The Wolf Came on Christmas (Johanna and Alexander) novel Chapter 96

Chapter 96

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“Because he still lives in the fifteenth century,” Alexander said, and the anger in his voice was evident. “My father thinks we’re animals and that we should act with ‘racial pride.’ I think we’re people and that we should behave like such. I wanted a family. He wanted an alpha male for his pack. I couldn’t live like that. In a pack, an ‘alpha’ decides who lives and who dies. I’m not going to become a beast not like him.”

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A chill ran through me, but I pretended it was the cold wind.

Was I glimpsing a serious accusation behind the scenes?

I should have bitten my tongue, but I didn’t:

“Did your father kill an innocent person?” I dared to ask.

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“I can’t affirm that per se not really. I doubt it was in person. But I suspect he gave some orders. Not for people – for people like us. My mother sometimes… I think she was afraid of him, at times,” he explained with a low growl. “Johanna, I trained my Circle to be my friends, my companions, my trusted brothers. He trained his to be his hitmen. Business between people is settled with money; business between wolves is settled differently.”

Once again, I went cold.

I didn’t like what he was telling me.

Who guaranteed I wouldn’t have trouble with his family once I left my country?

Speaking of Hans in such dubious terms made me bite my tongue. And what I implied bothered him, because I felt his muscles tense more around me, his arm especially. Alexander remained silent for a moment, staring ahead seriously.

“… I suppose we would already know, if that were the case. Don’t you think, Rex?” he raised his voice a little.

I covered my mouth, and heat rushed to my cheeks.

My God! I had forgotten that Rex and Nika were very close to us, and they could be hearing us! I closed my eyes tightly and tried to bite my tongue so’ I wouldn’t say anything else. I started breathing very fast, afraid that the impulsive Nika would fly into a rage at hearing me accuse her father of being a traitor so carelessly.

And my body betrayed me, trembling from head to toe, while I waited for a reaction.