Alpha’s Baby(35)

I waited anxiously for it to boot up, holding my breath.

When the screen booted up to the OS window, Stefan stuck the flash drive in the USB slot.

I thought I would explode as I waited for it to load.

When the folder and thumbnail file finally popped up on the screen, my heart jumped. I peered at it closely. It was a video file. A crushing dread descended upon my body and I began to get dizzy.

Stefan turned to me, fear in his eyes, his hands trembling. “Are you ready?”

Of course I wasn’t ready. But Stefan had to go open the bag of worms, and now I had to look.

I nodded, feeling like I was going to faint.

Tapping the laptop’s trackpad, he double-clicked the file.

A dark room appeared on the screen. It looked somewhat familiar to me. A few seconds later, two individuals walked into the room, one led by the other, and my heart dropped in my chest as I watched in horror as the couple, who were dressed in costumes, proceeded to have hot, steamy sex. Even as I was horrified, I couldn’t help it, knowing who it was. It got me aroused, seeing how just passionate, how nasty and hot we’d been. No wonder Stefan made the connection that we both wanted it.

Still, someone had recorded us. The fact smacked me in the face when the video got to the point that I took off his mask, and then a little bubble popped up with our names and our student ID photos superimposed on them. Stefan looked at me then, his eyes filled with horror.

Stunned, I could only return his look as I realized the ramifications of watching our own sex tape.



“Who could have done this?” I asked breathlessly from my perch on Stefan’s bed, my pulse racing in my ears. Part of it was my horror, but another part of it was that I wanted that night again, to do it over and over and over.

Stefan slowly closed down the laptop screen, his chiseled features white as a sheet, his large hands visibly shaking. He was caught up in the horror of the implications, of the threat we’d just gotten. Besides when I told him about the baby, I’d never seen him so afraid. Being the strong alpha male that Stefan was, that alone made me even more frightened about our current predicament.

“It was Jace.” Stefan’s deep voice came out in a feral growl that I felt within the pit of my stomach. “It had to be.”

I stared at the laptop and then the small flash drive that contained the damning video of Stefan and me having sex, wishing I could drop it into a pit of molten lava. “But why? And how? The Sacrifice was before the investigation and your fight with him. What would be his reason . . .” My words trailed off as I remembered Jace’s words.

We’d been out on one of our ‘dates,’ and I’d asked him just why he was so hard up for trying to fuck me and to embarrass my brother. Jace had already had two beers, and apparently, he was loosened up enough that he told me the truth rather than some of the typical bullshit he’d fed me the rest of the time.

I’ve been here a whole fucking year, working my way up the social ladder, becoming one of the most popular athletes on NSU’s campus. Meanwhile, your stupid brother just transfers here mid-semester, gets into Alpha without even trying, and is now considered the top dog by the fraternity. How fucked up is that?”

“He hated me the moment I joined Alpha Gamma, that’s why,” Stefan replied, confirming what I already knew. “I’m better looking, stronger, and I was just as popular. And you know what?”

“What?”

“I don’t think this is the first time that this sort of thing has happened. The recording part, that is.” At my raised eyebrow, Stefan continued. “I wouldn’t put it past them. I mean, after all, they record all of their hazing.”

“They do?” I asked with some surprise, though I should have known better. It’s stupid, but a lot of college kids these days aren’t too bright.

Stefan stopped pacing to nod. “Yeah. I’ve seen a couple of them. Some real fucked up shit, let me tell you. But when the investigation storm hit, they had someone smuggle them out of the Alpha dorm and hide them.”

I remembered what some of the girls had to do to join Kappa, and seeing how the guys were probably ten times worse, I was suddenly filled with curiosity. “Did you have to get hazed to join Alpha?”

Stefan’s handsome features twisted into an appalled expression that I would have thought adorable if not for our circumstances. “Fuck, no! What kind of dude do you take me for, Bella? Do you honestly think I’d let someone stick a rod up my ass? Or let someone force me to snort some guy’s ball sack?”

I couldn’t help but laugh at Stefan’s tone. On the other hand, the idea of some guy being humbled by Stefan did have a bit of a kinky appeal all of a sudden. “No. You’re not the kind to be sniffing.”