Alpha Read Online Free PDF

tried, but not too hard, to stop watching the smaller man. Fred thought
it was cute.
     
    “I just want to feel safe,” Fred said. “No matter where I go,
conflict comes after.”
     
    James got up and hugged him tightly. “Then we’ll go together.
I’ll leave pack.”
     
    “What the hell?” Angel yelled. “You can’t leave us. There’s no
one strong enough to take your place. Well, except Gavin, but he’s a lunatic.”
     
    James bared his teeth. “None of your business.”
     
    Fred put a hand on James’s arm. “He’s right though. The pack
works because you’re a good man. A strong man.”
     
    “I’m not giving you up,” James said.
     
    “I don’t want to leave.”
     
    “Then don’t,” James said.
     
    Angel poked Kyle in the arm until he left with him. Fred thought
it was nice they wanted to give them privacy, but this was an argument neither
side would win.
     
    “I’ll stay,” Fred said. “But I don’t want to cause chaos. And no
more of these secret meetings with women. Or men. Or badgers.”
     
    James rubbed his chin. “Don’t know any badgers. Could get one,
but they’re mean as hell.”
     
    Fred laughed.

 
Chapter 5
     
    The next
day Fred’s father agreed to let him help in the clinic as long as he didn’t do
any heavy lifting. Fred wanted to be out of the house. He always felt like eyes
were watching him there and it was difficult to sleep.
    The
clinic was about a mile from the main house. Fred’s father lived in a small two
bedroom flat behind the clinic so he was always on call. Fred smiled as he
smelled the familiar scent of antiseptic and alcohol when he entered through
the front door. There was no real receptionist. Sometimes Fred would volunteer,
but it looked like he hadn’t been replaced. Patients signed in at the front or
called ahead for emergencies. Fred’s father didn’t have much experience with
surgery, but wolves usually healed so quickly that surgery was unnecessary.
    “So the
wolf let the lamb go?” his father asked when he saw Fred.
    Fred
flushed. “He wasn’t happy about it, but I told him I was going stir crazy.”
    His
father patted his shoulder. “He loves you.”
    “I don’t
know about that,” Fred said. “He says we’re mates. That’s not the same as love.
I don’t know how he can mate a human. I’m not a wolf.”
    “That
wolf has followed you ever since we first came here. I think he’s always known.
Not sure about the human part, but James doesn’t lie. If he says it’s so, it’s
so,” his father said.
    Fred
spent the next two hours helping his father with a trickle of patients. Some of
the younger wolves complained of pain, but Fred didn’t see any wounds. He
grinned when he noticed each child got a lollipop after the exam. The tricky
wolves just wanted candy.
    After
another hour, Fred’s father told him to leave.
    “You’ve
been here long enough. You need to go and rest,” he said.
    “Can’t I
stay in your house?” Fred asked.
    His
father sighed. “You’re not going to solve anything staying with me, son.”
    His
father’s cell phone rang before Fred could reply. Doc’s face went white as soon
as he picked it up.
    “We need
stretchers,” he said. “There’s been an attack.”
    “On who?!”
Fred exclaimed. The Moon Creek pack was strong. There had been a few skirmishes
with other packs in the past few years but nothing major. His father’s face
said it was different this time.
    Doc
didn’t answer. He got his medical bag and Fred trailed him. Doc had a 4X4 he
used for house calls in the forest. He got in the front and Fred got in the
back. Doc didn’t argue about him coming, which both relieved and worried Fred.
    How bad
could it be?
     They
rode towards the property line where Fred had crossed before. Fred saw bodies
on the ground. Too many bodies. They were all in contorted poses and Fred could
smell gasoline or something burning.
    Doc
stopped beside one, taking his bag with him.
    “Check on
the