Bad Alpha (Sweetverse) by Kathryn Moon

Author:Kathryn Moon [Moon, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Six

Eve

“How's that feel?" Jamie asked me.

I grimaced, my foot hooked in the handle of the weight, slowly lifting the weights on the chain by forcing my foot to the ground behind me. My thigh burned, screamed, threatened to split all over again. But no, that was just muscle rebuilding.

"Like hell," I panted out, my leg trembling as I held the weights up. There was sweat on my temple, but this was the mark in my physical therapy I'd been waiting for.

"Now for the hard part—lower it back down slowly," Jamie said. "Want a hand to hold steady?"

I shook my head immediately, testing myself by lifting my heel off the floor. My leg protested but obeyed, and slowly I lifted my foot.

"Good. It'll be nasty tomorrow, and don't think I won't hover and make sure you take it easy. But this is great," Jamie said.

I rolled my eyes at the threat, but I knew better than to think he wouldn't keep to his word. Jamie had put himself in charge of my recovery, and it was…not the worst. Slowly but surely, I was getting used to the idea that Jamie wasn't calm and steady as a way of getting me to lower my guard, he just was that way. Patient, observant, difficult to rile—I'd tried.

I would've doubted his designation, except I'd realized in our sessions that there was bite to this alpha. He just chose to dull his teeth. If I wanted to push myself too far too fast, he warned me once, and then barked the second time. A bark that drew me to a sudden stop.

Bastard.

"Fantastic," he said as the weights clinked gently down. He stepped in closer, catching my arm in a steadying grip and offering balance as my healing leg went all but limp. "Relieved?"

I glanced into the mirrors across from us. Rory had outfitted the finished basement into a decent gym, including a full wall of mirrors. Jamie was reflected there, holding my arm, staring firmly at me, waiting patiently for my answer.

I'd thought any possible attraction I might've had for men who were alphas had been beaten out of me growing up, but…

This pack was fucking with my head. Garrett with his casual and playful fluidity. Jamie with his unthreatening command.

Ugh. Even Rory. Ever since he'd made the suggestion, I'd been itching to tackle him, unsure if I really wanted passion or just to prove my dominance.

"Eve?" Jamie prompted.

"I suppose," I said, nodding, barely remembering the question.

Jamie frowned and tilted his head in confusion, and I scrambled to remember. Right. Was I relieved?

"I'm still not one hundred percent," I admitted grudgingly.

"Are you saying you're not deadly?" Jamie teased.

I sniffed. "I've always been deadly…give or take the sepsis."

Jamie grinned and did me the courtesy of not correcting me. He stepped back and grabbed a water bottle from the floor, offering it to me at the same moment the basement door opened and Adam jogged halfway down the stairs.

"Dinner's ready."

"Perfect timing," Jamie said with a nod, checking on me once more.

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