The Alpha King's Battered Luna novel Chapter 6

I came back later to watch her sleep, I wished it was this easy for all of us. In less than twenty-four hours, she has made a dent in my life already.

She had a nightmare earlier and watching the CCTV footage of how she pleaded for a certain Alpha not to kill her shredded me into pieces.

She didn’t deserve any of this, no human deserves to go through things like this but this life was unfair to everyone. I wanted to hold her in her sleep and watch her take each breath like they were precious but I was scared of her reaction.

I didn’t want to scare her off, I wanted to take things slowly with her. We are going to be together forever and there’s no need to rush things.

She tossed around and when she finally opened her eyes, my breath hitched. I was supposed to go out of there so I don’t trigger another of her episodes but I couldn’t bring myself to walk out. I wanted to be there for her during every stage.

She wasn’t letting me do this for her, she wasn’t allowing me to be there for her. It hurts more than anything else and I don’t know what to do.

I hated my helplessness more than I hated the fact that I could only stare at my mate after years of waiting for her.

I took the seat close to the bed and I watched her shift uncomfortably, I didn’t like the feeling one bit. I was going to do this with her slowly and I really hoped it worked out.

I tried to take her hand and this time she didn’t flinch away from me.

She stared at me emotionless, as if she couldn’t care what else would happen. When I touched her, she didn’t react like she did the first time and my heart clenched.

I proceeded without getting discouraged. Not even this neutral facade would stop me from being with my mate.

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We already established the fact that I was the Alpha here and she wasn’t going anywhere until she understood we were mated and we would be forever.

The way she stared emotionless scared the crap out of me, almost like I was dealing with a robot.

I didn’t want this for her or myself, every one of her acts hurt me deeper than I wanted. Never for once have I thought we would reduce to this.

I didn’t know a single action of a person would turn me into a dunce. I hated this feeling of being powerless.