Page 176 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 2

Why Selene…? Why did you do this? I pushed open the door and walked up the stairs with a heavy heart. Why did we have to lose our strength? The one who was the shield for us all. We needed him. Kiara needed him; his son needed him.

Why didn’t he get a chance at his happy ending?

I pushed open the door to the bedroom, taking a deep breath, bracing myself to look at the body of my best friend. Someone I still could not believe was gone… I looked up slowly and my breath hitched.

My heart thudded as I stared at the room before me, the setting sun cast warm light through the room, illuminating the bed. The bed that we had left Alejandro in. A bed that was now empty.

125. Two Choices

ALEJANDRO

Nothing.

I couldn’t feel anything or hear anything. Not even my heartbeat. Nor could I sense if it was hot or cold. There was darkness around me, yet at the same time, I couldn’t see it. It was just… emptiness.

The pain that had consumed me was gone. I had been stuck in this state for so long that I had no idea how much time had passed. Was I dead? I had felt the agonising pain and then my life slipping from my grasp.

The last thing I remembered was Kiara’s scream of anguish. I had failed her. I left her when she needed me the most. I once thought I’d destroy the world for her, but then I realised I needed to create somewhere safe for her. For our pup.

At times, when I felt the darkness consume me, something would tug me back, leaving me suspended in this emptiness. But now… I was getting pulled into the depths of the darkness that I was always teetering at the edge of.

A sudden dazzling light made me close my eyes, raising my arm to shield them from the brightness. Taking a moment to adjust from the darkness that I had grown so accustomed to. I looked around, only to be surrounded by a white light. It was bright, yet it wasn’t painful on the eye.

Where the fuck am I?

"You’re exactly where I want you." An ethereal voice that sounded pretty goddamn soothing spoke.

I looked around as I sat up slowly. How the fuck did she hear me?

"Because here… I can see and feel everything."

I turned and frowned when I saw the glowing outline of a woman, but somehow looking at her directly just hurt the eyes. I looked away but from what I could tell, she looked about seven feet tall. Wearing pure white, her hair as long and as white as her dress. Maybe I was losing it, this shit wasn’t real.

She laughed softly and the sound felt like it was in my head.

"But of course, I am." She whispered softly, it felt like she was right next to me.

I stepped away, glaring at her.

"Stay the fuck away from me. Where the fuck am I?" I growled.

I felt my irritation growing when she simply laughed softly. Something about her voice held so much power… and it was then I realised she wasn’t human…

"As I said, you are where I want you to be… in other words, we are at the crossroads between the human realm and that of the afterlife."

"Yeah, like I’m going to believe that shit." I snapped crossing my arm.

I looked around but all I could see was the bright light, and the mist or clouds that drifted around. It seemed it was only that mist that covered my junk. The fuck was this?

"You really are a stubborn one. Walk with me." Her command was absolute, and although I sure as fuck wanted to ignore her, I couldn’t. Finding myself walking beside her.

"Are you going to fucking share why I’m in this shit show of a dream or whatever the fuck this is?"

"You are smart, Alejandro. Do I need to repeat myself more than once?"

I frowned. Like I’m going to believe that this shit was some fucking meeting between life and death.

"Believe it or not, it is the truth." She stated.

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