Read Fated To The Alpha by Jessica Hall Chapter 225 â Marabella POV We were about ten-fifteen minutes from home. My stomach twisted with Kyanâs last text message, and it was all I had thought about the entire way home. Yet, I believed he would go through with it. I believed he would drag me there himself if I didnât show up to Roseâs birthday when another thought occurred to me. Jonah.
When he said I would regret it, did he mean by hurting him? That was the only way to get even, my family was untouchable, but Jonah wasnât.
âWell, ring him,â Kora hisses at me, and I fumble with my phone; I start typing when Kora starts to worry, insisting I ring him to be sure. Her worry made my already heightened anxiety so much worse.
âYou ok?â my father asks, and I nod, dialing his number.
âYeah, just want to check on Jonah,â
âBut you just saw him. He will be fine,â
âBut if he goes to Kyanâs?â I chew my lip nervously.
âDid he threaten Jonah?ââ My father growls, and I shake my head because he hasnât. Still, the worry ate at me.
âMarabella?â
âNo, but he wasnât happy. What if he does something to Jonah?â
âNot likely. Those two seem close, always have been, but if it makes you calm down, just ring Jonah,â My father says before yawning. He covers his mouth with the back of his hand, and I suddenly felt guilty for making him pick me up.
âJonah?â Kora mutters, and I shake my thoughts away, hitting the call button. The phone rings as my father pulls into the service station just outside of town. The first time it goes straight to voicemail.
âI need coffee, want one?â my father asks, and I nod to him before redialling Jonahâs number. My heart rate increases the longer it rings, and Jonah finally picks up, and I let out a breath of relief.
âTold you he is fine,â My father says before getting out of the car.
âJonah?ââ I yelp, relieved to hear his voice.
âHey, whatâs up? I am-â
âDonât go to Kyanâs Jonah. Promise me you will stay away from him,â I shriek in panic. I didnât know if Kora or I spoke. Our thoughts felt like they were muddling into one.
âHuh, I am with...â I hear a growl that is more like a roar as Jonahâs words are cut off.
âOh f*ck,â Jonah says before I hear a crashing sound and snarls booming through the phone.
âMine,â Comes a deep gravelly voice that raised goosebumps on my arms. Whose voice was that? I wondered when more crashing sounded in the background.
âJonah?â my voice trembled, I could more bangs and crashing sounds.
âKaif, stop,â I hear Jonahâs voice stammer out before the sound of glass breaking reaches my ears.
âJonah!â I shriek, ripping the phone away from my ear. Kora pushes against my skin, and my claws slip into my fatherâs car seat, and the phone slips through my fingers as my gloves tear off my hands. âKora,â I grit out, trying to stop her from shifting.
Snatching my phone from where it fell in my lap, more crashing can be heard before I hear a long, harsh wheeze come through the phone before hearing another voice, not Jonahâs or Kaifâs *********
Jonah POV âJonah?â Marabella shrieks through the phone, and I pull it away, my ear ringing from how high-pitched her voice rang out. Placing it back to my ear, I answer her.
âHey, whatâs up? I am-â
âDonât go to Kyanâs Jonah. Promise me you will stay away from him,â Marabella rushes out, not letting me finish.
âHuh, I am with...â A furious growl erupts behind me and makes me turn to look at Kyan, only to see Kaif had forced forward.
âOh f*ck,â I curse, trying to jump up off the bed just as Kaif lunges at me, his claws slashing down my chest as I roll off the bed and smash against the floor. The phone slid across the floor, and I could hear Marabellaâs frantic voice screaming out to me, but I was distracted and unable to answer when Kaifâs foot went to stomp on my head.
âMine,â Kaifâs terrifying voice booms loudly, and I only just move my head to the side before his foot crushes my skull, his heel coming down on my shoulder, and I groan before punching him between the legs as he stood over me. He growls, but his knee gives way as he lurches forward, stumbling over the top of me.
I start to shift when Kaif kicks me, sending me flying into the wall and books topple down off the shelf smashing on top of me. His kick to my stomach winds me, and I gasp for breath as I crawl to my feet.
âKaif, stop,â I scream at him when he grabs me by my shorts, his claws on his other hand sinking into my shoulder before he tosses me into the dresser mirror.
The mirror shatters before the frame falls on me, and I roll off the dresser. Marabella screams m name through the phone, which only angers him more as he looks around frantically for her voice.
Giving me a momentâs reprieve as I prepared to shift. A large chunk of the mirror was embedded in my shoulder blade, and I yank it out with a pained groan. Kaif, hearing it slaps at his back as the line slices through him, and his back arches from taking on my wound before quickly healing himself.
âJonah, Jonah,â Marabella cries into the phone, and Kaif growls, upturning the bed as he looks for the phone when the door bursts open. Lucas rushes in with a bat, a g*d d**n bat.
