A weekend with the Alpha novel Chapter 94

The books weren't mine, and I wasn't ready to take them, but Miss rude here believed they were and I had to take them, besides I wasn't going home empty-handed anymore. "Yes, can I get a bag for them at least?"

To that, she didn't object. She reached under the counter and pulled out the white shopping bag. She gathers the three books into the bag before giving them to me.

I forced myself to smile. "Thank you," I said and exited the bookstore, vowing to never return.

Diya already had tucked Zion into bed before I came home because I had stayed longer than I expected. I thanked her for her help for the day and though she told me to not thank her, I couldn't help it. She asked about my day, but I didn't want to think about how it went, especially towards the end.

I showered, changed and got my bag and then I picked the book titled Under the Red moon.

I knocked on Zion's door and entered, despite not hearing any response from his room. He was probably almost asleep at this point. I pulled to the bed and found him asleep. I had promised to read him to bed tonight, and I failed in keeping to that promise. He probably waited for me, but couldn't wait for long.

I sat down on the chair beside his bed and reached my hand out to stroke his face slowly.

I opened the book and on the first page had 'continued' written in italics and my eyes narrowed wondering what the continued meant. I flipped the second page open and began reading.

"After finding his mate and claiming her as his, the alpha moved to make it known under the crimson moon." Though I had a foggy mind while reading the first sentence, my mind put the words together to make sense.

This was a werewolf lore book just like the ones I've devoted myself to reading in the last week, but unlike those, this was a children's book.

I snapped it shut, got up, and hurried away from Zion's room. I entered mine and went through the three books I had gotten from the store and set them down on the bed.

The young lady didn't see any other person at the store but me.

I stared at the books with confused eyes and I picked the first book and despite already reading it before; I read it again. Following it sequentially made more sense and as I read the last line of the third book, I saw that these are the way of breaking the curse of power.

I reached for my phone on the nightstand and dialled Aaron's number, but he didn't answer, and I tried a few more times before giving up and setting my phone down.

These books held the answers we'd been looking for in the last few months, and despite them being in a blur, I knew in my heart that this was it.

The thoughts running through my head were wild, but somehow exhaustion took over me and my eyes slowly shut for the next minutes that followed.