Semua Bab Rejected By My Mate, Claimed By Racer Alpha: Bab 161 - Bab 169

NovaI changed my outfit four times.That was embarrassing enough on its own but what made it worse was that Aria was sitting on the bed watching me with her big curious eyes like she was thoroughly entertained by the whole performance."Don't judge me." I told her and she blinked."I know." I sighed, holding up two dresses. "The blue or the green?" I asked. She reached out and grabbed the edge of the green one with her small fist."Green it is." I said.I was still doing up the zip when I heard the knock at the door. My stomach immediately did something unhelpful. It churned unsure whether it was Katy or Elias knocking. "Coming!" I called, scooping Aria up onto my hip and carrying her to the door.Katy was standing on the other side, sunglasses pushed up on her head and a tote bag over one shoulder.She had a bright expression on her face that told me she was entirely too pleased about this situation."Hand her over." She said immediately, reaching for Aria.No greetings, no nothin

KatyAria fell asleep after we arrived at the house. I sat very still on the sofa so I wouldn't wake her with her small warm weight against me.Her breathing was a slow and even rhythm of a child who had no idea what had happened not long ago and had no business knowing.Lucian came and sat beside me, his arm coming around my shoulders.We stayed like that in the quiet apartment without saying much.After a while I reached for my phone."Don't." Lucian said as if he knew what I wanted to do with it. I looked at him with a questioning gaze. "She is with Elias. If you tell her about Margaret, she will be back here immediately.”He said. “ Aria is now safe with us. Whatever happened today stays between us until she gets back." Lucian added. "She deserves to know that Margaret came after Aria." I said quietly.Nova is my friend and the last thing I want is her thinking that I kept things from her, especially something as delicate as Aria's safety. "She deserves two days." He replied

Katy"She what?" Nova snapped, shooting to her feet so fast her chair scraped against the floor.We were in her apartment after I dropped Aria back to her. Aria was asleep in her room, completely unbothered by the world."Lower your voice." I said, reaching up and pulling her back down by the wrist. "You'll wake the girl.""I can't lower my voice." Nova said, though she did drop it to a furious whisper. "Not when that old hag wants to take away my child. She followed you? With men? While Aria was in the car?" She sakes and I nodded. But wait a minute… “ Why do I smell disappointment?” I asked. “ I am disappointed in her. I mean, I know she doesn't like us but pulling such a stunt could have gone wrong.” Nova replied. "It didn't though." I pointed out. Nova turned to look at me. “ You didn't think about telling me?” Nova asked, looking at me dead in the face. "You were out of the city." I said. "There was nothing you could have done from there. Besides, Lucian handled it." I r

Katy povI heard Lucian’s car in the parking lot before I heard his key in the door.He was back after informing me that Elias and he had gone to confront Margaret and convince her to drop the custody charges against Nova. He said that was the safest method that if she did, Nova would not have to be dragged through court houses to prove that she is capable of raising her own daughter. I had been sitting on the couch for the better part of an hour, Nova's situation turning itself over in my head like a problem I couldn't put down.I can still remember the look on Nova’s face when she asked me if she is that useless…that she can't even protect her own daughter.It breaks my heart that she is going through such a difficult phase. I had hoped that she would finally move past everything after she accepted Elias.With Margaret coming back to drag her back to hell, who knows when she will move on with her life and live freely without thinking that someone is coming to take Aria from her.