Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Alpha’s Mistake: Lila’s Rise from Rejection: Kabanata 91 - Kabanata 100

LILAThe woods were unnaturally quiet. No birdsong, no wind, just the crunch of boots and broken branches as we stumbled through the dense brush, carrying Reid’s lifeless body between us. My hands were stained with his blood, warm when it spilled, now cooling against my palms like the ghost of a man

George stepped out from behind a thick birch, smiling like we were old friends. My whole body tensed."Nice day for a walk, Luna," he said smoothly.His voice was too casual...too practiced. His clothes were too clean, his boots barely dusted with the forest floor. He hadn't been out here by acciden

Before I could respond, he was at my side, taking my hand carefully, reverently, like he’d been waiting years to touch me again.I didn’t pull away.It was strange. I didn’t remember his name until I saw his face, but now… now that he was here, something in me thawed. It wasn’t romantic, not exactly

“You were different before,” he finally said.“I wish I remembered,” I said honestly.He gave me a look I couldn’t decipher; anger, maybe, or disappointment. “I am not sure if it is a good thing or a bad thing,” he muttered, turning away.I didn’t call after him. I just stood there, hollowed out, wo

LILAI didn’t sleep that night.I lay beneath the heavy quilt in the room I was told was once ours, staring up at the ceiling beams, counting shadows. My bones still ached from the fall. My memory was a field littered with broken stone but the pain in my chest wasn’t from anything physical.I kept h