Mated To The Cold Hearted Alpha – Chapter 96
Leander
Hycinth was gone…
Ever didn’t have to confirm it with words. His haggard expression, hard lines etching his face, deep brown eyes glistening with agony, told me all I needed to know. He stood inside the door of the study, rigid and unmoving, looking at me like he’d just been sucker punched.
ng…
uate at the moment. I’d known Ever my entire life. He was my best friend. He knew absolutely everything about me, good, bad and ugly. I didn’t have to speak for him to hear the unspoken question on my lips: What the f**k do I
usly had
. “F**k. Leander, I…” his voice hitched, “I’m…sorry.”
e. Unfortunately, I’d drank so much in the last hour, my brain was floating about in my head. Not exactly conducive to intellectual thought.
hand.
of his eyes-my pain was a kick-in-your-a*s reminder of his own.
e room, Ever sank into one of t
recious pack was still in one piece?”
t have been a good idea for me to talk to Hycinth.”
with him there. Eyes unfocused, I stared at nothing.
e right…he didn’t know they remained.”
iated but not too intoxicated to make sure I didn’t drop the only thing that mattered anymore-the bottle of liquid destruction clenched tightly in my hand. Light reflected off of the amber fluid inside.
re body trembling with anger.
he made no move to release the glass shards from his closed fist, too stunned by my revelation.
blackness mirroring his rage. “Are you sure?”
ed around and tore through the open doorway. Hate so strong, his intention radiated through the mind link, “Destroy her!”
nd I raced after the enraged Wolf. As much as I hated Hycinth at tha
asn’t sure I could stop my homicidal father.
iving space, he headed toward the front door. Realizing the doors were shut, there was only one step of hesitation before he veered off course and threw his massive body through the window!
rained force.
F**k!
maintain my function.
he sniffed the air in several directions and then began to paw the earth in frustration.
the ground.
y.
up dirt and dust beneath his feet.
r tried again. “I’m so f*****g sorry for what happened with Isabelle and your…” his words choked off, emotion making it unable for him to speak. He swallowed thickly and waited while my father continued his rampage over the grass and into the nearby flower gard
erked from the ground by powerful canines, his big head shaking the offending plant life
I just sat there, unable to get up, tears coursing down my cheeks for his pain…and mine.
rn Wolf collapsed to his haunches. Snout reaching toward the sky, he let out a heart-wrenching howl.
ared me. If I released him now, I didn’t know what he would do.
to run it off.
r dropped to the ground across from me, resting his elbo
rt and to the point.
damn thing left.”
gh gritted teeth, “Don
he bond cloud my judgment. I saw what I desperately wanted to see-a beautiful soul with a caring spirit.
things…
…she never could b
is phone. Thumbs briskly dancing across the surface, he stared intently at t
h that bitch,” I muttered, my words slurring.
like then?”
estion. I wouldn’t like any of them…because liking something implied I cared, and I truly didn’t a
re…
hing.