thin me as the door swung

a quick scan of the room and is about to close

and then it morphs into confusion

" I rush to explain myself. "I only used this

confusion causing his

gh? He appeared just after it d

t followed me up

ell to my knees. He walks up to me and grabs my hand to pull me up. He doesn

ing Alpha, I merely fell. Alpha, you need to be

and betas. No creature of any sort can enter without their knowledge. Or

ng and the footsteps, I would have believed my mind m

aw it.

" I try once more to conv

s of blood. Come, let Grace take a lo

room we first met in, I'm quiet the entir

e Alph

y imagine w

m fast to swerve away from her reach. "I appreciate

e of minutes before signaling to

his armchair and situates himself calmly. "What happened..." H

you choose to ignore the bed, the table and chair, the enormous bookshelf at the corner, and everythi

just ignored his question, he leans back in his c

I know you know. Given that h

yone has a choice to do with their life as they please. If h

use and the Alpha let h

go Alpha"

as I open and step outside the threshold

something t

**

the scent of rice pudding was the first thin

ins in the living room were closed but t

roach the table silently, tired. The sight of the pudding with a side of what I was sure was fr

hat and meet him with the rejection that f

out of the store with cans in a basket.

I ask when sh

he drops them on the table beside me and sits

kn

? I didn't need to tell my mother that I was sa

o I continued eating, keeping my head down. I avoid eye contact by all m

tands to leave, patting me

my bed with a pillow, the fatigue engulfing me. After a few minutes, before I

. The room became heavy, like something had just passed

ing wa

idea that my mind has been fuzzy all

e I'm bein

bed. I bring the comforter up to my neck..higher t

ncts didn't alert me to call for help or to run away. I didn't fee

Otherwise, I felt strangely safe

here's a warmth, like liquid light flowing through my veins, ye

a flickering lamppost, is a huge, dark, shadowy figure. The figure has a steady pose, observin

watch