A Beta Before An Alpha
Chapter 19

Zac's Point of View

I wake up, and Lauren's head is on my chest, and I can tell by her breathing she's still sleeping. It's almost 7 pm now. I car believe the day we had together. I can't believe we didn't wait. Not only did we not wait, but we went at it all day. 'm smiling uncontrollably, just thinking about how our bodies fit together, how they move together, and how they bring pleasure, unlike anything I knew was possible. We don't even have sparks yet or feel the effects fully of the mate bond, ai I'm obsessed with her. How f*****g stupid was Nathan? He didn’t want her? What an i***t.

I know that dinner is only being served for another 30 minutes, so I slowly untangle our bodies, trying not to wake her. St stirs a little but doesn't wake. I throw some track pants on, and a t-shirt. I head down and ask the staff to wrap up a famil size portion of everything for me to go. I'm starving, I'm always starving, and Lauren will be when she wakes. We really worked our bodies today.

I make my way towards the exit, to head upstairs with my Styrofoam containers of food when Paul calls me over. I don't want to leave Lauren long, but I walk over.

“What's up?” I ask quickly.

“Where are you going?” he asks.

“Just taking some food up, we're going to eat upstairs today,” I answer without emotion. Paul starts to smirk.

“What?” I ask straight-faced.

“Nothing, 1just haven't seen you all day, you're MIA, don't show up for lunch, and you're bringing food up to your place. Things must be going well for you two to be spending so much alone time together,” he adds. I just roll my eyes and walk away.

I make it upstairs, leave the food in the kitchen, and then head into our bedroom. Lauren's eyes flutter open, as I start to crawl in bed. She smiles broadly. That smile is everything to me.

“Where did you go?” She asks.

“I went down and got us some dinner. It's in the kitchen," I say and give her a small kiss.

“Ym hungry too,” she says and does the most adorable little cat stretch. She sits up and pulls the blankets off of herself. I see her beautiful naked body. Her plump breasts are so luscious, the curve of her hips and her hairless p***y. I wasn't expecting that when I first saw her naked. I watch her get up, and I see her sexy round a*s and her back dimples. My thoughts are interrupted when I hear Lauren laughing. I look up at her face,

“What?” 1 ask.

“You were totally gawking at me,” she smiles.

“Well the way I see it, you're mine and I can look whenever I want to” I smirk, using her own words on her.

“Touche,” she chuckles.

“I am ALL yours,” she beams and then bends to grab the sweater she was wearing earlier off the floor.

“Damnit, babe,” I growl. Seeing her bend like that got the blood flowing. She laughs and pulls my sweater on. She walks o of our room, but in the opposite direction of the kitchen.

“Where are you going?”

“Ym grabbing a pair of panties. Yours would never fit," she smirks.

“We need to move your stuff in our room. We can do that later," I say as I follow her to her old room.

“Oh really?” she asks, and I nod.

“Yeah, we can also go pick up the rest of your stuff at your old apartment tomorrow," I say, but it's kind of a question. 'm hoping she agrees. She can't move away from me now. We can't sleep apart.

“Yeah, living apart is not going to work anymore,” she laughs, and what a sense of relief to hear she feels the same way. She grabs some little shorts and slips them on, and we head to the kitchen. We eat up the spread, and Lauren reminds m we have some cheesecake left. I can't believe she made this cheesecake. First, it's delicious, but I also thought it was so sweet and thoughtful of her. We enjoy our dessert as we talk and flirt the whole time. She's so fun to be around. When we're done, we tidy the mess, and I insist that we move her things to our room before we do anything else.

Lauren and I are packing up her stuff and I can hear her phone buzzing quietly.

“Your phone’s ringing somewhere babe.’

We both start looking around, and I end up finding it between the bed and end table. It must have fallen there earlier. We didn't get it in time, and she missed the call. Her eyes are wide, and she shows me the screen of her phone. It showed 34 missed phone calls and 19 unread messages.

“sadie just called, but my brother called 21 times today, and my Mom called 12 times,” she says wide-eyed. She opens her messages with me. One thread.

