All Chapters of The Alpha King is Addicted to Me: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

(Bria POV)When I wake up, the first thing I see is Aiden’s emerald gaze, studying me intently. “How are you feeling?” I ask and he grimaces. “Embarrassed that you saw me in that condition.”I reach out carefully to touch his face. I’m not sure how angry he still is at me. “You don’t need to feel that way. I hurt you and I’m so sorry.” He leans his forehead against mine, closing his eyes in pain. “You made a mistake, Bria. I made a choice. You’re not responsible for that.”I’m strangely turned on by him taking responsibility for his own actions. “I think that’s a choice we’ve all made at one time or another in the hopes that it will numb our pain,” I tell him honestly. He doesn’t look convinced, but he refrains from arguing. “You’re being very kind,” he says softly. “You’re my mate, I hate hurting you,” I respond. His pupils flare before shrinking down again.I’m surprised, and more than a little disappointed, that he hasn’t tried to kiss me yet. I’ve been craving him sorely since our

(Bria POV) As much as I want Aiden, my thoughts still wander to thoughts of tomorrow. What if he doesn’t see what’s really there? It’s the best opportunity I’ll get to try and free those women. If Aiden doesn’t help me, I’ll be forced to call in Raul and Vesper. Showing my hand and proving to him that I’ve been conspiring behind his back.I’m suddenly aware of air on my lips, where moments ago there’d been soft skin and warm breath. “I don’t fucking believe it!” Aiden snarls. “You’re thinking about him again, aren’t you?”“No! I’m sorry, I was thinking about tomorrow. Worrying about what we’ll see in the garden. I’m not thinking about Raul. I’ve never once thought about him while we were being intimate. Aiden, you knock my feet out from under me when you touch me. I swear, there’s no space for anyone else when we’re together.”He’s still glowering. “Right, I’m so incredible you completely forget you’re busy kissing me and zone out. That’s very convincing, Bria.” My temper is startin

(Bria POV) I keep expecting Aiden to knock on the door, but the sun moves across the sky and there’s no sign of him. There isn’t all that much time left before we have to go to his mother’s garden, so I figure I’d best go and find him.If he’d only taken me back to his bed last night, we could have spent the morning languishing in each other’s arms. I wince when I consider what would happen if Raul pops into my mind while I’m making love to Aiden. Perhaps it’s best that he took me to my own room.My heart sinks when I find him passed out with his head on his desk, a glass of whiskey clutched in his hand again. Why does he keep doing this? I’d rather have dealt with a mind link from Raul while being held in Aiden’s arms, than see him this way.Does Adrienne have something to do with this? Maybe he drinks to escape the grip she has on his mind. Maybe she forces him to drink in order to keep him off-balance. Maybe, maybe, maybe. I have no way of knowing and he’d only deny any culpabilit

(Bria POV)“See, love, there are only beautiful flowers here,” Aiden tells me with a hopeful smile. I see the tension around his eyes, caused by fear that I’ll insist that there’s a nightmare scape in front of me.Hope flickers and dies in my chest and I force myself to smile. “I see,” I tell him quietly, loitering in front of the despicable tree stump for a few more moments. “What do you call those flowers?” I ask in a whisper-quiet voice, not wanting to disturb the women if it can be avoided.He stares for so long that I nearly rekindle that tiny spark, but then he shakes his head ruefully. “I’m not sure. They remind me of forget-me-nots, but they’re not exactly the same.” The irony sets gooseflesh popping out along my arms.Even without Adrienne here, Aiden can’t see past the illusion she planted in his mind. It just about kills me to do it, but I mind link with Raul and tell him to bring his people in.“I’m glad I’ve been able to set your mind at ease about mother’s garden,” Aiden

(Aiden POV)My life has not only been turned upside down, but shaken about like one of those little snow globes, and I’m still waiting to see where all the pieces are going to land. Since the moment I found Briana I’ve been on a runaway train, with no control over where I go next.She’s still unconscious and I’m horrorstuck every time I think about what would have happened if she hadn’t been right next to me when she was shot. My eyes opened just in time to see her standing protectively in front of me, before keeling over with an arrow in her heart.Mother insists her guards had been acting out of fear for my safety, but I didn’t see anyone but her and I no longer believe anything she says.My thoughts are haunted day and night by what I saw in that endless second before I was knocked out. First Bria’s betrayal froze me to the spot and then I saw the horror she’d been telling me was there. All those women I’d rejected, imprisoned in a nightmare tree stump in mother’s garden.I can’t s