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THE ALPHA'S CAPTIVE CHAPTER 74
Neither of them reacts for the longest second in history. Because I can't believe what just came out of my lips, my face has turned crimson red. I'm about to apologize when Jade and Dan break out in a roaring laugh."Well, angel," Jade says with a grin. "If you'd like a repeat, I'm game when you are."A repetition.A repetition would signal that I was staying. And if Darius finds me here...Simon's ripped throat rushes across my memory as his blood paints the hospital parking lot red. Jade's body may be at my feet. Or perhaps Dan's.My enjoyment has died. "He will kill you if he finds me here," I say quietly. "Don't think I'm not grateful you followed me. I am, but you have no idea what he is capable of. "I should go."Jade's smile doesn't waver, and when I return my attention to Dan, his face is unconcerned."Your job, Amanda," Dan adds softly, "is to heal." That's all there is to it.""I'm supposed to sit in this room and heal while Darius kills you?" My tone is tense due to a threa
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Jade leans in and grabs my hips with both hands. My heart is pounding against my chest so strongly that it aches. He and I both freeze. He stares at me for a long time, his gaze fixed on mine. "Angel?"I force my heart rate to return to normal. It's depressing how long it takes. I'm aware that Dan is watching me, possibly with the same amount of concern that Jade is.It's all right, it's just Jade. He will not harm you. There's no reason to panic simply because he moved a bit quicker than you expected.I nod after a long time. "I'm okay."He slowly raises me and places me on his lap. He takes the fork after settling me in. Dan walks around him, scooping up some of the buttery-looking scrambled eggs.I sigh as he presses it to my lips. "You don't have to continue feeding me. "My hands are no longer in pain."At least not enough to warrant noting.Jade's expression remains unchanged. "Open.""You're doing way too much for me," I complain."Open that pretty little mouth, angel." Jade's v
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Without saying anything further, he takes the cup off the counter, declines Dan's offer of breakfast, and walks to the kitchen door.He's almost there when I recall how much he wanted me gone. Jade and Dan were eager to assist me, but Finn insisted on my departure. He'd never let me remain if he realized how deadly Darius was."He's going to come after you," I declare.Finn comes to a standstill and tilts his head towards me, flashing me another emerald-green glare."Let him come."Is this still a dream since nothing feels real?"I thought you wanted me gone," I said.Silence.Suddenly, I see I'm not the only one holding their breath for Finn's response."I did," he admits.He then walks away.That'sit? Is that all he has to say?I cast a glance at his fast-vanishing back. "Did you say something to him, Dan?" I inquire, my attention riveted on the vacant doorway. "Because you shouldn't—""Nope. "That was Finn admitting he was wrong," snorts Jade. "The alpha way."A fork appears in my
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She slept through the night for the first time since we brought her home.It didn't seem to matter that she'd slept for the majority of the day after Jade had brought her into his bedroom. We didn't hear her scream or moan in pain, and the nightmares that had disturbed her every night had stopped. I don't think they're gone for good, but at least she had a nice night's sleep.She never mentioned her nightmares, which were presumably a big reason she slept so little in her room. According to Jade's choice yesterday morning, he'd chosen to do something about it.I run my fingers through my hair. "But you didn't need to do it like that."He looks up from his laptop and gives me a long stare. "How should I have done it, Dan?" "Oh, you poor sweet thing?" I stroked her hair back from her face."Jade."He shakes his head and returns his gaze to his laptop monitor. "She was about to snap." It's better that someone shoved her and we were there to catch her than that it happened while she was a
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I don't believe I'd mind becoming a shifter at moments like these. I'd have known where she was in the home and whether she was asleep or awake the moment I awoke. But then I recall Finn's years-long fight with his wolf and quickly dismiss the idea. That is not something I want to be a part of.I'm lying there, unsure what to do, when a gentle, feminine gasp yanks me off the bed.The hallway lights are turned off. What if Amanda tripped on her way down the stairs to get some water...?My feet are silent as I bolt from my bedroom, dash down the hall, and jolt to a halt.Because I was correct.Amanda had collapsed.She had to have done something for Finn to be holding her like that.I haven't seen Finn put his hands on a lady in three years. Nica. With all the blood pouring around her, she wouldn't have felt that last touch. But she was the last to arrive. Until now, that is.I feel as if I've walked into a photograph. Finn's hands grasp Amanda's upper arms. Her naked feet dangle behind
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Seeing the garden is suddenly the last thing on my mind. Crawling back into Jade's lap and having him feed me seemed to be a lot more enjoyable way to spend the morning. He appears to understand what I'm thinking based on the curvature of his lips.But, with Sam presumably staring at me and Jade and wondering what happened, I push myself to resist temptation.I anticipated him to treat me differently after I broke down and wept myself to sleep. I expected to treat him differently because he was the one who compelled me to speak. But he wasn't attempting to harm me. I'm not sure how I know it, but I do, and it feels weird to be furious at him when I've slept better in the previous few nights than I have since I woke up in the hospital."Finn is wandering around out there," Dan says as I move over to Sam, who is waiting for me at the doorway. "So it's safe."I turn to face him and grin. "Thanks, Dan."He returns my grin, and as usual, it makes me want to trust him.I'm still not sure wh
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I come to a standstill and then wonder why I'm stopping at all. "What did you not mean?" Because there are a couple of things you've said that I hope I could forget."I lock my eyes shut and fold my arms across my chest, biting my bottom lip in the hope that it would be enough to quiet any more remarks I should keep to myself.Why are you provoking a shifter that has previously attempted to murder you twice?"You're right," he acknowledges.If this is how an alpha's apology looks, it's deficient. Significantly deficient.Anger eats at my ankles, causing me to turn when I know the last thing I should do is face this alpha who wears costly fitted shirts, conceals his emotions behind a mask, and bears too much likeness toDarius for me to want to spend even a second with him.I fold my arms and push them against my chest like a shield, meeting his vivid green glare. He stands with his hands in his pockets, staring at me with those brilliantly bright eyes. "It's not what you said that irr
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"You still haven't told me what that is," Jade said earlier in the Cerberus. "Jade said..." I come to a halt because my mouth is too dry, so I swallow while I search for words that have chosen to forsake me.Dan waits with the same patient expression on his face.Then I realize what I'm up to. Or not doing anything.I'm sitting cross-legged on Dan's bed, wearing Jade's shirt, settling into a house that isn't mine and a life that can't be mine.Darius is likely to burst through the front door soon. He'll be bringing his pack with him. They'll rip Jade, Dan, and Finn apart, and he'll take me back.What exactly are you doing, Amanda? Why are you acting as if the threat has passed?I scoot to the edge of the bed, unwrap my legs, and set one foot on the floor, ready to rise. Dan arrives before I can, one moist hand clutching my right forearm as he lifts me to my feet.He refuses to let me go. "What do you want, Amanda?"I want to block my eyes, ears, and thoughts from anything awful for a
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