Page 17 of Rejected By My Shadow Alpha
Then I heard it.
A voice.
My father's.
I halted. Marek did too.
The door to his study was ajar. His voice carried, low but unmistakably sharp like a blade hidden in velvet.
"You assured me we destroyed everyone in that pack."
My breath caught.
Marek looked confused and wanted to walk in, but I raised a hand to keep him quiet, my heart hammering.
"Who the hell is this Drew, and how come you are just knowing he was alive and had escaped then?"
My knees nearly gave way.
Drew?
"No, I don't have the time to wait for you to do your findings. I've already taken him out. Yes, he's the one in the news. Burnt beyond ashes and dead for good. My sources confirmed it. He is dead."
The hallway spun.
A scream clawed its way up my throat, but I swallowed it. My hand flew to my mouth as I stumbled back, my chest heaving.
No, no, no, no.
He did it.
He really did it.
My body moved on its own, staggering forward. My palm slammed against the door and pushed it open with a bang.
"You killed him!" I screamed.
Alpha Alfred looked up, startled, not with guilt, but with the fury of being caught.
"Ruby." He stood up, surprised to see me.
"Don't you dare call my name!" I shrieked, backing away from Marek, too. "Don't you dare come near me!"
My father's face twisted. "You weren't supposed to hear that."
"Supposed to?" My voice cracked. "You murdered him?"
Marek froze in place, visibly shaken now.
"He was dangerous," Alpha Alfred said coldly, as if that could erase the flames from my mind. "He was part of a threat."
"He was my mate," I sobbed, each word laced with venom."Why did you kill him?"
"Ruby, listen to me."
"No! You listen to me! I am done with you!"
It poured out of me like blood from an open wound. I had nothing left to lose. I was shaking, broken, and cracked open in front of the man who'd called himself my protector but had played God with my life.
