Semua Bab Never Again, Alpha: Bab 11 - Bab 20

Violet's POVAfter that meeting with Vlad, the next few days exploded. Our shop phone catered more calls than usuals. Our online page blew up. A few emails marked urgent and the appointment requests filled slots I hadn’t even opened yet. By the third morning, my phone wouldn’t stop vibrating, and the booking system was all red. Fully booked. “Vi,” one of my secretaries called from the front, half laughing, half panicked, “did you secretly announce a sale?”“I did not,” I answered, already scanning messages. “Why?”“Because people are booking faster than I blink.”She wasn’t exaggerating. Custom orders, restorations and consultations were skyrocketing from names I recognized and didn’t. There were high-value clients asking specifically for me. My three secretaries moved like a well-practiced unit, but even they were struggling to keep up.“I need five minutes,” another one muttered, rubbing her temples. “Just five.”Vivian peeked into my office, eyes wide. “What did you do?”“I worke

“Everything is in order, Alpha,” Milan told me as I was checking signing papers. He was the one overseeing the cleaning and arranging the pack house and the guest house. Every item belonging to Cheska was temporarily removed. The investigator who I tasked to investigate about Violet sent me his report and what he found was devastating. She was indeed Cheska. She miraculously survived despite floating for so many days in shark infested waters. According to Rick, she was found by terminally ill Alpha from the south who died a year ago. He helped her and even gave her the face she owned despite adding the mole under her right eyes. It took me months to finally investigate. And when I confirmed she was indeed Cheska, I tried to change. For two months, I prepared. Yesterday, Rick reported to me that Violet went to a neurology clinic. He made a way to get some information and told me Violet was not interested in her past or even remembered them. She wanted what she was now and which work

Violet's POVLater that evening, I found myself standing near the edge of the room while Vlad spoke to the woman who had served me earlier, the one who was crying. What was her name again? Jen or Rebecca?She stood stiffly in front of him. Her hands were folded and her eyes lowered. Vlad’s voice was low, controlled, not meant for an audience. I wasn’t trying to listen, but the space was quiet and that I’m a leopard and I heard it all. “I’m sorry,” he said. “I shouldn’t have spoken to you like that. I know what you are feeling but I don’t want my guest to feel uncomfortable,” he added. Rebecca swallowed. Her eyes glistened again, but she nodded.“I understand, Alpha”Vlad exhaled slowly. “You’re dismissed.”I heard footsteps coming towards me so I stepped away before Vlad or Rebecca would find me but I was too late. Vlad caught me. “Violet, I can smell you. You don’t need to walk away,” he said, which made me stop from my track. I stopped and waited for him.“I’m sorry about Rebe

Vlad's POV“So, there was a sighting of rogues in the northern part of the territory. It was odd since rogues do not normally enter our lands. Which led to someone might have directed them to distrust us,” my Beta has explained his theory to our allies. Alphas from different packs have come and unite for the upcoming preparation of possible rogue attack. “I will be giving my Alpha to explain further,” he said. I stood up and immediately explained everything. As the meeting was done. I hurriedly went back to the guest room to find it empty and there was a letter left inside Violet’s room. “Thank you for letting us stay. I’ll be keeping in touch with the business.’Suddenly, everything became so quiet after reading her letter. I stood there long after they left, staring at nothing, listening to the echo of a question that refused to die.When you look at me, who do you see?I should have answered. Anything would have been better than silence. A lie or an excuse, even cruelty. I had

I didn’t take the roses from him right away.I gestured toward the small table near the window instead. “Sit,” I said. “Please.”He did it carefully.I set the roses down on the desk, untouched, then leaned back against the edge of the table with my arms crossed. Not for defending myself but to brace myself for whatever reason he had roses for me. “You didn’t have to do this,” I said first. “But why are you doing this?”“I wanted to,” Vlad replied. “But I need you to know why I’m here before you decide the reason was the other way around.”That made me look at him properly, arching my eyebrow.“I’m not here to rush you,” he continued. “Or to corner you or just to pretend last week didn’t happen.”My chest tightened slightly. “Then what are you here for?”He took a breath.“I’m here because I want to court you.”The word made it hard for me to breathe like oxygen was much heavier.My first instinct wasn’t excitement. It was fearful and untrusting.“Vlad, look,” I said, gesturing my