The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 36

Alexander

We finished up our training session and I walked back to our room at the far end of the West Wing slowly, thinking carefully about what I was going to say to Fiona.

I could not accuse her outright. But how could I even bring it up without accusing her? What was the first thing I could say to start the conversation? It seemed like a no-win situation.

opened and she came out.

k of a heavy shadow. And she was in a hurry.

I saw, to my surprise, an envelope in her hand. She hurried away, light-footed, and I followed her at a distance.

the man before she did, though I was far behind her. Fiona may have been a skilled fighter, but she had never seen battle. Had never known the need to be

to the dark figure instead.

dark, too. I could not go straight to our room. That’s where she was heading. I ducked around a corner and let her pass me by.

h an undeniable but unspeakable tension filling the room around us. I did not know what was going on inside Fiona’s head. But a whirlwind of thoughts, doubts, fears, and imagined scenarios was tearing around in

ght long.

over with messy hair and a dark stubble beard.

g where I was going with this.

?”

Shit…” he murmured under his breath. “Ugh, God, I’m so sorry Alexander.”

ow.

ns for me,” I said, and he nodded. “What was Nina doing here?”

sed by my question. “Fiona invited her over for breakfast yesterday, and I drove her here. I guess we, uh, just kind of lost track of time after that. I took her back home before pm training.”

us here for our morning workout.

t and passed it to Kayden. He may as well see it and know everything that I knew. My beta was not just my second in command, after all—Kayden was pretty much the only person in the world I felt certain I could t

th wide eyes.

ou seen it be

of shock. “No. What the hell is this? Is this real?”

he went to steal her panties.”

ter in his hand, back up to me, and then out at the distant spot where the events in question had taken place some twelve hours or so ago. My usually well-spoken friend was at a total loss for words.

need to figure out what the hell is going on, and

n passed the letter back to me and stood back, ready to liste

took the soldier who had found the letter aside to interview him on the subject one m

to do.

bvious guilt. But there was something off. I just could not place what it was.

nd,” I instructed him.

pleased with himself for remembering my line.

it up.”

odded respectfully then and did what I asked of him. Told me the story just the same as he had the night before. Only this time, he peppered in some additional, wholly unnecessary det

lone. Who was with you?”

We were out smoking in the parking lot. Went out to get a pack of cigarettes from my truck. We were walking back across the courtyard when we saw them.”

story somewhere. Something that did not make sense.

my displeasure.

not a pretty one.

letter to a shadowy figure the night before, following the exact instructions laid out by her father in his letter inviting her into a conspiracy against me.