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"

know about my new-found ability.

deep breath, I jump out of bed and head directly to the bathroom. I

mess on the floor bothers me.

The weird dream I had. I pause for a minute,

her weak. 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

when this intense longing hits me and, all of

been zapped.

before walking to

confused. Why am I feeling like this? Why is it affecting me when I don't even know who the

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

there. Like a ghost. A phantom pain that I have no idea of its origin or