Semua Bab She's Human But Alpha Wants Her Back: Bab 1 - Bab 4

Rea's POVThe air was thick with the sharp stench of antibiotics, iodine, and phenol, the kind that made you think you had just stepped into a hospital or a drugstore, not a rustic cabin where a family of four lived. Mum sat at the edge of the bed, leaning over Dad's chest as she gently rubbed his chest in slow circles, trying to ease the pain coursing through him. I sat alone on the two-seater armchair just beside the old wooden bed where Dad lay, while Riley leaned on the framed artwork hung low by the wall, hands clutched tight around her little Barney like that would ease the ache in her heart.Our eyes were swollen and red-rimmed from too many tears, and our faces were contorted with fear and worry as we both watched the dying man writhe in pain from his illness. "The wolfsbane...I…" Dad managed to speak in a hoarse whisper before his voice cut off abruptly as if the words cost him blood to form. He took a labored breath and continued, eyes struggling to stay open. "No hum

Rea's POVThe door slammed shut, with a thunderous bang and a sudden silence pressed hard against me.My eyes were tied with a thick piece of cloth that replaced my vision with a heavy darkness and left terror clenched around my chest.Then I heard it—strong fist stricking on a heavy leather bag; each strike rattling the whole room in such a way that left me flinching at every sharp jab delivered to the object. Every nerve tangled with curiosity, not knowing what awaited in here me since I'd just been dragged in to meet the Alpha—Damien or whatever his name was. I mumbled a few prayers to heavens hoping it would relief the tight grip of terror in my stomach.In a few minutes, I'd be staring at a man I was warned about and coaxed into meeting him by circumstances, rather than choice—waiting while he decided what he'd do with me.Then.The sound stopped and I heard heavy strides approach me. It was unhurried; it was measured, like he had calculated each step and it almost seemed