Of course, I should have known that my bravery would be a fleeting thing. By the time that I managed to get to the Alphas' bedroom door, I had already chickened out of doing what I was supposed to be doing. Just because I was still standing here, and I wasn't going back downstairs, did not mean that there was still some kind of magical chance that I would open the door and go inside. Maybe I would. At least, that was what I was telling myself. Maybe I was braver than I thought I was, and I just needed a moment more before I would be able to do what I needed to do. I took a final, deep breath, telling myself that it was going to be now or never. I couldn't just stand here and talk to myself, and try to convince myself that this wasn't necessary. Because it was. I doubted that I would have come all the way up the stairs, risking being caught by my father, just for something that wasn't necessary. And for a moment, it was as if
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