Todos os capítulos de My Alpha Next Door : Capítulo 21 - Capítulo 30

~∆~ Mariah's POV ~∆~After two weeks of hiding from the world, I finally force myself to open my laptop.Working from home, has been both a blessing and a curse lately. A blessing because I haven't had to face anyone while looking like I went to hell and came back.A curse because my isolation has been absolute, cutting me off from the one thing that usually grounds me, which my work.I know my clients are probably worried. I've ignored emails, missed deadlines, and haven't updated my social media in a week. I'm probably going to lose contracts because of this, but I can't keep hiding forever. I need some semblance of normalcy, something to remind me who I was before Ethan came into my life.The moment my laptop finishes loading, my heart stops. It began popping with notifications, my email inbox is exploding, and my social media accounts are flooded with notifications. But it wasn't concerned messages from clients or friends checking on me as I have expected. They were hate messag

~∆~ Mariah's POV ~∆~I can't believe this is my life right now. What the actual fuck is happening with my life right now?Why am I standing in the hallway with my neighbor who I just found is a werewolf? Why am I planning some kind of supernatural revenge against my abusive ex-fiancé and Rain's crazy ex?A month ago, my biggest problem was choosing between color schemes for a client's website. Now I'm apparently under the protection of a pack I didn't even know existed."I don't understand any of this," I say, slumping against my doorframe. "I don't understand why Ethan targeted me in the first place. I don't understand why Natasha is so obsessed with Rain. I don't understand why I'm in the middle of some supernatural war I never asked to be part of."Luna steps closer, and I am not going to there's something about her presence that's oddly comforting. If it had been just Rain, I would have freaked out.Maybe it's because she was the first person to offer me help without expecting a

~∆~ Mariah's POV ~∆~I can hear them talking through the walls.Not the specific words, my hearing isn't supernatural like theirs, but I can hear the rise and fall of their voices, Rain sounds angry. Really angry. And Luna sounds... hurt.I pace my apartment, trying not to eavesdrop but unable to help myself. These people are planning to help me fight the two monsters who've been terrorizing me.But they're clearly dealing with their own family drama. Drama that somehow involves me, since Luna telling me about the mate bond seems to have set Rain off.Part of me wants to march over there and demand answers. The other part wants to lock my doors and pretend none of this is happening. That I'm still just a graphic designer with normal human problems.But I can't pretend anymore. Especially not after tonight. Not after seeing what Ethan can do, and what Natasha is willing to do to destroy me.I stop walking up and down. I look around my apartment. At the silver doorframes and the bottle

~∆~ Ethan's POV ~∆~ She would have easily been mine. If not for that bastard! I stand in the crowd, watching as Mariah desperately follows the paramedics wheeling Rain's unconscious body toward the ambulance. Her sobs pierce through the noise of the dispersing crowd. She looked so heartbroken for him, and that made me and my wolf restless and angry. She's crying for him. Actually crying, like her heart is being torn out of her chest. Her hands are pressed against the ambulance windows as they load his stretcher inside, and she's calling his name over and over like some pathetic hag which she was. "Rain! Please, let me come with you! Rain!" The paramedic says something to her, explaining to her that only family can ride in the ambulance. And she crumples against the side of the vehicle like her legs couldn't hold her up anymore. I wasn't completely sure before, but now I am. Those two are mates. That's why she's reacting this way, why that wasted excuse for an Alpha can't

~∆~ Rain's POV ~∆~The drive back to my apartment is quiet, my mind filled with what just happened. I didn't need to be told who was responsible for everything that happened.My body is healing. I feel the silver pulling its way out of my system. My body was burning through the poison faster than any human doctor would believe, not that anyone would believe silver was poisonous, but to us werewolves, it was deadly.However, I don't tell that to Mariah, who keeps checking on me every few minutes, her hand finding mine or touching my shoulder just to assure herself and believe that I was indeed okay. I'm not complaining about the attention. I love it.Mariah's friend sits in the backseat beside me, unusually quiet for someone who's normally a chatterbox. I could hear their chats, not that I intentionally listened to them, my wolf is just too interested in our mate."Are you sure you're feeling alright?" Mariah asks for the fifth time, her fingers tracing patterns on my forearm. "You l