The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 168
Alexander
Funny how time seems to move at different speeds when different things are happening.
The night of the attack on my father – those ten or twelve hours passed by in a flash.
about her father’s fate. I thought I was being gentle enough, understanding enough, when I broke the news to her, but… I was wrong about that.
some of the atrocious things her father had done to her. How he hurt and demeaned and tortured his own daughter. It was difficult to understand how she could still love the man, after all of that. But he
e. I’d wronged her badly, again, and worse than before.
en…
its pace once again when our baby
Alexis.
nto a slow motion daydream with her.
hild brought with her, too, the gift
first thing it did was repair our lost connection. I didn’t even know that I was sharing my internal world
o much like yours. It’
early morning. Fiona was feeding the baby. The two of them were bathed in sunlight falling in from the open window. It was a beauti
were exact duplicates of Fiona’s. Palest blue and cryst
by flutter her eyes closed, comforted and sleepy.
of Fiona to offer to name our girl after my mother. “Do you remember what your grandfather said, what he expected f
e of exasperation. “He kind of freaked me out. ‘That’s going to be a
s funny.”
ng I was about to deliver…”
boy?
” Fiona flicked her eyes up and down the length of me, saying – yes, a child
you remember what I told him?”
e more after me.”
. I’m glad.”
forward, but also shockingly demanding.
, and all I wanted to do was revel in it. Of course, the chores of parenting were also time-consuming, and the days seemed to just disappear, flying by too fast, while Fiona and I fed, changed, soothed, cradled, catered to, loved and obsessed over our baby.
nd Alexis.
iona and I s
ild. Discussed the situation with my father. Discussed what to do ab
peculated about Scarlet.
Fiona’s new gift, and how we mi
Fiona
enjoyed a challenge.
ntact.
f wall in my mind.
ound it infuriating to attempt.
er. I began to feel as though it would never happen. But then, one
ld feel another’s energy but not be overcome by it.
nged everything.
is gift, and to master it.
something.
time we touched. And also… curious.
ing and wondering about.”
den eyes at me. He’d just been tidying up the baby’s room after putting Alexis down for a nap. He shook his head, stifling a breathy chuckle, then ushered me into the bedroom and closed the nursery door b
see her and know she was okay.
e was.
y on top me, pinning me underneath him. I couldn’t help but giggle as he started sweetly rubbing his face against mine, kissing my cheeks and t
ssing and suckling on my neck and chest. And I practiced.
exercise. Touching me while I practiced holding up the wall.
his soft touches brought, and not…
t simply couldn’t be stopped. It didn’t flood through me like a tidal wave when I had the wall in place, though. Instead, I perceived Alexander’s desire for me like the sight of a dim glow; a red light was turned on behind a closed door, and spilling out from the doorframe’s edges. But I could keep the door closed, and stay inside my own mind and emotions.
at you were thinking about earlier. What is it?”
ushup over me, lowering his upper body steadily and planting a kiss on my lips before pushing back up and flopping ov
ions, do you think you’d be able to tell whether they were lying?”
going to do some investigating together, then. Collect some information.”
a lie detector?”
ctly.”
liked his idea. It seemed like a rather useful application for my talent, and I was excited to try it.
est in her. He may not love hearing me suggest that she might be lying or intentionally withholding information from him.
bly right.”