Promised To The Alpha Twins – Chapter 32

Laughter spilled from my lips in waves, and I realized I hadn’t truly laughed in a long time. Axel sat in his seat, a perplexed look forming on his face as he watched me. It was comforting to know that mental deterioration ran in the family, but it didn’t give me much hope for the future. My erratic laughter subsided, and I took a few deep breaths.

“Look, Axel,” I laughed, placing my hand over my mouth to stifle another wave of laughter. “I think you need help, which means I definitely need help too.”

“Sussan…” Confusion formed on Axel’s face. Did he really think I would believe that? Werewolves? He rips me from my life and confesses that there’s a world of magical creatures?

fantasy. You work, people screw you over, you try to survive, and then you die.

ider this.”

nt up to my room.

ing a couple of times to make sure the door was secu

. I made a long playlist of music in my mind and went through each song, one by one.

shower and gotten ready for bed. I slept well into t

tion that I now didn’t feel like fulfilling, or rather felt I shouldn’t fulfill because Friday was just around the corner, and one more day or one less wouldn’t make a difference.

ove all, I didn’t want to deal with Axel’s madness and his fantasies about being some

you want me to talk to him,” I said to Gea when it was becoming truly exasperating. “That way, you’ll feed my madness, and you’

t satisfy her; instead, it enraged her and made her more intense.

aring it could be Axel who, after a few more glasses of liquor, had decided to barge into my room. Then I realized that he, as the owner of the house,

the thought of that possibility, but I quickly realized I was being too paranoid, courtesy of living under the

something?”

know how she knew I was awake, but it reassu

us as abandoning a newborn daughter.

hing else, so I assumed I could have opened the door without any risk.

eing suspicious,” said Gea. “I would have liked to try that stew too.”

o? And you get hungry?” I replied.

don’t know because you haven’t decided to liste

,” I protested after regretting having provoked her to speak again.

ock on my cellphone and saw that it was 1:24 a.m. If it wasn’t Maggie again, it had to be Axel, and I approached the door prepared to rage at him. Sensing that presence behind the door still lingered without revealing themselves, I decided to open it. I was met with an angry fac

expression on her face spoiled her features. Despite the early hour of the morning, she was well-dressed, just like her mother. Both of them dressed as if they were about to step onto a runway at any moment.

w what it’s like

ng about me. Axel ignored me for seventeen years; I didn’t even have a shadow for her to live in.

ave no idea what you’re talking about,” I looked at her intently, expressionless. It wasn’t my fault that she had i

er lip curled back in a wild grimace.

mocked. “What a shitty Luna you would be. You shouldn’t even exist. Pathetic. You’re nothing but a damn half-breed.” Stacy’s words were confusing, yet they felt like a slap in the face.

rling obscenities in my mind. I could feel her pushing at the edges of my head, almost as if sh

anted. I don’t even want to be here in the first place.” I slammed the door in her face. By that point, I could at least thank Stacy for killing my appetite because the smell of the stew tortured me again. My stomach growled in protest, but I could hardly feel it. My mind

customed to ignoring it at this point. I didn’t even look up as the knocks continued. I sat in a large chair by the window, with a forgotten book res

like,” Gea complained, rolling her eyes.

orried that we’re already becoming one of them,” I sighed, rubbing my temples. “I understand, you’ve been through some s**t,” Gea snorted. “But you can’t keep shutting peop

mugged and almost raped.”

silent as the sound of a door opening filled my room. My head turned toward the source. Axel stood behind m

g aura around him gave him that feeling of superiority, while his suits gave him the appearance of a great leader.

ocked yourself in

ing me?” I scoffed. “Leave me alone, let me go back to Lia, disappear from my life again.”

but I didn’t care. I had been an adult woman for so long, taking care of myself, that I deserved a moment of immature selfishness.

n.”

ago. Axel was relatively handsome, with a full head of hair and a sharp jawline.

need details,” I shook my head,

Axel paused, his

nless you have a

of s**t!” I interrupted.

terrifying, and yet I wasn’t.

le Axel stood threateningly over us. Axel didn’t seem surprised that we weren’t cowering in fear. His e

om.”

a never tried to raise me, avoiding that catastrophe. Axel was clearly playing the role of the concerned father, the idea made me shudder.

l.”

chool or I’ll drag you and the rest of my family back to my pack,” Axel growled, his thick arms crossed over his chest.

ored his last word, knowing it definitely had somet

an six months.”

stern. “I’ve been taking care of some business.”

k my head, “I’ll leave the day I turn eighteen.”

, “Stacy mentioned something about a Luna.”

cy.

aid you shouldn’t have existed.” I looked at him before returning my gaze to the window. “Would you mind explaining that?”

inished.

otten her pregnant just before meeting Annabeth.”

eive love and adoration in his words. I had thought Annabeth was a b***h, but Axel’s words held so much love for that woman that it made me feel guilty for what I had thought of her.

anywhere. Why Lia never loved me and why Axel stayed away.

we want.”

nning my escape that very night.

window. “But I don’t want anything to do with your pack or your life.”