Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

I wake up a bit disoriented. My mind is a bit foggy and I can't shake the tiredness that was weighing down my body.

I hate it when this happens. You fall asleep finally, thinking that you'll have the rest your body has been craving, only to wake up feeling more tired than you were the previous day.

I sit up right, pushing the blanket off me before turning. Aspen isn't next to me, and I am not surprised.

"Good morning, Martha, is Aspen with you?" I mind-link her as I get out of bed.

I sit there for a while, with my legs hanging on the side of the bed while I wait for an answer. If I am being honest though, I was also waiting for my brain to catch up.

"Morning Sadie, yes she is," she responds in her soft and motherly voice.

"Okay, let me take a shower, then I'll join you shortly."

"Sure thing"

my new-found ability. I should have told

bathroom. I take a quick shower.

of the bathroom and head to my suitcase. The mess on the floor bothers me. I should really

dream I had. I pause for a minute, trying

The heartbreak she felt when her sister mocked her. I couldn't see their faces clearly, but I was sure they were the same girls I had dreamt of previously. What's even crazier is that it felt so real. It felt as if I was that little girl. Like I was there and not just watching the whole thing as an

me and, all of a

energy has been zapped. Drained, leaving

on my t-shirt before walking

I feeling like this? Why is it affecting me when I don't

rack my mind, but I come up empty. I don't recognize them, maybe because in my dream their faces were blurred. Either way, it doesn't stop my heart from picking up speed, even as I feel it shatter

I have no idea of its origin or how it got there in the