“Am I a monster?”
Cleopatra’s POV
“What have I done?”
My mind was racing as I looked around the scene in front of me. I tried to remember but it was like I had a blackout. My head was spinning as I tried to piece together what just happened.
Did I really kill the people that my Alpha sent? People that were supposed to be my allies?
A cold dread settled in my heart and a wave of nausea washed over me. What would Alpha Kane say when he finds out about this?
“Alpha Williams,” I managed to say, and he stopped stroking my hair. “I…I don’t know what happened…did I do this?”
A long, chilling silence enveloped us confirming my fears. It was only broken off when Renee stepped forward.
“We found how they came, Alpha,” she said and looked at me briefly, a look I can’t decipher in her eyes.
Does she think I’m a monster?
“The tunnels,” Alpha Williams muttered before Renee could say anything. She nodded and he sighed.
“The entrance to the tunnel can only be opened from inside, the question is, who let them in?” Alpha Willaims growled, his voice dangerously low.
At least Renee won’t suspect that I have any part to play in this.
“Let’s go get you all cleaned up,” Alpha Williams whispered and carried me bridal style. I mean I did kill half of the intruders, so.
“Arrange for these rats to be discarded. Bring Abel and the rest to my office as soon as possible,” he said to Renee and took me up to his room.
He’s always taking me up to his room anytime something happens. I smiled at the thought but pushed it away as soon as it came. Slowly, Alpha Williams is going to let his guard down around me and that is what I’m aiming for.
We got to his room and he lowered me into the bathtub. “Can you wash up yourself?” he asked calmly and I chuckled.
“Of course,” I replied and he nodded.
I took off my shirt before he left and I smiled softly at the look in his eyes. He looked like he would give anything to join me in the bath. But I didn’t offer.
“See you later?” I asked and he grunted before leaving.
As soon as he left, my heart resumed racing. What am I going to tell Alpha Kane? That I lost control? It wasn’t really my fault but I know he would blame me. I flinched at the thought of telling him what happened. Just then, my phone rang and I jumped up in shock.
Uh-oh. Has the news gotten to him already?
I quickly rinsed my body and came out of the bath with a towel wrapped around my body. I could hear my heart beating fast as I reached for the phone. I shut my eyes, picked it up and braced myself for the scolding.
“Hi Cleo!”
“Alex?” I replied, surprised and looked at the name of the caller. I breathed out a sigh of relief and fell onto the bed.
“Woah, why are you sounding shocked? I told you I was gonna call today, remember?”
“Today? Umm-today? What’s today?” I asked, obviously distracted.
I could hear the disappointment in his voice when he whispered ‘oh’. I totally forgot about Alex while I was caught up in all that has happened to me in the past few days.
“We were supposed to hang out tonight remember?” he said in a voice laced with disappointment and hurt.
“Oh yeah! That’s right,” I replied, remembering what we talked about and the promise I made before leaving his house that night.
“Uhm…so,” I stammered, trying to find a better way to tell him I can’t make it.
“It’s fine Cleo. You sound distracted, maybe something happened. We should move it to another day?” he suggested and my heart broke. I knew he was looking forward to tonight.
“I’m not making any promise right now, but I’ll see if I can come tonight,” I replied and he screamed a ‘yes!’ in excitement. I can literally picture him throwing his fist in the air.
“It’s not a promise, Alex,”
“I know but it’s still something. If I don’t see you, at least I know you tried,” he replied and I chuckled. We talked for a while and then we hung up.
I got up from the bed and left for my room. I should get dressed if I want to leave tonight. I got to my room and went straight to the wardrobe. Something on my bed caught my attention and I went closer to examine what it was.
It was a bottle, wrapped in a white plastic bag. I picked it up and remembered what it was. The vial I told Beta Jack I wanted. I looked around the room, my eyes scanning the corners. Do we have another spy here? I thought to myself.
Like a crazy addict, I opened the bottle and drank from it, the crappy taste making my tongue burn. I quickly took some water from the vanity table and washed the taste off my mouth. I covered the rest and hid it.
After a while of searching for something to wear, my eyes landed on a casual short. I matched it with a tiny top and a leather jacket. Whatever it is Alpha Kane has in that bottle worked like magic.
I felt like my old self again.
I placed the outfit on the bed and started undressing. Just then, the door swung open with a force and I rushed to cover my body with a blanket.
Alpha Willaims was looming by the doorway, his eyes frantic until they landed on mine.
“What the fuck is going on?” I half screamed in shock.
He let out a sigh as he walked in and shut the door behind him.
“God I thought something had happened to you again when I didn’t find you in my room. I thought maybe you zoned out and you’re dangling on the roof this time, I was about…,” he paused when he saw the outfit on the bed and that I’m naked, except for the blanket.
“Wait, where are you going? What’s happening?” he asked carefully.
“I’m going to see Alex,” I said excitedly, before thinking things through.
He grabbed my neck and pinned me to the wall in one swift move, the softness in his eyes earlier replaced with anger and jealousy?
“What did you just say?” he growled.
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