Angel Blackwood(84)

“Answer me!” He screams. I burst out into a sobbing mess, nodding my head quickly.

“I… I knew,” I stutter.

“Fuck! She was scared and confused! You knew and you didn’t tell her. Fucking hell, Alex! You could have prevented this entire situation if you’d just told the truth from the start. She wouldn’t have felt the need to defy me, she could have come to you for answers!” He starts cursing and kicking at the set of drawers on the floor. I cower away in the corner, covering my face from flying pieces of wood. I’m crying so hard I can’t even catch my breath. The room turns quiet and all that can be heard is my sobbing.

His warm body envelopes me and he pulls me onto his lap.

“Shhh, come here, baby. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you.” He cradles me and rocks back and forth slowly.

“I should have told you, I’m so sorry… Now she’s gone and it’s all my fault. I’m a terrible mother,” I sob, holding tightly onto him.

“Don’t say that, it’s not true. We’re both to blame for the choices we’ve made in the past. All we can do now is make sure we make better decisions in the future.”





Chapter 19





Angel/Lexi POV





I wake up surrounded by Jax’s scent. Opening my eyes to darkness, I feel the soft sheets that surround me. Luckily I’m alone in his bed and still fully clothed. My eyes are still adjusting to the dark room as I climb out of the bed, tripping over something on the floor and stumbling to find my way to the window to open the curtains. Flipping the curtains open and letting the moonlight in I come face to face with Jax to my right.

“Jesus, Jax!” I stumble backwards, holding my hand against my chest trying to catch my breath.

“Have you been standing there the entire time?” I stand upright pulling the curtain fully open and trying to act like he didn’t just scare the bejesus outta me.

“I see you haven’t developed all your wolf abilities yet,” he states, folding his arms over his chest.

“It’s taking sometime, but I’m getting there.” I look around his room searching for the light switch.

“Why the hell are you lurking around in the dark like that anyway?”

“I can see perfectly in the dark and you needed your sleep. I didn’t want anything or anyone to keep you from getting your rest.” I hear him moving behind me and then the little lamp next to his bed turns on. Sitting on his bed he looks up to me, watching my every move as if I may flee again.

“Well…” I don’t have any snarky comeback as I look around realizing we’re alone in the same room. All of a sudden I feel nervous.

“Thanks for letting me sleep, but I… uh… Where’s Ronny? I need to see Ronny before I go.” I move towards the door.

“You’re not going anywhere, Lexi,” he says firmly, looking at his hands.

I stop dead in my tracks and lift an eyebrow turning to look at him. “Excuse me?”

“You heard me. It was different before, you were human…or I thought you were.” He shakes his head and his green eyes find mine from across the room.

“Now you’re wolf, you belong to a pack. You’ve crossed territory lines not once, but twice now and there are repercussions for that.” His tone turns foreign as if he’s speaking to a stranger.

“You’ve got to be kidding me,” I huff out loud, looking at the ceiling. I run my hands through my hair and let out a deep breath.

“Do these repercussions involve sleeping in the Alpha’s bed? Because if it was such a big deal, I should’ve been put in a cage or something. I highly doubt this is typical punishment for someone who broke the rules about crossing territories,” I say sarcastically, gesturing toward the bed he sits on.

“You’re only in here now because of who you are and our history. If you were any other wolf, you’d be in the cage in our basement awaiting your punishment,” he growls, standing up and stalking towards me; I hold my ground.

I have to bend my neck to look up at him. Our chests are almost touching and I swallow down the butterflies in my stomach as I look into his sparkling emerald eyes.

“So I get special treatment because I’m your ex-mate?” He winces at the words and I watch as his jaw ticks and his eyes turn dark.

“If that’s the case, let me go. I didn’t cause any harm. I just needed to see my Mo… I needed to see Georgina. I didn’t know where to go and I had unfinished business with her.” I take a step back. “Just let me go and you won’t have to see my face again, Jax. I’ll go back to my territory-” The word isn’t fully out of my mouth before he roars.