Alone And Unafraid Book Novels & Stories

I’m not this pathetic. To wait for someone else to rescue me from Alpha Nolan. I’ve never waited to be saved before. Because of one simple truth: No one is coming to help. Not me. Not ever. Despite Rafe being my mate and Alpha Thane having a strange attachment to me, I am alone. I have always been alone. And I will always be the only one reliable and capable enough to look out for myself. So think, Makayla. Think.

- BEGINNING - Aurora POV. Can I just disappear? Would the world even notice if I did? I’ve been invisible my entire life. Even as a child, no one wanted me around. When I was seven, my teacher paired us up for a school play. I ended up standing at the back of the classroom, watching everyone else giggle and chat, while I stood there like a ghost. Unnoticed. Unwanted. Nothing’s changed since then. I’m still Aurora Lancaster—the girl who doesn’t belong. I am omega, the one who doesn't matter.

I want to peel it open and lay it at your feet and say—"This is what I know, this is what I fear, this is what I will never let happen to you." But the truth is dangerous when it isn’t ready. And what I’ve found… it isn’t ready. Just know this: you are not alone. You are not unprotected. You are not unseen. He won’t hurt you again. I will not allow it. —A He didn’t print it. Didn’t send it. Just saved it. One of many. One day, she would read them all. But first, he had to keep her safe. Even if she never knew.

While he wanted me to know the truth, he also wanted to protect me from it. The words that followed were just apology after apology. I eagerly opened the file and read it word by word. My heart was pounding wildly from fear. I had never once felt wronged by Ben. He was the one who treated me best in the world. Still, I never imagined Ben's family could do something like that.

Then I learned courage looks like fear that keeps walking. I closed the book for a moment. The memory came rushing back. A hotel hallway. A divorce attorney's office. A penthouse filled with silence. The first night alone. The first morning free. I had never been fearless. Not once. I had simply moved forward anyway. That evening, I sat on the porch with the book resting in my lap. The sky burned orange and pink as the sun slowly disappeared beyond the horizon. Pierce stepped outside carrying two glasses of lemonade. "You've been reading that all day."

“And I never fight alone.” The sanctuary may have been shaken, but its heart—the Alpha King and his allies—remained unbroken. And that unbreakable bond would be the weapon no enemy could ever anticipate.

“One day at a time. Carefully. But we’re not hiding from each other anymore.” Lena closed her eyes, letting the warmth of his body and the sound of his heartbeat settle her. For the first time in a long time, the weight on her chest felt a little lighter. She was still scared. But she was no longer alone. And that made all the difference.

I open my mouth to tell him I saw a ledger, that I don’t know what’s in it, that I told the Alpha nothing at all. And underneath that, low and completely unfamiliar, something else wakes up. It starts in my spine. A heat, deep and wrong, like a coal turned over. It runs up into my chest and finds my throat and it comes out of me before I have any say in it. A growl.

At least with the trusty young librarian. “How about something scary?” I look at the mom before handing her the book we had already discussed while the child had been in class. “Is it too scary?” The girl pulls her hands back and turns to her mother. “Is just a little bit.” I place the book on the counter and wait for her to make the decision. “Or there’s a not scary one I think you’d like.” I watch amused as her forehead creases, she’s thinking hard and the smile as she takes the copy of Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Ghosts.

He was alone now. Utterly. Irrevocably. Free. And afraid.