Chapter 58 He’s drunk

CA SSANDRA

I was half-asleep when I heard a loud knock on the door. Startled, I sat straight up in bed and caught my breath.

My eyes flew to the clock. It was nearly three in the morning.

Who was at my door this late?

“Who’s there?” I called out just loud enough to not wake Finnick. Luckily, my boy fast asleep and snoring lightly.

was f

When I didn’t get an answer, I pulled myself out of bed and headed toward the door. I was nearly halfway there when I heard another series of knocks. They were more forceful than the first and I felt a mixture of fear and irritation.

I opened the door and when I did, my lips parted in surprise.

It was Asher.

I was about to ask what he was doing here at this hour, but before the words could escape me, the Alpha King rushed into the room, closed the door, and then cornered me against the wall. His steel gray eyes bore into mine with intensity and his breath was hot against my face.

He smelled heavily like liquor.

“Are you drunk?” I asked as my body trembled.

He’simply stared back at me. “What do you care?”

Frustration bloomed within me and I broke eye contact for a moment to collect

myself.

“I don’t,” I blurted out bravely. “But consuming any bit of alcohol, especially in excess, will only further your disease-”

repeated back in a mocking tone and then he chuckled and stared back down at me. He

steadied himself against the wall and turned away

take me… so I could

again.”

that, could he? Was he really so willing to die, even when he had a family,

me and narrowed his eyes.

her. I can see it in your eyes, Ca ssandra. You know more than you’re letting on.

Intors

Collins, not right now. He was the Alpha King and he was giving an order

quietly. “All-of Wegalla knew of her.

anyone else. I keep finding you in the same places she lingered in, in

hadn’t been careful enough, it seemed. Asher was beyond suspicious of me and my recent actions, and his drunkenness had only furthered his boldness. I

I

I was trapped.

you care so much about her?” I shifted the subject from myself. “Coral Felix died five years ago.

off, ignoring half of my statement. My frustration grew exponentially, but before I could

struggled underneath him and tried to push him away, but Asher’s strength was far

quivered and my

King leaned in and kissed

whispered, and a chill ran through me.

begged timidly.

for a moment but maintained his

both terrifying and utterly sensual, and he lessened the space between us. “I can tell by your heartbeat and

by any means. I wanted him more than words. could express, but not like this, not when he was so inebriated and intense. This

wrong in so many ways.

kiss me again, but before he could press his lips against. mine,

my mommy

were curled into tiny fists

and headed toward Finnick, my cheeks heated

I assured him quietly when I reached

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