Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

CHAPTER 23

Chapter 23

There wasn’t much to talk about after everything poured out of King. After our conversation, Raven invited him for dinner. I wasn’t in any position to help, so King and Raven took care of everything.

After having our meal, I went straight to sleep. My body was tired and wired at the same time. I want to say that I had a peaceful sleep, but I didn’t. My brain couldn’t shut down, no matter how hard! tried. I was still awake long after Kingsley and Raven fell asleep.

Waking up slowly so as not to wake them up, I got out of my sleeping bag and wandered around. I was the rest it surely deserved. I so fucking tired and sleepy, yet my damn mind refused to let my body get felt frustrated and bitter.

Pushing my tears back, I spotted a big boulder, and I went and sat on it. The moon was out today, and seeing it just made me angrier.

Why me, moon goddess? First, you take away my parents depriving me of the chance to get to know them and be loved by them. As if that wasn’t enough for you, you let all that happened to me happen. Why? If you’re so caring and love your children, then why let all this happen to me?

Of course, there wasn’t any answer from her, and that just made me more bitter. She took away life I had built, the people I love, and my dignity, yet she doesn’t have the guts to tell me why.

the

When we were younger, we were taught to always trust and believe in the moon goddess. We were taught not to question her and to just trust that she does everything for our good. I used to trust her, and I used to believe that there’s always a silver lining because the goddess had everything under

control.

Now my trust is broken, and my eyes are opened. The faith and love I had for her slowly faded in the months that my life turned to shit. We were supposed to trust her no matter what, but how could I when I was fucking tortured by the very man I was in love with?

How could I continue to trust her after Alec banished me? Ordered my death and almost killed my unborn child? How could I continue to blindly trust her when she turned my life upside down?

I touched the scar on my cheek, remembering the day Alec put it there. The day he branded me. It will always be a reminder of what I went through at the hands of his and that of his pack. Sighing, I got up and walked back to our little camp. I lie down and close my eyes, I didn’t expect it, but finally my body

shuts down.

We need to

I rested, but it wasn’t a peaceful sleep. My dreams were a nightmare, reliving my time in the dungeon and

killing 1 thought it was merciless and uncalled for. I told myself that

made me break that promise. Alec made me break a

got up, and Raven handed me a cup of

left by now,” I told him, sipping the

“I thought so too, but for some reason

No one is stopping you from leaving: just stand up and leave. It’s that simple.” That came from Raven, who

it was my fucking lifeline, but since we learned

amount I take.

but he

but something inside me stopped me. For

staring straight at me as he said that. Out of habit, I touched my hair (I do that when I’m nervous), but there’s nothing there. I released a deep breath

Raven mumbles, looking at

you talking about,

both of us. “I think his destiny is intertwined with yours, just

chill passed down my

“Rave?”

staring into her eyes.

explain.

why or who you were, but I always pushed it to the back of my mind. It continued for years, snippets, but I brushed them off. That was until a couple of months ago, when the dreams turned into nightmares and I saw

trust him. She doesn’t need to explain the rest to me, I already

you were or where you were. I didn’t even know if I should trust them. You were just a girl in my dreams, one

I were quiet the whole time. I was shocked,

didn’t you tell me?”

been through enough. I didn’t want to spring this on you