Alpha alec's redemption (Sadie) novel Chapter 273

I grunt and move toward the window, my eyes unfocused as I stare into the night. I don’t really want to talk.

“The full moon just ended, yet you seem to be in a foul mood,” Piper says behind me. “Shouldn’t you be on cloud nine after spending three whole days with Sadie?”

There’s a teasing lilt to her voice, but it doesn’t lift my mood.

“Piper,” I warn, turning away from the window and dropping onto a nearby chair.

“What? Things didn’t go as expected? I thought you’d be all loved-up right now, not sulking in your room.” She raises a brow. “Actually, you should be in Sadie’s room right now, you know… continuing where you left off. Talk to me—did something go wrong?”

“I’m not discussing this with you, Piper. Drop it,” I groan. The last person I want to talk to about what happened between me and Sadie is my little sister—who used to be her best friend.

“Come on,” she says with a roll of her eyes.

Despite my irritation, I silently thank the goddess. This—this—was the Piper I knew. The old Piper. The feisty, pushy, relentless version. And something inside me loosens at the familiarity.

“Seriously, Alec. Tell me what’s wrong,” she urges. “I know something’s wrong.”

I stay quiet, my eyes fixed on a stained patch in the carpet. Maybe if I stay quiet long enough, she’ll give up and leave. But then the words tumble out before I can stop them.

“Sadie told me Raven might have found a way around the spell,” I say, my voice raw.

She’d been so happy when she told me. So excited. And I couldn’t even pretend to be happy. Not when it felt like the ground had been ripped out from under me.

“Isn’t that… good news?” Piper asks carefully, breaking the silence.