Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 273

Chapter 273

I grunt and move toward the window, my eyes unfocused as I stare into the night. I don't really want to talk.

"The full moon just ended, yet you seem to be in a foul mood," Piper says behind me. "Shouldn't you be on cloud nine after spending three whole days with Sadie?"

There's a teasing lilt to her voice, but it doesn't lift my mood.

“Piper,” I warn, turning away from the window and dropping onto a nearby chair.

"What? Things didn't go as expected? I thought you'd be all loved-up right now, not sulking in your room." She raises a brow. "Actually, you should be in Sadie's room right now, you know... continuing where you left off. Talk to me-did something go wrong?"

"I'm not discussing this with you, Piper. Drop it," I groan. The last person I want to talk to about what happened between me and Sadie is my little sister-who used to be her best friend.

"Come on," she says with a roll of her eyes.

Despite my irritation, I silently thank the goddess. This-this-was the Piper I knew. The old Piper. The feisty, pushy, relentless version. And something inside me loosens at the familiarity.

what's wrong," she urges. "I know

my eyes fixed on a stained patch in the carpet. Maybe if I stay quiet long enough, she'll give up and leave. But then the words

told me Raven might have found a way around

raw.

me. So excited. And I couldn't even pretend to be happy. Not when it felt like the ground had been ripped out

good news?" Piper

asked the

you couldn't answer." Her tone

little sister, but right now it feels like

don't answer. I couldn't. Because saying it out loud would make

Piper already

afraid you'll

the rejection. Now that Raven may have found a solution, you're scared Sadie will

I'm not just afraid.

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