The Alpha’s Little Rogue

Chapter 123

Caden’s POV

My eyelids feel like lead as I peel them open slowly. Blinking a few times for my eyes to get adjusted to the pitch- black room, I take in my surroundings and find Alessia asleep on a chair that is placed beside the bed.

My brows furrow in confusion. What is she doing in a chair when she’s meant to be in bed with me?

The confusion clears when the memories come crashing. I remember the blood, deaths, and cries. I also remember Jude sliding a blade into my chest.

Out of reflex, I reach for my chest and let out a whine when moving my arm makes a thousand tiny needles pierce through the skin.

they fall on the bed and me. They widen,

a laugh bubbling out of her as she runs her eyes over my face. “You’re really awake.” She cuddles my face as tears well up

strained with tension and fear. I don’t like it. My relationship with Alessia has never been awkward and it isn’t about

open. She steps back once, twice until the back of her knees hit the chair she was

breathes out, horror

off. She’s falling for it h o o k, line, and sinker. I’m just about to lay the final nail on the

u c k. Ok, so maybe

joke, Alessia,” I rush out, stretching out a hand for her and biting my lip to hold in a cry at the blinding pain that shoots up my arm. I’m just pulling your legs.

trick? Even if the injury had occurred on my head, I doubt it could have made me forget who Alessia is to me.

The traces of tears she had in her eyes are completely gone. With a battle cry, she advances towards me, punching me in the

bed and receiving her attacks. It’s so much