard and hold on tight,” Eli said as he dipped his head back down toward her pussy.
He kissed her pussy with enough desire to curl her toes and she cried out for more. He flicked his tongue up and down her clit as he continued to kiss her entire pussy.
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