The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 200

Alexander

I brought my coffee cup to my lips, sipping mindlessly While continuing to stare forward at the computer screen. The surprise of the cup being empty snapped me out of my state of hyper-focus.

I set the empty mug down on the desk and glanced at the time. It was almost five a.m.

d my eyes, then blinked them a bunch, while turning my neck to one side then the other, and then stretching and cracking my back. I paced over to the picture window and stared out into distance, at the shadowy outline of the forest and the indigo sky above it.

laxed and refocused, I grabbed a bottle of water, chugged it and returned to work.

ew minutes later when I spotted

y heart started pounding.

the middle of millions of other little mounds of red rocks.

.

by intelligent hands, lain in a deliberate pattern that unsuccessfully tried to mimic the true chaos of undisturbed nature.

” I heard mysel

d that I worked.

entrances to the vampires’ nest? After just four hours of working on this on my own?

all around, circling the room, walking the perimeter of it like

hinkin

get his a*s over here.

to do.

Fiona

cup of coffee that I’d prepared ahead of her arrival, at her request.

m her, asking if I was up. Usually, early mornings were the one time of day when my night-owl friend actually seemed to sleep.

be awakened.”

sunrise pouring in through the window. I held the baby on my lap, bouncing my knee intermittently to ke

st not be doing many, or any, shows recently.”

weeks off.”

hat was a personal question, but Nina and I were like family. And I wanted to make sure that all the babysitting I was asking of her lately wasn’t causing any difficulty

d have a good chunk set aside. I won’t ‘have to’ go back

the timeaway?”

“yikes” expression. “They’repissed, actually. But..” She shrugged. “They’ll have me back in a heartb

f pressure.”

d out the window with a dreamy look on her face.

ly. After she finished the last of her coffee, she finally did continue.

eeling like this.

me. Sometimes I just feel tired. These are only thoughts, Fi. You and lil’ b-” She pointed at Lexi with her eyes- “You two are the most important people in the world to me.’You are my family. I’d never run out on you.”

er talking like this.

know you have worked hard on your craft. And you are really amazing at it. I mean, it scares the hell o

ually made money, back when I first started dancing for work. But I’ve got a big stage now and a cool act on the hoop. All that I

the attention. But other times I worry it’s gotten a l

Is this because of Kayd

den?”

as weird about it?”

eyes. “What do you mean, weird?

something to you? Did Kayden say someth

again.

at he calleda full-blown alter ego.’

ah, we are very different people.”

clear answers.

t her life in general, it seemed. She was just waiting for the skies to settle on their own. Waiting to see where the wind would carry her.