All Chapters of Running With His Heir: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

— Viktor Morgenstar —My eyes open to darkness, but unlike every other day I’ve had in this world, I am buzzing with something else inside of me. Something that was almost like… excitement.I haven’t felt this in a very long time. In mere seconds, I am up from my bed and out of this tomb, straight to the bathroom to wash up. I pass by the dark black curtains, making sure to slide them open to let the brightness of the moon light seep into my cave.Once I turn the shower on, the hot water instantly relaxes every muscle in my body and I find myself unable to think of anything else, but… her.Last night, after I had let Leia go to get some rest (much to my diswant), I tried to focus on my other duties for the night, but even when I was going around the Pack grounds for surveillance and other things, my mind still kept going back to her.It still did not seem possible to me that she was real and she was right in front of me. Hell, she had been around me this whole time and I had no idea.

— Leia Steele —There must certainly have been a moment where I blacked out, because the next thing I know, the Dark Alpha is looking at me smolderingly with his eyes completely focused on me. I gulped. “Are you feeling alright, Darkling?”Darkling, he says. It’s like the combination of the words ‘dark’ and ‘darling’. It’s an odd thing to be called, but for some reason, every time he does it, my heart skips a little. I nodded my head slowly and he squeezed my hand even more in what seemed like acknowledgement. I’m all sorts of nervous and bewilderness at this point, but I tried my best not to let it show. Unfortunately, I know I’m doing a terrible job at it, because this whole situation immediately brings me back to last night and how he may or may not have touched more than just my hand. My cheeks flare at the thought of what we did, and I began to wonder if I should bring it up, but the fear of it actually not being real stops me.What the hell would he say if it turns out that

— Viktor Morgenstar —There’s a sense of energy crawling up in my spine. It’s strong… getting even stronger by the second. And I know exactly what it is as it is staring straight at me. Eyes with nothing but black, not an inch of any other color to be found. Heartbeat thumping loudly. Breathing deep and calculated.It’s her.Or rather, it’s my Little Darkling. She’s come out to play and oh, how I love a good game in the night. “Fuck me, huh?” I said with an amused scoff before pushing myself back up. Christ, she did a number on my back when she punched me against the tree. I could feel the scratches and bits of blood dripping behind me, but I could give less of a fuck. I would heal in seconds, but this, this is exactly what I’ve been waiting for. For her to finally feel the shadow and at the same time, not black out from its power. This was her actual first lesson. I needed her to find her anger within so that it could release the Shadow holed up inside. “You… you asked for it…”

— Leia Steele —Things are somehow a blur, but at the same time, I am aware of everything that happened.From the time the Dark Alpha appeared in the forest, to when he made me angry, to when we did… those things, to the rogues he and his Beta and Gamma fought with, and finally… to when I fought with one.All of it happened so fast, but the pieces were complete in my head and remembering it gave me a horrible migraine.I let out a drawn out groan as I adjusted myself onto the bathtub, my back against the marble, and my knees drawn to my chest, as the warm water flowed around me.“Are you alright there?” The question comes from the man on the other side of the curtain.It was Viktor, and for a second I had almost forgotten he had been here this whole time, but then I remembered earlier and how, for some reason, I had asked him to stay.Oddly enough, being close to him soothed something in me, and after what happened, I desperately needed a good soothing.”Y— yes… I’m alright. Just… I fe

— Leia Steele —I laid on the silky sheets for what seemed like hours thinking of reasons as to why he would have been in a rush, but try as I might, I couldn’t come up with anything that made sense to me. Eventually, I felt my body start to feel fatigued and just when I thought there was no way I could fall asleep in this situation, I passed out in seconds.The next morning, I woke up with the smell of bacon, eggs, and waffles. I thought I was dreaming and I felt my mouth already salivating, but then someone spoke up.“I can see your drool from here, Steele.” What the hell?! Okay, definitely not a dream then! Somehow, it just never is one around here recently. My eyes shoot open and I am greeted by Beta Calypso leaning against the door frame with a plate of said food. I quickly swiped my mouth with the back of my palm, cleared my throat, and acted as if he just didn’t see all of that. “Um… good morning?” I told him before looking behind me to verify if the sun was still up.“Aft