Novel Palace
Chapter 7
Alpha Slade had taken me to his house after the frenzy of the people’s reactions had finally started to die down. Many of the guests I have barely known comforted me but I was in no state to acknowledge their condolences. Soon all the people left, bowing respectfully to Alpha Slade before exiting.
Zane was put in a bedroom where he would be able to heal but I was in the grand living room where it had been filled with grieving people just a while ago. I had tried not to let any tears get the best of me but hadn’t been very successful. I felt a big hand on my back, soothing me, trying to comfort but I didn’t react.
“You need to get some rest Alexia,” Alpha Slade’s voiced broke through my quiet sob. When I didn’t answer, he sighed and picked me up, gathering my legs with one arm and supporting my back with the other. He climbed the stairs and opened a door to the right, revealing a well-furnished room with a king sized bed smacked in the middle of the room.
“Please, try and sleep,” he said again, gently placing me on the right side of the bed. He tucked in the covers and I hated to admit but my snot started to smear on the rich fabric of the bed lining.
“I-I can’t sleep,” I said, but I had already felt sleep overcome me and without another mutter of a word, I slept, relieving my sorrow and lost for the next day.
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When I got up the next morning, two things happened. My eyes opened to an unfamiliar room and when I stretched my arms in opposite directions, attempting to stretch, I hit something… or someone.
I turned to look at my left side wondering what it was and screamed. I jumped out of bed when I found Alpha Slade sleeping next to me. He stirred by my loud disturbance and looked confused for a second until his eyes met mine. The sorrow in his eyes made me remember everything that had happened the night before. My parents.
“Alexia, please,” he said softly and got out of bed with only a light t-shirt and boxers. I backed up, calculating how fast I could get out of the room and make my escape. “Don’t,” he warned right when I made my attempt to escape but it was impossible when an Alpha with his huge ass muscles blocks you from running.
“Let me go,” I spat. I didn’t know why I was acting that way. He was the one who had taken me and Zane last night but maybe I just didn’t like the fact that he was my mate.
“I’ll let go if you’ll cooperate with me.” I tried recalculating any other escape routes but seeing that I didn’t know any of the house floorings, I gave up and retraced my steps back to the bed.
“This sucks,” I finally said after a minute of silence.
“I’m sorry for your loss,” he said, ignoring my comment. When I looked at him, he looked like he would rather die than to be in the room with me. I scowled. Why didn’t he just leave me and Zane with a pack member? I’m sure that would’ve been better for the both of us. “It’s ugly to scowl especially with that pretty face of yours. I’ll get one of the maids to bring you a set of clothes for you to change and then you can meet me downstairs.”
“Was it just me or did you try to compliment me?” I laughed bitterly at his comment about my face.
“I was simply telling you not to scowl like that. It’s not proper,” he said, his arms crossed, looking bored wishing he was elsewhere but here. He seriously needed an attitude change.
“I’ll do what I’ll like, thank you,” I said stubbornly.
“You will learn one of these days but for now I’ll let it pass,” he said coolly.
“There won’t be another day. Do you really expect me to stay here?” I scoffed. He wasn’t serious, was he?
“Of course you must stay. We are mated and we had a deal, did we not?” he said taken aback as if I had slapped him. “You have to keep your word.”Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.
“You didn’t save them,” I said quietly and choked on a big lump in my throat.
“If you didn’t make the deal, your brother would have been good as dead,” he said a little too harshly. I flinched at the thought. I had done it for Zane and I knew I couldn’t hold back on my word.
“I-I don’t want to be bitten yet,” I admitted. “I’m not ready.” Alpha Slade sighed. His eyes appeared to have dark circles from stress.
“Fine. But I can’t wait forever,” he said more softly. He looked at me with kindness and compassion that for a second, I thought he would say something nice but when he noticed me starting, he instantly went dropped back to his emotionless face. “I will expect you to be down soon,” he said and left me in the room alone.