All Chapters of Right Love, Wrong Alpha: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

VioletThe world around me felt half unreal, as though I was drifting through a corridor between waking and sleep, and every sound came through a thick layer of fog. The majestic manor loomed over me, but I was whisked inside before I could take a good look at the tall, imposing structure.Someone had draped a shawl around my shoulders, and I became vaguely aware of two staff members walking beside me, guiding my steps across polished stone floors that seemed to stretch on endlessly beneath the soft echo of my heels.Cassie hovered near my side, talking in that bright, bubbling tone she used when she was excited or nervous or both, her words spilling one after another about the history of Ironcrest and the wing we were passing through and how the manor had been renovated three times in the last century without losing its original architecture. But I only caught fragments of it, unmoored details drifting past me.It felt like I had stepped back in time, a few hundred years ago when K

VioletSo there had been a change again. Not that anybody thought it was important to let me know of it.So much for me being a guest of honor and not being made aware of these frequent changes. But I kept that thought to myself.Though, neither Cassie nor Elijah had mentioned anything requiring an attire that looked like it belonged in a royal portrait.Two more maids moved behind me with the quiet precision of people who had rehearsed this a thousand times. One gently gathered my hair, running a comb through it with such care that it almost made my chest ache; the other examined my nails, holding small shades of polish up to compare tones against my skin.“Perhaps a soft rose,” she suggested kindly. “It complements the color Lady Aurelia envisioned.”Lady Aurelia envisioned a look for me without even having seen me in person.As though my appearance had already been decided without me.“I was thinking maybe… something simpler?” I said cautiously. “Maybe a neutral shade.”The two ma

VioletInstead of nervousness, I felt dread.But I pushed the door open quietly, praying to not find the maids waiting for me, to let just this night be over so that I could return home.I had barely texted mom after my arrival here and thankfully she hadn’t pestered me about returning soon.Family dinners at my home were filled with joy and laughter, not this soul sucking exercise.I sighed as I looked at the maids, all five of them smiling at me.My gaze slid past them to the bed and that was when I noticed the dress.It had been laid out carefully across the covers, the fabric fanned in graceful folds as though someone had taken their time arranging every inch of it. A soft ivory tone, neither too pale nor too bright, with a faint sheen that caught the dim evening light. The neckline looked modest, the sleeves gently structured, and delicate embroidery traced the hem in tiny flowers.Beside it lay a pair of shoes with low heels, polished pearl white with narrow straps and a slender

VioletLady Aurelia’s voice echoed through the huge hall, and for a second every gaze turned to her, maids and servants included.Elijah shook his head slightly and pulled his hand away.“I am not”But Lady Aurelia didn’t let him brush her question away. Instead, she reached forward, grabbed him by the wrist and pushed his sleeves up.It revealed several thin white scars running all over his arm, disappearing under the crisp fabric of his shirt.“Did you get in a brawl again by chance, son?” She asked, raising his arm and tugging the sleeve further down.Cassie came running over to our side and stared at his arm, just like I did.There were several scars on his arm and a few deep ones near his wrist. The scabs were still fresh and looked like they might open up again if touched.“Did you get attacked by a bear in the forest?” Cassie asked in an alarmed voice.Meanwhile, my gaze stayed glued to his arms and then flitted to his chest. I hadn’t really paid attention before due to my nerv

VioletFor a moment, I thought my eyes were lying to me.I blinked quite a few times, but the figures in front of me did not change.They did not blur or dissolve or turn into something reasonable. They remained exactly where they were, standing beneath the golden spill of chandelier light as if they had every right to exist here.It felt as though the world had quietly lost its color, as if someone had turned a dial and drained everything vibrant and warm from the room, leaving behind a washed-out version that looked the same but felt wrong. Nicole did a small twirl when Lady Aurelia complimented her dress and just everything about her. And she smiled just the way it always was when she wanted to be admired. Nate was beside her, close enough that their shoulders brushed, his hand hovering near the small of her back in a way that was both familiar and possessive. He was wearing an expensive looking suit, and I realized with a start that it was the same one I had laid out for our las