Page 84 of My Forbidden Alpha

Wow… with everything, I can’t believe neither of us contacted them.

“Yeah, perfectly fine. I guess it was a long journey and we just slept straight away,” I say, my stomach twisting with nerves when Elijah stands up and stretches. My eyes run over his muscular back.

Goddess, is he handsome.

“Scarlett? Is Elijah there?” Mama asks curiously.

“No. I just woke up, I was just checking the time,” I reply smoothly, daring not to look at him again. He smirks cockily as he opens his bag and I pray no one hears that.

“Ah, ok. Well honey, please be obedient. He is your future Alpha, keep that in mind and don’t make this trip hard on him,” Mama says, making me frown as Elijah gives a mock nod.

“Mama, if he’s a jerk I’m not going to bow down to him,” I say firmly, watching as she measures out flour.

“Scarlett! Like I said, respect and obey him. You may be his sister, but still. He was so sweet and mature to take you along on this trip. So please don’t make it hard for him.”

“Okay, Mama, I get it. Elijah is the perfect little alpha that I need to obey and never question. Got it. Can I go now? We need to head out and I need to get ready,” I say curtly. Both Mama and Elijah are annoying me.

“Okay, love you,” Mama says with a sigh of defeat. I hang up, tossing the phone onto my bed, making Elijah smirk.

“As she said, obey your Alpha. Wanna get down on your knees for me?” he teases as he approaches me.

“Fuck you, Elijah,” I growl, not in the mood.

“If that’s what you want,” he counters, about to get on the bed when I jump out of it, away from him. Grabbing a cushion, I throw it at him with full force, but he catches it. I shake my head, storming to the bathroom.

I am so done with Mama’s constant irritating remarks.

“You are such a jerk,” I mutter, glaring at the man who’s finding this all so bloody amusing.

“And you’re moody as fuck in the morning,” he remarks. I slam the bathroom door in response.

I stare into the mirror frowning. This is it. The day I face my demons.

My Secret

Indigo

Ifeel anxious. Every time Scarlett, the dumb witch, went parading into town and was stubborn about working there, I hated it. I don’t believe for a second thathewon’t ever find us and when he does, we are dead. He won’t take kindly to the betrayal of being lied to and deceived.

But Scarlett is selfish. She’ll go into town and one day someone will spot her. I try to stay low-key even when at school, when someone new joins I wonder if it’s someone who might recognise us. Someone who will tell him that we are alive.

It’s stressful as fuck. I trudge down the path to the private place that Scarlett had invaded and look at the rock.

It’s a blank rock… but it’s not just a rock.

Guilt rushes through me and I sit down, placing down my chocolate bar in front of it.

I know she can’t eat, but…

Sitting down beside the rock, I pull my legs to my chest remembering the day that Elijah stopped me from making the biggest mistakes of my life.

I have forgotten and blocked out a lot of my past but that day- that day returns with full vengeance. Right down to the smell ofblood and the freshly cut grass.

FIVE YEARS AGO

The distant sound of the lawn mower and the freshly cut grass is pleasant. The sun shines down rather harshly. It’s one of the rare hot days we get here.

“Come on, Indigo! Look at her, she’s an ugly little thing, she doesn’t belong here.” I watch as the boys from the older classes push and shove the disgusting rogue girl around. She’s a year younger than me, if that, although she looks younger. But I know she’s eight years old because of what class she’s in.

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