Chapter 96
That happy memory I was thinking about was twisting and contorting into a different image that I couldn’t see because of the blurry spots that covered it. Seems I hadn’t managed to shove it back as far as I thought.
The pain I felt when I came in here was slowly washing clean off me though, that was the plan and the plan was working. Good for me.
I decided to ignore the stranger, he was probably just pulling some trick on me and I didn’t want to get dragged into anything. I was here to let go, I turned back and looked at the bottle.
But his scent was still lingering in my nose and I couldn’t place it.
“Do you know what he is?” Trixy had to know.
“I don’t, I’ve never smelled anything like it before,”
Well, that’s not good.
“You could ask me instead of your wolf,”
I whipped my head to the side so fast that I saw three of him instead of one.
I felt something under my arm keeping me from falling off the chair and looked down at his hand under my elbow, holding me up.
“I did, you didn’t answer,” I slurred and pulled my arm back.
It took a while for my focus to come back, all three of him had to merge into one and then the blurry filter had to go away.
It took a while but after I blinked about fifty times and allowed my brain enough time to adjust, I saw his face, all of it, and for a moment I forgot how to breathe.
He smiled and licked his lips while running a hand through his hair.
“1-” he started when a loud, cheerful scream, rudely interrupted him.
“Hazel! Look who’s here!”
I turned to look at the poor person whose eardrums Nora was busting and my jaw dropped to the floor while my mind turned sober in a split second.
Iliana stood on the dance floor with pearls of sweat on her hairline from dancing, dressed in a beautiful red dress that fell under her knees and a pair of gorgeous ruby earrings that blinded me.
When I made my way across the floor, I saw her shaking her head at Nora and biting down hard enough to cause a click in her jaw.
An odd reaction to seeing me, I had to say, but then again the last time we saw each other she almost died and lost her mate because of me.
“Iliana, hi!”
I fell against her in a hug and tightened my arms around her shoulders. She hugged me back but it was a hug you’d give to someone that you didn’t want to hug but did anyway because it would be rude not to.
My brows pinched together and I slowly released my arms and backed away.
“Hi,” her timidness hadn’t changed at least.
Maybe it was being here that made her nervous. Being this close to Darian couldn’t be easy for her.
“I’m surprised to see you this close to the palace. I honestly never thought I’d see you here again,” I laughed but the pain was bubbling back up and I wasn’t sure that tequila was going to kill it this time.
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Chapter 96
I felt a presence coming up behind me and stopping when he was close. The energy was a strong one that made my chest rise and my hands relax.
The guy from the bar stood next to me when I turned my head and his hardened gaze was scanning Iliana, holding her eyes captive with an intensity that
made her heart beat faster.
The Alpha’s Hunt
