Sold To The Demon Alpha – Chapter 12

Roma’s POV

Why did I tell Aria about my father?

Remorse, the voice in my head whispered. You felt sorry for her. And guilty.

. Not even when she snuck into the West wing and faced the beast in me had I been this upset.

out at something as I replayed that look of hopelessness that she had given me in that house.

r father to pay his debt. But back then, even though she had been hurt by him, there was such fire in her eyes. Such defiance when she h

d continue to use her as his punching bag.

nstead of being angry, she had said it was not bad

no regard for her life

almost allowed me to kill her in my wing and had made her come back home only to get s

he was an abuser. It had made me want to shake her until she returned to her senses.

worked up over another who had also hurt her.

her head so that her neck wouldn’t hurt and just stared at her. Light brown hair fell over her faces in waves and she had a bit of freckles dusting her nose and below her eyes. Her bottom lip had a little bruise that told me she had bitten hard and it had bled

Pretty.

was beautiful.

in a way that one admired a white dress. With a fear that one touch could tarnish the entire

far from being clean.

rap my head around how this fragile little thing could be my mate. It was like offering a lamb to a lion.

e plan of the goddess but I needed to strengthen my guard now more than ever or Aria Ajello would slip through aIl of my defenses and it would b

a monster. And she was h

emoving a strand of hair from her face, I took a deep breath and dialed Raphael, sure t

ed medical attention.”

dy gotten under my skin after all.

s POV

ning to the driver’s seat and finding it empty, I looked around and saw that we were in the woods. How long had I slept for?

ed when my hand touched my cheek and remembered what had happened. Clutching the sketch pad to my chest, I took a deep brea

Aria?” Roma had yelled.

to anything.

have that…

nmoving you would think he was an object.

g just above the water.

want to destroy the peaceful silence that I had met.

ing out at the lake and I smiled innocently, opening my sketch pad.

this pl

is forest is where the pack territory begins. So wolves rarely come here, except the pack guards to check for intruders.”

ely on my book as he spoke, I didn’t realize he had stopped speaking until I was done drawing the lake and when I looked up, he wa

closed it, my face turning

s place.”

e. Later, I came here because it provided me solace.”

o tuck loose strands of my hair behind my ear and when I flinched as his hand grazed my cheek, his fa

And no one has the right to hurt you just because they can. Do you understand me, Aria?”

st never did but I nodded, feeling a weight leave my shoulders at his words and tears pool at my eyes.

shock and before I could reply, Roma stood and held out his hand.

your wounds and see the healer.”

side that was dangerous to my naive heart.