Beauty & the Alpha のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 61 - チャプター 70

[Valerie]** Three Months Ago **I had all the tools I needed to execute the revenge I was hoping to wreak on the one who had robbed me of so much in my life. It plagued me for days on end - if it was the right thing to do.I sat at my desk in the library, paging through Stephen King’s “Doctor Sleep” but the words printed on the pages seemed to fuze and look like black lines and blotches across the pages. I had lost interest the moment I opened the first page, so how I was already on page fifty three was a mystery to me, because I couldn’t recall any of the words I had read.My assistant - who was coincidentally Isabella - knocked on my desk, spurring me out from my train of thought.“There’s someone here, looking for Hemingway.”“Check the H section in fiction. It should be there.”“And the author?”I held back the urge to roll my eyes. “Hemingway is the author. Ernest He

[Valerie]I didn’t want to think about the trauma, but I did anyway. And it hurt to the core, thinking about all the things I had been through at the rough hands of the tyrant Alpha who was dead now, because of me. I always thought that when he was finally gone, I’d have some peace. But that didn’t seem to be the case. I had bottled up all my feelings and sealed it with a lid, never opening up even to myself. Those restless nights only became easy because the Moon Goddess blessed me with the dream of my mate - the dream that overwhelmed the nightmares I used to have and made it easier to fall asleep. In fact, it had come to a point where I actually wanted to fall asleep so I could see the wolf of my dreams., where we could run freely and feel like we were on top of the world.Only now, it wasn’t just a dream anymore. Alexander had finally turned his face to me, showing off all his features for my appreciation. And I realized that I was now finally f

[Valerie]Seeing Alexander unable to move anything except his eyes worried me, and allowed fear to course through my bones. Without him, I was as good as dead, because we were only stronger together - I knew that much. These witches were clearly more powerful than we imagined, and as I had to watch with horror as her filthy hands were all over my mate, I kept my calm and decided to be smart in this situation. There was something Camilla knew, and perhaps I didn’t need Elena after all. I could find my answers if I played my cards right, and Camilla offered to release him if I only gave her my hand. What could possibly go wrong? I thought, and placed my hand onto her palm.She turned my hand over, and pressed her thumbs into the soft part of my palm, instantly changing my vision. It was only a spell, not reality, I reminded myself. Just as she said before - she could make us see what she wanted us to see, so none of this could be real, could it?I was hauled into

[Valerie]I was filled with rage and disappointment, and the words left my lips without giving it much thought. Alexander was begging me not to say them, as if he knew exactly where I was headed. I barely knew myself, until it was too late, and fury spoke for me.“I, Valerie Torres -”“Don’t -”No. I wasn’t really Valerie anymore, was I? “Or Nina whoever-the-fuck I am, rejects you, Alexander Young, as my mate!”I saw Alexander’s face twist with shock, his eyes drawing back as if they were sinking. In fact, his entirely being seemed to be crumbling, but in my anger I felt little to no remorse.“Come,” she held her hand out for me, “I will show you all there is for you to see.”“Valerie -”“Leave, Alexander. Please.” I was begging him to go, only because this was already difficult for me. I was afraid of caving and running back into his arms, when he deserved to know what it felt like to be rejected - I, emotionally, his in words.Because that’s all it really was - words uttered in ange

[Valerie]The metal bench was becoming increasingly uncomfortable to sit on, and I shuffled as I tried to find a better position. It wasn’t that I was too big - it was just that I had been waiting for almost an hour for my turn to see the doctor.All of the other women in the waiting area outside the obstetrician’s room had someone with them. Some had their partners with them, while others sat with their mothers. I was the only one visiting alone, and I had to keep my head down when their curious stares became too much to bear. I might have been accustomed to being alone, but other people obviously didn’t understand why a pregnant she-wolf was here all by herself.If I was being honest with myself, it did feel strange to visit the doctor by myself. When our kind conceived, it was usually to keep the bloodline alive, so it only made sense to have someone - especially your mate - here with you while you both made sure the child you were carrying was he