Todos os capítulos de Alpha Romanov: Capítulo 51 - Capítulo 60

Nikolai:Valeria had been standing on the balcony for several minutes before I joined her. I watched her from inside at first, not because I intended to spy but because something about the way she held herself made me pause before opening the door.Her arms were folded tightly over the coat at her shoulders, the wind kept catching strands of hair and throwing them across her face, and she did not move to tuck them back. Her gaze was fixed beyond the estate grounds, as if she were looking for something that was not there.She did not look like someone who wanted company.That alone told me that the visit had affected her more deeply than she wanted to admit. I knew anger when I saw it; I had lived with enough of my own to recognize the shape of someone trying to force it down rather than let it become something they could not control. I had seen that look in men who had been taught to swallow everything until it hardened into something worse.My wolf surged awake at once. Mate, it said,

Nikolai:The fire crackled softly in the hearth, casting dancing shadows across the room.“Are you serious about wanting me?” She asked, and I nodded.“I know that I didn’t ask you before I went ahead and spoke to him, and I know that I should have taken your opinion with this… but I couldn’t picture a day waking up without you in my life, and I couldn’t just look around this room daily to think that I could wake up in less than a year now and find that your things are no longer here.” I said gently. “It is selfish of me, maybe… but it is the truth, Valeria.”“To think that this wasn’t the way it started feels a lot weirder now than anything else would have,” she said, making me chuckle.“I know,” I said gently. “And I know that it was wrong of me to decide without asking you, but I also wanted you to know that I wanted you… if you have another opinion in the matter or if you don’t want to be with me after the year ends; we can make it our own call.” I said, looking her in the eye. “Bu

Santos:I watched her walk away and knew, without needing proof, that Elena would never speak to her father. She was going to do her best to avoid it, and she was going to find another excuse to get out of the subject completely.She had tried to pretend otherwise, but she didn’t understand that I wasn’t a fool, and I knew all too well when I shouldn’t believe a lie when it was given to me.For days she hid in her room, skipped meetings, answered Yelena with silence, and invented small illnesses to keep Viktor from knocking on her door. At first I let her think avoidance would save her. People like Elena are good at pretending the world will rearrange itself to suit them. It is a comforting habit, but it is also a mistake.I had not planned to wait forever. And I most definitely didn’t plan on sitting back to do nothing about it.Using her influence over Viktor had been the polite route, it was going to be the better option where she could speak to her father. It made a little more sen

Viktor:Elena came to find me shortly before noon after spending most of the week avoiding me. She had skipped meetings, claimed headaches when I knocked, and disappeared whenever she heard my voice in a corridor.Yelena’s warning had kept me from forcing the issue, though I still wondered whether space was helping Elena or letting her sink deeper into whatever she refused to discuss. When she entered my office without knocking and closed the door, I lowered the report in my hands.“Elena.” I said, looking at her.“Father.” She said, giving me a quick nod.She lingered near the door before taking the chair opposite my desk. She looked better than she had several days ago, still tense but no longer pale, and at least she was speaking to me instead of pretending to sleep behind a locked door.I had allowed her distance because pushing too soon would only make her retreat again. Now that she had come willingly, I intended to hear her out, even if the careful set of her shoulders warned me

Nikolai:When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was Nikolai leaning over me. His hand was braced beside my head and his face was close enough that I felt his breath before his lips pressed softly against mine.I startled and blinked up at him as he lifted his head. “There you are,” he said.My brows drew together. “What?” His expression was softer than usual, but concern sat behind it. I looked toward the windows and frowned at the daylight pouring through the curtains, and I found myself frowning as my head pounded. “What time is it?”“Noon,” he answered.I stared at him. “No… you can’t be serious?”“It is almost twelve thirty,” he corrected.That woke me more effectively than the kiss. I pushed myself onto my elbows and immediately regretted it when my head felt heavier than it should. I had slept through the entire morning. That never happened… even after long nights I usually woke when Nikolai did, or at least heard him moving around the room. Today I had heard nothing, not