Protected by the Dark Alpha의 모든 챕터: 챕터 31 - 챕터 40

EloiseThe kiss had upset me.Thinking about it wouldn't leave me alone, even though I was alone, locked inside the walls of my room.Emmett seemed excited to help James with whatever he was doing, so I thanked the Goddess for that. I didn't have the energy to answer my brother about what was going on. The reality was quite complex.It's not complicated, said Alondra.It is.No, the truth is that you like Elijah, and he's a man who has made you feel things Hall never did. That means a lot, but you refuse to admit it. The reality is that you never felt even a third of the physical attraction you feel for Elijah for Hall, and that's what's eating away at you. In your mind, that's incompatible with the mate bond; it's inconceivable, but there's a universal truth that wolves hardly ever talk about, Alondra said seriously.What truth would that be?Mate bonds are not always destiny. Otherwise, there would be no possibility of rejecting your mate. The gods created, nature imposed, but desti

Eloise“Fine, you’ll come with me,” Elijah said. “But on my terms.”I frowned but said nothing more.“Is there anything I can help you with today?” I asked cautiously.He nodded, cleared some space on his desk, and handed me some papers. I immediately realized they were personal business account statements.“I need to review this month's numbers,” he said, and I nodded.He gave me a laptop containing all the information, and we worked in silence, in a comfort that seemed all too familiar. By the end of the afternoon, I had the complete reports, as well as the profit margins, debts, and complete statements based on the previous quarter.I printed them out and handed them to him.He frowned when he saw everything.“Is that all I gave you?” he asked with a hint of disbelief that made me frown.“Yes, just the information for those businesses,” I specified. “I can make an overall outline and create an automation template so that next quarter you can just enter your data, and you'll have ev

Eloise“What are you talking about?” I asked, confused.At that moment, Elijah walked in. There was nothing in his expression to suggest that Bryan or the woman had made any progress, but Keren explained to him what was really going on with the embezzled money. Elijah looked completely surprised, then he made a phone call that left me cold.“Hello, Grace,” he said, and I frowned, confused. "I need you to send me all the information on the account I'm sending you below, and I need a thorough review of the account owner and all associated accounts. I'm sending you the information. This is serious, very serious. We need to get this sorted out to avoid any unexpected events that could brutally affect the bank. If you can come in, I'd appreciate it."That's when I understood what Keren meant.I opened and closed my mouth several times in shock.The Dark Alpha wasn't just an isolated Alpha; he had much more money than anyone could imagine if he was an active partner in the wizards' liberal

EloiseElijah approached, and when he realized what I had seen, his face contorted completely. It was Nalia who dared to say what my mouth could not.“Do you have a dark bond of slavery?” the Gamma asked her brutally.The woman lowered her head and closed her mouth.She wasn't going to say anything because of the bond.“I thought this practice had been abolished centuries ago,” Elijah said, looking closely at the woman. “She is truly alienated and subjugated to her master.”The mention of the word made her raise her eyes and look at us.“Is Hall your master?” I asked in horror.She just smiled cynically and then began to bite her tongue, prompting Nalia to quickly move in and strike her on the temples, knocking her unconscious. I trembled.I couldn't help but think about the possibility that Hall had done that to me.“How did you know about it?” Nalia asked in amazement.“I read about the reactions of dark bond slaves,” I said with horror. “I had to explain that concept and write a th

EloiseOf all the things I could have imagined, realizing something like this was not one of them.The tension in the room had increased, creeping in like a constrictor snake, squeezing everyone there tighter and tighter. I lost myself in the words they were saying; the only thing my mind could see over and over again was the image of Hall rolling around with Giselle.At that point, it no longer burned, but I didn't know why; something about that memory felt inconsequential. It was brutal torture, yet I couldn't stop thinking about the fact that the man who was meant to make me happy was a damn miserable.I didn't understand how we could share something as sacred as the mate bond.Either it had been a mistake, as the soul theory suggested, or there was just something else.I squirmed in my chair before getting up.“I need to go outside,” I said, and no one said a word.Everyone nodded, but Elijah wasn't comfortable with it, so he grabbed his jacket and went out with me. He accompanied