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THE ALPHA'S CAPTIVE CHAPTER 36
DANMy gaze remains fixed on the plump whisky tumbler held by Jade. Shortly after Amanda departed, I assumed he was pursuing her when he got out of bed. I then went after him. Straight through the slit in the bathroom door, into the kitchen, and to the bottle of whisky Greg keeps in a cupboard.Jade leans against the kitchen counter and his hand tightens around the glass, but he doesn't knock back the liquid. "He's the alpha."I wait for more because I know Jade hasn't said everything."Alphas never part with anything that is rightfully theirs."Amanda.."He may not be," I cross my hands over my chest, almost reaching for the glass, because suddenly, the idea of a whisky in the morning sounds good, especially if there's a shifter as possessive as Finn out there looking for Amanda. Far too charming.Jade looks at me after another long moment, then sets the untouched glass down on the counter and pushes it away from him. "He had a pack, she said. He is the alpha.I remark, "It might be
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AmandaDense. That's my sentiment. As if I were swallowing a mountain and plummeting to the ocean floor.A small voice murmurs in my thoughts, "But that's not what's happening, Amanda, even though you wouldn't mind if it did."Cool water lases my perspiration and makes me feel heavy.I had to leave this place. I had to leave, even if he punishes me for it.I stumble over the hem of my sweatpants, which are trying to trip me, as I feel my way out of the shower cubicle, blinded by my sopping hair.I can breathe a little easier now that I'm out of the constant chilly spray.Superior. Not flawless. but superior."Grab her." I hear Darius's voice, cold and uninterested, as my fingers are about to close the glass shower door. "From here, I can still smell their stench."Apparently occupied with a text message.And the smell, which must be Jade and Dan's, must be stuck to the sweatpants and hooded top I put on before I raced away from them—straight into the arms of a monster.However, my mon
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Finn lurches to his feet, but his legs give way under him almost instantly.Not quite yet.Finn roars back up, this time full of pain. He remains up this time.Only a tiny bit more.He stumbles a little as he spins towards me. Not entirely stable.Fantastic.The next time I swing, the wooden chair leg explodes and chips fly into my eye, covering me in tiny flakes. But it gets the job done.Finn silently falls to the ground.We shifters have hard skulls like I mentioned. To put us down, you must perform the task correctly.Still, this is insufficient."You require aid?" It sounds like Dan is getting up and walking behind me.I reach down, pick up Finn, hurl him over my shoulder, and start for his office's stairs, barely stopping short of a jog.I've given us a little time. Not minutes, but seconds instead."No need," I snort, realizing that Finn is heavy for me.His breathing shifts as he approaches the top of the small stairway that leads to his office.A clawed-up back will seem like
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However, Darius did not put me in his bed, carry me out of the shower, or wipe me off with a towel out of comfort. As I curl into myself and battle against the chills coursing through my body, comfort is the last thing from my mind.His smell fills this flat from corner to corner. None more so than the spot where he sleeps every night.And everything in this flat, including myself, including the blankets and the bed, belongs to him.I smell like leather and cedar right now, plus that intangible something else that would give you the impression that someone was wealthy without them having to utter a word. His linens are heavy withsmells that cling to me. Alongside the despised man I stand next to, there's a hateful stench.He runs his hand down the middle of my back and up my spine, brushing aside my long dark hair, still moist from my icy shower. Felix's whips left me with a lot of scars, so I'm not sure which one he's tracing, but I'm quite sure it's one."I should give you thanks f
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I push Mom's memories away. I remember her reading to me in bed and stroking my hair. the affection of her.Love weakens you, and Amanda, this is not the moment to be weak. Not when a predator is directly in front of you.I tighten my hands even more, lift my chin, and give him a straight-faced look. "You assigned Nathan a task. Did you not?We come together in the centre of the space, my rage piercing him with its heat and his icy stare.I considered seeing my father. Of fleeing the hospital, thinking that my return to the man was the worst thing that could have happened to me.What might I have discovered? A demolished flat full of rats? A brand-new family with tales of an isolated man's death?A man's body?Tears well up in my eyes, but they stay in place. What purpose would that serve?Suddenly, the memory of the cabin comes back. The last summer I spent with Mom and Dad was full of cookouts by a glittering lake on a disposable BBQ, the sun beating down on me, and Dad throwing me
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Finn extends his arm towards the entrance."What's your destination?" I approach a little closer, my boots crunching under the devastation that spills from the main room into the foyer. We haven't yet discussed our plans for fixing and cleaning up.But we're going to need to come up with a solution shortly.next to Amanda. We will handle it when she returns.Bright midday light streams into the black and indigo blue room as Finn opens the entrance door.Abruptly, Jade appears, one hand holding the door's edge. He shuts it forcefully as if he didn't see that he almost took Finn's nose off with it.Clap."Where the fuck are you going?" growls Jade as the thud keeps repeating.I brace myself, waiting for the inevitable growl or fist or insane beast to erupt from Finn.But Finn just yanks the door open again, so this must be a stranger.Jade won't even allow him to open it this time. Too fast to follow, his other hand shoots out and firmly grasps Finn's wrist. He approaches Finn so closel
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It suddenly occurs to me why he wouldn't be working from his office and why he would want to be present to see me wake up as he approaches the bedroom door."I refuse to alter," I exclaim, my voice still heavy from sleep—or is it raspy from yelling? "I will never change, no matter how many times you bite me. Everything else is under your control, but this is out of your hands.I want something more than I want to die, therefore I don't tell him to murder me. My father was murdered. It doesn't matter if they haven't acknowledged it—it could still be real. I feel as though someone has grabbed my hand and carried me directly to his body. He is gone. I am fully aware of this fact.I refuse to leave this earth until they make amends. The two of them.Darius isn't even hesitant.I have to force myself to swallow something sickening and bitter that is swirling around in my stomach to prevent it from pushing its way up my throat.Does hatred seem to be eating its way out of you in this way?I
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To reach a particular park bench, Darius will give me a five-minute head start. After that, he will lead the rest of the pack in pursuit of me. I've never tried to get to the park seat since I would always run away from him the instant he commanded me to. I have never once come close to leaving his private property.My brow furrows. Not to look at my quickly cooling, unfinished dinner, but at the plastic fork that was placed next to it. For me, there's no true fork or steak knife. Not after what transpired the last time Felix didn't take as much care as he ought to have when it came to his turn with me.Nathan says, "I'm curious about the doctor," in a tone that makes me uncomfortable right away.I turn away from my plastic fork and look at Nathan. I can't read him, as usual, but that doesn't mean I don't sense something approaching. Anything negative.His voice comes from behind Darius's closed office door. He's angry, but not to the point of shouting since that's not how he controls
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