Rejected, Abused, I Fall for the Forbidden Alpha (by Riley Scott) novel Chapter 66

Chapter 66

Raven POV

“Damien, you sounded quite,” Aeress tilted her head and eyed him warily, “frantic on the phone. Is something the matter?”

Alpha Daxton is noticeably absent. It’s just the three of us in the living room. Damien’s breathing is shallow, and he’s holding a file in his hand, tapping it on his knee over and over again. His eyes slide to me. There’s a strange glint in his eyes. I shift awkwardly on the seat, feeling nervous for some inexplicable reason. The tension in the air is thick in comparison to the last time we visited, when the atmosphere was lively and cheerful, except for Hade’s contribution. I swallow hard, avoiding his gaze, wondering what has him so worked up.

“Raven, what exactly do you know about your family?” he asked quietly, barely containing his anger.

I frowned at him. “Just that my father is dead and my mother is…” I’m not sure how to phrase it.

I don’t want to make things awkward. It’s not like I was the only one with a painful childhood. Others had it much worse than me. Besides which, I don’t want to give my mother’s identity away, not without a

damn good reason.

It feels like a violation somehow. But his gaze is intense, and he’s not about to give up.

“I have to know. Trust me, there’s a very good reason,” he rasped.

“My mother isn’t the nicest person in the world,” I shrugged, pretending not to be affected, “but that hardly concerns you now, does it?”

I try so hard to be nonchalant, but the sharp look on his face almost takes my breath away. He’s angry. He’s more than angry, and I can’t work out why.

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