Alpha Bond

Ella’s POV

By the time I finish telling dad everything, excluding the part that I have found Oliver, to say he was livid was an understatement. His anger was not directed towards me but guardians.

He said he would be coming here to bring me home. But when I told him that I would return home when everyone else has returned to their packs, he understood the obligation I am feeling towards them and supported my decision.

However, the hint of pride in his voice was something that just made me so happy. I always want mom and dad to be proud of me. There is a constant pressure on my shoulders to be perfect because I am their first child. Everyone judges my every action as I am supposed to be perfect, which is impossible. I am always under scrutiny, sometimes I wish I don't have this constant spotlight on me. Elena and Thea are my sisters but no one expects much from them which I feel is unfair... for me and for them.

I have noticed even though everyone loves them, but they never give them the same treatment as they give me.

They are often overlooked by others and this makes me angry. This never bothers them, but this behavior is enough to boil my blood. Elena once told me that she is used to living under my shadow and she's no problem with it because that's how it is always going to be.

I wish she sees how she naturally has the tendency to grab attention. She will not do anything still it will be difficult to ignore her presence.

I know she will never accept but sometimes this behavior hurts her which is justified. I am just glad this never created any difference between us. We openly share our true feelings with each other, and the bond which is between us makes it impossible to hide our feelings from each other.

But thankfully, mom and dad, our family, never discriminate between us, for them we all are equal. Even though they support them a little more, but I know the reason behind this and I can never be mad at them.

But in the end no one's opinion matter to us other than our own family. So we all do is try to make our parents proud in our own way.

The best thing about dad is that he always supports us. If we believe in something, he never stops us from going after it. He never holds us back, but he encourages us to follow what our heart desires.

Even mom is supportive, but sometimes she worries too much about us. She always says that she trusts us, but she doesn’t trust the world. She knows how people can take advantage of our goodness, so she just wants us to be careful.

But similarly, like dad, even mom doesn’t let her worry stop us. She shares her concerns with us but never burdens us with her decisions.

After we finished talking, dad asked me to hand over the phone to Prune. Dad cleared everything with Prune related to my stay and also warned him about the consequences of hurting me in any way. Surprisingly, Prune remained calm and assured him that I would not have any trouble while I am on their ground, as my safety is their responsibility.

But dad was quick to point out that if they trouble me, even if I am off of their ground, he will annihilate them. Well, I guess my dad is just looking for a reason to pummel them.

However, I have a strong feeling that it’s Wolf Dad who was threatening them because of the way he gave a detailed description of what’s he is going to do with them if they even think about hurting his pup.

After the phone call, Prune and I discussed my living arrangement because, honestly, I am not comfortable living in Emerson’s room. Since officially I got the guest status so now I have been shifted to guest quarters.

Mom will send me some of my stuff for my stay here in a day or two because I hardly have any clothes. Well, I do have clothes and other necessary stuff that Emerson asked Tammy’s mother to buy for me, but I don’t want any favor for him, so I left all those things in his room.

Call it my pride or my ego, but I don’t want his favor. I can easily manage on my own.

I don’t know how Emerson will react when he finds out about everything, but I feel he will not care. He didn't even bother to see me until now. Maybe he will be glad that he doesn’t have to deal with me anymore since he cut off all the ties from my pack.

However, when I think about his careless behavior, I feel a pinch of hurt in my heart.

"Blaze, I should not feel bad about it, but why I am feeling upset?" I ask my wolf because other than her, and I don’t have anyone to talk to about this.

"Because you care about what he thinks, even if he had hurt you." Blaze’s soft voice makes me feel less lonely. "It’s okay. You are a good person, and he’s just stupid."

"But why do I care?" I ask, feeling confused.

"I don’t know, maybe because even you are stupid."

Her words make me laugh, as my mood lightens a bit.

I love her.

"Blaze loves Ella, too," She instantly replies, causing a smile to bloom across my face.

Since the people who were rescued are being kept on the campus itself along with other trainee guardians, I think I should go and find myself how they are.

Deciding to look around the campus, I head outside my room. Finally, I found out why Prune referred to this place as a campus because the initial training of the guardians is held here.

I receive some judgemental looks from the other guardians when I walk around the campus. Ignoring them, I focus on my task to find Steven or Brody so that I figure out what's happening with them.

Luckily, I spot Brody heading in the opposite direction.

"Brody!" Calling his name, I jog towards him.

He stops in mid-step and turns to me. A relieved smile appears on his face when he sees me.

"Ella." He lets out a sigh of relief, "Thank God; you are okay. We were so worried about you. No one was telling us anything, and we didn't know how to find you."

He surprises me when he pulls into a hug and tightly hugs me.

"I am okay." Stepping back from him, I look at his face noticing his faint bruises, "Tell me, what's going on here, and are you guys fine? How are these people treating you?" Turning my head, I look at the guardian near us and who is not hiding the fact that he is listening to our conversation.

"Everyone is okay, well, apart from the fact that it seems like we are in a military camp preparing for war." He laughs and gives a mock salute to the guardian.

The guardian chuckles once and then walks away. At least someone here is not walking with a stick in their ass.

"Where were you going?" I ask, looking in the direction where he was heading.

"I was going to the dining hall." He crosses his arms over his chest, and I can't help notice how his muscles tighten with this slight movement.

Woah, why I haven't noticed how fit he is. Like really fit.

He is beta so it's obvious that he should be fit, but damn he is fine.

When my eyes move to his face, I find him smirking at me with a knowing look. My face begins to heat up for not being discreet, but I try to play it cool.

"Do you mind joining me for lunch?" He smiles and extends his hand in my direction. "I would have asked you for a date, but since we are stuck here. Let's settle with simple lunch with a bunch of other people." He laughs lightly and winks.

Do I need to mention to him what special treatment he will get from my dad and uncles if he so much thought to take me for a date?

But since none of them are here, so it's no harm in enjoying the opposite gender's company who is not a family.

"I would like to have lunch with you..." Placing my hand in his, I smile, enjoying this attention which I am getting, "And with a bunch of other people." I add trying to sound serious. But we both end up laughing.

Clearing his throat he attempts to look serious and gives me a small bow.

He places a small kiss on the back of my hand, then holding my hand, he starts walking in the direction where he was heading.

Suddenly, the hair on the back of my neck raises as something doesn't feel right. Turning my head, I look around but I don't see anything unusual. However, I can't shake off this weird feeling that I am being watched.

Thank you for reading.