My Alphas' Dark Desires novel Chapter 232

Chapter 232: Suspecting Her

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Chapter 232

~Isla’s POV~

As soon as I stepped into the dorm, I gently closed the door behind me, grateful that—for once—the lights were off.

It was silence, blessed, still silence.

I let out a soft sigh and turned toward my room, ready to sneak in unnoticed, when...

"Hmm. Sneaking now, are we?"

I jolted like I’d been slapped by air and turned around to the sound of her voice.

Still, I couldn’t perfectly see what was happening until I put on the light.

"Va—Val..." I gasped.

My heartbeat raced, legs locked in place as my gaze shot toward the kitchen. There, illuminated faintly by the glow of the fridge light, was Valerie.

Valerie.

Perched calmly on a stool by the counter, sipping juice straight from the bottle like some kind of silent reaper, dressed in all black.

She raised a brow. "It’s Valerie," she corrected coolly.

I clutched my chest, breath catching. "You scared the shit out of me."

"Did I?" she asked, that calm, detached tone slicing through me more than any shouting could have. "But why would you be scared... if there’s nothing to hide?"

I swallowed hard. Her eyes locked on mine in a much too calm, too focused, way.

Something was off.

I tried to smile. "Uh... are you going out?" I gestured to her jogger clothes, desperate to change the subject.

Valerie shrugged, keeping her tone casual, but laced with barbed undertones. "Well, I don’t know. Considering I just got back from my jog... and saw something strange out there."

My stomach dropped and my throat tightened. "Strange?" I echoed, my voice thinner than I liked.

She didn’t blink. "Mmhmm."

I tried to keep my expression neutral, even playful, as I stepped further into the room. "Well... you were jogging, right? It was probably just the shadows playing tricks. You know how weird forest lighting can get under the moon."

Valerie hummed, not saying a word as she took another swig from her bottle.

The silence stretched. Uncomfortable.

Then she stood up slowly, her movements graceful and predatory all at once. Valerie walked toward me.

My mouth went dry as I anticipated what she was going to say next.

She paused when we were inches apart, leaned in ever so slightly, and whispered near my ear.

"Don’t stay out too late next time."

Then, just like that, she walked past me and disappeared straight into her room, leaving e standing there, frozen. freeweɓnovel-cøm

I waited until I was sure she locked her room door to sigh. My heart was pounding and my mind screaming.

Had she seen me? Did Valerie figure out I was the one?

There was no sure way of knowing without me explicitly stating or guiding her in that direction.

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~Valerie’s POV~

I hadn’t planned on staying up. But when I returned from the forest, still reeling from the fake tracker, the cold of disappointment in my chest, I needed to do something.

I walked into the dorm, saw Emerald heading toward her room.

"Astraea’s gone to bed," she said quietly. "The lights are about to go off."

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