Big Bad Alphas novel Chapter 23

"Isabella, what are you doing?"

Turning around, I see Caroline standing in the doorway. "Oh, just enjoying the morning."

She rolls her eyes and takes a seat at the counter. "Marina should be here soon."

We relax until the doorbell rings. Thinking it is Marina, I hurry to answer it, but instead I see Sebastian waiting. It was him; he knows that I followed him into the woods. "Why were you in the forest?" He asks calmly.

I motion for him to come in but he counters my action by telling me to come outside. Standing on the porch, I begin to feel nervous. "I saw the rogue."

"So you decided to go after it?"

Swallowing, I nod. "I wanted to know where it came from, so maybe I could help Eric," I lie.

He sighs. "If you see one again, don't go after it. You could have been killed, and I'm sure my son would not like to come home to a dead mate," Sebastian says as he makes his way down the steps.

"Wait, why were you in the forest?"

He turns around and continues on his way. Refusing to stop the conversation there, I hurry after him. "Why were you in the forest?"

Sebastian stops and turns to me. "I go for morning runs, not that it is any of your business."

"I haven't seen you run by the pack house before."

"Maybe I needed a change of scenery. Are you finished interrogating me now?"

With a raised brow, I watch him walk away until Caroline calls me back inside, asking who it was and why I was gone for so long. I brush it off and tell her we were ding-dong ditched, and that I went looking for the prankster. "Ding-dong ditched?" She repeats. "That's weird; the kids don't usually come over here. They must know Eric is gone."

"Possibly."

Caroline sits back down on the stool. "You know how I told you about my mom and Eric's thoughts on her and whatnot?"

Not seeing the connection between pranks and that, I lean forward a bit. "Yes, why?"

"What do you think about it?"

"What do you mean?"

She sighs. "Could you believe it, that she has some sort of connection to the moon goddess, that she can talk to her?"

I shrug. "Well, I don't know. It sounds similar to a psychic or something, so maybe. Why do you ask?"

"I was just wondering. It just popped into my head."

The doorbell rings again, but this time Caroline fetches it. After she joins me in the kitchen with Marina, I tell them that I will be upstairs taking a shower. The time alone and relaxing sensations of hot water hitting my back always takes my mind off things, which only leads to extremely long showers. Afterward, my skin is clean and pink.

The mirror is fogged over, blocking me from myself. Wandering into the bedroom, I sit on the edge of the bed and adjust the towel around my body.

Not having Eric here is odd and lonely. It was hard enough to fall asleep, and now I am left to question his father on my own, though Eric would have a biased opinion. All this talk about the moon goddess and his mother is making me question their sanity. Surely the possibility of communicating with a goddess is crazy to consider, but Caroline is my friend and somewhat family, and she seems to believe in her mother.

Maybe I can talk to Eric about it when he gets back. I hope he is alright out there, not hurt or provoking any trouble. It is a dangerous situation to be in, searching for rogue camps, but I cannot help but wish to be with him.

A sudden crashing noise pulls me downstairs, but when I come into the kitchen, I find Marina picking up pieces of a once useful plate. "What happened?"