A weekend with the Alpha novel Chapter 52

I couldn't sleep. I was awake until midnight, restless and thinking. Dinner came just as Aaron promised and it was delicious. I ate in my room and a few hours later; I retired to bed, but didn't sleep. Countless and never leaving thoughts clouded my mind, and it was none other than leaving and finding safety and sanity away from all of this. I felt stuck and needed an escape from everything.

I wanted protection more than anything, but at what cost? Losing it all to Aaron? First, I'd lose Zion and then my senses. Was it worth it?

I sat up in bed and ran my hand over my face, wanting to step out but knowing the door may be locked. After sitting and staring at it, I took my chances. I moved to the door and turned its knob. It opened, to my surprise, and wasting no time, I stepped out.

The hallway had no light, and I did not know where my legs were taking me, but I didn't stop walking. I couldn't remember the path Zion and I went through yesterday when we took a walk, but I wanted to get out, get air or something.

I paused on my step when I saw a figure standing before me not so far away, and my heart skipped a beat. I hated not being able to tell who exactly it was because the Harts brothers had almost the same body built and the only way to differentiate were their voices and faces. However, this one before me hasn't spoken and so I couldn't tell.

I was still deep in my thought when I saw his eyes glow a shade of red in the dark and my heart clenched in my chest, but I told myself it had to be Aaron. So far, he's been the only one whose eyes glowed red. The figure approached and his movement didn't look like that of Aaron. I would know. I had kept my eyes of hate on him since I came here, and I'd watched him move a few times. Whoever it was, his movement felt less dominating. Yet it terrified me to not know who it was. Despite this, I didn't move back or try to run away. I stood with my feet glued to the floor, though my heart skipped in fear.

He transformed into a big black wolf with scary eyes, terrifying in his stand. This had to be a dream, I told myself. There was no way a human would become a wolf, but that was what just happened before me, and I wasn't hallucinating. This was what being a werewolf was, and I was still in denial because I'd never seen it live.

He growled and climbed onto the wall to the left and my stomach dropped when he ran swiftly over the walls as if it was nothing, his claws digging into the walls and creating a crack in them. He landed in front of me and the terrifying growl leaving his mouth caused goosebumps to erupt over my skin. Thank God for an empty bladder or I would have peed myself from shock.

"You know what? You are no fun, brother." Damor replied and the next moment his glowing red eyes disappeared, "She's human. She needs to know what we are about. You can't hide her away from it forever." he wore the trousers and pulled the shirt over his head while I tried to not look at him.

"She's under my protection, and that means you do not get to scare her or lay a hand on her."

He grunted under his breath, clearly not liking the terms Aaron had just set before him. "Again, no fun. With the pace you're going, I see why you won't live as long as our ancestors did." he pointed out before turning to face me and he must have smiled because I saw his perfect teeth on full display.