Chase Me Alpha (Daria and Caleb) novel Chapter 131

Chapter 131

Chapter 131

Daria’s POV

My limbs were heavy, my heart thudding audibly in my chest. I was alive.

At least I was still alive.

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The sound of chains clinking and water dripping enveloped my mind, bouncing off the dark walls, echoing ceaseless times. in my head. The melody they created was eerie, and I choked on it.

I was still here, I thought with despair crawling up my spine and carving a hole into my chest, calling my body home without a single hint of remorse.

Still trapped.

I tried to hold onto the hope of Caleb coming to save me, but each time it became harder and harder to believe. My feet felt heavy, but without a solid ground to step onto, I couldn’t do anything.

Useless, a voice whispered in my ear. I felt the breath fan my ear, making the hairs on the back of my neck rise.

“Who-Who’s there?” I asked, trembling.

Suddenly footsteps resounded in the cell that I had thought previously was empty except for me.

Laughter emerged, a familiar cruel one I thought I would never hear again.

Suddenly I saw him-

“Impossible,” I lowered my voice to a whisper, shaking my head felt the shackle aroind my neck tighten almost imperceptibly.

“Not impossible, daughter,” Alpha Kingston sneered at me, his eyes gleaming with excitement. “You thought you could escape me, didn’t you? But you can never leave.”

His visage was the same as it was that night when he’d been thrown out of the Wisteria Pack by Caleb.

“You-you’re not real,” I tried to speak but my words contained slurred tone. I coughed, trying to clear my throat.

It didn’t help.

Panic flooded my body as he took a step closer.

“You’re dead…” I murmured, gasping for breath.

It was then I noticed it, his clothes that were once pristine and well-tailored… they hung off him.

His eyes were pale, his skin sallow.

“And what if I am? You cannot escape me regardless,” my not-father sneered. “He’s abandoned you finally hasn’t he? Alpha Caleb of the Wisteria Pack. Now you have no choice, no way out I’ll give you a chance to swear your allegiance to me, daughter, for the sake of our blood.”

The longer he spoke, the worse his voice became, soon hoarse and croaky. A thin line formed around his neck, red with black-blue veins popping out. His clothes had become pretty much rags, holes on every spot, with burn marks on some places. Before me, his body had become skeletal, his eyes bulging, with a stench filling the air.

The stench of death.

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I began to cough again: the sensation of bile crawling up my throat was immense.

I whimpered, feeling cold hands grip my chin, my wrist.

I struggled, crying out with pain with each passing second.

“Daria.”

Everything fell silent, and I gasped and panted as I looked forward. No one was there.

What was that?

I coughed again, feeling my previously constricted airways relax.

“Daria,” I heard that voice again.

“… Caleb?” I could hardly believe my ears.

I reached my hand out, seeing nothing before me, just an immeasurable black void.

No more did the sounds of chains and dripping water echo in my head.

It was then that I realized- the feeling of my bare feet against the cool ground.

I looked down on my wrists and saw no chains, nothing at all.

“Daria, come to me.”

I heard Caleb’s voice again.

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“Follow my voice,” I heard him call, desperation seeping into his voice. I began to walk, looking forward into the void. It seemed like I was going nowhere, yet I could hear my footsteps echo long into the darkness.

“Where are you?” I asked, searching for any hints of his presence But as much as I searched for a trace of his scent, of his warmth, it wasnt there.

Then I took another step, and my feet met nothing. In an instant I stumbled and fell into a pit, and let out an ear-piercing

scream.

Suddenly arms wound around my waist and grabbed me. I landed on soft ground, gasping for air. My eyes were shut tightly.

Whatever happened, wherever I was, I didn’t want to know.

Until I heard a relieved sigh, so familiar thag it sent shivers down my spine, and then a warmth enveloped me, taking away the chill in the blink of an eye.

“Open your eyes love,” Caleb’s voice was full of affectionate longing. “I’ve got you. I promise.”

