Alpha’s Hybrid Cinderella – Chapter 78
“Hello, Mr. Jonah. I hope I caught you at a good time. Do you have a moment to speak, or should I come back later?”
My voice was level and my face calm, but inside, I was trembling like a newborn fawn. On the steps of this quaint house in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by beautiful acreage filled with fountains, flowers, and birds, I had come face to face with the mysterious man who was Alena’s good Samaritan.
He was lanky, worn. Perfectly groomed black hair, a sophisticated face, and although he wore an unassuming tweed suit, it somehow made him look even more formal and elegant. He reminded me of some of the professors at Scarlet University, and I had to resist calling him sir like a schoolgirl.
too, was quiet and controlled. “Yes, you are Claudia Scarlet. Come in. I’v
ed him I could take care of myself. Not to mention that now that I could mind-link, even if it wasn’t yet as strong as an ordinary werewolf’s mind-linking, I could call to him for help if anything happened.
had somehow conveyed what sort of person he was. A good man, reserved but honest when he spoke.
ould have come here the same night if I could, but giving the man time to decompress and prepare had seemed appropriate.
Less than two hours from the private care facility by car, and half that time was simply because the roads into the countryside were so rough that Ken and I had had to drive at thirty miles an hour. If at any time he wished, t
hadn’t. For a year and a half, he simply… kept watch from afar. T
e sat in his living room. Bookshelves stocked full surrounded us, an impressive library d
Please, ask.”
launch into a monologue, even invited. I cleared my throat.
what your connection is to Alena? How did you come to know he
ck. Almost twenty years ago when he turned eighteen, our father presented him with a ‘gift’ to commemorate his entrance into adulthood. That gift was actually an ‘exotic’ slave he purchased at auction hundre
e somber.
ldren if I stepped out of line. I compromised my humanity for short-term safety.”
r loved ones?”
ather. I was so used to it from childhood on that he trained me to obedience. If I were a better man, I would have figured out some plan to get them all to safety and sneak them away from
e train? As a stowaway?”
he products they were transporting are typically heavy, and her weight would only make the container feel as if it was of normal weight like the others. She’s very small, as you know. Quite like you. Not to mention she was malnourished at the time. She probably only weighed a little over ninety pounds.”
d?”
reless. Because Jeremy never posted anyone to escort the cargo, since that would only attract attention from the authorities, I assumed this time would be the same. But it wasn’t. There was someone in that train car, a guard to make sure this special shipment made it to its destination intact. Alena didn’t know this either. When she climbed out of the false bottom, the guard ca
d. Crime-rich cities in particular had barely any consequences at all for something like transporting drugs.
ut of the public hospital and brought here, and since she fell into a coma as a result of her injuries, the authorities gave up questioning her. By the time she came out of it, it was months later, and they had more important cases to purs
ppened to your family? Did
covered whose it was. We all had ours, after all. But now that I’m older, I have considerable assets to call my own, and I broke off from the pack with my family. They live in this city as well, far from Jeremy. It’s not an easy life being unaffiliated with a pack, and now we’re looked at as little better than disloyal rogues unwanted by everyone, but it’s not a bad life. No more luxuries afforded to the mistress household, but Jeremy always tormented us in any
na is grate
But I would like to see her again. Isn’t that selfish of me?”
“And I think she would selfishly like th