âJonah, run,â Lucas yells at me.
He swings the bat at Kaif, letting out a war cry, and Kaif pivots on his heel, grabbing it mid-swing and prying it from his hands before launching him back out the door in which he came in. Kaif stalks after him, and he slashes the door frame with his claws.
I clamber to my feet unsteadily, urging Jax to shift, and I feel my bones start snapping when Kaif freezes when Marabella calls out his name. He spins around, snarling, and smacks his head on the door frame forgetting to duck. He groans, his giant hand raking down his face as he rubs the spot he struck on the door.
âKeep calling him Marabella,â Lucas calls out breathlessly. She must have heard him because she started calling Kaifâs name, his eyes scanning the floor before he barges me out of the way, scooping up the phone off the floor where it landed next to the ensuite. His fingers are too big to work the screen, and he growls in frustration.
âKaif, can you hear me?â Marabella asks. Her voice stammers out shakily, and Kaif prods the phone, his claws getting in the way.
âWhy canât I see? Why does it not work?â Kaif growls; his claws scratching my phone screen that had a crack down the screen.
The phone starts beeping, and I recognize the noise and realize Marabella heard him. The phone signally she was trying to change the call to a video one.
âGive it to Jonah. Jonah can do it,â Marabella tells him, and Kaif growls, spinning to look at me.
âYou, you do it. Make it work my fingers no good,â Kaif says, gripping my arm and thrusting the phone in my chest, and I grab it, pressing the touch screen for it to connect.
Marabellaâs tear-filled face appeared on the screen, and she seemed to be in her fatherâs car still when Kaif snatches the phone from me. His hands stroking the screen and cutting off the picture, and I take it from him. He growls, reaching for it, but I pull it away.
âYou canât touch the screen; it will hang up,â I tell him, offering it back to him before collapsing on the floor at his feet.
âNo, touching screen,â Kaif mutters to himself.
âWhere did she go?â Kaif suddenly booms, and I roll my eyes when Lucas hesitantly steps in the room, hands up as he moves along the wall. The movement does not go unnoticed by the eight-foot monster staring at the phone screen.
âI can fix it,â Lucas says while holding his hand out for the phone. My heart beats faster as Kaif continued to stare at him for a few tense seconds.
âHello, are you there?â Marabella calls out, and Kaif looks down at the screen.
âYou fix,â he tells Lucas, who nods, reaching out and taking the phone from Kaifâs grip. He fiddles with the phone, and the phone must go back to the video call because Marabella speaks.
âLucas, where are Jonah and Kaif?â
âRight here, but um Kyan is, um Kyan isnât in control,â Lucas stutters out as Kaif growls at him, reaching for the phone.
âLet him hold it; you will cut the phone out again,â I tell Kaif, Lucas holds the phone, turning it to face Kaif, who leans down, squinting at the screen, and I see Marabellaâs startled expression. She must have been expecting Kyanâs appearance with Kaif in control. By the look on her face, I know she wasnât expecting to come face to face with his Lycan form. Marabella gasps, and her eyes dart to the side. I hear Ezraâs voice in the background sounding startled.
âWhat the f**k is that,â
âI think itâs Kaif,â Marabella answers her father.
âYou come here. Here now. You are mine, not Jonahâs,â Kaif tells her.
âHere now, you come to me,â Kaif growls at her, and her mouth opens and closes as she glances away for a second.
âYou can talk while like that. But you... you are?â Mara doesnât finish, and I watch her on the screen as she stares at Kaif, he stands upright, and she gasps again. Lucasâs hand holding the phone shakes, and Kaifâs chest takes up the image of him on the screen.
âHow do we get her here? You come when Kyan rings you this way,â Kaif says, looking down at me next to his feet.
âI live down the road from you Kaif, Marabella went home. She isnât in the City,â I could hear Marabella whispering with her father, her face turned away from the screen.
âJonah, are you ok?â
âIâm fine, Mar-â Kaifâs growl cuts me off, and he reaches for the phone, and Lucas jumps, pulling it away from him and pressing further into the wall.
âYour claws Kaif, you canât hold the phone. You need to shift back,â Lucas blurts out.
âNo, Kyan canât, he wonât. He f**k things up again. I wonât let him; she is mine,â
âYes, yes, I am yours, Kaif, but you canât stay like that. You will hurt Jonah,â Marabella says, and I see her look away for a second before shrugging on the screen.
âHe touches you, he deserves pain, you are mine, he put his peasant lips on you,â Kaif tells her. I roll my eyes at him.
âHe is your friend,â Mara tries to reason, and Kaif huffs, baring his teeth at me.
Mara shook her head, and I was pretty sure she would tell him anything right now to ensure I was alive.
âYou let him,â Kaif roars, ripping me up off the ground, and Marabella shrieks as Kaif gripped my throat.
