Curse of the Alpha (Full Moon Series Book 3) by Mia Rose

Author:Mia Rose [Rose, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Country Club Publishing
Published: 2017-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

The Inspector

“Judging things isn’t for everyone all the time.”

Noelle laid in her bed staring up at the ceiling. She felt numb as though she were sitting in an ice bath and had been pushed past the point. Passed where the cold affected her and then to not feeling anything at all. She had so many things ripped from her in such a short time —her family, her newfound relationship with Edmund, and then, of course, Declan.

As much as she didn’t want to consider him, she knew that it had hurt her just as much, if not more, than everything else that had happened. Part of her wished that she had never met him as a human —if she had met him in the woods in his wolf form, none of this would have been an issue. She never would have fallen for him, her family never would have been in danger, and Edmund wouldn’t hate her for sleeping with the enemy.

But there was still a small voice inside of her head telling her that she was happy with Declan, in those rare, quiet moments when there was nothing and no one in the world other than them. Then she’d been happy. When he came to see her after he’d found out that she had been in an accident, she’d been truly happy.

But then reality came crashing through the front door, once again. It seemed like that was happening too much lately —she would finally feel some semblance of peace for a minute, but then something would drop on her, crushing her underneath the weight of the truth.

After she had left the hospital library, she had tried to call Edmund a few times, but he sent her straight to voicemail. She knew that he needed space, but she also knew that she did not want to be alone right now. Her own thoughts scared her.

Noelle closed her eyes and tried to imagine small white sheep jumping over the moon and counting back from one hundred. Her mother had taught her this trick when she was younger, and when she’d suffered from nightmares every night.

“It’s okay,” her mother would say to her, “just close your eyes and count the sheep. When you wake in the morning, you’ll know that it was just a bad dream.”

Noelle felt a lump form in her throat and she clutched a pillow to her chest, burying her face inside of it. She didn’t want to cry. She felt that if she allowed herself to let go and cry now, she would never be able to stop. There was a knock at her door and Noelle wiped away the rebel tears marking their path down her cheeks.

“Come in,” she said.

Her nana peered in through the crack in the door and said, “What’s wrong, Noelle? I know you’re trying to muffle your crying, but it’s not working. It might be best to try to talk to someone about it.”

Noelle was still not entirely used to her nana speaking this much.

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