DamienRepositioning myself in front of the bedroom door after checking on Neah, I see that Raven is long gone.I shouldn’t have kissed her. She may have tasted amazing, but I shouldn’t have let myself go like that. I couldn’t bring myself to reject her, not yet. Maybe I didn’t want to, not truly. Though she will come to hate me eventually. Mallory creeps up the stairs towards me. Her lips pressed into a thin line that gradually crept up into a smile as she makes her way towards me. “Do you think she will speak to me if you are here?” She asks hopefully, glancing at the door. “Mallory, we have been over this.””Damien, I have to try.””Nothing has changed.” I mutter. I wanted Neah to listen to Mallory, but it had to be on her terms. I had already learned that about her. “And she is definitely not in the mood right now. If you go in there, she will probably kill you on the spot.” “Oh,” She leans against the wall next to me. “How am I supposed to get her to listen to me?””You don’t. You keep your head down. You do everything that is asked of you. You be respectful to everyone here. And then, just maybe, she will see that you are trying and be willing to speak to you, but for now, she is pregnant and if she feels a threat, it will be game over for you.”She sighs.”I have told you it won’t be easy. I thought you had trust issues, but the Alphas ability to trust is on a whole different level.”She frowns at me. “She trusts you.””No she doesn’t.” sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Findηovel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.”Then why are you guarding her?””To show her that I mean what I say.”Mallory rolls her eyes at me. We both had a very different belief system. She expected everyone to accept her as she is. Whereas I had always had to work for it. Human or not.”You know as well as I do that her abuse didn’t end after you almost killed her.” I add”Right.” Mallory bobs her head at me. “I still can’t believe you told the others the truth about him being your brother.” She changes the subject because it was still hard for her to talk so openly about her past.”If I want to live here, then I need to be honest with them.””But you wouldn’t have told them if he had never shown up here, would you? And you haven’t told them everything. You won’t be able to keep that a secret forever. They will figure it out!”She knew me too well. But I also knew she wouldn’t blab.I hadn’t liked Mallory when I first met her. But when there are just two of you that are going through the same shit, it was pretty hard to not form a bond and now, I couldn’t imagine a world without her. She had helped me through some of the worst shit in my life and had done more than her fair share with the other Rogues.She gives me a sad smile. “You have slotted right in here. Who would have thought you would like pack life?””You just need time. Isn’t that what you first told me when I found you?”Mallory bobs her head. “True.””Go back to the house. There’s no point in you standing here with me.””I will see you later?” She asks”Sure.””At least you and Jess like me.” she mutters as she turns away.I watch Mallory hurry back down the stairs, until once again I am alone. My thoughts drift to Raven and how she hadn’t backed away from me. Not a single ounce of fear in her eyes. Anger and annoyance, yes. But no fear, even when I pushed her up against the wall. Almost as if she were expecting it.A man bellows out my name as he runs up the stairs. “Dane needs you.” Danes Beta, Eric splutters when he sees me.”Why?”He glances to the bedroom door and drops his voice to a whisper. “It’s here. It’s in the hospital with Raven.”