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Without really understanding why, I find myself inside the building and in front of the current leaderboard, staring at Dane’s name. In order for me to give it my all this semester, I have to go up against my hero, my brother. I’m still not sure I’m ready for that.
“Whose ghost are you chasing?” Alpha Tyler asks, walking up so silently that I didn’t even hear him.
I smile. “You’ve been talking to Sebastian.”
“More like he was talking to me,” he says, shrugging.
“Number two, that’s my brother.”
I turn and look at him. I already know the answer, but I wonder if he’ll open up to me.
“Whose ghost are you chasing?”
“Number four. That’s MY brother.”
“At least yours really is a ghost,” I say, then flinch. “Sorry, that was insensitive.”
“No, it was the truth. But I don’t think that makes it any easier for me than it is for you. But as Alpha Sebastian told me, your brother’s shoes aren’t yours to fill. You shouldn’t try. Walk in your own shoes and be who you are, Alpha Christina.”
“You think it’s that easy?”
“Oh hell no. But I think I’m uniquely qualified to understand the
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feeling of wanting to fill another’s shoes and knowing I can’t. I’m still trying to come to terms with the fact that mine will have to be enough for my pack.” he says, staring up at the leaderboard, then turning to
- me.
“Do you know who number one is?”
I look up and see the name, Alpha Ryan, but don’t recognize where he’s from. It was before I started working here.
“No. I just know he’s the Alpha that bumped my brother out of the number one spot four years ago.”
“That’s Alpha Sebastian’s son. If there is anyone who could help you achieve your potential and put your ghosts to rest, it’s him.”
“Maybe that’s why he’s taken such an interest in me this semester. He seems to see something in me that I don’t see in myself.”
Tyler turns to look at me fully. “You really don’t see it?”
I raise an eyebrow. “You do?”
“From the moment I saw you. I didn’t know you were Alpha Dane’s sister either. I just saw it in you right away.
I blow out a breath. Everyone seems to see something in me that I don’t see in myself.
“Well, I guess I’ll find out just how much I’m not seeing this semester.
at is
“If you really don’t see it, then I think you’ll be surprised. I didn’t call you my greatest compétition for no reason, or because you said I was yours. You have a strength, a confidence in you Christin. obvious to anyone paying attention from the moment they meet you. I have no doubt if you had been the heir to your pack, that your name
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would already be on that leaderboard.”
I push off the wall and stand. I need to get showered and get to breakfast so I can get to class early to help Sebastian.
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“For the record, Alpha Tyler, I said you were, and I still feel that you are, my greatest competition this semester.” I glance back up at Dane’s name. “I saw my brother leave for the Academy knowing he couldn’t afford to fail. He didn’t just succeed; he excelled because he felt like he had to. I think you’ll do the same and I believe that you’ll be more than enough for your pack, Alpha.”
“Thanks, Christina.”
“Thank you,” I say and head out.
My mind is full of everything while I shower and get changed into sparring clothes, then head to breakfast.
“Good morning, sunshine,” Sylvie says with a big smile on her face.
“Someone woke up on the right side of a dick,” Mia scowls, drinking her coffee.
“Is there a wrong side?” Sylvie asks, smirking.
“Apparently not for you,” I say, getting some coffee. “What’s for breakfast?”
“Haley, what delightful dish are you tempting James with this morning?” Sylvie calls out.
“Skillets,” she says, making me smile.
“What kind of skillets?” I ask.
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She pokes her head around the part of the stove that is set up as a griddle. It makes cooking large breakfasts much easier.
“All kinds. Laura has been great at prepping the ham, bacon, and beef, while Charlotte has been chopping veggies, and I have the potatoes cooking now, so I can make them to order.”
“I’ll take an everything skillet,” James says, walking in and nipping Sylvie on the side of her neck. “I’m very hungry this morning.” he growls.
“Yeah, you are,” she murmurs.
Sylvie doesn’t have any problems letting go and letting James give her orgasms. Just me. Just Christina.
“Good morning, Alpha Sebastian,” Mia says.
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