All Chapters of The Alpha's Beta: Once Rejected, Now Desired: Chapter 151 - Chapter 160

Lloyd's POVFor a moment, everywhere was just silent. No one moved. No one dared to. The tension in the air was thick. I expected something to happen. Something out of the norm. I expected some people to fall down on the floor, to make what was going on seem real. But right now, I was close to feeling stupid. “Lena, what is going—” I tried to reach her through the mindlink when I heard the panic of her thoughts.“Oh, c’mon, c’mon,” her voice filled my head. Elora and I exchanged glances at the same time. Before we could do anything else, a beautiful young lady walked through the double doors in a glittering green dress, head high like she owned the place. Brunette and ivory skin, she casted her smiles in different directions of the room before she headed towards the stairs that led to the gallery.The energy that took over the room was thick as the lady walked, making the hairs of my skin stand and prickle. Was anyone else feeling how I felt, or is it just me? It seemed as i

Lloyd's POVEverybody else had gathered in my study except Davina. We assumed she might be taking care of something else, so no one bothered to reach out to her. Moreso, the mindlink Lena had concocted had weakened, and with no one knowing where the old, young lady was, no one bothered to try and reach out to her.The others were sitting on the couches in the lounge section of the study. I sank sprawled out on my deskchair, the tux I was wearing laying on one end of the table. Elora had just made a comment on Xavier and his carelessness, and he had challenged it right back.“I don’t think my need to use the restroom had anything to do with sorcery,” he argued.Elora was defiant. “The witch said so. Why don’t you give us a run down of events before you had the need to use the toilet, hmm?”Xavier frowned. “I’m an old man, Elora. You don’t expect me to be stupid, do you?”“I’ve met old men who are very stupid in my short life, Xavier,” Elora shot back.“While I hate to interrupt thi

Elora's POV“So, when we found your mate doing what he…” He trailed off before adding. “...with the ashen pendant, I could relate to your pain. I know exactly how it feels to…” He trailed off again. “It’s alright, Lloyd,” I forced a smile. “He still uses the ashen pendant. We just don’t have enough proof to prove that he’s a sorcerer.”“And we’re trying to bring down the whole thing by striking the top,” Lloyd added. “Hence, our slow pace.” I nodded, and he leaned close, resting his forehead against mine. “We’ll get to the root of this whole thing. Sorcery would be vanquished, and you’ll be vindicated.“Yeah,” I hushed. We remained like that, the windy air caressing our skin as we got lost in the moment.Then Lloyd pulled back, and his eyes searched mine for a moment. He leaned close and our lips met. I didn’t expect it, and I pulled back slowly. He raised a brow.The thought of revealing the truth about who I am snagged in my mind, and I wondered if this was the right moment. S

Elora's POVBack in the day, when I’d cause trouble in the neighborhood and get a hex from some of my friends who were proficient in witchcraft, my dad would force me to lead him to the kids who had enchanted me with the hex. He never told me why he did that, but he would tap my arm, and the hex would go away. Driving the car towards Kael’s cabin with Lloyd sitting beside me felt like that. I felt weird having him follow me to see Kael, and the whole thing felt more bizarre because I was the one driving the car. Lloyd wasn’t exactly going to contribute anything substantial to our meeting, so his following me looked almost useless. But he insisted, and I knew there was nothing I could say or do that would be enough to persuade him to back off. Our drive through the busy road was silent, and when we reached the point where I eased into the woods, I let the car slow to a crawl as it plunged, and cleared my throat.“You know you don’t really have to follow me here,” I said. “You can

Lloyd's POVXavier had to lead Elora and me upstairs through the back door the moment we arrived at the Alpha house because the Unanimous Assembly were already seated in the hall in front of the house. I fumed, and for another moment, angry about the system and the go-to order of this pack. I knew beyond a reasonable doubt that they were here to talk about the ball and the new law I’d passed in motion without their consent. “I hope you understand, Alpha,” Xavier pleaded profusely. “You know if it were in my power, I’d have stopped them from walking in here, but this is the Unanimous Assembly.”I nodded. What Xavier had failed to understand is that none of this is his fault, so there was no need for him to beat himself up. “Lena told me they were coming,” Xavier continued. “I thought she was lying, but I had to prepare just in case.”“I’m glad you prepared just in case,” I said without sparing him a glance. “You’d have had a lot more to handle.”“I was trying to avoid that.”“Did t