All Chapters of The Alpha and the Exile: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

I stepped into the first empty room I found, closing the door when Michael followed me in. It was a small office of some kind and I took a seat in a small, blue love seat against the wall. Hugging my knees to me, I began. “I was supposed to be at the dinner that ultimately killed my family, but I was too excited for this road trip that I had planned so I stayed home to pack and get the car ready. Now, I am the only one left. That has to mean something. Like I was meant to be the Luna of this pack.”

I gritted my teeth, doing my best to ignore the burning pain as I lifted the dumbbells into a bicep curl. I had done forty curls already, but Michael said I couldn’t stop until I did another ten. It had been three days since he started training me. Three days that I was in a constant state of soreness. Michael was nothing short of brutal. I had never been a violent person, but now I found myself daydreaming of ways to get him back for all of this.

I continued walking down the hall away from Flinn, but clearly, he wasn’t done.“I can’t believe it, you are making excuses for him. I tell you the truth about him and you refuse to see it. How can you be so blind, Alice.”

The night was cool and clear as we left the pack house. A slip of the growing moon could be seen just above the treetops of the large yard. Michael and I hadn’t said much as we slowly walked around the perimeter of the yard. When we got near the pool, I leaned against the side, dipping my hands into the water. The smell of chlorine made my nose itch. Michael stopped next to me, his gaze up into the stars. We didn’t speak for a while.

When I returned to the house, I went for a swim. Swimming was my go-to when life was too much. I use to compete when I was in high school and even considered continuing when college was still something I was going to do.Today, however, swimming wasn’t helping. Pro