Chapter 150: 'Didn't I say I'm your Alpha?'

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I walked up to the handsome guy standing by the river, pondering.

Hands listless at his side, his eyes at some place distant where I can’t see, he looked lost…and frightened.

I slid my fingers through his and snuggled to his side, and he blinked, awoke from his thoughts, and glanced down at our hands entwined before turning to me.

He lifted our hands and kissed the back of mine before pressing it to our chest.

‘You look like shit,’ I muttered, resting my cheek against his shoulder.

A chuckle vibrated through his skin to my cheek. ‘I feel like shit.’

I wanted to check his face, out of concern, but I knew that would make him feel worse, so I shrugged and said in the most casual tone I could muster, ‘that makes two of us.’

He laughed a little and fell into another long silence.

Then, very quietly, he said, ‘My uncle’s consumed by the dark whims.’

I tensed up but forced myself not to look at him. Instead, I stared at the flowing waters before us, trying to distract myself wit