The Alpha Who Never Loved Me (Serena and Kieran) novel Chapter 169

Chapter 169

Serena

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I pushed his hand off me.

His eyes were still red. I knew what that meant. I felt it before.

The pressure of the alpha dominance moving through the bond and into Aina, pushing her down before my mind could

resist it. Last time, I couldn’t stop what followed.

“If you do what you did last time,” I said, “I’ll kill myself. You

pushed me there before and you want to do it again?”

Suddenly, his brow dropped. The red in his eyes disappeared.

He looked at me as though realization had just dawned on

him. Slowly, his eyes dropped to the floor in regret..

“Go to sleep,” he said coldly.

I lay down on my side. He lay down on his. The space

between us on the bed was exact and neither of us crossed it,

and I lay in the dark and listened to his breathing slow and I didn’t sleep for a long time.

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I woke up to the sound of my phone vibrating. I turned to the side but the bed was empty. It was a good thing he was not home, seeing his face first thing in the morning might just ruin my whole week.

I got up and got dressed quickly. Yesterday was done. I went into that argument without meaning to and it moved nothing forward. It never did, it never would.

The only thing I managed was to spend a night filled with anger which had proven countless times to be pointless. Staying angry at Kieran was equivalent to shooting oneself in the leg. He had no care or concern for people that weren’t himself and his darling Sophie.

I quickly got dressed, fixed my make up and then walked out.

Unfortunately, he was at the dining table with his phone and his coffee. The housekeeper moved at the stove. Breakfast

was going on the counter. I stared at th two of them knowing I wouldn’t be engaging in the harmony of sharing breakfast.

I couldn’t trust this house with anything, not Kieran and unfortunately not the housekeeper either. I didn’t bother with a greeting and just head straight for the door.

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A silent groan escaped my lips. I turned around to find Kieran already rising to his feet and approaching me.

“It’s Friday,” he said. “The Alpha Summit is tonight. The pack is expecting you there as luna.”

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I opened my mouth about to tell him what we negotiated – that the luna title was part of the terms, that it was stripped,

that he couldn’t reinstate it now because a summit was

convenient.

But saying that meant having a conversation and a

conversation with Kieran this morning meant arriving at work already depleted because it would result to a fight.

“I’ll be there,” I said keeping a straight face.

He looked at me carefully. “You’ll actually come?”

I nodded frantically. “I said I’ll be there.”

He looked unsure for a moment as though my words were

not to be trusted. I wasn’t him, why would he not believe my

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I walked out of the house and made my way to work.

To be honest, I didn’t want to stand in a room full of pack

leaders and perform the role of Kieran Thawthorne’s luna

after what happened between us. I didn’t want to breathe

the same air as him in formal company and smile at people

while he stood beside me.

In other words, I just do not want to be seen near the man.

But showing up mattered. Not for him. For what I was building. Perhaps this summit might just lead to something

else.

My eyes fell on Misha who just stepped down from the car. He had a gentle look in his eyes as always and when they fell

on me, a smile took over his expression.

“Good morning,” he said.

“Good morning.” I fell into step beside him. “Are you going to the Alpha Summit tonight?”

He gave me a sideways look. “I’m the alpha of Silvercrest. 4/10

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Yes.”

“I was thinking we should go together,” I said.

His smile dropped that instant, and his steps faltered staring at me as though I had said something ultimately condemning.

Misha didn’t like drama. He didn’t like being anybody’s piece on a board that had nothing to do with him. He made an

exception for me once and managed the fallout quietly, and I could see him weighing whether this was worth another.

“Is that a good idea?” he asked.

“It’s a very good idea,” I said. I looked at him directly. “I need

to be there and I need to arrive with someone. You’re going

anyway.”

He was quiet for a moment. I have him no actual reason why

arriving with me would benefit him but I wanted him to.

He probably understood the reason without me having to use

the words. See, with him next to me, the rumors about him

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Misha not actually being the father would dissolve just a

little.

“No problem,” he said. “I’ll pick you up.”

I nodded happily.

I left work late on purpose. By the time I got home the apartment was empty. Kieran had probably already gone to the pack house to manage the setup. I moved through the bedroom fast.

I picked up a dress that skimmed the bump at the right angle, draping in clean lines so it read as silhouette instead

of pregnancy. I hadn’t worn it before tonight.

My makeup was fierce, different from what I usually wore. The lipstick I opted for was blazing red and eyeliner was quite visible

I straightened my hair until it fell smooth and shining.

Looking at the mirror, my reflection resembled nothing of

the woman they were used to. I did not want to look like the Serena everyone was used to, the one that had loved Kieran

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My phone vibrated with a text. I looked down on it and saw it

was Misha who had texted. “Downstairs.”

He was leaning against the car when I came out. He looked

up and did a half-second pause when he saw me.

His eyes held a lot of things he wanted to say.

“You look really beautiful,” he decided on that.

“Thank you,” I said, and got in.

The pack house was full and lit and loud when we arrived, the sound of it reaching the car park before we reached the doors. Misha offered his arm and I tucked my hand into it

and we walked in.

We were announced at the door, the Alpha of Silvercrest and

the Luna of Crimson. It was a combination that the guests

had not had the liberty to see before.

Because of that, their eyes slowly moved over to the door where we stood. I kept my chin level and let them look.

Kieran was easy to spot in the crowd. He was dressed in a

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black suit that had silver linings, he was taller than most of the guests and his smell moved across the room in a sultry

manner.

He was mid-conversation with a cluster of alphas, and then

one of the men near him tilted his head and Kieran turned.

His eyes went to my hand in Misha’s arm and his face

darkened in that instant.