Chapter 173: 'Stop shaking your head at your Alpha'

ROSE

I woke up to a familiar room setting and the even more familiar soft snoring of my lovely beast/superstar and his handsome, peaceful sleeping face. Immediately, I started tracing the lines and contours of his face, going through the same old curves and strokes like someone who’s going blind soon, as the recent events came crawling back and aligning themselves into the calendar of my biological clock.

Then, the same face was staring back with the look of horror and shock and extreme guilt—and it was my recollection of Rum’s expression when he saw Perri stabbing me. And shame and guilt of my own swarmed to my throat.

Damn…. So much for trying to live on my own. If it weren’t for me, Perri wouldn’t have a chance to hurt Rum.

Thank God, I managed to save… him.

Jesus Christ, I’m sounding like the voice in my head.

‘Rose?’ Those blue eyes were looking at me with concern. ‘Do you need the bathroom?’

I had been in and out of a recovery slumber for the past four days, with only the