All Chapters of Becoming the Female Alpha: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Waking up alone always sucks because my brain is already up the minute I open my eyes, and I am thinking about the backlog of work I have. But waking up with Toby? That was something I wanted to experience every single day.He woke up like a Disney princess—his eyes fluttering open, the cliché stretching his arms and limbs, even down to the soft yawn. When he finally became aware of his surroundings, he turned to me, a lazy smile tugging at his lips.“Good morning, love.” He rasped in a sleep-laden voice, and I giggled, giddy from being called love. But you can’t fault me; I am finally getting the love I deserved, and sometimes it was surreal.“Good morning.” I mumbled back, careful so that none of that stinky breath was reaching him.“Had a good sleep?”“You should know better.” I teased, flashing him my rare smile, and he blinked, a faint dust of red on his cheeks.“Touché.” He murmured, his ears turning red with every passing second, and my smile grew wider.Oh my, I think I just s

“I don’t understand.” Toby's brows furrowed as he tried to make sense of what I had just said, and normal Maddie would have reached out and smoothed those ridges, but I held myself.I have to be focused.“It is as plain as I have said it, Toby. You have two options.” I began, laying it to him as I would to a little child. “You can either decide we are going to do this very well, and you follow me to my pack, mark me, and take your place beside me as my equal.” I had to put the equality there to let him know that I would never see him less. “Or we break the bond here and reject each other because I refuse to do this back and forth with you!”“Maddie, you can’t be serious right now.” Toby frowned, looking at me like I had gone crazy. “I thought we had been making progress. This has been working for us!” He held his hands out in desperation, and I shook my head. “No! This has not been working for us; it has never been.” I yelled. “We have just been trying to make it work. How long do yo

“Father?” My brothers echoed the words that couldn’t leave my mouth. I blinked my eyes rapidly, trying to make sense of the figures standing in front of me.But there he was, his posture still as commanding as ever; my eyes trailed to his side, and as usual, his hands were tightly clasped around my mother. My gaze shifted to the entourage behind them, each holding some sort of travel bag of different sizes that no doubt belonged to my mother—at least 80%.I found myself tensing as he got near, Dylan and Ryan both forgotten. I had gotten so used to ruling without my parents breathing down my neck, and the months they had been away were the best, but they were here now, and I had no idea what to do.I studied them closely, their tanned skin from all the times we had spent in the sun. My mother was wearing a wide-brimmed hat, my father a cap, both of them wearing black two-piece—I think this is the first time I was seeing my father’s legs.The little fat in their cheeks was a sign of a h

“Young man, what are you doing here?” My father demanded, his voice cutting through the tension like a sharp blade. I tried not to let the smile slip, especially seeing how he was standing up for me, but he wasn’t even through. “How dare you show up in this pack after all you have done?”“I know.” Toby murmured, bowing his head, and my heart lurched as I heard his voice. I know I shouldn’t be having such a reaction to someone who had broken me, but I couldn’t help it. “I know I have not been the best thing for your daughter, and I acknowledge my fault in that, but I want to make it right.”“Toby!” I snapped, annoyed that he was treating me like I wasn’t in the room with him. How could he just waltz back in here, acting like he could fix everything? Did he really think an apology was enough? “Why the hell are you even here?” He gave me a look that I couldn’t decipher, his eyes raking over me in a gaze that was stripping, and I crossed my arms, as if trying to shield me. But the moment

Waking up for the past weeks had always been a chore because I would always feel the bond tugging on us, and Lia, as usual, was threatening to make sure of her words and flee. Today was no different, except for once, the tug was in the right direction, literally.I turned to my right, and there lay the most beautiful man I had ever seen, his eyes still shut tight with sleep, and the smile came so easy.We had spent most of the night and early hours of the morning in activities that were both backbreaking and sweat-inducing, and it was safe to say that we were both tired, so I allowed him to sleep.Seeing him in such a state gave me time to study him and just focus on those things that made him unique. I don’t know if it was just me, but Toby had grown even bigger than when I last saw him, and it wasn’t just his size. The new air around him was so soothing and relaxing that I wanted to drown in it.‘He has finally decided to stop running from love and embrace it.’ Lia chipped in, a lit