Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 0161

Sadie

I woke up with a headache, ending all headaches. I squinted as my eyes tried getting used to the bright light. Why the fuck was everything so bright when I felt so dull? Don't you just hate it when that happens? It's similar to when you are sad and depressed, but everyone

seems so jovial and happy.

I feel like I've been hit by a truck, oh wait. Something close to that happened. We crashed and I ended up hurt.

I knew I was in the hospital the moment I was conscious. The smell of antiseptic is hard to mistake and miss. My room was just like the one I woke up in when I fainted after the dream. Plain white walls, a small TV in the corner, and a bedside table with a glass of water on top of it.

Groaning, I struggle to sit up straight. That's when his scent registers. Alec was asleep on a chair next to my bed. He sat on one of the two chairs available in the room.

"What is he doing here?" Nyx asks me; I just give her a look.

know that? We've been

noticed the cast on

a pain. Sure, I'll be with it for probably a maximum of three days, but it means that I can't train in those three days. For the past three years, I've used training as a form of release. It's been my way of

are better days than others, but that's all there is. Healing isn't as easy as people say it is. Letting go isn't a walk in

pain?" His throaty voice pulls my attention

of him being here. There was something in his green eyes. Something akin to worry and concern, but I wasn't really sure. I brush it off. This is Alec we are talking about; he feels nothing when it comes to me. He made that clear three years

"No"

"Any discomfort?"

"No"

you give something more than a one-word answer?" he asks, his voice a

"What do you want from me, Alec? You've never really been interested in what I have to

to know if you are okay. Is that

new to me. He's showing care, and I don't know whether to trust it or not. It