Alpha’s Hybrid Cinderella – Chapter 61
I couldn’t remember falling asleep, but I must have dozed off, the sensation of Evan’s warm chest against mine filling my senses and removing all the rest of my awareness. But I did dream, somewhat. On the boundary of wakefulness and sleep, Cassiel appeared, my beautiful white wolf.
“You look so happy today,” I teased as she came to lick at my cheek. Her tail hung low but waved from side to side, betraying her joy with grace. “And you’re all better now. You’ve thrown off the last of the slump.”
It affects us more than it does others, she reminded me as she sat on the grass. A breeze drifted by, rustling her fur and my hair. We should be careful. Who knows what will happen if we breathe in that poison again?
t us. But you’re right. The doctor not only at that safe house but the ones here cleared us, but we weren’t feeling like ourselves for days after. Evan and the Deltas who were at the manor all said they felt norm
g else.
t?”
tracize us, too? We have never belonged anywhere.
ber? Of course the other slaves never warmed up to us when I was always separated from them.”
much warmth. I was sleeping, but I could see through your eyes when you were hurt, when you were scared, when you were sad and lonely. And I understood more
u trying to say
remembered while we’ve been staying here. I’m restless, I think a lot when I have nothing
s haunted something buried inside me I couldn’t quite dig up. She was right. The human adults living on t
round, and instead of looking upon my werewolf half with distrust, they had tried to comfort me. It hadn’t mattered to them that I was Kris’s daughter because they knew it was a burden, not some privilege.
ide between the other slaves and me even before Kris, Elly, and Maria began to resist the idea of me getting close to the other humans.
assiel spoke of, the strange vulnerability I had t
e minutes together, until the dream world faded
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n stroking my hair and caressing my forehead. He had propped himself up on his elbow so he
You’ve only been out for an hour.”
ed you pretty goo
ssing…”
ing? After all this time? I guess we have to practice more to work that out
n the door with an emergency to announce, and I would have to dive toward the wall to hide from them.
verything in the world. I almost faltered when Evan’s smile faded, but when he spoke, it wasn’t to coax me into making love again.
hing to me in the entire world. You know that, right?
I’ve known forever but I didn’t want to admit it for too long. And then w
e bashful happiness.
, Evan.”
new you were the one I loved. I knew you were the one I wanted. But I almost lost my chance to tell you that I was ready to let everything else go. It’s not a sacrifice, Claudia. I don’t need more power, I don’t need to search for anyone else. I have you. You’re
e made the moment better, but I don’t want to miss my chance…”
p and wrapped my arms around him as he leaned over me.
nt it anyway. There might be someone out there you could meet one day and wonder if you made the right choice, and…”
hat you’re doing now?”
osted down to my chest.
ed to search for anyone else. I don’t need anyone but you. Once this is all over and I make everything right, I want to make a new life with you. I want to be yours, and I want you to be mine. Claudia, will you marry me?”
uch a good thing couldn’t possibly exist?
ery part, just like I was ready to give myself to him?
on’t.”
es. Of course my an
completely.