Chapter 54. Wrapped Up in the Alpha

Adeline POV

Panic corroded my mind when Alpha Jaxon told me I would be watched by an enforcer until the pack was clear of rogue attacks. I tried to keep my anxiety under wraps as I schemed how Sophia and I could escape the enforcer to meet Alpha Jaxon and Sophia’s mother, the former Luna of Midnight Moon. I admittedly felt guilt pounding against my chest, I wanted to ask my mate to take me himself but fears of him saying no, made me reluctant.

I lay there in bed with nothing but Alpha Jaxon’s blue t-shirt, cuddled closely on his chest. Pin pricks danced on my skin being so close to my mate, my mate who had confessed that he loved me. I was certain that he wasn’t aware what those three words had meant to me - my wolf was ready to finish the mating right then. I felt whole for the first time in my life, I wanted to scream from the top of the pack house that I too was in love with him but I struggled to form the words; the pain of the betrayal still fresh. I wasn’t m