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"

let Raven and King know about my new-found ability. I should have told them the moment I

taking a deep breath, I jump out of bed and head directly to the bathroom. I take a quick shower. I don't know why, but there is this urgency in

The mess on the floor bothers me. I should really put up both mine and Aspen

that it suddenly hit me. The weird dream I had. I pause for a minute, trying to catch my breath as waves of sorrow flow through

that little girl felt after her sister called 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 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

rub my chest when this intense longing hits me and, all of a sudden,

zapped.

t-shirt before walking to my bed, then dropped

it affecting me when I don't even

recognize them, maybe because in my dream their faces were blurred.

have no