I didn't know what to do. I felt like crawling in a hole and dying. How could he say that to me? How could he? Couldn't he see that I was trying to help him and his family? No, he couldn't see. He was blind. Blindly in love. With her. With an Argent. With a hunter. With a killer. And then to say that I don't belong here. What was wrong with him? I sat on my window seat in my room and stared up at the full moon. My inner wolf banged against my ribcage, threatening to break every bone in my fragile body. She clawed at every muscle in reach, wanting out. She clawed at my lungs, my liver and what was left of my shattered heart. God, I am such an idiot! How could I fall in love with a beta? I'm an alpha. I need an alpha mate. God, I'm so stupid. I'm so…totally in love with Derek Hale. I'm so totally in love with a beta. My inner wolf howled in agreement. I stood up in shock, my inner wolf making me sway on my feet from the energy of the full moon. I ran my hands through my hair. This isn't right. It can't be right. An alpha can't be in love with a beta.
"Connor!" I yelled. My heart pounded faster and faster with each step that came up the stairs. Connor came bursting into the room breathing heavily.
"What?" He questioned me. "What is it? What's wrong?" I slowly turned to him, eyes wide.
"I think I'm in love with a beta."
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I ran down the steps to the hallway closet and grabbed my coat. Connor came down behind me.
"That's impossible." Connor insisted. "Alphas can't be in love with betas." I turned around and faced him, walking backwards to my shoes.
"Well, guess what? I am."
"You can't be, Mara. Your instincts probably just think Derek Hale is just a regular teenage boy."
"You mean my hormones?" I slipped on my left sneaker.
"Yes, whatever."
"Well, my hormones are telling me that I'm madly, terribly, horribly, truly, deeply in love with a beta." I slipped my right shoe on.
"Where are you going, Mara?"
"I'm doing what my hormones are telling me to do." I grabbed my baseball cap and slapped it onto my head. "I'm going to save the Hale family." I walked over to the front door. "Whether they like it or not." I walked out the door and ran in the direction of the Hale House.