Page 50 of Cruel Alpha Daddy

I want to believe her. I really do.

Fiona smiles at me, and there is a hopeful look in her eyes that I don’t understand. “It will all work out,” she reassures me, reaching out to hold my hand. “I promise, soon everything will be fine.”

I take my hand back, watching her closely.

Maybe she’s just upset about the situation and scared for the wounded men.

“How has it been with the women?” I ask.

She shakes her head a little. “I was only in the hall a few minutes earlier this morning. I was surprised to find out there are some women on Tobias’s side.”

“Really?” I sigh. “I didn’t expect that, either.”

She nods. “Just the other day, they were telling me they trust you to lead them into a new future. And this morning, Maddy told me that Tobias was the only one who could protect them if they truly want to settle here.”

“Tobias wants to go back to the fucking woods and take all the women with him in chains!” I yell. “I wouldn’t put it past him to murder the children once he’s gotten rid of any males who oppose him.”

“Some of them don’t believe that.”

“Even after they dragged you into the camp half-dead and threatened to do it to you?”

She sighs. “There is talk that I’m in on it somehow, that it’s related to your alliance with Bailey. Apparently, you’ll give the pack to Bae to keep me, and Tobias was trying to salvage the situation by stepping in. I really don’t know the details, though.”

“What a fucking mess.” I drum my fingers on the table, thinking. “I have no idea what to do next,” I admit. “Bailey could come down on my head any second now, and I can’t stop him. Meanwhile, Tobias is tearing the pack apart from the inside. I don’t know what to do to protect the pack.”

“You should get some rest,” Fiona says. “A few hours’ sleep would do you some good.”

I shake my head in protest, but a yawn cracks my face at the exact same time. Fiona smiles and pats my hand.

“See? Just lay down for a bit. It will help.”

“Okay,” I concede. “But wake me in an hour or so.”

“I will,” she says.

I let go of her hand and head to the bedroom, my head spinning. I feel like I’m too wound up to be able to sleep, butthe second I stretch out on the soft mattress, exhaustion washes over me, and I can’t keep my eyes open.

When I wake, I’m surprised to see that the sky is much darker.

Fiona let me sleep for hours!

I get up in a hurry, rushing out to the kitchen. Fiona is at the front of the house, peering out the window.

“Why did you let me sleep so long?”

“You needed it,” she replies without turning around.

“Now the others will be calling me a lazy prick, lying around sleeping while Tobias does good deeds,” I growl, heading to the front door.

“It will be alright,” she replies, her voice very low. “It will be.”

I pause by the door, watching her.

It’s like she’s waiting for something.

“Are you alright?” I ask for what feels like the millionth time. She turns to look at me, her eyes shimmering as if she’s about to cry.

She finally nods. “I’m just… very anxious.”

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