Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 101

"I wasn't asking," he says. Of course that's what he says. He starts heading for the window. "Make sure you close this properly."

I roll my eyes. "I will." I don't need him to tell me that. I have common sense.

As he's moving to step out, the light reflects on the black uniform he's wearing, and I see a hint of red along his back.

My eyes widen. "Aiden."

"What now?" He looks back at me.

I hesitate. Did I imagine it? No, I'm sure that was blood. "Are you okay?"

He doesn't say anything for a while. I try to move closer to him.

"Someone's coming," he says nonchalantly, completely ignoring me. He moves out of the window carefully, skillfully.

But before he can disappear, I move in front of him. "You know what I... appreciate most about you Aiden?" I don't wait for him to respond. I don't give him time to leave. "It's your honesty. So tell me now if you're okay. Really."

He stares into my eyes with his cold ones for a while, as if he's looking for something. I don't know what it is but I don't look away. Finally he says, "No, I'm not okay. I'm just climbing down the side of a house."

I have half a mind to shove him down myself. To think I was worried about him for even a second. I move away from the window.

"Mia," he says.

I turn back around about to give him a piece of my mind, but before he or I can say anything, the doorknob moves.

He's gone.

"All I'm saying is that if our secret gets out, we'll have no one to blame but this reckless, irresponsible, unfit human," one of the elders spits out in my direction.

Okay, okay, let me backtrack.

Axel has a similar expression, except he just looks extremely disappointed. "As if the secret was the greatest thing at risk yesterday, and not the lives of our pack members."

The old people nearly start frothing at the mouth.

"I'll tell you what, young man," an old lady with ice blue eyes holds her chest.

Carson glares at her. "That's Alpha to you, old lady."

I nearly smack my forehead.

The old lady gasps, putting a hand over her mouth. She mutters, "Lady Luna, what have you done to us?"

Aiden and Axel give Carson a look, but he doesn't take it the right way. He looks proud, nodding back at Axel like, I got you, man. But in Carson's defense, he did come in here very professional. He was a lot more mature than I'd ever seen, but after about a dozen foolish comments from these lovely people he reached his breaking point. Along with the rest of us.