Second Thoughts After Divorce

Chapter 13

Rose’s POV

I cringed at the booming thunder and rain hitting against the glass of my window… I always did hate it when it thundered…

1 grip the duvet to my body for comfort, shivering slightly at the overall atmosphere of the night. Of course inside… destroyed!

e the weather had to match how I feel on the

Ruth had brought me up dinner, which I surprisingly wasn’t in the mood to eat tonight which was weird considering I loved every meal I had gotten from here so far, but I just didn’t feel right.

After what had happened with Alpha Ashton, I just couldn’t shift the nauseous feeling in the pit of my stomach. I seriously must have repulsed him after the kiss…

It was like beauty and the beast…a book I had pinched from the library at my old pack to read… but instead in this case, he was the beauty and I, the

beast

In this story, the beast doesn’t turn into a stunning princess… I just remain my same old self- a wolfless runt… an embarrassment to any pack that I join.

I wipe my palm across my wet cheek, before another even louder crash comes from outside next–causing my body to flinch yet again.

I hate storms! It had been so nice earlier in the day too, and now this! It is almost as if the moon goddess herself was reacting to how my night had ended up!

I decide to close my tired eyes, pulling the sheets over my ears in a meek attempt to block out the sounds of the weather as it runs it’s tantrum from the outside.

I try my hardest to think about things that soothe me… stories I have read in books before… all kinds of books… romance, thriller, mystery, you name it

and I’ll read it!

One in which I had read recently, being my favourite at the moment, was Cinderella. I just loved how the prince had stopped at nothing to find his princess after the ball… regardless of her being a worthless maid… he still wanted her anyway!

Just as I feel my body finally letting go of the events from the day… I shoot up to a sitting position when hearing a loud knock sound out against my bedroom door.

That definitely wasn’t the stormi……

I freeze for some time, praying that it wasn’t someone coming to tell me that I had to leave the pack… surely they wouldn’t just banish me in such weather conditions… I wouldn’t survive out there on my own for a minute!

The knock comes again, louder this time, as I tense at the realisation that I would have to answer it at some point or another…..

I pull the duvet off slowly, and sing my legs over the side to stand up. 1 begin to move, before the third pounding knock comes next – forcing me to quicken my steps towards the door before the individual grows too impatient.

1 rush to unlock it, nervous of what would come next, before I crack the door ever so slightly allowing the person to force their way into the room.

Ishulle nervously when seeing the Alpha, standing before me at his full height, very much so–naked–or at least almost naked. All he wore currently where a pair of black boxer shorts… his full muscular body on display for me now.

I dart my eyes around the room, looking to everywhere and everything that isn’t his body… awaiting his words…

Why is he in here at this time?

“Rose…” He begins, as I close my eyes and feel the flood of dread rush through me.

I’ve been here before it’s ok… he will banish me now… I’m certain of it!

“Please don t!” I find myself whisper, before my e

eyes betray me- allowing a single tear to trickle down my cheek.

entually meeting his for the fi

first time since him coming in here.

“What?” He sounds conflicted next, as I sniffle slightly and prel my eyes open – eventually

“D–Don’t send me away… you don’t have to see me… I won’t t–tell anyone about the kiss either… you can even assign me somewhere else in the p–pack to work so you don’t have to see me… just please don’t banish me… 1 actually liked it here!” I decide that it’s now or never, if he’s planning to cut ties with me once and for all here, I might as well try to beg him at least!

Maybe he will seek pity in me and let me stay for a while longer… even in the damn cells… anywhere that isn’t out in that horrendous storm!

“Rose stop

top it! His b

tone is sharp, eyes never wavering as he speaks.

my room after – please don’t send me out in the

“I won’t ever speak again! 11 keep my head down! I do what you say! Ell do my chores and go to my room 3 storm!” I continue, suddenly becoming a frantic, bubbling mess before him.

“Listen Rose…” The Alpha attempts again, as my face grows wetter with each passing second with my cries….