âYou come here, or I hurt him, make you watch,â Kaif snarls, his grip tight as his claws slipped into my collarbone before I hear it crack. Kaif groans and drops me, clutching his shoulder, my pain becoming inflicted on him.
âI will come to you on Roseâs birthday, but you need to shift back, or I wonât visit, leave him alone, you...you,â
âLycan,â Lucas offers.
âI thought they didnât exist,â Marabella mutters, looking away.
âWell, how the heck else you explain that,â I hear Ezraâs voice.
âDid you know?â She asks her father, becoming distracted, and Kaif growls low in the back of his throat when Ezra scoffs.
âNo, how could I know? I donât even think your mother knows this one,â
âWho is with you, who is that? You kiss him too?â Kaif snarls, and Marabellaâs face turns back to the screen, looking appalled.
âWhat no, he is my father,â
âYou not kiss him then?â
âNo, definitely not, well maybe on the cheek, but not like Jonah,â Marabella says, and Kaif nods before scratching his ear making it fold over on top of his head.
âYou do not kiss Jonah anymore, only like father,â Kaif glares down at me. This uncivilized brute was impossible. Right now, I needed Kyan back. Just beneath my skin, Jax was ready and alert since Kaif wasnât willing to shift back and give Kyan the ultimate control.
However, Kaif almost seemed normal right now. Besides the hairy monster standing over me, we managed to speak with him, which was the most I had seen him speak. Not that he couldnât, but in this form, usually Kaif just growls and grunts.
This animalistic side is unreasonable and unmanageable; his injuries are the only way to force him to let go of control. Though Marabella had pulled him back, he seemed almost human, despite being in this form.
âNo, no kissing, but can you give Kyan control?â
âYou like Kyan?â Kaif asks, and Marabella bites her lip and nods, clearly lying.
âMe no like him either. He has s**t for brains and washes his hands too much,â Kaif huffs.
âI give you Kyan; you come here on the flowers birthday,â
âNo, Rose! You simple-minded brute, my sister,â I tell him while shaking my head.
âThe dwarf with the rainbow in her hairs?â Kaif says with a huff.
âYes, Rose, you have met her heaps of times.â
âNo, Kyan meets her, I only meet you and him,â Kaif says, pointing a sharp curved claw at Lucas, who pulls away.
âKaif, change back, pleaseâ Marabella begs.
âThen you come here; you stay with me here,â
âMm-hmm,â Marabella hums, nodding her head to him. Kaif seems unsure as he flexes his hairy fingers, and I feel Kyan shackled within Kaif. The same monster, and warlock merged into one, creating a bigger more threatening beast. Still, there was only one Kaif, and this was his proper form, one Kyan only understands as instinctual barbaric and purely Kaif.
Usually, the slivers of Kyan I get were just fragments, while Kaif is almost calm. I realized Kyan subconscious was constantly at battle with Kaifâs urges, making me wonder if Kyan realized how much he fought, or did he think they were one in the same because I could feel two sides to Kaif, Kaif being the most dominant. Still, Kyan, I could feel beneath the surface, I just never realized before.
âOk, but you come to me soon,â Marabella nods her head, and Kaif shifts suddenly, and Marabella shrieks, her lips pressing into a line, and I see a hand go over her eyes. I realize Ezra had covered her eyes by the wedding band on his ring finger.
âPoint the camera elsewhere,â Ezra booms, and Lucas jumps, scrambling with the phone and turning it around. Kyan cracks his neck and back before shooting a glare at Lucas. He stalks over to him, snatching the phone from his grip.
âWhat did you do?â He bellows at Marabella.
âNothing, I rang Jonah, not you a*****e,â I was shocked by her words; I never heard her speak back to anyone, let alone with the tone she used.
Kyan growls, and I hear the phone cut out as she hangs up on him.
âWhat happened?â Kyan demands while turning to face me.
âWait, you donât know?â
âWould I be asking if I did?â Kyan snaps. Lucas and I look at each other.
âSee, this is exactly why we canât share her. When it comes to Marabella, all bets are off, He will take complete control of me when it comes to her, He blocked me out, he never does that, we merge, but he doesnât block me out, she is my weakness, canât you see that?â Kyan snaps, pointing at me.
âKyan?â
âShut up this has nothing to do with you,â he snarls glaring at his uncle over his shoulder.
Fated To The Alpha ï¤Chapter 224 Alpha's Regret-My Luna Has A Son ï¤Chapter 149: Epilogue âHe listened to her, Kyan; he stopped because of her,â I snap back at him, and he pauses, his mouth opens with his next rant before he closes his mouth, clearly stunned.
âThatâs not possible,â Kyan murmurs, looking at Lucas, who nods to him.
âJust like your father said, Mara is Kaifâs redemption,â Lucas says.
âNot at the cost of her life; she wonât be,â Kyan says before stalking out of the room.