Chapter 146: "I love the way you make me feel"

Scarlett's pov

Roman drives us to one of the most expensive restaurants in town.

There is barely any traffic on the road so the ride is smooth and enjoyable. I tell Roman how I had a cousin that died suddenly when I was eighteen years old.

He was an Alpha. One of the rare few not born to Alpha parents. His father, my uncle was a beta and his mother was an omega.

His death broke them because he was so kind and nice for an Alpha. Alphas are usually self-obsessed pricks who think of nothing but themselves and their well-being.

Roman gives me a look at that but the smile on his face is undeniable.

I speak on how his body was never found but how his bed sprouted worms the night before. It freaked the whole pack out. Days later traces of his blood were found in the woods.

The pack shaman concluded that he had been cursed. Traces of magic were found all around the pack. In the woods, on his bed, I felt something I never felt during those years, and it was the loss of a loved one.

I believed