Page 92 of My Grumpy Alpha

The Alpha Games

ELI

"What the fuck?” I’m still blissed out but, that ends really fast when I look around the room and see nothing but darkness and then Ava on her side next to me.

I grab her and flip her onto her back.

“Ava. Ava, wake up.”

She moans.

“I’m so tired.”

God, does she have a concussion and why are we in this dark dungeon like cell?

What the hell?

I want to think I’m having a nightmare, but everything feels real, down to the cold, hard cement beneath my body.

“Ava.” I try again.

“Open your eyes.”

When she does, they’re blue again.

“Hi.”

“Hi? That’s all you have? Hi?”

I'm ready to shake her.

My mate does not look well and already I’m looking for ways to escape and ways to keep us safe, to keep future cubs safe.

Cubs?

Where did that word even come from?

"Ava.” I tap her chin again.

“I need your eyes.”

She finally focuses on me, limp in my arms.

“He hit a bit too hard. You should totally fire Gabe.”

I freeze.

“What?”

"Gabe and stupid Xavier.” She sits up.

“They came to the apartment, I got hit, they said it was already done, whatever that means, but what the hell?”

My blood runs cold.

Gabe’s my best friend, my only friend, my brother. He would never harm her, what’s going on?

I look around the room.