The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 199

Alexander

I heard Fiona’s voice when I opened the door. She was reading a nursery rhyme to the baby, speaking in a songlike cadence, her voice just above a whisper.

Wishing not to interrupt, I quietly closed the bedroom door behind me, removed my shoes and jacket and crept in to the adjoining room.

e asleep already.

dic voice until she had recited the whole thing through to the end.

quietest of whispers. “That was beautiful.”

are.

t-so over the back of the chair, I opened my arms to Fiona a

a computer screen and studying thousands of nearly-identical images of rocks and boulders, had my eyes and mind feeling in need of rest.

fect little girl while holding in my arms and breathing in the scent of my perfect, loving wife.

pite never expecting it.

ere gone and who would be forever changed by the loss of their loved one.

n too many. But hundreds of werewolves were perishing on my watch, and every one of them had à family that loved them like I lo

nd pulled away from my embrace.

ed up at me with an unreadable expr

whether I intended to or not.

y quietly.

ed, sat down and pulled me close.

ed thinking about all the families of all these victims. How scared and worried and devastated they must be.”

ep breath.

stress you out.”

she said calmly. “Actually, I have a

Fiona

on?”

.”

with one leg folded in front of him and the other o

hen I

ple days. It’s not like I want to keep anything a secret from you. I am just used to doing this. My whole life, I was trained to keep my feelings inside. I practiced it for so many years, it now just seems to be my nature. It’s l

But I keep my own feelings tightly locked away. Until they force their way out in the form of nightmares or blackouts…”

tle kiss on the lips. “Fiona, please stop beating yourself up for that.

I did the same thing. It is only with you, and because of you, that I can now be open and

ng his scent. “I know,” I muttered, suddenly feeling sleepy and comforted.

ngs? Just telling Alex the truth, just speaking of my fears aloud…

ieved in this moment indeed.

could let go of a white-knuckle grip I didn’t even realize I had been holding.

to the sensation of a big hand stroking

t greedy and anxious, like it wanted more…

that roving hand and squeezed it.

Alexander lit up with energy. He pulled our bodies close together-thisclose-pressing skin to skin and spooning me tightly. His lips hovered over my ear. He was already breathing heavily, and his body was stiff with des

ike this was intense,

apped his tongue over my ear. My

odd angle and our mouths tangled into a rough, sloppy kiss.

second. And then it did.

e last kiss on my neck, rolled out of bed, threw some sweatpants on and headed into the nursery.

he baby back down. I turned my bedside lamp on when he closed the door behind him.

ou couldn’t sleep, huh?” I whisper

s body over mine in a push-up position, and r

uestion.

hat’s keeping you up?

e I can help.”

roll

ed to be working on?”

re nests out in the valley near that casino.”

ight with Kayden.

u can’t sleep

ing you at night, Fi.”