Alpha alec's redemption (Sadie) novel Chapter 151

I walk inside the shop, taking in everything inside it. Nothing has changed in the past three years since I’ve been away. The walls are still the same warm yellow color they were, although it seems a fresh coat has been added. The chairs and the tables are still the same.

I walk further in. I’ve come here to forget my worries for the time being, just like I did since I was about twelve years old. The only difference this time is that I have my wolf and I can actually smell the different flavors of ice cream.

“Sadie, is that you?” a low-pitched, feeble, and scratchy voice asks, making me lift my head.

I smile, seeing a familiar old face. “Hi, Mrs. Walter.”

She wobbles over to me before pulling me into her arms in a warm hug. I wrap my hands around her, hugging her back, feeling myself relaxing as her warmth surrounds me.

“Where have you been, dear? You disappeared without a word or a trace. I’ve been so worried about you.” The concern in her voice holds my heart in a tight grip.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to worry you. I got a scholarship to study abroad. I didn’t expect it, and it was so sudden that I didn’t have time to come and say goodbye. I didn’t have your contacts, so I couldn’t even call you and let you know I was fine.” The lie spills out of me so easily that it shocks.

I was never one to lie. Mostly because I could never keep a straight face. Over the years, I have learned to. I needed to know how to if I wanted to survive. We weren’t locked up in our pack, and once in a while when we did go out, one or two people would recognize me. I had to learn to lie and be really convincing, because if I couldn’t, it meant that I had to kill the person that recognized me. Unlike the first hybrid that I killed, the others were innocent. I couldn’t kill them because they recognized me, and I couldn’t let word get back to Alec that someone had seen me.