Semua Bab Let The Alphas Fall For You: Bab 51 - Bab 60

DALANothing could have prepared me for this dreadful sight. My knees buckled as I slowly tilted in the Old Alpha’s direction.He looked at me like I was literal filth, stepping in closely with disgust painting his expression.My heart drummed in my ears, my stomach jerking, twisting, and turning like I was about to receive a death sentence — because I was.I was about to.“Repeat what you just said,” he commanded.Words eluded me, my lips were clamped shut too. My hands, damp with sweat, clenched at my sides. Something about his expression made me sure that question wasn’t one he intended to repeat.“I said…” My voice trembled. “Knox is my mate.”The silence after was sharp and brutal. This level of condescension wasn’t one I had experienced in my entire life.It made my legs tremble. The old Alpha turned around and yelled into the air. “Bring Knox to the grand room, now!”Why today?Why now?I wanted to throw up and I couldn’t even look Vander in the eyes.The worst part? They didn

KNOXThe scent of mint tea lingered in the corners of my mother’s room, curling around old furniture, lace curtains, and the quiet tick of her antique clock. I knocked once, but she’d already seen me coming.“Come in, baby.”The door creaked as I pushed it open. Her voice always sounded the same—gentle, a little tired, but warm enough to undo every knot in my chest if I stayed long enough.She sat by the window with hands folded neatly over her lap, her wheelchair turned to face the garden outside. “You asked to see me?” I said, stepping closely behind her.With a gentle smile gracing her face, she turned toward me with a slow, practiced motion. “Knox. Sit.”There was no command in her tone. Just… a mother asking her son to talk and I knew damn well what she was about to talk about. I dropped into the velvet chair beside her, letting my shoulders sag. My mother always made room for my exhaustion. In here, I didn’t have to pretend.“I wanted to know how you’re doing,” she said, reach

VANDER I didn’t expect to care but when Dala looked me in the eye and asked me to help her friend, I found myself nodding before my brain even caught up. Maybe it was the way she looked at me like she trusted me and I was something solid in the middle of her storm. “I just need you to talk to Xavier,” she’d said, her voice low. “Tell him to leave Amber out of whatever crap he’s in. She’s not part of it. The poor girl is going through enough as it is.” So here I was, behind the wheel of my bike with Amber tucked behind me, her arms around my waist like she was terrified I’d vanish if she let go. I didn't say anything on the ride, and neither did she. Once we pulled into the school lot and I glanced up at the rearview mirror and caught her staring. Our eyes locked. She tried to look away but was a little too slow. “You okay?” I asked. Amber hesitated and her lips trembled before she bit it down. “I’m terrified.” Of course, she is. I exhaled through my nose and turne

ARYAThe water poured over my skin in steady rivulets, warm enough to soothe but not hot enough to numb. I stood beneath the rainfall showerhead, my hands braced against the tiled wall as steam curled around me like a second skin. The lavender-scented soap lingered on my shoulders, but even the loudly splattering water couldn’t beat the loudness of Vander’s voice in my head.“When Dala was being humiliated, when your husband treated her like filth, where were you, Arya? You stood there and did nothing. She worked for you. The girl who stubbornly stood by you was chased out in the dead of night and you couldn’t care less about it. Why now?”I shut my eyes, but the words didn’t stop ringing. I had always cared about her, I just hadn’t known how to show it… not in that house, not with him watching. My spine felt like glass most days, ready to shatter if I leaned too far in one direction. Vander hadn’t looked at me like I was fragile, but rather like I was a coward.And maybe I was.I t

KNOXThe second I stepped into the house, I felt his suffocating presence. The old man functioned like a CCTV camera, and it seemed like he’d been waiting.I clenched my jaw, unwilling to indulge in any kind of conversation with him. “Knox,” he called from the end of the hall. There was an edge to his voice that conveyed just how much anger he was holding in.Even if he spat fire, I was in no mood to indulge him in any kind of conversation, hence brushing past him without as much as sparing him a glance.“Knox!”Let him stew in it. He wasn’t worth the breath. Perhaps it was time for him to wipe my name off the family register he loved so much. That way he could maintain a pristine reputation, just as he’d always wanted.I entered my room and Kai was already there, perched like a leech.I flashed him a questioning look that he met with a coy smile. It was on everyone’s to-do list to piss me off today, I suppose.“Took you long enough,” he said, turning over with a stretch. “This room