Alle Kapitel von The Alpha's Villainess: Kapitel 41 – Kapitel 50

After leaving the meeting with Dominic, Scarlett managed to find a cheap inn for us to stay at, albeit it was probably the sketchiest looking one in the entire Capital. Using all of the money I had – money I had worked for, not her – she secured a room for the next four days. Somewhere for us to wait out the time until we left.She was thinking of which packs we could go to, the benefit of some over others. Unlike me, she had decent knowledge of many of the territories in the empire and was considering factors about them that I wouldn’t have been able to ascertain from the books I’d borrowed. Things like their reputation and how likely they were to be visited by the royals. Both important when it came to living a new life undetected.I’d assumed she would take some time to relax at the inn once we arrived, maybe get her bearings as we finally had a moment to breathe. But, instead, she immediately left after paying and began walking off somewhere.*‘We shouldn’t be walking around during

My entire body was shaking, the adrenaline coursing through my veins. I almost couldn’t believe it had worked. I just stared at my hands in front of me, watching as they responded to everything I told them to do – how they clenched into fists, then released... how my fingers curled...*‘You bitch!’* Scarlett screamed at me inside, thrashing herself around.But I wasn’t as tired as I had been a few days ago, now able to put up the wall and stop her from regaining control so easily. It was still difficult to maintain, but no longer impossible. For how long that would remain true, I wasn’t quite sure.*‘This isn’t your body,’* Scarlett growled. *‘Give it back.’*“Mum said it’s my turn to drive,” I joked, something that only made her angrier.Carefully, I got out of bed and enjoyed the feeling of my muscles moving. I stretched and breathed deeply, it being so much better than when I’d been locked away. It felt like stepping out into the sun for the first time after being stuck inside for d

“Run... run... run...,” I kept chanting to myself as I sprinted through the streets.My body was moving on pure adrenaline, still in disbelief I’d managed to escape Elliot. Thank the Moon Goddess or whatever that Scarlett was as attractive as she was. There was no way that plan would have worked in my old body.That wasn’t to say all that effort would ultimately even help me though. I could vaguely hear Elliot’s running footsteps in the very far distance, knowing he would catch up to me soon enough. At this rate, I probably wasn’t going to make it to the palace either way.*‘You might as well just give up now,’* Scarlett taunted inside. *‘You didn’t show up at the time I was meant to be meeting Dominic. He’ll have more people out looking for me by now.’*Well, that was brilliant. Because this wasn’t already incredibly difficult as it was. No, we had to add several more obstacles to this impossible endeavour.My goal wasn’t to stop Scarlett from going back to Easthaven anymore since the

I tested my movement slowly, doing my best to not let Scarlett catch on. She was so busy with Liam that I probably didn’t need to be so cautious, but I didn’t want to take the chance. This was an opportunity that I couldn’t let go to waste. Against all the odds, it seemed I was now the only person capable of changing the outcome of this insurrection.The door Scarlett had broken down had been the only thing keeping us apart. Now, with it completely destroyed, it looked like I didn’t even need to run through it to gain back control. With enough focus, I was pretty sure I could take Scarlett by surprise before she contained me – if she could even push me down fully again, something I wasn’t entirely sure was possible anymore. I was weak, yes, but if it meant escaping the future Scarlett was trying to achieve, then I would force myself to keep going if I had to.Whatever it took, I needed to do it.Liam pulled away from Scarlett and stepped towards Thaddeus, snapping his fingers at him im

In a blind rage, Scarlett staggered back onto her feet, her choking breaths coming out a mixture of sobs and grunts. There wasn’t any hesitation as she charged towards Alistair, fully intending to attack him barehanded. It was clear she wasn’t thinking clearly.Alistair looked up at her approach, readying to fend her off, but I wasn’t going to give up yet. Whether she could even hurt him or not, it didn’t matter. This war was over and she was going to get us killed too if she didn’t stop. If we had even the smallest chance of surviving this, I needed her to stay down.And right as she was about to launch herself towards Alistair, I diverted her movement downwards instead, sending us back into the dirt.“Let me do this!” she yelled. “He killed Liam!”She tried to get up, but I countered her, the two of us contorting along the ground as we fought each other. A fight that quickly escalated into one more physical, resorting to us injuring our shared body, hoping it would distract the othe