A Bride For The Ruthless Alpha のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 161 - チャプター 170

~Aria~“Emily won't see me. She won't open the door for me. She won't answer me,” Damon bemoaned when he came back from Emily's quarters. I was in the Alpha office waiting to hand over the Alpha duties back to him. Logan and Xander were present as well. Immediately he said those words, Xander and Logan glanced towards me. I looked away, a silent growl rumbled in my chest. Who would break the news to Damon?I couldn't bring myself to. I hated Emily, but I knew how much Damon genuinely cared for her. To the point of risking his life to save her. How could I tell him she was now crippled with a scarred face and was seriously depressed?“You know, you all are acting really strange,” Damon said, his eyes darting from me to Xander and back to Logan. "Something's wrong, right?” His eyes narrowed. They were fixed on me now. The files in my hands suddenly felt very heavy. I dropped them and leaned up, avoiding his peering eyes. He turned to Logan, jaw locking. “Logan, I command you. Sp

~Aria’s POV~That was when my eyes caught it— a shadow.A familiar shadow. It passed behind the door.“Wait.” I broke the kiss and ran outside. “Emily!” I called on rushing out. But she'd dissapeared. “Or maybe hiding somewhere,” my wolf sneered. True, she couldn't have easily disappeared so quickly. But there was no sign of her. I wanted to speak to her. To tell her something I felt she needed. Something that could pull her out of the guilt she was feeling. Sadly, she'd vanished. I turned to head back into the hall— but stopped.“Found you,” I mumbled as I sighted a black coloured wheel poking out from behind the corner of the wall. “There you are.”Emily sighed with displeasure as soon as I appeared in her front. “How did you find me— or no, don't answer. Of course this stupid wheels gave me away,” she spat bitterly. “Well, now that you've found me, what do you want? Are you here to blame me once more. Like everyone in the pack says, that it's my fault for everything.”

**Three Months Later**~Aria’s POV~I stood behind the window in Damon's office—his favourite spot—and stared outside blankly.The mansion was quiet and lonely. The cloud was gloomy—it had been like this for the past three months. Ever since the day of Bertha and Emily's death. Everything had changed. It was as though the pack suddenly fell silent.Dark clouds drew over the mansion like a blanket. Quiet. Gloomy. Like a brooding, unspoken yet deep silence. The most painful of all, Damon became very quiet. Very secluded. He only spoke to give orders which was slowly becoming rare as Logan and Xander were taking care of everything. In a day, one could almost count the number of times he said a word. Just then the door echoed, and I turned, desperately hoping against all impossibilities that it would be Damon that'd walk in. But it was only Xander. My stomach knotted. My wolf retracted deeper inside. “How’s he?” I asked, forcing back a weary, helpless sigh.Xander halted. His should

~Aria’s POV~Crack!The door suddenly broke open.Bodies clattered inside with force. Who else?The nosy wolves. I looked at Damon and we both grinned hard seeing the flush in both Xander and Logan’s face. “How could this break? We didn't even push it hard,” Xander muttered, dusting himself. “Really, you didn't? Well the pressure from your nosy weights did,” Damon said, a smirk lit his eyes.“He's back,” Xander chuckled.“Definitely,” Logan added, and before anyone could say Jack, the two flew into his arms for a group hug. I watched them and I felt happiness bloom inside of me. Just then, I noticed a figure hiding behind the wall. Beatrice. “Come in, Beatrice,” I called.But Beatrice didn't bulge. “Did you both quarrel?” Damon asked, facing Logan. “She's just shy,” Logan said, grinning. He then turned towards the door. “Come in, Beatrice. Don't worry, he won't bite,” he said. “He looks like the big bad Alpha wolf but I assure you, he's the softest.”And voila, Beatrice mo

Aria's POV “What's the matter, Princess Sheila?” I asked, rushing over to her side. “I have… I have…” she panted. Damon rushed to her side now. Xander and Logan dashed in all of us worried and ready to charge.“You have what? Talk to me, Sheila! Did something happen?!”Sheila looked up, still panting.“Let's go for a girls outing!” she squealed.Silence.I blinked. My brain momentarily stopped thinking. Logan and Damon groaned out a frustrated and disbelieving sigh. Then it hit me. “You!” I growled and turned to smack her.But Xander shielded her.“How could you do this!”Goddess, I wanted to strangle her. “Sowie. I only wanted to suggest something fun and give us a break from the whole sullen mood,” she pouted.“You didn't have to be so dramatic!”“And you Xander, you should be scolding her and not grinning!” I yelled at Xander.“It wasn't that bad. Besides, she is right. We need a little fun now. Don't we.”“A gone man,” I shook my head. Clearly, Princess Sheila had taken