My breath hitched, and slowly I opened my eyes to find… light.

The sunshine lit the entire forest up with a warm golden glow. And at the center of it all, in the middle of a clearing, was him, holding me. Looking up into his stormy grey eyes I saw him for what felt like the first time.

The sunlight hit at just the right moment, and it caused a halo-like effects over his head, making him appear more dazzling.

“Caleb,” I softly said, finding my voice.

Tears prickled my eyes and I sniffled, burying my face into his chest. It felt so real, even though I knew it wasn’t.

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I wasn’t stupid; my father was dead and yet I had seen him. And his forest, no matter how familiar, didn’t show any signs of life apart from us. No birds chirped, no wind rustling the leaves it felt like we were in the middle of summer even when it was nearly autumn,

I knew the truth…This had to be a dream… or… maybe I was dying.

A memory slipped past my consciousness in a flash. The water rank. I hadn’t noticed it until I had drank my full, parched to the bone. I had been poisoned.

So, I concluded with a pang, this must mean that I was dying.

“I’m here,” Caleb softly comforted me, even as tears spilled over my cheeks and filled down, wetting his shirt. His scent felt so REAL, it was refreshing.

“No you’re not,” I shook my head, my voice muffled. “You’re not here, Caleb. This is a dream.”

He was silent, and I was sure I felt him tense briefly.

But then his next words broke me.

“I know. But I can’t let you go,” he buried his face into my neck. We stayed like that, and I felt his breaths deepen as he held

Then after a while he said, his voice firm.

“Promise me you’ll wake up, love.”

I was speechless; how could I promise something I had no way of controlling?

Even if this was a dream, I didn’t want to lie to Caleb. Even if this was in my head, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was speaking to him directly.

It all felt too real, yet not at the same time.

“I… I can’t…” I finally said, voice tinged with sadness. “I’m so sorry I-”

“Promise me, Daria,” he raised his head and looked right by at me. His voice echoed in my head. I heard it, somewhere it clicked thag the mind-link was still somehow active.

“Promise me you’ll wake up,” he continued. “For me and our child.”

“W-What?” I was speechless. “Our child is dead.”

But almost as soon as I said it I heard a loud cry. Slowly, I turned and saw a bassinet, from which the cries of a child came.

I was frozen to the spot. However Caleb wasn’t. He strolled over to the bassinet and bent over to peer into it. The crying gradually stopped, as he picked the bundle up. And I saw it: a rosy cheeked baby swaddled in white clothes. Caleb held the baby in his arms, his eyes softer than anyone but me had ever seen.

When he looked down at that child, rocking gently, I felt something shift in my chest, an ache of longing.

Then he looked at me, his eyes suddenly filled with sadness.

“He needs you, Daria. We need you,” he said. “Come back to us, please.”

He wasn’t the type to beg, I knew him very well. I swallowed, looking around. That was when I noticed the strange light gleaming from behind. The trees parted revealing a trail that wound down, disappearing into that light. It called to me. I must have glanced at it for too long because I heard Caleb’s voice call my name, sounding farther away from me. A sudden burst of wind blew past me, while I stayed rooted to the spot.

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Slowly I turned back, only to gape at the slowly widening gap between Caleb and I.

“Daria, please. Don’t leave.” He demanded with pain in his voice I can’t do this without you.”

I didn’t want to leave.

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I took a step forward, towards him, and another, and another. My body felt heavy, my mind slow. But I forced myself to keep going.

I couldn’t leave him behind.

Please Goddess, I prayed even though I wasn’t sure anyone wou hear me. Please give me strength.

The more steps i took, the wider the gap between us seemed. Caleb also reached out his hand to me, walking towards me, striving to reach me, to meet me in the middle.

Almost there, I strained myself, nearly running. Now I had a strange burst of energy within me, driving me to take his hand.

As soon as our hands met, I felt something ignore within my chest, a dying ember suddenly come alive. And it burned, so badly that I gasped.

Everything faded into black, and I opened my eyes again.

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