Desired By Three Alphas; Fated To One novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Different From Other Girls

Nathan’s POV

"You’re not eating?" Father muttered, his voice low as he noticed me just pushing food around on my plate.

He frowned. "Is it because I scolded you for fighting with Callum? Is that why you’re upset?"

I shook my head. "It’s not that," I mumbled.

Because it really wasn’t.

It wasn’t his shouting that bothered me. I’d heard worse from him before. What was actually driving me crazy... was the thought of her.

That stupid, reckless girl.

I didn’t know if she was okay. I didn’t even know why I cared. She got hurt trying to stop me and Callum. She stepped right between us like an idiot—and paid the price for it.

Constantly, I kept seeing her face. The way she dropped to the ground. The way her body went limp.

I hated that image.

I hated her.

No—I hated how she made me feel.

Unlike every other omega girl in the pack, she didn’t throw herself at me. She didn’t giggle or try to impress me. She didn’t care that I was an Alpha heir. She didn’t even look at me the way others did.

And somehow... that got under my skin.

Ever since she and her mother came to this pack, I’d known there was something strange about her. Something I couldn’t explain. It made me uncomfortable. It made me angry.

So I did the only thing I knew—I bullied her.

I pushed her buttons, mocked her, made her life miserable. I told myself it was because she was annoying... weak... nothing.

But today, when I saw her fall—

A knot formed in my chest, and I stabbed the fork into my food harder than I meant to.

"Nathan?" Father asked again, narrowing his eyes.

"I’m fine," I said quickly, forcing a bite into my mouth.

He didn’t believe me. I could tell.

Clara, my sister, chimed in, "You did a terrible job, brother. You and Callum should’ve ended that bitch’s life."

I glared at her, my frown deepening.

"What are you saying, Clara? Shut up!" Mother cautioned, while Clara huffed and continued eating.

Mother turned to me. "You should get Hailee an apology gift, okay?" she suggested, but I didn’t respond. There was no way I was getting her anything.

"So stubborn," my wolf huffed, and I rolled my eyes at him.

Dinner continued in silence, but I barely ate. After dinner, I went to my room, slumped on the bed with my arms folded behind my head as I used them as a pillow.

My thoughts went to what my mother had said. Hailee would be coming to the pack house tomorrow morning. She works a part-time job here as the library keeper.

"So are you going to get her the apology gift? To say you are sorry at least?" my wolf asked.

"No!" I said without hesitation. "I won’t," I added in a tone of finality before shutting my eyes, wanting sleep to take me, but her annoying face kept flashing in my mind.

"Damn it!" I growled and tossed around the bed, punching my pillow in frustration. No matter what I did, her annoying, pretty face kept flashing in my mind.

She’d been brave enough to throw herself between two half-shifted Alpha heirs. No omega would dare do that. No one. It was stupid—but it was also kind of... gutsy.

I let out a long breath and sat up, rubbing my face.

"This is ridiculous," I muttered to myself.

"You like her," my wolf teased, his tone smug and irritating.

"I do not like her," I hissed back in my mind.

"You’re obsessed then?" he chuckled.

"Shut up."

"Then why can’t you stop thinking about her?"

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