“It’s okay, Alexandra,” Joe tries to soothe me. “It is just temporary, remember?”
“No, Joe,” Cecile’s voice is dead and lifeless. “She was temporary alpha, but when my dad died, she became alpha. She can already mind-link me.”
Stunned everyone looks from Cecile to me.
“It’s true,” Nathan mumbles. “I just tried to mind-link her, but she could not hear me.”
“I need a moment alone,” I say as I storm out of the room. I keep on running until I am outside and I inhale the fresh air deeply. I need to calm myself. It was acceptable to be an emotional mess when I did not have the responsibilities of an alpha. But now I am one again and I need to get a hold of myself. This is not what I have wanted. I was finally on track to be by my mate’s side and live the life I wanted. Call me selfish, I do
