Semua Bab Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me: Bab 11 - Bab 20

Althea's P.O.V The main house felt too large and too empty as I walked back through quiet hallways. My hands were still shaking. It became worse now than before. The tremor had spread from my fingers up through my arms and into my shoulders. I pressed them against my sides, trying to hide the reaction even though no one was around to see it. My mind kept circling back to the kitchen. To the way Xavier had looked at me with those silver eyes burning with something I could not name. To that moment when his hand had hovered near my arm and we had both frozen like the entire world had stopped spinning. Only three days had passed and I felt different kind of emotions for a guy whom I had just met. Who wasn't normal human. Someone who hated me to the core. Yet, my heart acted differently infront of him. My feet carried me forward without conscious thought. One hallway. Then another. The familiar path back to Xavier's room that I had walked dozens of times. But my brain was somew

Althea's P.O.VWe both looked up at the sky at the same time.The gray clouds that had been threatening rain all morning had turned black, darker than anything natural should be. Thunder rolled across the compound, low and heavy, and I felt it vibrate in my chest before I fully heard it. The first drops hit my face cold and hard, one after another, and then the sky just opened up completely.Rain came down in sheets. It soaked through my clothes in seconds and turned my hair into ropes against my neck. I was drenched before I even had time to react."Damn it." Xavier looked around quickly. We were at the far edge of the compound, too far from any building to make a run for it without getting completely soaked. Which we already were."There." He pointed to a small maintenance shed about twenty yards away. "Come on."He ran and I followed without thinking. My feet hit puddles that hadn't existed sixty seconds ago, mud splashing up my legs with every step. The rain was so heavy I could b

Althea's P.O.VOnce I entered, I assessed the formal dining hall and my breath hitch. It was stunning.Candlelight flickered from elaborate candelabras placed down the length of a massive wooden table. Flames were dancing. Cast were moving shadows on the walls. The scent of roasted meat and fresh bread filled the air. My stomach churned at the smell.Crystal glasses caught the light and threw rainbow patterns across white tablecloths. Everything was perfect and expensive. And sitting around that table were the people who would decide my fate tonight.The three Deltas occupied one side of the table. Selene sat in the center, Vivian was to her left and Cassia sat to Selene's right. Xavier sat at the head of the table.His silver eyes found mine the instant I entered.He wore all black again. Formal and severe. Every inch of him screamed powerful Alpha. But I could see the tension in his shoulders. The way they were drawn up. His jaw was clenching so hard I could see the muscle jumping

Althea's P.O.V Leo walked me back to Xavier's room in silence. Not uncomfortable silence. Just companionable quiet. Like he understood I did not have words right now and was not going to demand any. When we reached the door he finally spoke. "That was interesting." I let out a sound that was supposed to be a laugh and came out as something rawer. "Which part? The part where the Deltas made it clear they hate me? Or the part where Xavier defended me even though I am nothing to him?" "The part where Xavier looked ready to tear Selene apart for insulting you." Leo's voice was completely serious. No lightness in it at all. "I have never seen him like that. Not even during the worst rogue attacks. Not even when..." He stopped. But I knew what he had been about to say. Not even when Emerald died. The unspoken words settled between us and I felt them like pressure against my sternum. I press

Althea's P.O.V I knew it would be bad before I even walked through the doors. My stomach had been turning all afternoon. My hands wouldn't stop shaking while I dressed. The heart in my chest beat an uneven, anxious rhythm that I had learned, over these past weeks, meant something my body understood before my mind caught up. I smoothed the front of Riley's borrowed dress and walked in anyway. The dining hall had been transformed. The table was set with china so fine it looked like breathing on it too hard might shatter it. Flower arrangements that probably cost more than my rent sat at perfect intervals down the length of polished wood. And at the center of it all sat Selene, Vivian, and Cassia. They had dressed for a different occasion than the rest of us. They had worn evening gowns. Their hair were elaborated and jewelry that caught the light with every small movement were hanging on their body. They looked like they had been assembled specifically to make every other woman i