Share
Eighty-Nine
Related chapters
Set me Free, Alpha Ninety
VALERIA"How is this even possible?"I held up my finger, examined every inch of it. I felt a sudden surge of hope when I thought that perhaps I had bandaged the wrong finger. I couldn't get my hands open fast enough. I even extended the examination to my wrists and elbows, but after a solid five minutes of close inspection, I had to admit that I was not hurt. Not one bit.My heart began to race. I leaned over the bathroom sink, stared right into the frightened eyes I could see in the mirror. Maybe, just maybe, I had not cut myself at all. Hadn't the knife slipped from my grasp while I had been making sandwiches? I had even been half asleep while doing it. It was possible I had everything completely mixed up in my head. Although the blood... I was almost sure that I had seen blood flow out of the cut. I had even sucked the injured finger. Or hadn't I?I let out shaky laugh. It would be funny if I eventually found that I had gotten myself all worked up for nothing. Who ever heard of cu
Set me Free, Alpha Ninety-One
DIMITRIThe look in her eyes was fear. I had seen it on the faces of people more times than I could count. The question I had been asking myself these past few days was why the hell was the fear directed at me. I paused with one foot at the bottom stairs, taking care to keep my movements slow and deliberate. If I approached, she was sure to go stumbling down all in a bid to avoid me. She looked from me to the lower part of the stairs. I shifted closer to the railing so she could get a better view. I heard her sigh of relief the minute I was no longer half blocking her path. Valeria came down the stairs, taking care to keep close to the railing on the other side."Hi," she squeaked and immediately hurried past me as though she was afraid I would lunge at her or something. I watched her until she was out of sight, then I continued climbing upstairs slowly. I sighed heavily. This was Valeria's attitude these days. She was now frightened of her own shadow. Being around me made her frig
Set me Free, Alpha Ninety-Two
VALERIAI was thinking about how needed a drink- something cold preferably when I heard a voices coming from the kitchen which I was heading towards. Curious, but not wanting to be seen, I peered around the kitchen door to see Silas chatting with Amelia while he wolfed down a plate of porridge she had set in front of him.Wolfed down... An Interesting choice of words, especially when used in relation to Silas. I was a hundred percent sure that Silas was what Dimitri was- a werewolf, and that would take a lot of getting used to. Careful not to make a sound, I took several steps backwards and then went back up to my room. I had thought Silas had gone away with Dimitri, most likely to attend to the affairs of his... pack.Ugh! I still had a really hard time getting used to that word. Since Dimitri and Silas were practically joined at the hip, that could only mean that Dimitri had made Silas stay back so he could watch over me.My suspicions proved correct later that afternoon when I noti
Set me Free, Alpha Ninety-Three
VALERIABy the glint in her eyes and her exasperated expression, I knew just what Ivy was going to say to me.To forestall her, I quickly said, "I'm fine. Really. I'm just usually so tired out after work that I always want to stay at home.""No, you're not," she said firmly. "Valeria, you have been holing yourself up in the office and at the house for some time now. It's like you're practicing on how to be a hermit or something."I smiled in what I hoped was a convincing manner. "You are exaggerating, as usual. I have been fine. I'm fine. I'm just tired and-""And when has being tired ever stopped you from going out? I don't even remember the last time we both hung out. When did we even have a girl's night out? It's been... ages."Ivy was actually right. Even our friendship had received a few hits because of my recent discovery of my abnormalities. A girl's night out with Ivy sometimes meant us hanging out at the spa, a bar, club, restaurant, but the thought of being in such close pro
Set me Free, Alpha Ninety-Four
VALERIA"Why are you suddenly telling me where everything is and what to eat this evening?" I joked. "You always insist on babying me by getting my food for me anyways.""True," Amelia admitted with an indulgent smile. "But I won't be around this evening and for a few days as well."I carefully set down my glass of water. "Why won't you?""I will be traveling for a few days," she explained."I will really miss you. So where will you be traveling to, if you don't mind me asking?"Strangely, Amelia seemed flustered by the question."Oh. I'll just go somewhere not too far away for a while," she said dismissively. "But I'll be back before you know it."She turned away and resumed slicing the vegetables with a little too much noise than was necessary, in my opinion. It was obvious after this that she didn't want to tell me where she was travelling to. That only made me only more curious. Amelia basically had no one that she would want to pay a visit to. Since she didn't want to pursue the
Set me Free, Alpha Ninety-Five
DIMITRIIt was official. I was going to have to spend more time at the pack. I had known it the moment Nox had hurried in and said something about another attack. Tiredly, I gestured for him to have a seat. He perched on the very edge of it. He was too wound up to relax. Beside me were Damon and more of the other pack leaders."Tell us what happened," I said.Nox launched into a tale of the attack he had gotten from some members of the pack which had been attacked. A worried hiss echoed around the room when Nox revealed that the pack which had been attacked was the one close to ours."It's just as I had suspected," I said. "They probably stopped the attacks for a while so we could let our guards down so that they could strike.""Maybe they were even looking to attack us too," said Damon. "They probably found out that our defenses were too strong and that's why they only just attacked the neighboring pack."I spoke loudly to be heard over the murmurs Damon's theory had caused. "Now it
Set me Free, Alpha Ninety-Six
VALERIA"Where exactly is this work dinner being held?" I asked Noah after a moment's silence when I was done teasing him about Rosy."Oh. I thought I told you. It's at Rosy's home." Noah took a hard left turn. "We are almost there."Rosy's house? I was really surprised. I had been expecting the dinner to hold at a restaurant or maybe a private room at an event center, but certainly not in her house."Does she usually host these work dinners at her house?" I asked after thinking it over."No. Not always... I guess," was his cryptic answer.True to Noah's words, we arrived at Rosy's house in a few minutes. House was a word that did not properly depict the grandness of Rosy William's home. Her place was more of a mansion. I was not really surprised though. I already knew she was enormously wealthy. Her place was a testament to that fact.Noah gave me a knowing look as the enormous monogrammed gate swung open as the car approached it. "Impressive huh?""Very impressive," I agreed as I t
Set me Free, Alpha Ninety-Seven
VALERIAWhy had I allowed Noah to talk me into going to Rosy's place? I asked myself. Now facing Rosy was sure going to be awkward. I considered going back the way I came and finding another way into my office, but Rosy's sharp eyes had already picked me out of the other staff moving around."Hi, Valeria," Ellen called.With my eyes on Rosy, I raised a hand in greeting to Ellen as I made my way to Rosy. She was seated in the waiting room with a magazine on her lap. She had abandoned all pretense of reading the moment she had spotted me. I hoped I had not said anything last night that would affect her business dealings with Dimitri's company. There would certainly be hell to pay if that were the case. I pulled the glass door of the waiting room half closed behind me."Good morning, Rosy. You're here early."She straightened the lapel of her immaculate pant suit. "Yes. I'm waiting for Dimitri.""I thought you knew that Mr Dimitri is not not around. He won't be around for a while... At
Latest chapter
