Married My Ex's Alpha Uncle by Aurora Starling

My nerves were getting the best of me, and I knew I wasn't going to be able to sleep tonight. I wondered if Elliot was sleeping right now; I wondered if he was thinking about me at all. I'm sure he was... I hoped he knew that I was doing everything I could to save him. His life was in danger, and I hated that I was so far away from him.

As the hours ticked by and the house grew deadly silent, I knew this was my chance to explore some other areas of the house. I wanted to find Scott's office and search around to see if maybe he was hiding the dagger in there.

I climbed out of bed and made my way out of the room, opening the door slowly so I wouldn't alert anyone that I was leaving my room. I could hardly hear anything in any of the rooms, which meant they had to have been sleeping. I wondered how many rooms were occupied and how many contained sleeping rogues. How many rogues were in each room?

I swallowed the lump in my throat and continued down the hallway. I found the stairway that led to the second floor; it was incredibly dark up there, but I always had good eyesight, so I was able to navigate my way up the stairs easily.

I wasn't sure where to even begin on finding his office. I didn't want to accidentally stumble upon someone else's bedroom. I wasn't sure how I'd be able to explain myself in that case. I started by pressing my ear to each door, trying to find any signs of life.

I could hear light breathing in one of the rooms and I figured someone was sleeping in there. I moved onto the next door, trying to be as quiet as humanly possible. There was snoring coming from that door.

Letting out the breath I had been holding, I moved on to the next door. I could hear some light talking and I realized I recognized my brother's voice. This was his bedroom? Was he awake? Upon hearing some more of his incoherent words, I realized he was sleep-talking.

I walked to the end of the hall and pressed my ear to the door. I waited with bated breath, trying to listen for any signs of anybody, but there was nothing but silence. I reached for the doorknob and turned it; the door was unlocked.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw a desk on the far side of the room along with some other office-type furniture. This had to be Scott's office.

if anyone walked out of their bedrooms and saw the light on, they would come and investigate. I was good at seeing in

walked over to the closet and opened the doors. I froze when I saw a safe attached

be where Scott

filled me; now

figure out the

Scott a

out different

adopted

first and it beeped at the failed attempt. I sighed and tried our combined birthday. It beeped again as

thought even harder,

many tries

to have

I couldn't risk Scott being alerted that someone was trying

birth parent's death; to my delight, it dinged,

the door open only to find that

entire heart fell deep into