My Alphas' Dark Desires novel Chapter 201

Chapter 201: Asking Her

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Chapter 201

~Xade’s POV~

The rest of us just watched him carry her away like she weighed nothing—typical Dristan.

"Dristan, you better sleep in her room with how you are monopolizing our mate," Axel enunciated, and Dristan chuckled.

Once they disappeared upstairs, the rest of us dispersed slowly. Axel left to make a call. Kai returned to the music room. I lingered.

Two hours passed.

Most of the house had gone quiet again. But something pulled at me—an instinct I couldn’t ignore.

I made my way upstairs, stopping in front of the fifth heir’s door.

It was surprising how everything just fell into place beautifully and easily with Valerie being here and staying here.

She was meant for us and right now, if she loves it and Principal Whitmore agrees, then she would make an addition to our quad.

My hand hovered on the knob. And for a moment, I wasn’t even sure why I was doing this.

Yes, I wanted to check on her, then use the opportunity to discuss the party or simply to confess something.

I threw those thoughts away to the back of my mind, and as soon as I opened the door, Valerie’s voice came immediately, stopping me cold.

"I’ve been expecting you."

I froze, halfway inside. Valerie sat on the edge of the bed, still in her oversized hoodie like she’d been waiting for this, waiting for me.

"Valerie."

I didn’t know why I was hesitating at her door. Scratch that. I did, but the truth was that Valerie Nightshade had a way of knocking the wind out of people without even trying.

And after everything that happened today—her collapsing on the field, the way she’d barely looked at any of us since—I wasn’t sure if now was the right time to deliver the news of Kieran’s party without actually mentioning Kieran.

I know she’d kill me for it later but she may also want to protect Dristan. However, how do I play a good friend and mate without risking the whole idea of her going if I told her the truth?

But something told me I needed to tell her now that she wasn’t surrounded by her other mates, especially Dristan and Kai.

Ronan was in on it too, wanting me to spill the deets to our mate.

"Stop being a pussy and just go in," he chided, and I smiled.

I opened the door slowly, already preparing some half-assed excuse if she looked too tired but her voice stopped me mid-step.

"I’ve been expecting you."

I froze.

She was sitting at the edge of the bed like she’d been waiting. Her voice wasn’t sharp or cold. It was soft—like the kind of softness that made you want to confess things you weren’t ready to say.

"You’re not surprised?" I asked, trying to sound casual. I wasn’t sure I pulled it off.

"I’d be more surprised if you didn’t show up."

I let out a soft chuckle. Not the flirty kind. Not the one I used to disarm people. This one was smaller, but just as quiet.

I stepped inside, shut the door behind me, and shoved my hands deep into my pockets. Not because I was cold. Because I didn’t trust them not to fidget.

She patted the bed beside her. I sat carefully, not too close. My usual confidence had fled the second she said my name.

Damn.

"You okay?" she asked, tilting her head. That knowing look in her eyes was too sharp, too kind. Like she saw right through the sarcasm I hadn’t even bothered to use tonight.

"Of course. Why wouldn’t I be?"

Silence.

Just the faint tick of the wall clock, and her eyes on me.

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