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Chapter 22: Breaking Through
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Adriana had a hard time looking at Rowan in the face the next morning.
After a very insistent Luna Marie had her come down for breakfast, Rowan was there at the table, looking tired and distant, as if he, too, was trying to forget what happened the night before.
What had come over her? She had planned on getting away from the pack, Rowan, and everything just a few minutes after Alaric had lured her to the forest. Then, somehow, they ended up... entangled.
"Is everything alright?" Luna Marie's eyes darted between Rowan and Adriana. "Your eggs will get cold."
"I have to go into the office." Rowan stood up abruptly, grabbed a loaf of bread, and began to head out of the kitchen.
"Rowan! Sit back down here this instant." Luna Marie said softly. There was no need for her to raise her voice. "I don't know what is going on between the two of you, but you need to sort it out. Make up your mind. And no one will go ANYWHERE until the two of
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Adriana hadn't seen that one coming. The next time Jaina lunged at her, though, she was ready. She ducked and extended her leg forward, spinning so quickly that she didn't even realize what she had done. In a second, Jaina fell back, ungracefully landing on her rear. "Good," Jaina said, giving Adriana a not so happy smile. "Your reflexes are quite fast." "I've never done that before," Adriana said honestly. "I've never fought anyone in my life." Because she was never able to. How many times had she wished she were able to punch Rhonda in the face, or at least push her away when she inflicted pain upon her? And Alpha Darien... he was so much bigger and stronger, which should have given him a clue that the punishments he inflicted on Adriana were much more painful... She pushed back the tears that threatened to gush out of her eyes. "I don't pretend to know what you've been through," Jaina said as she stood up.
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"What are you doing?" Rowan backed away from Stacy, pushing her back and making a conscious effort not to use too much strength. He hadn't intended for things to go like this. Stacy looked at him, taken aback by his reaction. "Aren't you happy to see me, too?" She smiled, edging closer to Rowan again. "It's been so long. I've missed you." Rowan backed away, all of a sudden feeling a tingling down his spine. He felt the faint scent of Adriana. But that couldn't be possible. She was with Jaina, right? "Stacy, this isn't the time and place to talk about this," Rowan eyed the omegas guarding the door, who looked straight ahead, pretending not to listen. "But I thought I made it clear when you left that we were no longer a thing." "But I'm back! We don't need to do the long-distance relationship thing anymore. I… decided studying was not for me. Life in the human world is dreadfully boring.” Her voice was as chirpy and fake as he remembered it. “No, we talked about this. I told you
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"Sorry. Alpha Rowan," Luke said, nodding towards Rowan. The tension in the air was almost palpable, and after a few seconds of a very strange standoff, Adria began to wiggle in Luke's arms."We're pretty much here. I can walk, really," she said, her eyes dashing between Rowan and Luke.There was clearly some history or bad blood between the two, and she didn't want to be in the middle of it. Luke looked like he was about to protest, but Rowan spoke first. "If he carried you here, then there must be a reason for it." Without so much as a warning, Adria felt Rowan's arms around her, gently picking her up from Luke's arms. "What happened?""It's just a small cut...""Let's go inside," Luke said, gesturing for them to enter the clinic. Adria hadn't even realized that they had already arrived. A nurse rushed toward them, and Luke promptly told him there was nothing to worry about as they navigated some hallways and reached an office with a bed. It was clearly Luke's; the walls were li
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