Twelve

Melina's POV

I woke up to the sound of my own breathing. It was early, way too early for anyone else to be awake but I was used to it, it was a normal thing for a slave like me. My body had been trained to rise with the sun, to greet the day before anyone else had even stirred.

I stretched out, relishing the feeling of my muscles slowly coming back to life after a long and peaceful night's sleep. And then, suddenly, I felt something around me. A hand. And it's not my own. What the f**k??

I panicked, my reflexes kicking in before my brain was even able to fully register what was happening. I shoved the hand away and jumped out of bed, my breaths coming out in short, haphazard bursts. I looked around the room, trying to calm myself down and figure out what had happened.

That was when I saw him – Alpha Dwane. And he was awake now too, his eyes wide and panicked as he took in my wary expression.

As I stood there, my body still trembling with fear, Alpha Dwane looked at me with a worried e