Surrender Freely: Lyker's Redemption のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 181 - チャプター 190

“Don't change your mind.” “Hello, boss?” Max's voice caused me to tear my gaze away from my naughty sister. “Sophia said you called? Is everything okay?”“There was a raid in the warehouse. Though I sent some men to take care of it, I thought you would wish to know about it.”I gripped my phone hard, feeling a slow rage creeping in. “When was it? Do you know who did it?” “We are still investigating. I will let you know when we get something from it.”Aithan walked over to me and placed his hand on my shoulder. “Okay. Kindly notify me once you do. Be safe,” I added before I disconnected and turned to my mate. “Our warehouse was raided.”“What?” Aithan drew a step back. “When? How? By whom? Did they get them? Tell me they did.”I shook my head and let out a sigh. “They didn't.”It would have been great if they did. “What do we do now? Should we head over there? Were any of our men wounded? Do they need our help?”“I doubt.” I passed the phone back to the owner so I could hug him. “

“Aithan!”I blinked when I felt someone shake me. Alex stood over me, a concerned expression on his face as he stared into my eyes. “What's going on? You grew pale instantly and…”“I'm okay.” I blinked rapidly, calming my racing heart. I turned to look at the place the man once stood, only to notice it was empty. The man's gone.“No, you are not.” He squatted in front of me and placed his hands on my thighs. “What's going on with you? Why did you look like someone who saw a ghost a few minutes ago?”I did see a ghost, I wanted to say, but couldn't. I couldn't tell him I saw the man who raped me with the others years ago, the same man I believed I killed. He wasn't supposed to be alive, but he seemed to be. It wasn't a project of my imagination. I saw him, standing there, with that same expression he gave me those years ago. He must have risen from the grave to shatter the perfect life I tried to build.“Aithan?”“I…” I gulped, closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. “It's… I thought I saw

Alex didn't show up that night, but Sophia did. Even before she told me he sent her, I already knew he did. Alex just couldn't stop himself from taking care of me. I guess it's because we are mates. The pull makes it difficult for us to ever argue like humans and normal werewolf couples. He didn't sleep in the room, though. I heard from Sophia that he went into his study and might have spent the night there since he had a couch in there, a place we had spent countless times getting to know better. I figured he would come around the next morning, but before we could meet; I got a shocking call from Viktor. When I saw his name flash across my scream the minute I sat up in bed, I wanted to ignore it. It was still early to be bombarded by questions, and I just wanted to avoid a confrontation with him. He had such bad timing, calling when I had issues with Alex. It was as if he knew we were arguing and wished to rub it in my face. I bet it will go along the line of, 'I told you nothing

I walked straight to the dining table and sat next to Viktor. He turned and smiled before he concentrated on Sophia, who was going off with her favourite tales of how she learned to cook. Viktor nodded where necessary, acting like the perfect listening partner, something Sophia gobbled. She left no crumbs.Alex walked into the house and sat next to me. He laced his fingers and focused on me. I had to avert my gaze as a deep warmth crept up my neck. He didn't tear his eyes away from me. I could feel it even with my focus on Viktor and Sophia, who were chatting like long-lost friends who just found each other after being apart for years. “You are pretty interested in her?” I whispered to Viktor when Sophia went to get an extra plate. She didn't know Alex was joining, since he spoke about having a meeting with the men. Now that he had joined our table, Sophia had to bring his plate. “Who?” Viktor turned, frowning. “Sophia?” He scrunched his nose, looking like someone who smelt somethin

I felt so bad for him. When he put it that way, it made me feel awful, but I didn't want to owe up to that. Instead of just letting things slide by extending an olive branch, I folded my arms. Even if his rage was justified, he still needs to seek forgiveness. I can't just let him get away with it.“You always claim that you care about me, but you left yesterday without even bothering to check on me. You slammed the fucking door!”Okay, that was the only thing I could think of that would help my argument. I had to emphasise on that.“I… I apologize for doing that.” He looked up. “I just… I didn't want to say anything that might hurt you. That was why I left. I didn't mean to make you feel so lonely.” He walked over to me. “I apologize if that hurt you. I promise not to do it again.” He stopped a few paces from where I stood, and widened his arms, inviting me for a hug. I knew he could have just closed the distance between us and hugged me, but he didn't. He seemed to want me to step