Alpha Kian And His Captive Mate novel Chapter 40

As if he would care about my opinion. I would love to move back because my home was really close to there.

"Where are we going?" Rachel left the car for the driver to take care of and took me through a different building.

"Thought of saying hello to Adalyn. She'll be going back to her pack with her dad in a few hours."

My fears about being caught returned. Everywhere I went, it felt like Tiana was following me. She was sitting on the study chair next to Adalyn's bed and drinking some lemonade iced tea with her.

"Hello, guys! I brought you some mini donuts from the coffee place we went to." Rachel handed a brown bag to her while Adalyn's eyes met mine.

"You...!" She was hyperventilating and shivering like a leaf.

"Dell, relax. This is Riley. She's a fri---"

Adalyn dropped the donuts on the floor, jumped out of her bed screaming, and ran out the door facing the woods before I understood what happened.

Fuck! Don't tell me I jogged all her memories back.

There wasn't a day I regretted walking her and Sadie to their deaths. "Matters of the heart" would have been far less complicated if she had become the Luna, forcing Kian to reject me and let me go along with my revenge plans without feeling like a terrible person.

Rachel dismissed Adalyn's behavior when all she could talk about was gibberish. I sighed in relief again. Ignoring Tiana's conspiracy theories about how I killed Adalyn's wolf, I walked back to my room, feeling flustered about the fast approaching night.

With four men guarding my door, I wasn't sure how to get out of the building. And now Adalyn was back, making me look very suspicious. I should stay locked in my room as Kian wanted me to. Could have avoided the fight with Tiana and her loud mouth, telling everyone I wanted to kill her and Adalyn. It won't be too long before Kian puts the two and two together.

It was a cloudy night, with the moon hidden most of the time. Should still be plenty to energize my stone.

After dinner, I told Eric I would like to spend the night with their Alpha and walked towards Kian's room. He would think I don't have an ounce of shame if I went to meet him. So I took my dagger to look like I was mad at him. I just needed enough time to get the bodyguards off my back.

Opening the door loud enough to wake him up in case he had fallen asleep, I walked to the bed to watch his sleeping face before raising the dagger. There were talks about Adalyn becoming his Luna soon. He would naturally assume I was mad at him, especially after how he deprived me of the delicious quail last night.

"Let go of me!" I struggled under his hot shirtless body, pretending to be surprised that he caught me. He looked at my dagger mockingly.

I got up instantly, pushing him away. I was such an idiot to have forgotten why I came here.

"Lend me your shirt!"

He huffed out a laugh and pulled me close. Lying on his back and straddling me over him, he pushed a stray lock of my hair and looked into my eyes. I was too lost in his eyes and the way they looked at me. Leaning in, I wanted to kiss him before leaving, but my pendant took a peek at the worst time possible.

"What is this? Doesn't look like a moonstone."

I told him it was nothing special and hid it completely under the blanket I had wrapped around me. He refused to let me go.

"You don't know how many times I walked past your room last night. Please sleep here, just for tonight."

I buried myself in his arms and lied quietly on his shoulder. His kisses were so sweet and he meant every word he said and a lot more. He had missed me more than I ever imagined, and he wasn't sure how long he could go on without giving in completely.

I closed my eyes, unable to handle his thoughts.