Page 45 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 1

I didn’t miss how he called Alejandro by his name. They must be friends or something.

Darien paused and I knew he was being mind linked.

"Well, I got to go, some business has come up… Have fun." He said, pulling Serena into his arms and kissing her before he rushed off.

"I had hoped Uncle would spend time with us." Raihana spoke quietly but we all heard.

"Dad told you not to expect too much." Rayhan said.

"Want to go to the pack hall?" Serena suggested, I could tell she wanted to cheer her up.

"What’s that?" Raven asked.

"Oh, somewhere the members who are off duty spend their time and chill. It's like a five in one. Bar, arcade, cinema, diner and a lounge."

"That’s interesting and different." I said as she led the way past the apartment blocks and over to a huge building.

The pack ground was huge, although it lacked that homely touch that we would see back home with young pups running around or the occasional garden outside certain houses, it was still an impressive pack. He even had a pack crest. Damn…

I smiled as I looked at it; two wolves, ready to attack, a moon with a crown between them and three claws running across the entire crest. I ran my finger over it and smiled. I had seen this same crest somewhere else... but I couldn't place where I had. It was beautiful…

"Alpha designed that." Serena added.

I turned and looked at her, realising the other three had gone inside already.

"It’s impressive." I said. I looked at her and she was watching me curiously. "Anything on my face?" I gave her a smile.

"Sorry, it’s just… Darien and I were, let’s just say, we were shocked when he said he was having guests… Then he stated to have the room next to his ready..." She laughed lightly and I felt my stomach flip. Was she implying he was treating me good, differently?

"Oh, don’t think much of it, he’s a meanie." I said making a face. She smiled.

"Meanie is not a word anyone would use to describe him…. He’s ruthless, cold-hearted and brutal, but a good king." She whispered, her smile was now gone. She shook her head, looking guilty as if she had said too much. "For him to even get angry over Carmen’s comment says a lot…"

"Really?" I asked. My heart was buzzing but I tried not to let it get to me.

"Mmm." She nodded fervently "Carmen is one of his closest comrades and if he got offended with her words… That speaks volumes."

Our eyes met and I simply gave a small shrug.

"I don’t know what you’re assuming… But there’s nothing between us." I blushed, thinking it wasn’t a lie.

"Oh, I know." She said, looking sheepish. "I just... It's strange…"

We didn’t say more on the topic but I wasn’t able to brush her words off completely.

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The pack hall was everything one could want. There were wolves of all ages there, all bulging with muscles and littered with scars. I had to admit they were all pretty sexy, but none matched up to Alejandro. I could see the ones who were marked and the ones who weren’t. Females with strong muscles also mixed in with the males... some even put my toned body to shame. I could tell which ones had trained from a young age here and which ones were mated to a wolf of the pack just by their builds.

"Rayhan look!" Raihana said as she tossed three darts at the board, hitting the bull’s-eye.

Someone cheered for her and she did a mock bow.

"The Alpha wanted me to show you to the hospital. I almost forgot, that was meant to be our last spot!" Serena said suddenly. I looked around at the others enjoying themselves.

‘Greg, Harry, stay here. I’m just going to visit the hospital. You both have got to admit - I'm safe here.’ I said through the pack link. They exchanged looks before Greg gave me a curt nod.

‘Take care of yourself and if anything happens, link us.’

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