Semua Bab Alpha's Little Secret: Bab 111 - Bab 115

RIVER"What is it going to be, Alpha?"The silence that followed was the first thing I noticed. Not the tension, or the danger, or even the way Drayven still looked like he owned every inch of the room.No.It was the silence because Kael was supposed to be speaking now, but he wasn't. I slid my gaze to him, studying the man that had crossed hell just to find me, standing there and not saying anything. Why was he not answering?He looked like he was thinking... actually thinking of what to say.My fingers twitched at my sides. For a second... just a second... I continued to watch the man. I watched as his hand went to the back of his neck, his shoulders tensing up, and his eyes moved around like he was trying to weigh the consequences.Weighing it.Goddess dammit.Is he... actually thinking about it?That question slipped to mind, unwanted and uninvited. And it fucking burned. That fucking answer should be immediate and not a pause. There shouldn't have been a second where Kael, my m

STORMRiver didn't stop moving until his body forced him to.And even then, it wasn't really stopping.He started pacing. Taking these sharp, and restless steps back and forth across the small clearing we had ended up in, his hands dragging through his hair, breathing uneven, like he couldn't quite get enough air into his lungs.I watched him do this for some time before I finally spoke up.He looked… wrong. Not physically. He was still the whole, the powerful, and very much the prince he was meant to be. But it was very clear that something had cracked inside him.It looked even worse than when he first came to the village and missed his mate a lot."We are not going to that pack ever again," he said abruptly, his voice rough and final, cutting through the quiet of the forest."Why? Did something happen?"He didn't stop pacing, not even to look at me. "I can never go back to Blackthorn," he snapped. "Cannot go back to that place or him."Oh.I straightened myself slightly, wrapping m