The Alpha’s Little Rogue

Chapter 9
Caden’s POV.
She is here.
I’m more surprised than anything. This is the first time since she arrived that she is out of her room and socializing.
It doesn’t look as if she wants to be here but at least she is present and talking to someone.
“You may bore a hole into the side of her head if you keep staring at her like that,” Raphael says beside me, drawing my attention away from Alessia eating her plate of spaghetti.
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“I wasn’t staring.” I deny the accusation and focus back on my plate.
“Sure you weren’t,” he ribs, a s h i t- as s-eating grin on his face.
I choose to simply ignore him. He gets his pleasure when he sees he’s riling me up. I wasn’t going to give him that satisfaction.
“What are you two talking about?” Alex asks as he settles into the other seat beside me with his newly filled plate in his hand. “What did I miss?”
Great, now I have the two of them to annoy me.
Just Caden staring at his pretty little mate, Raphael’s mind links to Alex and me, more than happy to fill Alex in on the topic of the conversation.

I hold my remark at his choice of words used to describe Alessia. Doing that would just make their day.
“Oh, realllly, “Alex drawls out like the a s s h o l e that he is as he looks over at where his mate and mine are chatting away. ‘Scarlett told me that she was going to try and befriend her. Seems she made it work,” he announces with a smile on his face.
I wasn’t surprised that he told Scarlett about the true identity of Alessia. Those two never kept anything from each other and I would never ask him to hide something away from his mate.
“Why would she want to do that?” I ask, genuinely curious and slightly thankful for the gesture. Why I was grateful to her for trying to get Alessia out of her shell is something I wasn’t willing to think about.
“She noticed Alessia wasn’t coming out of her room. Said it wasn’t healthy for someone to be closed in all day and declared to fix it,” he explains, turning his gaze away from the ladies and digging into his food.
Sounded like something Scarlett would do. Once that minx got something stuck in her head, she went for it without another thought. It was one of the reasons why Alex was so crazy about her. It is also a trait that I appreciate at the moment. Alessia needs someone like her.
I decide to share an ounce of the problems weighing on me.
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Chapter 9
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‘Do either of know of an Alpha that has a daughter or immediate relative that went missing? I mind link to Alex and Raphael.
If Alessia has a wolf of that size then she is definitely related to an Alpha but I haven’t heard of any Alpha with a missing family member. I was short of ideas and didn’t know what other explanation to come up with. Sure, Alessia and I were going to straighten things out later but in the meantime, my mind couldn’t help but cat away at my inside.
‘No, I haven’t heard of anything of that sort, Alex answer.
‘Same here. It’s Raphael this time. “Why do you ask? Did something happen at a pack in the region?”
I try not to let their answers dampen my mood. I was going to get the real answers later tonight anyways. I just have to pace myself.
‘No reason. I know they wouldn’t believe my vague reply but I wasn’t ready to share anything with them when I didn’t have all the facts yet. When I figure out what the hell was happening, then I’ll relay it to them but for now, it was better they were kept in the dark.
After dinner, I make my way up to my office to wait out the hours left for me to go to Alessia’s room.
Besides not wanting to come off as an impatient brute, I also didn’t want to risk the chance of someone. seeing me entering her room. Our already sketchy excuse wouldn’t be able to get us out of that situation.
So I wait at my desk, doing mini-tasks to help keep me preoccupied.
Once the clock’s hand hits eleven, I’m off my desk and heading for Alessia’s room.
I scout out the premises before placing two swift knocks on her door. I half expected her to be fast asleep but as soon as I place the second knock, the door flies open to show a fully awake Alessia.