Todos os capítulos de My Alpha Next Door : Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 50

~∆~ Rain’s POV ~∆~ The apartment smelled faintly of the groceries I had just unpacked. I had been arranging everything carefully, planning to make Mariah’s favorite food. It shouldn’t have been this difficult to know what she likes, but it had been. Every time I tried to find out what she liked, it felt like pulling teeth. Well, I asked everyone except for her because I wanted it to be special and a surprise. At first, I had wanted to ask Sophia, her best friend, but Alpha Kane had been unhelpful. I had even begged him, pleaded, but he simply ignored me, telling me she wasn’t available. It frustrated me, but I didn’t push too hard. After all, Mariah and Sophia had spoken on the phone before we left Alpha Kane’s pack, and that was why Mariah hadn’t screamed to see her friend like she usually did. So I had turned to Luna. I had pleaded with my sister to use her foresight just this once. I wanted to surprise Mariah. Luna had quickly agreed, of course, but only with conditions

~∆~ Rain's POV ~∆~"We're going to Canada," I tell Mariah over breakfast the next morning, trying to keep my voice casual.She looks up from her coffee, eyebrows raised. "Canada? I thought the pack dinner was here in Chicago.""Change of plans. My parents can't leave their territory right now, so we're going to them." The lie tastes bitter in my mouth, but the truth is Luna discovered that the curse's effects might be stronger around other werewolves, and she thinks my parents, both former Alphas, might be able to help us understand what's happening to Mariah."When?""Tonight. I booked us flights this morning."Mariah sets down her mug, studying my face with that penetrating look she gets when she feels I'm not telling her everything. "Rain, this is very last-minute. Are you sure everything's okay?""Everything's fine. My parents will really be happy to see you and well, if you don't want to meet with them, we can cancel the trip." I don't know how I would handle telling Luna but I

~∆~ Rain's POV ~∆~"RAIN!" Mariah's scream ran through the forest reaching me. My blood ran cold as I took my heels. I'm running before my mind can even process the direction, crashing through underbrush and leaping over fallen logs at every speed my body can carry."RAIN, HELP ME!"Her voice is getting farther away, more desperate, and there's something wrong with the way it echoes. Please, please, be okay. Please be okay.I burst into the clearing where her scent is strongest, my eyes scanning frantically for any sign of her. The forest looks undisturbed except for... there. A perfect circle in the ground."Mariah!" I drop to my knees at the edge, peering down into what should be a hole but looks more like an endless pit. "MARIAH!"No response. The darkness seems to swallow my voice completely. I'm about to jump in after her when a hand grabs my shoulder, yanking me back with surprising strength."Don't even think about it." My mother's voice is sharp with fear.I spin around to

~∆~ Rain's POV ~∆~James stares at me with shock and sympathy, clearly trying to understand what I've just told him."Your mate," he says slowly, as if testing if he heard wrong. "Fell into the portal."I nod, not trusting my voice. Speaking more about it makes it real, makes it final, and some desperate part of me still hopes this is all just a nightmare I'll wake up from. That I'll open my eyes and find Mariah curled up next to me, safe and whole and angry with me for keeping secrets, anything but this damning reality of losing her.James opens his mouth to say something, probably some words of comfort that we both know won't help; however, the loud ringing of my phone interrupts the moment. I glance at the screen and my stomach does a leap. Alpha Kane. How do I explain to him or even Sophia that I have lost Mariah? How?I stare at the phone, my thumb hovering over the answer button as indecision wars through me. Should I tell him the truth? Should I lie and buy myself more time t

~∆~ Rain's POV ~∆~The minutes crawl by like hours as I sit in James's office, staring out the windows. The guilt of losing Mariah is eating me alive from the inside out. I can't stand the thought of Mariah falling to her death or the portal sucking the life out of her because I was too much of a coward to tell her the truth about my curse. If I had been honest with her from the beginning, she would never have run into those woods. She'd still be here, safe, and angry with me but alive.The sound of approaching footsteps in the hallway makes me straighten up, trying to compose myself before James returns. But when the office door opens, it's not just my brother who enters.The woman who follows him into the room takes my breath away, not because she's beautiful, though she certainly is, but because I knew instantly she wasn't from our world.She's tall and graceful, with long silver hair that seems to catch light that isn't there and purple eyes that are too bright. Her skin has an