Alpha's Possession by Jessica Hall

Chapter 72

Harlow POV

I was awoken by one of their phones ringing loudly. I had a wicked hangover, and the room’s brightness burned my eyes as I squinted up at the ceiling, My eyes widened, and I sat up abruptly, half in a panic that I would find myself locked in the den. Relief washes over me when find myself back at the Hotel

“Yeah, we know. We are on our way.” I hear Rhen tell presumably Thane. Raidon comes out of the bathroom, trying to fix his tie.

“Here,” I tell him, tossing my legs over the side of the bed while ignoring the nausea that bubbled in my empty stomach and had me wanting to run to the bathroom just to be safe.

Raidon wanders over to me, yanking the tie off, and I stand on my tippy toes to quickly fix it for him while his hands move to my hips.

“How are you feeling?” he asks.

“Fine.” I tell him, though my neck stung when memories of that woman came to my mind. Tears tried to brim at remembering her scent all over them and then seeing her. I knew it was foolish with what I was planning on doing on Friday so I could get out of the city, yet at the same time.

Thane has made it clear he doesn’t want me, and he has overall pull when it comes to ranking in the pack. I knew it. They knew it. Waiting for him to come around was foolish. He wouldn’t give me the time of day to even explain. And as much as they claim to be by my side, ! could feel their disbelief. I felt their distrust of me, so it was pointless.

to my forehead. He steps away, grabbing his phone from the charger and wallet

“Where is Leon?”

tells me. Why didn’t he feed on me, then? Was

could have fed,” I began to

to a rising feeling in my throat as I ran for

all but groaned into the

not sounding the slightest bit as sick as I felt. Yet Thane never paid me for the few weeks I did, and

pay for the cab.

i hopped out and rummaged around for anything half decent to wear though I would borrow one of the uniforms when I got

and raid the till to pay for the fare. I wondered

front of the strip club, though, and I climb out. I glance around and tug my hood up over my head. I usually wasn’t here this late and hated the idea of being seen in case it got

work on time. Afternoons are the same, or parents doing school runs, yet at this hour, it was mainly shoppers taking

by the foyer doors, I knew that my face was being splashed over every paper and the scene caused was talk of the city this morning, so I was kind of thankful for the

eyes move to the side when I see movement and Alpha Jake steps out from the alley up the side of the strip joint. My heart rate

and