Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 0165

Fuck. What the hell was I doing? Why was I allowing him to hold me like this?

I aggressively pushed him away. He wasn't prepared for my actions, so he stumbles a little bit, but releases me. I pull away, breathing hard, trying to clear my head from the spell that had been cast on me. "Sadie?"

I raise my finger, indicating to him to give me a minute. When I calm down, I pull myself together before facing him. "Don't ever touch me like that ever again, Alec." "You are my mate, Sadie? How can I not touch you?" he asked, advancing on me while I took steps back.

"Touch me? Remember how you were disgusted by my touch when you realized we slept together? And mate? You had a mate, Alec... Or have you forgotten that you told me Lola was the love of your life, and you wouldn't touch me with a pole even if she wasn't in the picture?"

one you were in love with?" I do get it. If things were different and Alec and I got together. It would have shattered me to realize he had slept with another woman a few days before our mating ceremony. The old me wouldn't have retaliated in the way he did, but it would have hurt the same. "That's not the point," I told him, taking more steps away from him. "The reason you want me now is because of the mate bond and what I can do for your pack. You never wanted me before. Hell, you never gave me

telling me that what I feel right

the one woman that you could never stand. The one woman you were never attracted to. Whatever you are feeling is courtesy of the bond. Once you accept the rejection,

his eyes, but I ignore it, refusing to dive into what it is. I don't

surprises me by asking. "Are

feelings don't

not?" he demanded. "You are good at telling me what I feel is courtesy of the bond, yet you don't want

this conversation. "What do you want from me, Alec? I loved you; is that what you want to hear? I did. I loved you, and you shattered me. The love I had for you died in the dungeons three years ago. I feel nothing for you except

but I won't admit it. I refuse to. This is for the best. Whatever