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 out for who knows

to push it away when I noticed the cast on my hand. I let out a frustrated

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 letting out the aggression that has been seated inside me since Alec locked

there are better days

it? Are you in pain?" His throaty voice pulls

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 ago when

"No"

"Any discomfort?"

"No"

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

deep breath. In, then out. "What do you want from me, Alec? You've never really been

to know if you are okay. Is

I supposed to say to that? This side of him is new to me. He's showing care, and I don't know whether to trust it or not. It could be doing this because if something happens to me, then his pack is doomed. It could also be because of the mate bond.