Chapter 17: Chapter 17
1,139 words<html><head></head><body><p>Alpha 17</p> <p>When I had just returned to the hotel, I was surprised to find a text message waiting for me from an unknown number.</p> <p>“I heard you went to attend the event. Come back to the Crystal Blood Pack. I, along with your mother, will be waiting for you.”</p> <p>It did not take much time for me to understand who sent the</p> <p>message.</p> <p>It turned out to be Jeremy Pierce, my foster father.</p> <p>I asked in reply,</p> <p>“How did you get my number?”</p> <p>“You forgot who I am. Getting your number is not a big deal for me, Natalia. Now stop asking me questions and return to your home.”</p> <p>I stared at the message. I scoffed at it.</p> <p>‘Home? What does he mean by my home? He adopted me, yet he never showed me the affection that a parent would.‘ I thought.</p> <p>I assumed that he might have obtained my phone number from the attendee lists for today’s party. With the intention of ensuring everyone’s safety, every</p> <p>“I will never go back there. Forget about me.”</p> <p>I sent it back and threw my phone on the bed.</p> <p>I lazily walked to the bathroom and took a quick shower. Then I put on my long pajamas.</p> <p>As soon as I emerged from the bathroom, I noticed that the screen of my phone was continuously illuminated, giving the impression that it was receiving notifications.</p> <p>While wiping my hair with a white towel, I went to grab my phone.</p> <p>I noticed a group of notifications from several social media platforms. When I saw people talking about me, I was completely taken aback.</p> <p>Many people in the Crystal Blood Pack thought I was extremely cruel because I refused to go see my foster family. They talked about how I could do tha</p> <p>I read a few comments from random people who were the Crystal Moon Pack’s members.</p> <p>“How cheap she can be! She is abandoning her parents!”</p> <p>“According to what I’ve heard, she ran away from our pack with an old guy; this is the reason why she refused to return to our pack.”</p> <p>“What she is doing must be causing her family a great deal of embarrassment.”</p> <p>I read the comments. I had no idea how they came to know of the conversation that took place between my foster father and me. Due to the fact that he</p> <p>I commented on a post anonymously. “What if she is not a bad person? You all must have understood her.” ”</p> <p>My comment was liked by a few others, and they told me that they also felt the same. But some people were saying that I was a</p> <p>disrespectful child who left her old parents alone and enjoyed my life outside.</p> <p>I did not waste my time on it. Why would I? I didn’t care about them. I didn’t come here to go back to my old life. My foster parents were wealthy enough to enjoy</p> <p>Although I was feeling drowsy, I couldn’t sleep since I wanted to talk to my babies. They were my life.</p> <p>I called them, and they joined me on a video call.</p> <p>“Hi, my babies. What are you two doing?” I asked my kids.</p> <p>Noah waved at me while Aria gave me a flying kiss.</p> <p>“Mom, when will you come back?” Noah asked me.</p> <p>“Very soon, baby.”</p> <p>“Mom, please bring me a large candy,” Aria demanded.</p> <p>“Yes, I will. Where is your Uncle William?” I asked them.</p> <p>William was the butler who took care of them. Additionally, there were a couple maids who assisted Aria in putting on clothing and giving herself a showe</p> <p>“He is here.” In the direction of their left side, Noah pointed his hand.</p> <p>William approached the screen and bowed to me.</p> <p>“Madam Natalia, don’t worry. I’ll take care of them.”</p> <p>“I will be back in a few days. Until then, stay with them,” I told William.</p> <p>Noah made a pouting face and mumbled, “Mom, we want to meet you.”</p> <p>He had a striking resemblance to his father. I was afraid that one day Adrian would get to know about him and Aria.</p> <p>What would I do at that time? I could not lose my children. The only reason I was still alive was because of them.</p> <p>“Baby, Mom will be back soon,” I replied.</p> <p>I had been talking with them for an hour. They told me about everything that they had done throughout the day. I told them to stay with their grandparents spend their time.</p> <p>After talking with them, I was prepared to go to sleep.</p> <p>However, a knock on the door startled me.</p> <p>I got out of bed, as I assumed it might be Atlas. His room was next to mine.</p> <p>So I opened the door while saying,</p> <p>“What happened, Atla-</p> <p>31</p> <p>I paused when I saw who was standing in front of me.</p> <p>It was Adrian.</p> <p>He looked infuriated, glaring at me with his dark eyes.</p> <p>“You?” I mumbled while looking at him.</p> <p>With a blink of an eye, he grabbed my hand to push me inside and entered the room to close the door behind him.</p> <p>I was trying to understand what he was doing, but before that, he pressed me against the door and asked,</p> <p>“Atlas, huh?”</p> <p>His unexpected move left me in a state of astonishment.</p> <p>“What’s wrong with you? Why did you come here?” I asked, trying to push him.</p> <p>To prevent me from moving, he grasped my arms firmly.</p> <p>“What were yon saying to my dad? You have to go to the Blue Blood Pack? Why? Because of that Beta Atlas?”</p> <p>His jaw was clenched tightly. He appeared to be so enraged that it almost frightened me.</p> <p>“Alpha Adrian, stay within your limits. Leave me.” noveldrama</p> <p>“Leave you? So that you can go to that Atlas guy?”</p> <p>“What do you want?” I asked.</p> <p>I did not know why he even came to talk to me. The thing that I discovered was that he hated me more than anyone else.</p> <p>His rage did not even slightly subside at any point.</p> <p>Are you with him now?” he asked with a hushed tone, as if trying to calm himself.</p> <p>“Why do you ca-?”</p> <p>“Yes or no.”</p> <p>I took a deep breath as I thought about lying to him. Maybe it was the only way I could stay away from this man.</p> <p>“Yes. I am with Atlas,” I replied.</p> <p>I thought he would leave my room now after getting his answer.</p> <p>But he growled loudly, which caused me to shake. I had never before. experienced such a kind of submission in front of any alpha. Then why only in fron</p> <p>“Just leave my room. I don’t want to talk to you anymommmm…!!”</p> <p>My eyes widened as he gripped the back of my neck and pressed his lips against mine.</p> </body></html>