The System Said I Wasn’t the Heroine, So I Left My Alpha and He Broke Down Chapter 01

The System Said I Wasn’t the Heroine, So I Left My Alpha and He Broke Down Chapter 01

Werewolves in Seattle had been living just like ordinary people in a modern city for years, attending the same schools and living in the same neighborhoods. The only difference was that scent, wolf instincts, and the instinctive pull of hierarchy still mattered. And ever since we were kids, Adrian had always been one of the most dominant Alphas our age.

My name is Elena Bennett. Ever since I was a pup, I’d had a biting dependency that never completely went away. Whenever the urge became too strong, Adrian Black, my childhood friend, would offer himself up and let me bite him to calm the restless wolf inside me.

When we were little, I bit his wrist. As we got older, that slowly changed to his shoulder, and eventually, the side of his neck near his scent gland.

[Don’t you think he hates it when you do that?]

One day, just after I’d finished biting him, a mechanical voice suddenly appeared in my head.

[Look at him. His brows are practically knotted, his breathing is all messed up, and even the corners of his eyes are red. You keep touching one of an Alpha’s most sensitive spots. Of course he hates it.]

I looked down. Sure enough, Adrian’s eyes were slightly damp. His head was lowered, and whatever he was holding back had his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles had gone white.

[You’ve left your scent and bite marks all over his neck and shoulder, and he still hasn’t shoved you away. The male lead’s self-control is unreal.]

[If you don’t get rid of this habit soon, once the real female lead shows up, Adrian’s scent gland won’t be yours to touch anymore. Then you’ll be stuck chewing on a chew toy by yourself.]

That was when I learned the truth. My childhood friend, Adrian, was actually the male lead of a high school werewolf romance. And the real female lead wasn’t me.

So I decided to break the bad habit Adrian had indulged for more than a decade. The next time the urge hit, my classmate Ryan Miller, who was sitting beside me, kindly held out his arm.

“Stop fighting it. Bite me.”

I was just about to lower my head when I saw Adrian standing not far away. His face went completely white.

…

When that mocking mechanical voice appeared in my head, I had just lifted my head from Adrian’s shoulder, the faint trace of his scent still lingering at the tip of my nose.

“Better?”

His voice was so hoarse and unlike his usual tone that I almost didn’t recognize it.

“Yeah.”

I gave a small nod. The mocking voice in my head immediately grew louder.

[I’m talking to you. Can you even hear me, side character? Don’t you think he hates it when you do that?]

I frowned and couldn’t help arguing back in my head.

[Does he? We’ve always done this. Adrian has never once told me he didn’t want me to.]

The moment the system realized I could hear it, it became visibly more excited.

[Of course he does. The male lead is famous for being a restrained Alpha. Some things are too awkward for him to say directly. You’re just too dense to notice.]

[Look at his face. His brows are practically twisted together, his breathing is uneven, and even his eyes are red. You keep touching one of an Alpha’s most sensitive areas. Obviously he hates it.]

I lowered my eyes to look at Adrian. The corners of his eyes really were a little damp. His head was lowered as he silently tugged his shirt higher over his shoulder, covering the faint red bite marks I’d left behind.

Only then did I notice how tightly his hands were clenched. His knuckles had gone completely white. Adrian noticed me staring and looked up.

“What? Still not satisfied?”

His Adam’s apple bobbed. A trace of moisture still clung to his lashes, and he looked like he’d been holding something back the entire time. I stared at him, my thoughts becoming more and more tangled while the system kept talking.

[You practically got your teeth on his scent gland and he still didn’t push you away. The male lead has ridiculous self-control. Look at the marks you left on him. Do you seriously still think you’re some little pup who hasn’t grown up yet?]

My fingers curled slightly. A small wave of hurt rose in me.

[I didn’t even bite that hard…]

The system sounded speechless.

[That’s not the point. The problem isn’t how hard you bit him. You’re both adults now, and you’re still casually biting someone, especially an Alpha in such a sensitive spot.]

[You’re not even the female lead, yet you’ve been taking up the intimate place that was supposed to belong to her. Do you get it now?]

Adrian saw me spacing out and waved a hand in front of my face.

“Elena?”

I snapped back to reality and forced a smile.

“Thanks, Adrian. I feel much better now. I’m going home.”

He sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the blanket draped across his lap. After a few seconds of silence, he nodded.

“Okay. I won’t walk you out, then.”

The system immediately translated his words for me.

[Translation: Hurry up and leave. He’s even suppressed his scent completely because he obviously doesn’t want any more contact with you.]

[He can’t even be bothered to walk you to the door. He’s basically telling you to get lost, and somehow you still don’t get the hint.]

The system had a nasty way of talking. I didn’t look at Adrian again. I got up and went home.

The entire way back, the system wouldn’t stop talking. That was how I finally learned the truth about the world I lived in. It was actually a modern high school werewolf romance set in a North American city.

My childhood friend Adrian was the most talked-about young Alpha at Lakeside School in Seattle, and the male lead of the story. The real female lead was a transfer student who wouldn’t arrive until next week. The system was clearly enjoying my situation.

[Side character, you’d better stay away from the male lead from now on.]

[He told you when you were little that you could come to him whenever the urge got bad, and you seriously took him up on it all the way into adulthood.]

[An Alpha like him was too polite to reject you, and you never noticed a thing?]

[If you don’t kick this habit now, once the real female lead shows up, Adrian’s scent gland won’t be yours to touch anymore.]

[Then you’ll have no choice but to hug a chew toy and deal with it yourself.]