Todos os capítulos de Born Human: Claimed by an Alpha: Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 50

Chapter 29Alessia and I sat on the balcony for more than an hour fine-tuning the plan. I learned very quickly that Alessia was a natural strategist. Maybe it came from her Alpha heritage, but either way, I was glad to have her in my corner.“I’ll meet you by your rooms at 11:30,” Alessia told me, “I’m supposed to meet my driver by the south entrance at noon, so that should give us enough time to get there. You’re sure that the King won’t be in the room with you?”“Pretty sure,” I said, “He’s dealing with some crisis regarding the incident with the Alpha King. He explicitly told me that he’d see me tomorrow. It would surprise me if he was back in time.”“Okay, good,” Alessia said, “There’s no way I’m going through with this if the King is with you. If I run into him, you’re on your own.”Even I could realize that our plan was dead in the water if Evander showed up early. I couldn’t say for sure that he wouldn’t be back before Alessia was set to leave, but it was a risk worth taking. T

For the remainder of the two-hour drive to the airport, I was on edge. Benito knew my name ~ he knew who I was. Did that mean that I’d been caught? Did Evander know I’d left? Was he on his way to stop me? ‘The car was completely silent but it felt like the driver was going to pull over any minute now and tell me the ruse was up, that Evander was on his way to drag me back. Or even worse, that Evander would be waiting at the airport for me and ready to stop me from getting on that plane.Although I felt like a bundle of frazzled nerves, Alessia spent most of the drive napping. Since we had gotten into the car, her anxiety seemed to disappear ~ she clearly thought our escape attempt was a success.Thad two options. I could wake her up and tell her that something was wrong, that Benito shouldn’t have known my name. Of course, we weren’t really alone. The driver was only a few feet away from us and he’d definitely hear the entire thing. If Evander wasn’t already alerted to my disappearan

“Lily,” she repeated, “Her name is Lily?” There was a softness in her eyes that I had seen before, but never on Alessia. It was the look that my dad and Grace exchanged. It was the look that Evander had given me just yesterday.Don’t you dare start thinking about Evander right now, Scarlette. He’s part of the past now, you’re leaving that chapter of your life behind.“Yeah,” I said, “She’s like half a year younger than me, and she just turned eighteen. Had you gone to the dinner party or even the diplomatic meeting, you would’ve met her.” Alessia sighed. “I should’ve known,” she said, “Of course it makes sense. You didn’t come alone and I kept smelling that scent on you I should’ve figured it out sooner. I could’ve actually met her.”“Well, you still can,” I said, “As long as you don’t mind a road trip. She lives with my dad, just like me or just like I used to, I guess. Our pack is in Washington, they live on Blacktooth territory. And hey, now you can meet her on your own terms. As

My heart was a drum pounding in my chest as I stood on the porch of a tiny white house. It was tiny and tucked into thesuburbs, so much so that even my Uber driver had missed it. There wasn’t anything glamorous about it but I could tell it was well-loved. The tiny garden by the front of the house was blossoming and the white picket fence looked freshly washed. This was the address Steve had given me. It was nearly an hour from the airport in a tiny, suburban town called YorbaLinda. It was a relatively easy trek from the airport even if the Uber ride had been costly.This is it, Scarlett. Just ring the doorbell.As I pressed the doorbell, I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins. Fight or flight, Scarlett? It’s not too late.Part of me wanted to turn around and take off. Where I’d go, I’m not sure. But now that I was actually standing in front ofthe door, all I wanted to do was flee. I felt completely unprepared. It had been seven years what was I supposed to say to th

The confusion on my face must’ve been evident because Steve actually chuckled. “Oh, right,” he said, “This must look a little odd, huh? Me and your mom together?” I don’t understand,” I said, “I thought you guys were just old friends… was this going on when I was around?” I wrackedmy brain, trying to remember moments where Steve and mom’s relationship might’ve been romantic but I couldn’ find any.Now it was my mom’s turn to laugh. “Oh no!” she chuckled, “Steve and I didn’t get together until about five years ago. It was after I finished my time in rehab and was starting my CNA license.”“But I’d had a thing for your mother much longer than that,” Steve said, “I just didn’t want to overwhelm her.”“More like you were waiting for me to get my life together,” mom rolled her eyes. There was a lot to process here, but allI could think about was..“Wait, you went to rehab?” I asked. “And you’re dating Uncle Steve. And you have a CNA license.”All the anger and rejection that I’d been fee