Charlotte has always been the spare one. The second daughter, the invaluable one. She hasn't minded even though it hurts. It gives her the kind of freedom that her sister can only dream about. The freedom that has to be taken away when she is promised to the notorious Alpha Hunter.

She won't do that; not when she realizes she has a mate out there so she runs away. And where does she run? Straight into the arms of her mate?

Logan has never really put that much thought into having a mate. Now that he does he will do anything to keep her safe even if battling a crazed and much older Alpha who wants to keep his mate for himself.

In between the alphas

　　Today is the ball and I am absolutely dreading it. I have been blessed enough to not have encountered Alpha Hunter again since the incident with him in father’s study but I know I won’t be able to avoid him today.


　　For today father got professionals to do my hair and make-up and I fought them at first when they tried to cover up the bruises that Alpha Hunter left on my skin but then father came and restrained me to a chair so I wouldn’t fight.


　　I was only let out when it was time to put on my dress and I secretly prayed that it would look hideous on me. Even as I was led to the mirror I was still praying with my eyes shut but when I opened my eyes I felt all hope deflate from my body.


　　The dress itself is beautiful and it fits me like second skin. It has a single spaghetti strap over my left shoulder and it hugs my upper body and then the bottom of the dress just falls straight to the ground. A huge slit runs up my right thigh and with my hair slicked back into a ponytail I looked every bit mature and beautiful.


　　The ladies led me downstairs and the first person I had the misfortune of seeing was Liana. Her green dress was every bit revealing but also very beautiful.


　　“You look beautiful,” she said, “You should be thanking me, I obviously have very good taste in dresses.”


　　“What are you talking about?”


　　“The dress you picked out from the mall was hideous,” she began, “and since I am such a nice sister I decided to help you exchange it for one even prettier.”


　　“Why would you do that?” I asked, “What would you even gain from it?”


　　“I can see how much you hate the idea of this wedding and how much you want to sabotage it,” she shrugged, “I have taken it upon myself to make sure that this entire thing goes smoothly.”


　　“I thought you didn’t even want me to marry Alpha Hunter,’ I said, “You wanted him.”


　　“I did at first but then I realized that doing that would make you happy,” she said, “I want to see you miserable.” Her smile grew at those words, “Don’t worry little sister, I will cheer the loudest when the wedding is announced.”


　　She gave me a wink and walked away leaving me standing there in shock. When she realized I wasn’t following her she stop and looked over her shoulder at me.


　　“Are you coming or not? I’ve been tasked with taking you to the party safely.”


　　I swallowed down the bile in my throat and followed her outside and into the car that was taking us to the party. I blinked back tears throughout the ride while desperately trying to think of ways I could stop this from taking place but deep down I knew that there was no point, no matter how hard I fought they would fight back harder.


　　‘Then you fight even harder again,’ my subconscious whispered and I let those


Chapter 7