ALPHA XANDER’S POVI give Adriana a confused look, trying to be sure I heard her right. I did, although I didn’t want to believe it.“No, that’s not a good idea.” I try to ignore the pang I feel in my chest at telling her no, but what she is asking for is something I can't do. Something I won’t do.“It is our best bet,” the ache in her voice makes me almost cave. I shake my head, not letting the sweetness of her voice make me change my mind.I found time to tell her about her Dreaya, I found myself telling her about it even before she asked. She had taken it all good, the fact that my father’s stepsister has always wanted to kill me, have tried to kill me but haven’t succeeded, and that she helped in killing him. That wasn’t really a problem, he was a heartless bastard.“She is only going to bring more problems, Daciana is strong.” I say the last part, trying to convince both myself and her.“I know she is, but that doesn’t mean she should allow her to be out there, wherever she is.”
ALPHA XANDER’S POVSlimy claw-like hands snake around my throat. No, not snake, that is the wrong word to use but I can’t think of a better word to describe it. It is stealthy and feels like what you would imagine a snake to.My eyes immediately snap open and I’m met with reptilian black eyes, immediately my arms fly out to grip whatever it is by the throat, only to discover that my arms have been bound. Now paying more attention to my surroundings, I note that I'm feeling slimy all over me. realization dawns on me immediately and I fight harder, trying to throw off the reptile. It is a futile attempt though I don’t plan on giving up. All the motivation I needed was remembering Adriana is beside me, and I didn’t want this thing getting its hands or whatever on her.“Hello Xander,” the best word to describe the voice that speaks is snake-like. Quite smart. It is a woman though, no offense but a lot of them are fucking snakes, again, fucking accurate. She laughs, or it, whichever suits
ALPHA XANDER’S POV I don’t know for how long I sit there, staring at Adriana’s unmoving bloody body. I could have sworn the world stopped, my world stopped. I didn’t want to believe it even though it was glaring right at me, I wanted to find something to lie to myself about. Maybe, just maybe it wasn’t as bad as it looked. I’d even gone as far as telling myself this was all a dream, it had started like that. A fucking nightmare and I wanted it to end. The pain in my heart hasn’t subsided but I don’t feel it anymore, it feels numb. I feel numb, empty. I want to end it all and if it wasn’t for the fact that I needed to rip Dreaya’s heart from her chest, not because it would do anything for me but just because she was a waste of space on earth. The earth I didn’t even want to be in if my mate wasn’t with me. I stay on the ground for a moment longer, it feels like eternity before I hear the sound of footsteps, followed by a shrill cry and someone else’s presence fills the room. I’m on
ADRIANA’S POV“Who are you?” I ask the darkness, aware that I sound and probably look ridiculous but there is nothing better to do or ask. I can’t even sit in this place, wherever it is.‘I’m you.’ It takes me a few seconds for what she said to actually register in my head and when it does, I laugh. I don’t know what to do because it sounds crazy so I throw my head back and laugh out loud.“That would have been funny if we weren’t trapped in what looks like a nightmare.” I can’t see her but I feel her eyes roll. I’m suddenly backed into a corner, also something I can’t see but I’m aware of.This is crazy.‘I know right.’ She agrees with me and that gives me pause. Can she hear my thoughts? ‘Pretty much, yes. We kind of share the same headspace.’“What?” I sputter out and receive another heavy sigh in response.‘You asked where we were, this is your headspace. You’ve never been here.” I try to search my brain for anything that might have been said to me about having a headspace. I did
ALPHA XANDER’S POVDonovan had to go the traditional route to get me to snap out of whatever trance I was in. I liked the bleakness of not knowing anything and not feeling any pain, or coming back to the reality that I saw.I simply don’t want to believe Adriana is gone. She can’t be!“You’ve got to give her something man. I don’t know how this works but this doesn’t look like a good thing.” I shoot him a glare and move back to the bed where Adriana is still unmoving. I may have been lying to myself and hoping she would wake up.
ALPHA XANDER’S POVHow the hell did I not figure it out before? All the signs were fucking there, how confident she was. She knew she had already played her ace of spades and I was sitting with a bunch of jokers in my hand.Fucking hell.I don’t want to believe Adriana had any hand in it and it doesn’t matter how much so many things were starting to make sense. I know she wouldn’t do anything like that, even if she hated me at first. Rightfully so. I refuse to believe the past few days have all been a pretense, hell, the last few months. Even when she co
ALPHA XANDER’S POVI take note of him head to toe, from the blood splattered on his chest to the sweat and whatever has his shirt sticking to him like a second skin. His hand that was holding the door falls and he almost goes down with it but he manages to hold himself up. He looks pretty beaten and if I was a fan of his, I would have tried to help. I choose to sit and watch him, with my eyebrows quirked in question.He gets his breathing under control and walks, while stumbling and picking himself up, heaving with every step that he takes until he gets to the desk. He holds no regard for me either as he settles into one of the two chairs.Without a word in my direction, though he is aware of my eyes following his every move, he reaches for my unfinished drink and downs the content in one go. I feel myself almost smirk at his audacity. Even his father wouldn’t do that and I guess that makes me like him more than the spineless man.“You have the good stuff.” He nods toward the tumbler
ALPHA XANDER’S POVI feel myself smiling and I nod at him. “That isn't an insult.”“I didn’t mean it as one.” He shrugs his shoulders, I see a different side of him in that second. That makes me take a closer look at him, like really look at him. He has dark bags under his eyes and though he seems smug and cocky, there is a heavy aura around him and this haunted look in his eyes that remind me of a younger me. I guess having shitty fathers is a trend.“Look kid,” he glares at the nickname which I have to admit is intentional, a fire sparks in his eyes and that makes me satisfied. Even if it is irritation/anger, at least I got a reaction out of him. “I would love to help you with your situation and it would be an honor to finally bring an end to your pathetic father,” I sigh heavily, actually disappointed that I might miss it. “But my hands are tied right now.”“Tied? With what?” I raise a brow, hearing the interest in his voice.All the alarm bells in my head go off at once. I should