Julien:

(10:57am) Lauren?

(10:58am) Alpha is freaking out.

(10:58am) He says he can feel you with someone else.

(10:59am) Did you?

(11:14am) Again? He says he feels it again.

(11:15am) You're not being safe.

(12:01pm) STOP f*+*+g ZAC.

(12:11pm)LAUREN. ANSWER YOUR DAMN PHONE.

(1:02pm) What the f**k. He's freaking out.

(3:37pm) AGAINZ22

(3:53pm) He sent out a search party for you. I warned youll

(4:03pm) He's ordering you be found, and dragged back to Claw moon.

(5:00pm) I can't believe you. STOP! You're making things worse.

She groans, and then opens the other text thread.

Mom:

(10:57am) Lauren? Nathan is freaking out. He says he can feel you being intimate with someone. Are you okay? Everything consensual?

(1:01pm) HAHA! You go girl.

(2:32pm) Are you going to be able to walk after all this? LOL

(3:40pm) I know that your brother is freaking out, he’s just worried. He doesn't understand what it's like when you find yo mate. Don't let him get to you. I'm happy for you. Nathan can't have his cake and eat it too.

(3:53pm) Baby, be careful. He sent out a search party for you.

(4:41pm) Call me when you see this.

She chuckles at first and then shakes her head. She starts calling her brother.

“Put it on speakerphone, I say, and she does. I'm not going to allow him to get mad at her. I pull her on my lap and rub h back, to calm her down, while it rings.

After 2 rings, we hear, “Hello!” Lauren gasps and hangs up. I look at her confused.

“That was Nathan,” she says.

Her phone starts ringing, and it says, Julien. I answer it, deciding not to use the speakerphone.

Me: Hello! [1 say, and I'm pissed.][

Nathan: Hello! Who's this? Where's Lauren. [he growls]

Me: Lauren is not your business anymore. You lost your chance. She's mine now. [I growl]

Nathan: [He growls] She's my mate.

Me: I'm her second chance mate. She loves me. I love her. Move the f**k on.

Nathan: She's mine, and I won't stop until find her. [He seethes]

[1 put Lauren down and walk away from her, so she can't hear what he has to say. I anticipate he’s going to get nasty.] Nathan: I'm an Alpha. I'l take her.

Me: I'm an Alpha too, and I promise you that if you or anyone from your pack lays even one single f*****g finger on her perfect head, I will f*****g KILL you, and anyone else who tries anything. You might have been stupid enough to let her gc but I'm not. I will wage war against your whole f****g pack if you even try to hurt her. You don't want to mess with me. I promise you that. Go f**k your fiance, and leave MY mate alone. [I growl]

He hung up on me! He hung up? Did I scare him?

I growl and toss her phone on the bed. I look at my minx of a mate, and she’s smiling at me. Suddenly my anger is startin to vanish.

“Why are you smiling?” I ask.

“That was really really sexy," she adds while nodding her head, those big hazel doe eyes of hers giving away her thoughts “Are you turned on?” I ask, wide-eyed.

She smiles and nods. She stands and makes her way to me. She lifts her arms like she wants me to take my sweater off 0 her. I do what she wants, and pull my sweater off, and there's nothing under it except those little shorts. Then she drops her shorts and steps out of them. I feel the blood rushing to my manhood. You'd think I wouldn't be able to perform anymore, but when it comes to Lauren, I can't help myself. I start kissing her, and I start walking her back to the wall. Whe she’s pinned against it, she pulls down my pants, and I lift her up. I slowly position myself at her entrance and enter her. She's soaked. f**k.

We do it hard, and quick, and soon we're both an unraveled mess, I carry her to the bed, and separate us, and lay her down gently. She's giving me lazy smiles, as I pepper butterfly kisses all over her face.

“What a flex,” she chuckles.

“Aflex?” I ask.

“Yeah. You argued about who I belong to, and then you threaten to murder him, and then he has to feel us bang just seconds later, she chuckles. I can't help but laugh.

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