Michael was actually being kept inside of the house.A painful surge of emotion broke in my chest. I leaned back into Alexander’s chest but I turned away from him. Buried my face into the sheets and focused on settling my erratic heart rate.“Evelyn,” he started with a sense of urgency.“How could y
[Third-Person’s POV]Poor Alexander was certain he was going to give himself emotional whiplash. He’d gone from true panic over Evelyn’s panic attack that rendered her literally unconscious to now having every ounce of heat in his body directed to one specific place.His pants grew increasingly tigh
Much to her surprise and slight displeasure, he got up from the bed and made his way across the room. He placed himself down in one of the large Queen-Anne-style chairs. Evelyn’s brows furrowed.He crooked a finger toward her to come closer. Without a thought, she slid off the mattress and came to s
[Third-Person’s POV]“Are you hungover? You know the doctor informed you well in advance that you weren’t to drink while pregnant,” Leonard threw at his unhinged wife.He stared blankly at his wife as though she had finally lost her mind. Which wasn’t an uncommon occurrence in their home; however, t
As if that wasn’t hindering her mind enough, there was also no sign of whether or not her little trick on Evelyn actually panned out. On top of Alexander somehow disappearing, so did Evelyn and Michael. Not that she was thrilled about her annoying Stepdaughter showing up in the first place, but it w
[Third-Person’s POV]Alexander felt himself stuck at a crossroads of some sort.While he’d been patiently compiling all of the found evidence he intended to use against Michael in court, there was another issue that was due to rear its ugly head...Why hadn’t there been any public announcement over
“As soon as I got the motorcycle information, I sent out a few men around to search for it.”“Was it in a junkyard like the car was?” he asked.The Beta shook his head. “Shockingly enough, we traced it back to a local mechanic in town. He’s currently trying to restore it. We asked him if he knew any
[Evelyn’s POV]I tried to keep my anxiety down to a tolerable level as I followed closely behind Oliver. I couldn’t begin to imagine what the situation was that could possibly involve Edward. If everything was fine with his health and treatments, then what could possibly be so important that Alexand
“Yes,” Henry said.My brows lifted. “Really?”His low chuckle caused my cheeks to flush. “Yes, Evelyn, I would happily testify.”“Thank you,” I said graciously. “The requests for the warrants are currently being written up as we speak. I’ll keep you posted about the court date when the time arrives.
[Evelyn’s POV]I had to admit, I was very glad that I had given the idea of training a second chance. It offered me a feeling I never thought I could experience. Control. Balance. A deeper sense of self-confidence.After Alexander had made that unexpected appearance at the training tent, and after h
As time went on, Evelyn was beginning to feel irritably restless and exhausted. Alexander, on the other hand, felt the arousal in his lower abdomen grow stronger.When he had her by the waist, he couldn’t keep himself from pressing his nose into the inner curve of her neck. She smelt of sweat and fl
[Third-Person’s POV]Evelyn knew that look Alexander had on his face all too well. She’d become an expert in knowing what his interests were. For some reason, he really seemed to enjoy watching her more lethal side come out. It wasn’t until more recently, that Evelyn even realized that she had that
[Third-Person’s POV]Alexander was more than glad to know that Evelyn’s training had only managed to progress from that point on. Between hearing her own personal recounts of her sessions as well as checking in with either Erik or Thomas, he was satisfied.With one less thing pressing on his mind, A
Instead of helping him up, I actually reached down and snagged one of his ankles and, with all my strength, dragged me across the room. I heard the faint chuckles of Erik and Alexander as they watched this entire scene unfold.I’m sure it looked utterly ridiculous. Thomas was more than twice the siz
[Evelyn’s POV]I glanced at the mat on the floor but didn’t move an inch.I took a deep breath and slowly let it out. “Alexander, wherever it is that you’re planning, I’m not sure—”“Will you please just trust me?” he prompted.I clenched my jaw and, against my better judgment, moved over to the mat
That same, familiar pair of hands that had a high tendency to hold me close at night, came to wrap around my waist. My head tilted to the side as Alexander gathered most of my hair onto one of my shoulders.It was hard to believe that there was once a time when he and I weren’t like this. The though
[Evelyn’s POV]I really tried not to let the whole matter bother me. I was fairly sure that I wasn’t the only person to exist that wasn’t trainable. Still, I felt horrible knowing that I had wasted Erik and Thomas’ time.Every muscle and joint in my body was aching and for what? I couldn’t even say