Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Alpha’s Dead Luna: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

EMILYToday was going to be my first outing with him before the marriage ceremony. I did not know weather to laugh or to cry. I sat in front of my dressing table and stared grimly at my reflection. I did not look anything like a happy bride. I looked more like a widow.Abruptly I got up to pace around the room. It was large, with one area dominated by the canopied bed, the other given over to a plush sofa and several chairs. The room was decorated in shades of purple and white. The four double window on the far wall looked out on a central park. It was a sunny day but the chilling air seemed to invigorate me. At least, it eased some of the awful apathy that possessed me.I should be happy, considering how lucky I was. Already over the hill, I got what I wanted and now I can secure a better life for my child and also help Miriam pay her hospital bills. I should be thanking Alessandro for this deal. I should be grateful.The problem was, I wasn't any ov those things.Few minutes later a

JULIAN I was still shocked.The word slipped out of me before I could stop it.“Emily…”She froze for half a second, just long enough for hope to surge violently in my chest. Then she smiled. Polite. Distant.“That’s not my name,” she said gently. “I’m Lily.”The world tilted. But I wasn't surprised, I had seen the name on the invitation but I was here for some explanation and not her pretense.I emptied the entire contents of the glass, and as I watched her walked in. I could think of anything else, Just the sight of her was enough to bring back every memory I had. from hot, hard ones to soft, silky ones, and then came remembrance of my betrayal. Of how casually and carelessly I had tossed aside our marriage and her and how that has caused her death.Emily suddenly stepped inside, looking all lost.I hadn't moved. "Look I'm terribly sorry! All my life I thought you were impersonating Ava, I never knew you were the one that my heart beats for and you never even said anything. How wa

JULIANI moved forward to confront Alessandro but I stopped myself.Every instinct in me screamed to do it but I knew better. Alessandro was a dangerous man, and he would not hesitate to remove anything he perceives as a threat.If I made a move now, Emily would suffer the consequences. So I swallowed the rage burning my throat and returned to the party like nothing had happened.There was several salons in the house. This one was the largest, except for the ballroom, and was filled to overflowing. I scanned the glittering crowd, the women in bright colored gowns and jewels, their shoulders bare , hair swept up, the men in formal evening attire and still I did not see Lily.But I saw Alessandro with a couple of other women, drinking and laughing out loud She didn’t come back. Minutes stretched into an hour. Then another.My chest tightened with every passing second.I drained drink after drink, the alcohol dulling the sharpest edges of my thoughts but never silencing them. Emily’s f

EMILY When Julian finally left my room, I was lost in the silence.I stood there for a long time, staring at the door like it might open again and reveal the truth I was missing. My chest felt tight, my thoughts tangled, looping over his words again and again until they lost meaning.You don’t know who the father is.How did he know?The question refused to leave me alone. It pressed against my skull, throbbing, demanding answers I didn’t have. I wrapped my arms around myself and paced the room, bare feet cold against the marble floor.Julian made me uneasy. That much was true.But there was something else too, something far more terrifying.My heart always raced when he was near. It was something instinctive. Something deep. My body reacted before my mind could catch up, and that scared me more than anything he had said.I shook my head sharply. Stop it, Lily.That’s what I told myself now. But I couldn't just get him off my head. I couldn't stop thinking about the way he had looked

EMILY I was barely awake, and just for an instant I thought I was at mansion in me sumptuously canopied four-poster bed. When me elbow made contact with hard surface and the moment I tried to move I could feel the edge of the bed, reality came rushing back to jar me. I recalled Joselyn's hard, accusing glare and the slap that followed, and remembered instantly how Alexander had stood up for me. Then I also remembered what we did on the night of my wedding announcement.I smiled.No one had ever told me that being with a man was the height of ecstasy. No one had even hinted it could be so wonderful. Maybe in my past life I knew what it was but then my brain was now like that of a child so I remembered nothing. His image assailed me forcefully. Dark, powerful, his broad chest wet and slick, his thighs braced hard in the tight jeans. He wasn't really handsome, his face was too rough and masculine, but he was utterly compelling. It took all the self discipline I had left to be able to re