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Chapter 33
Violet’s room was just like she left it. Unexpected anger surged through her. Everything was normal. Everything shouldn’t be normal. Part of her wanted to destroy the room. Rip the pictures off the walls, tear the blankets on her bed to shreds, break the chairs, and smash the mirror.
“Don’t be stupid,” she told herself and walked over to her dresser. Violet opened it and began taking things out of it, or she did until the pictures on top of the dresser caught her attention. They were a couple of her parents, but most of them were of her with her friends. Or what those she thought were friends. Did they even notice she had gone silent all this time? Did they wonder where she was? After all, Lilianne did say she wanted Violet to join them in Europe after her birthday.
Unable to resist, Violet took out the phone Jeremy had given her.
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The flight back was just as uneventful as the one there. Back in the alpha’s territory, Nolan helped Violet carry the suitcases to her room, and then they went to meet with the alpha. “Everything went well?” he asked when he saw them.“Yeah, but the weirdness ensues,” Violet told him.“Excuse me?”“Someone cleaned her house,” Nolan replied. “Any signs of a home invasion and a murder have been whipped clean.”“Ah, weirdness,” the alpha said.“Nolan says Jer- I mean Morgan doesn’t do this kind of thing. Why would he do it now? And why go into my mom’s e-mails and stuff. Why would he want no one to think my parents are missing?&
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It was nearing dinner time when Violet finished putting away her clothes and things. With some mental prepping she headed downstairs to join the alpha and his people at the table. When she came into the room, the alpha went over to a chair on his right and pulled it out for her. “Here you are, Violet,” he said. Everyone turned to watch them. It was beyond embarrassing. She would’ve rather had Emily there trying to humiliate her before this.Trying to ignore the way people glanced at her, she took the seat he offered her. “Thank you.” A few of the people sitting there offered her a tight smile when she caught their eye.Shortly after the meal began, an older woman turned to the alpha, resting her chin on her laced fingers. “So is it true? This is Gwen’s daughter?”
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Violet sighed as she woke. On her back she stared at the ceiling, trying to remember what day it was. This place made the days run into one another. She sat up and rubbed her face. Violet wondered what the alpha was doing to find her parents’ killers. A knock on the door broke her from her thoughts. Opening the door, she was surprised to see the alpha standing in her doorway instead of the expected Mrs. Chaplin. It was as if her thoughts had summoned him. Werewolves couldn’t read thoughts, right? “Uh, good morning alpha.”“Good morning, Violet. How are you?”“Great,” she replied, unable to keep the sourness out of her voice.He gave her a strange look as he asked, “everything alright?”Violet returned the look.
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Lunch was delicious and after a short rest, she was ready to tackle the hike back to the alpha’s car. As they walked, Violet couldn’t stop thinking about her situation with the alpha, and her father. The alpha made some small talk, and Violet contributed absent-mindedly. Her logical mind told her it wasn’t a betrayal to her father, allowing the alpha a relationship with her. The alpha made no demands to be recognized as her father. And what if she did recognize the alpha as her father? There were many families that had multiple mothers or fathers. There were godfathers, stepfathers, and all that.Violet tried to think of any reasons to not give the alpha a chance, but besides the feeling of betraying her father, she couldn’t find one.“Everything okay,” the alpha asked as they reached the car.
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