“Alpha p–please! I like it here!” I sob next, my hands trembling at the words he was so near to saying…

“ROSE IM NOT FUCKING BANISHING YOU FROM MY LAND! LET ME SPEAK!” He booms next, commanding me with his Alpha tone as I immediately zip it – sniffling and gasping in an attempt to calm myself down.

I continue to silently cry, shaking before him in a weak state.

I watch as he closes his eyes briefly, inhaling a deep breath, before snapping them open again to meet my own, sad gare.

“I didn’t come down here to kick you out of my pack! I came to apologise for what happened!” He states, as I sniffle again and stare back at him in total shock and confusion.

“I shouldn’t have just kissed you like that… you must be so fucking confused nout I don’t know what I’m doing here Rose… I don’t know why I did it… there’s just something addicting about you! You’re like a damn drug!” The Alphas head falls back, showing his evident irritation matching his words. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

“It’s o–ok…” I comment quietly, as he shakes his head again next.

“It’s not ok! I shouldn’t have kissed you then left you in here like that? He grits, as I choose to remain silent this time to let h

It was a mistake… we all make mistakes… including him. I don’t hate him for it…

him speak.

Silence falls between us next, as the Alpha begins to pace around my room–seeming deep in thought about something – as the rain continues to hammer down on the windows outside.

He slows in his steps, before a thunderous bang comes again, causing me to jump at the sound–eyes widening in panic.

The Alpha studies my action, seeming to take note of the storm for the first time as he turns around to face the window.

“You’re scared of thunder?” He comments, as my cheeks heat in instant shame.

Of course I’m scared… It’s just typical isnt it? The little helpless runt is also scared of some thunder? It’s despicable!

but nod once at the Alphas statement, as he eyes me for a few more minutes…

“Come.” He speaks, as my brows furrow at his command, before he walks towards my door–heading out into the corridor now.

I don’t question him, and decide to do as I’m told instead. I don’t want kicked out of the pack, even if he didn’t intend to, he could change his mind at Any given moment!

I follow behind him, as he approaches his own room at the end of the hall – gesturing for me to go inside as I silently comply

“Climb in.” The Alphas words almost make me go weak at the knees, as I turn to see him pointing to his large disheveled bed.

“W–What?” I question him, like a deer caught in headlights, unable to comprehend what he had just asked me to do.

He sighs slightly, standing before me, as in

notice a glimmer of something flash across his eyes before it is gone…..

“Let me at least help you sleep through the stom… it’s the least I can do Rose… I fucked up today! I won’t do anything inappropriate, just cuddle…” My words are caught in my throat as he speaks, before he takes slow steps towards me reaching his hand out for mine,

As if in a zombie like trance, I allow for him to take my hand in his much larger one leading me across the room and towards the soft comfort of his

own bed.

I climb on, feeling the luxurious quilt, as I almost moan when lying down under it… if I thought the bed in my room was comfy then I don’t know what to say about this one!

“Comfy?” I hear the Alphas velvety tone reach my ears next, as the bed dips ever so slightly–signalling that he had now climbed in after me.

“Y–Yeah.” I comment, before another crash of thunder comes causing my body to stiffen.

“It’s ok it’s only a noise… it can’t hurt you… come here. The Alpha hushes me in the darkness of the room, before he shuffles closer to me and wraps a hand around my torso.

1 tense up in his arms, before finding strange comfort in his scent as I focus on breathing it in and out slowly….

Sure this whole experience was foreign to me, but if the Alpha wants this as opposed to banishing me from his pack tonight – then I’ll take it.

“I don’t know what this is Rose, but I’m trying to figure it out… just give me some time.” He speaks in my ear, before his finger tips run soothing circles

across my arm

“Sleep. He bushes me, as I allow my body and mind to relax in his strong hold–knowing that nothing else could harm me – at least not tonight. Whatever is going on… can be fixed in the morning… but for now, I’m warm, I’m content, and I’m safe for another day.

One day at a time….