The Alpha’s Greatest Mitike
Chapter 136
“Rya, it’s going to be o
Caleb hates when I cry. I just can’t stop.
“Is he back yet?” Always the same question for him.
No, not yet.” Max is snuggled in this male’s arms, safe and secure. Not a care in the world except when his next meal is. What a lucky male.
“How long do you think he’ll be out there?” In a way, I’m envious of Dallas, able to just move on like I never existed. For me, he’s always walking in my mind, always there; he’s always a thought that I can’t escape from. I can’t turn him off, but it’s getting easier to let life in again.
“I’m not sure. It’s when he feels it’s time to come back. No one is going to drag him back. He’s getting back to basics.” I look out the window. Clayton is watering the garden. He’s been taking care of it because I refuse to do anything to help it grow. If it was up to me, I’d
let it all die.
“Do you hate me, Caleb?”
“No, Rya. I don’t hate you. Disappointed in you, maybe a little, but hey, I’ve made some bad decisions in my life. Who am I to judge you?” Max starts stretching in his arms, waking up from a big sleep. Caleb smiles down at the little pup.
“Do you think Dallas can ever forgive me?” I can’t look at Caleb when I ask the question. Instead, I pick at the cushion on the seat.
“Maybe.” One words answers are really not good. Burning pain in my throat makes me gag slightly. I just can’t stomach myself these days.
Clayton enters the house, and I give him the side eye of hate. I’m not affected by him so greatly; the desire for him is fading. I still can tell when his eyes are on me–my skin shivers with his voice–but the intensity I felt with his presence has faded.
I can control myself now. I can focus on his words instead of his lips.
“Ready, Caleb? We should get him back. Kimberly will be home shortly.”
Chapter 136
The first time she came here to pick her male up, she had something so smart to say.” Something that scraped along my spine. The wolf inside ascended to look in her eyes, She went to move to get her male, but I blocked her path, asking, “What did you
just sa
say?”
Her posture changes a ell, becoming more rigid, more dominant. “I said it’s not the end of the world.” She takes a threatening step toward her, a rumbling growl warning her to stand down, to bend her neck or else I’m going to make her
She
the doesn’t. Instead, she shifts from foot to foot, testing me. A small growl rumbles from. her chest, challenging me to do something, and I do.
We are on each other fast, fists hurting flesh. She’s a juvenile without any training, and 1 feel as if I’m the wolverine, and she’s me on my first day of training with the Valentine Pack.
Getting her pinned down so her nose is rubbing into the floor board, her pup is screaming. but I don’t let up. Taking her arm, twisting it back, I’m applying pressure. Still, she doesn’t concede to a higher power, so I apply more power to her arm. It’s going to snap. I come close to her face, letting my teeth out. She’s screaming when she looks into my eyes. Her neck bends to me, a submission earned, yet I don’t let go. I keep exerting pressure. It takes the combined effort of Clayton and Caleb to pull me off that female who needed to be schooled in the art of keeping her mouth shut!
Week four
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“Rya, you should try to go back to work.” Clayton comes into my home like he owns it, always at unpredictable times. He only comes once a day now. My family comes around less often because I don’t need them constantly around me anymore. The crisis is passing somewhat.
“You should knock before you come in.” Irritation drips heavily off
my voice.
“How was your day? What did you do? I can tell you showered, brushed your teeth. Are those fresh clothes you have on?” His eyebrow arches up in question.
“Yes,”
“Progress!” He pats me on the head like a young juvenile learning something new for the
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first time.
“Rya, it gets better. Trust me on this.”
“If it wasn’t for you, I wdn’t be in this mess.” Lashing words meant to hurt him.
“You kissed me back.” His response always.
Can’t fight those words because it’s true.
“You went outside today, Rya.” I just came in from sitting by the water for a few hours.
Mother Nature’s healing beauty surrounds me. I forgot to look at her for so long that I just
need to sit and reflect on what I have, not what I don’t have.
He’s carrying a bag of groceries for me, everything in my fridge gone because he and Caleb
ate everything. I only can stomach certain things; heartbreak does that, makes you have no
appetite, makes you crave things that a
