Chapter 91

ADRIANA

Carlson glowers at me with barely restrained rage in his eyes, I find that I'm not really scared of him. I'm not back at the pack where he could corner me and hurt me, here, anyone could walk in at the moment and if they see him try anything funny. Well, let's just say Xander isn't the most forgiving.

I've come to realize that even if he doesn't do things because he likes me, there is the alpha part of him, the one that lost control and almost killed Aiden the night he caught me with Aiden after I ran away. That protective side of him, with the possessiveness that alphas had. A kind of 'she is mine and even if I treat her like shit, it is because she is mine. You have no right to do that' thing.

So yes, I do feel kind of safe in a place that I know more than half of people do not like me, at least it is better than my family. And that is a terrible thought, a very messed up thing to think about.

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