All Chapters of THE ALPHA WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS : Chapter 21 - Chapter 25

Immediately Jake stepped into the empty apartment, he could feel Ariana’s absence. Well, she’d better have left some food in the freezer for him to reheat because if not, he’d be fucking mad at her. Especially with the way he was starving after stressing so much at work. Thankfully, she did leave some chicken noodle soup which he put in the microwave and ate immediately after taking a shower and changing into comfortable clothes. He checked his phone again. She was coming home tonight, wasn’t she? But there were no missed calls or texts. Not even a reply to the one he’d sent her hours ago: Heading home soon. Love you, babe :) He sighed, running his hand through his hair. Ariana had been acting weird of late and he could feel it. It’s not that he didn’t care but then he felt like he had nothing to worry about since he had her wrapped around his finger with the marriage proposal. He did love the fact that she was such a loyal, sweet girl and had remained faithful even til

Ariana I jolted awake gasping for breath. My back was pressed against the cold, damp stone wall of the cell, and sweat clung to my skin, even though the air was freezing. The dream still wouldn’t fade away. In it was a beautiful woman in a hood that covered her face. She wore flowing silver-trimmed robes, stood in a snowy clearing, and was clutching a tiny baby to her chest.She’d run very far into the woods and was handing the child over to a couple… It was very blurry and I couldn’t make out what they looked like. “Take her and run as far as you can!”“ But Lady Selene…”“ Her parents said I can trust you and I know this isn’t the right circumstance to give her to you since we’d planned for you to take her a little later. However, my people are in danger because of this and I can’t afford to have her with me anymore.”The baby let out a soft, helpless cry. Howls rose in the distance… they sounded savage and bloodthirsty, growing louder and louder. The couple took the child and

“Oops… looks like someone doesn’t wanna be rescued,” Viktor drawled, his yellow eyes gleaming with dark, mocking delight as he watched Ariana stubbornly pull away from Kai’s hand. Meanwhile, Kai had frozen mid-reach, his arm still hanging in the air. The looks of shock and frustration were written all over his face. To think he'd fought so hard to get here only to be caught off guard by her flat refusal. Viktor just kept smiling with satisfaction at the horrified look on Kai’s face. “I thought your girl was just a naive little human toy,” he said slowly, his scarred lips curling into a cruel smile. “Yet here she is, risking everything for some worthless old hag. Fascinating, I guess.”Ariana glared at him, her voice trembling but fierce despite the blood on her lip. “ You’re a heartless monster for keeping her here. Maybe I ended up here for a reason. Maybe this all happened so I could save her from you.” Kai’s expression darkened. He could feel the bond flaring hot in his chest