The Alpha’s Hunt
Chapter 149
I stormed into the bedroom and slammed the door shut behind me. Everything was the same as before we left, the colors and the bed, the pillows and the paintings- everything was exactly the same yet I was supposed to somehow move on from all the shit that had happened to me. God, I was fuming!
Was I whining? I couldn’t tell anymore if my thoughts and my anger were valid or if I should be more okay with the way things were because of the reasons why they happened.
No, stop that.
They are valid, he broke me…he absolutely shattered me into a thousand pieces, all of them I wouldn’t even be able to find again.
But so why did I still care about him? Why did I feel that damn pull and the need for his closeness? And why in the hell was it only growing stronger? It didn’t feel like this before. Yes, there was a pull toward him but not this strong, this happened in the Council.
“Uhm, am I disturbing something?”
I stopped my pacing and spiraling and turned around when the honey-sweet voice rang out and I saw Nora standing in the doorway, uncomfortably flickering her eyes around the room.
I realized that I was fisting my hair and only felt the pain when I lowered my hands and rubbed my scalp in gentle round motions.
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“No, it’s fine,”
She scoffed and stepped in.
“Yes, I can see that,”
Nora closed the door and waited across the room. Why was she even in here? It’s not like we’re friends and she needs to check on me.
Shouldn’t she be with Gabe? Or Darian for that matter…
“I just wanted to see how you were after everything that’s happened,” she talked calmly but there was an edge in her tone, I noticed it in Abby’s too when she spoke.
Why didn’t I have an edge?
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“I’m good, it was a blast,” the sarcasm dripped like liquid when I walked over to sit on the sofa.
“You don’t have to tell me the truth, Hazel, but you don’t have to be a bitch either,”
I turned my head so fast it felt like I cracked a bone and I stared at Nora in disbelief but the girl raised a brow and crossed her arms.
I scoffed and nodded, her words were like a slap to the face- not because they were mean but because of the truth behind them.
“You’re right, I’m sorry. I would just rather be alone right now if you don’t mind,” that was me very kindly asking her to leave me the hell alone but she didn’t appear to get the memo.
My brows shot up to my hairline and I awkwardly lifted my hands.
“So goodbye,” I said but I did smile to make it less bitchy.
Nora still hadn’t moved, there was no indication that she was going to leave and instead of respecting my wish, she walked over and slumped down on the
sofa.
The internal groan I let out was feral but again, I didn’t want to be rude to her so I choked on it.
“Nora-”
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“Quit it,” she snapped.
If ‘offended’ had a look, it was my face in that second.
“Excuse me?” Like I said, offended.
“You were raped, Hazel. Abused both physically and mentally. Your parents were taken away from you and will never experience the moments in your life that they would’ve celebrated,”
I bit down and ground my teeth to dust while I pressed my nails as hard into my palms as I could and only when I felt the flesh surrounding my nails did I stop pressing.
“Thank you for the recap, I was a little hazy on the details,” I seethed.
“Stop talking,”
Why the fuck was everyone in this place so damn bossy?
“He did it for his daughter, right?”
I nodded slowly and looked between her eyes as they narrowed to slits, daggers shot from her hardened glare and she leaned in.
“So fucking what? Does the reason for his torment excuse the fact that he did it? No. Does the fact that his daughter’s life was in jeopardy, as told by people that we obviously can’t trust, okay him branding your skin and forcefully taking whatever he wanted from you? No. You were put through hell, trust me I know. Belle’s have been coming and going in the palace forever and our job is to satisfy their every need, it’s what we get paid for and as long as we follow the rules and keep our mouths shut we get out when our time is up. But us Belle’s have been part of many things, seen and heard the stories and the horrors that King Darian has done, only ever out of need of course but it doesn’t excuse the fact he has done them. What I’m saying is that I know what he’s capable of and to know that you received every soulless drop of it, every ounce of his darkest capabilities, breaks my heart. Don’t rush the healing, Hazel, take your time to build yourself up again but you can’t do that by ignoring what has happened or downplaying it into something that it wasn’t,” her voice was soft, the edge was gone and she looked at me- not with pity- but with love and kindness. Her gaze felt like a warming hug for my soul and she moved closer, slowly, and wiped away the tear that fell down my cheek.
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