SAVE ME ALPHAS (SAMPLE ONLY)

5. CORA

I blinked at the blue pillow a few inches from my face. It took a few minutes for the sleep to fade and the memories from last night to flood my mind.

A shiver raced through me.

Turning onto my back, I blinked up at the ceiling for a few seconds before I slowly sat up.

My eyes darted around the room.

I froze when I spotted the man occupying the chair in one corner of the room.

He had a book resting on his lap. The brown leather was worn like the book was being used constantly.

"How do you feel?"

His voice was deep and accented. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make out where his accent was from.

Slowly, he raised his head to look at me. Grey eyes locked with mine for a moment and then lowered to my neck.

I watched as his eyes darkened and flashed black for a second before they returned back to normal.

"Doctor said that you should stay in bed for a few days until you are fully rested." He paused. "How are you feeling, Cora?"

I swallowed."F-fine," I stuttered.

It was a lie and he seemed to know it.

My body ached, and I had a mild headache pestering me. It hurt when I swallowed, but I was sure that the pain would be gone in a day or two.

Reaching up, I brushed my fingers against my throat.

His eyes followed the movement.

"Cora," he called softly.

"Mom never mentioned you," I said.

"We weren't close."

"Alpha Rowan said that there was bad blood between you."

He frowned. "I tried to clear things up with your mom, but she wouldn't listen. I made contact with Nate a few months after she turned me away."

I had a lot of questions, but there was only one thing I needed to know at the moment.

"How did you find out about Mom's...that she's gone?"

"Nate made me your guardian in case something ever happens to them. Rowan called me a few weeks ago."

"Why?"

Keiran swallowed. "When your parents found you－" he broke off and cleared his throat. "I mean when you－"

"I know," I interrupted him. "Mom and Dad told me that they found me at the side of the road when I was a baby."

"Oh." He cleared his throat again. "Sorry. I'm already messing this up."

My eyes dropped to my hands. "Mom said that she wanted me to know the truth in case any of the pack members ever mentioned where I came from."

Keiran closed the book and placed it down on the small table next to the chair. Leaning forward, he rested his elbows on his knees and locked his fingers together as he watched me.

"I'll answer all your questions to the best of my ability, but after you answer some of mine."

I looked away from him.

"What were you doing there?"

I pursed my lips.

"Cora, do you have any idea how dangerous it is to be wandering around the forest on a full moon?" he growled.

I might have grown up in a pack, but that didn't mean I knew everything about them.

"You have two options; either you tell me yourself, or Axel will get me the answers I want," he threatened.