Page 66 of Her Cruel Alpha

Henrik’s arms tightened around me, and I felt safe. I thought I had lost him. The darkness had engulfed him, and I was so scared that he was going to die. We saw what it could do, and I didn’t want to lose him. I couldn’t lose him.

But it wasn’t darkness this time. It was a bright light, almost like a tail light blaring at us. I winced at it, trying to cover my eyes.

And suddenly, there was a man in front of us on his knees. I could feel anger and hatred seeping out of him. A smaller body was lying in front of him, around the size of a child. The man’s shoulders shook like he was crying, and I couldn’t see much of whoever was standing in front of him.

I tightened my hold on Henrik, wondering if he was seeing what I was seeing. It was almost like we were watching someone's memory playing out. The bright light remained, but it was dimmed.

I tilted my head, watching the man hardly move now. The emotion that came off him almost made me sick. It was so strong. It was like someone had punched me in the gut with these emotions.

“Who are you?” I asked, wanting to know who he was. Was he the man who was doing all of this? And if so, what had happened to make him feel this emotion? Who was he kneeling in front of? How long ago had all of this happened?

I pulled at Henrik’s arms, but his hold on me only tightened. “I’m not letting go,” he said softly.

I looked at him, and his eyes were trained on me. Did he not see the man? Did he not feel the emotions?

I looked back at the figure, trying to put it all together. But I didn’t know much. I didn’t know anything about the man besides that he was clearly angry. My guess was it had something to do with the child in front of him.

My stomach dipped. Was the child dead? I hadn’t seen any movement from the child.

“Henrik,” I glanced at him, placing my hand on my stomach. A swarm of emotions filled me. I hoped to never feel whatever this man was feeling.

Henrik held me tighter, and I looked back at the man. I watched him bend down, placing his head on the child's chest. My heart twisted up violently as I saw red.

As quickly as the light hit us, it disappeared just as quickly. One moment, I was staring at the man, trying to piece it together, and the next, I was staring at our house. I took a soft breath in and looked at Henrik. He was looking at the house as well before his eyes came back to me.

“You…saw?” I asked softly. Please tell me he saw everything as well.

He nodded his head, his arms around tightened. “Yeah. I saw.”

So, we both saw this figure. It wasn’t just me.

“Who was that?” I asked.

“No idea. I don’t recall anything like that.”

“Oh my god!” Sam ran up, wrapping her arms around Henrik and me. “You guys are alive! Are either of you hurt?” Sam leaned back, grabbed my face, and looked me over. She then moved over to Henrik, doing the same thing. “Are you guys sure you're okay? Are either of you having a hard time breathing? Do you need anything?”

Henrik nodded at Sam. “We’re okay. We’re both fine.”

Sam took a breath before she punched Henrik in the shoulder. Anger filled her face. “You asshole! Do you have any idea how worried I was! I thought I had lost you! When you are told to stay inside, you stay inside!”

Everything had happened so quickly. I discovered the injured guys in the lab. Calling Sam in a panic and telling her how the line with Henrik just ended. The pit bottomed out in my gut when it happened. I knew something had happened. I could feel it.

I drove like a madwoman across town trying to get to him. I was so scared I had lost him, and I couldn’t. I had so much I still wanted to tell him and the baby. We still had so much life together to live.

I had arrived at the house and found that the darkness had surrounded Henrik and most of his vehicle. Sam and Jay arrived soon after me. He walked over, reaching an arm up, and gripped his shoulder.

“Don’t scare me like that ever again,” Jay said, shaking his head. “I don’t think I have ever seen your sister so terrified in her life, and I don’t want to again.”

Henrik gave him a smile in return.

Police cars were blocking most of the street, and there was an ambulance to check Henrik over and make sure he was okay. The Council quickly demanded everyone's attention, wanting all the alphas to come to them to discuss the matter. We ended up having to head over to the Council’s building.

I stood next to Henrik, my fingers tightly wrapped around his as we stood with the rest of the Alphas, including Sam, sitting in a chair, looking exhausted.

“We need you to think about this,” Ralph said, shaking his head. “It’s fresh in your mind. What happened at the lab?”

My mind felt like it was a mess and no matter how hard I wanted to, I couldn’t get through it all. Everything happened so fast that I wasn’t even sure what fully happened. One minute I was walking into the lab, and the next I was frantically trying to find someone. I found a couple of guys unconscious. I was making phone calls and everything was blurry.

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