Alpha's Possession by Jessica Hall

Chapter 40

This rundown apartment building had never crossed my path in all my years of living in this city. After I had pulled up to the front of the apartment building, I double-checked the address. Surely this was not the correct place? It looked as if it was one busted window from being declared condemned.

What Omega would live here? They were territorial creatures and knew the value of their dens, yet when I peered around this place, she seemed to live in a dump and I found it hard to believe she lived here.

Even so, the address was the right one. Climbing out of my car, I locked it before walking over to the door and looking at the different buzzers. I looked for hers when I saw one saying management. When I pressed the buzzer, a woman’s voice screeched back at me before I could react.

“Who is it?” she snapped before coughing.

“I’m looking for the owner or manager,” I answered.

“For fuck’s sake.” She said in a snarling tone before hitting the buzzer to let me inside. As I yanked the door open and stepped inside the room, my nose wrinkled in disgust at the foul stench emanating from the place.

The wallpaper was peeling, and the lights flickered when I heard a door creak. A woman emerged from the shadows with a bat in her hand and a scowl on her face. She walked toward me, not looking impressed about having a late-night visitor.

“And what the fuck are you looking for me for?” she snarled before she stopped. She glanced me over before propping her bat on her shoulder.

“I think you’re on the wrong side of the city, alpha,” she says,

“I am here looking for someone, actually. Her name is Zara. Her address is listed here,” the woman groans.

had pulled

to find any information I can on her. I was wondering if I could look through

weeks ago, but all her crap is up there still; I haven’t found a new tenant yet,” the woman

to, then?” I asked her, and the woman rolled her

of my other tenants saw her sleeping behind the old plaza

when she had nowhere else to go, in the middle of winter and in a city,” I asked, outraged. It was dangerous being homeless here, more so if you’re an omega. I didn’t believe this place was safe

to pay, and Zara owed me over four thousand dollars in rent and utilities,” she snapped, stopping by a door that looked at busted as the

always offering her a damn job. The girl was too shy to take him up on it,” the woman curses, and I wondered if she was talking about the same Tal. I knew one person who went

“Tal?” I asked curiously.

Z? She worked for Tal! I tried to wrap my mind around that information. I didn’t know if I was furious at Zara over that information or Tal or the fact

because ZI knew was a virgin and if Z was Zara? Well, that would explain the allure we had to her. Now it made sense why we all went into a rut over her. She was

door to her for a bit. They must have had a falling out,” the woman told me, pushing the door open. As I stepped into the room, I saw nothing

is it?” I asked, walking through the place. I glanced over my shoulder at

Chapter 40

small bedroom that was next to the living room. That was just

in front of the woman. “What

nodded, glancing around one last time. I couldn’t picture anyone living here, let alone an Omega; it made me itchy just standing in this dilapidated

for a second as if she was debating whether on not to answer. Finally, she sighed and rubbed her eyes as if tired. It was pretty late now, and I knew I had woken her because she was wearing blue

sort of woman that paraded around with rollers in her