Born For The Alpha novel Chapter 24

He continued leading her along the beautiful stone path of the garden and past a rocky pool that seemed natural with an undying flow of water that cascaded from a heap of rocks and poured slightly splashily inside the pool.

Her eyes lingered on it. She could imagine herself sitting on one of the rocks surrounding the pool and writing her thesis. Too bad she didn't belong there. She would run away.

"It's beautiful, right?" He asked having noticed her interest in the surreal-like beauty of the pool. He often admired it too.

"Yes." She responded.

"It's not man-made."

"Wow. Well, it seems that way."

Arda decided to distract him further from the subject of her possible escape. He may have gotten suspicious and she feared him putting measures to make it impossible for her.

"I would love to sit there and work on my thesis."

"Okay."

"Really?" Arda had been expecting a no. He was a bad guy, after all. This was someone who would still not free Karina for her mistake.

" Yes. Really."

"Thanks."

"As long as you always ask nicely."

She resisted the urge to talk back at him. She was trying to build his trust in her not antagonize him.

They came onto a tree-shaded space surrounded by a wall of flowers that didn't close in on the large dining table she saw, occupied by a number of people, all of them, tall. They all rose upon seeing them.

"This is our family." he said.

Arda could barely take time to study them as among them, she instantly caught sight of Karina who was smiling at her. Arda rushed over to her and they embraced each other closely.

Gillow watched them with some annoyance. If it were him, he knew Arda would not be rushing over to hug him. Instead, she feared him.

"K, I am so happy to see you." Arda told Karina.

"Me too, Arda."

"When did you get free?"

"Two days ago."

Arda didn't bother asking why Karina had neither come to visit nor called her. She wouldn't put it past Gillow and his orders.

"I'm glad it's over. I missed you."

"Yeah. I missed you too. My phone is still ceased by the Alpha."

"I'm not surprised."

"Arda." She heard Gillow call her, causing them to reluctantly disengage. Actually, Karina gently had to force the disengagement but Arda was not offended. She knew that Karina was only trying to avoid trouble.

She turned and hastened over to Gillow's side and he took her hand in his.

"Thank you for setting her free." She said, looking up at him with sincerity in her eyes.