THE ALPHA'S OBSESSION

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time

jump and I spun ar

to me. Sharp, clipped resonating like a war horn through the room's stale silence.

stranger. It had been since the end of the world that I had left this room, this gilded cage. Two

fixed jaw. Compared to my memory he appeared older. more irate.

s I whispered "Lance..."I was more s

es calculating and keen.

eve I a

hasn't discussed anything in four years. I was that cursed girl, the girl whose scream was so lo

e declared. "You will be introduc

slammed with m

r as he took a step deeper. "You've spent enough time i

fling and silent as it

to breathe. "No." I muttered o

. Tomorrow you will b

know." Before I could stop myself I raised my voi

hat was not quite a smile. "Yo

all this, locking me up for four years and then dropp

dow that I had been gazing out of all day. "On the

clenching my fists. "I was in mourning. I

gs like smoke. The power had emerged from me in a m

reason you

Because I do, do you recall what it looked like when you lost control? You were a freaking curse and you still are

" I trembled and whispered. "I didn't int

er do. . You've been in here for that reason sinc

p in my eyes. His words struck like ice water to the face for their crue

choked out "I didn't k

. What is that thing within you? So don't lecture me about grief or fairness. When no one else wa

ammas. "Prepare her. Get

ks. One of them with an unreadable expression threw a pale si

even talk at that point. She would bring food, do some quiet cleanin

ding by that window would sometimes cause me to lose hours or even days. observing the

inside and out with only shadows. Every day got darke

k, floated or broke. My feelings had become angular. My claws, my thoug

to send me off to a strang

when I spoke. "Is it impossible for you

g behind him like a cloak, he was even more fearful than the past

d his hand on the frame. I thought for a

ace as he glanced over his shoulder. Perhaps it was

ut soon enough