Chapter 49
Alaric's POV
If Samantha did have something for me, then it would mean that she didn't hate me as she claimed that day on the hallway, on the night of her welcome ceremony.
I never believed it; rather, I didn't want to believe it, that she hated me. And now I was clinging to the hope of my current suspicion. I followed from a good distance as they continued to walk until they got to the lab. I waited for what I thought was a long while before walking into the lab. Samantha and Adams were facing the door already, so they had seen me when I got in.
"Alpha Ric, we didn't realize you were just behind us." It was Samantha talking. I felt my heart leap at the realization that she was startled by my presence at first and now looked nervous.
"I wasn't," I said, taking slow steps to
