THE ALPHA'S CAPTIVE
" It makes sense for the door to close. I was mistaken in thinking it was so Jade, Finn, and Harley could fight without being noticed. It was to allow us space to mourn.
Because he's come to inform us that Dan has died.
I see a gleeful Dan lying motionless in a too-bright operating room, his complexion whitish-blue, his chest sliced open, and bloody instruments on a bloody metal tray. Dead.
I sway.
Jade hasn't moved until I'm sitting on his lap in a chair, his palm cupping the back of my head and his kisses on my brow. "I have you, angel."
Finn is standing near the wall where the poster used to hang, but he isn't looking at me. Harley had his whole attention and then some.
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