Alpha's Girl

{6. Goodbye}

My hands became sweaty as we passed familiar stores and streets, becoming closer and closer to goodbye.

Memories soon started flooding my mind as we passed my family's favorite restaurants and shops. I'd learned to keep the tears in every time my mother or Kaden cross my mind, but there was no controlling the pain I felt in my chest. "Relax, Princess," Zac said as he took my shaking hands into his before he kissed my knuckles and ran his thumb over them. "I'll be right next to you."

I nodded as I relaxed a bit, but treacherous thoughts continued bombarding my mind.

What if they don't believe me? What if they call the cops? What if they follow us? What if rogues-

"Princess, I can feel your thoughts through the link," Zac said as he placed another kiss on my knuckles. "Nothing will happen, I'll make sure of it."

"I know, but what if-"

"No what ifs, love," Zac said, cutting me off as he looked at me. "We'll be alright."

Instead of nodding or letting silence bridge between us, I decided to ask the question that's been sitting in the back of my mind ever since the first time he mentioned it. "How do you feel my thoughts and emotions through the link, Zac?"

Zac responded with silence, but I could see the gears turning in his head as he continued running his thumb over my knuckles in thought. "I don't know," he said after a full minute of silence. "It's just that your emotions and thoughts are so strong that I can't help but to feel them."

"How do I stop it?" I asked, not wanting him to be able to hear my thoughts all the time...especially not the ones about him.

"You just have to learn how to keep a wall up," he simply stated. "Easy as that."

"Like you do?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Love, I don't keep my wall up unless I absolutely need to. It's just that your thoughts are so loud and overbearing. That and the fact that you just don't know how to listen to them. Feel for them."

All his words had my head spinning with confusion. "How do I do that?" I asked, feeling confused yet curious.

"That's it. You don't," he said. "There's no manual on how to control the link, it just happens naturally. Most of the time when you least expect it. But after you understand it and how it's connected to you, you gain control."

"Ugh," I sighed as I rested my head against the seat head behind me. "All your words are so confusing! 'Control it but don't' 'Focus but let it happen naturally' My God, you should be a philosopher with all that talk."

Zac rolled his eyes as he turned onto the side of the street where he parked the car and looked at me. "Remember, I'm right here, okay?" I nodded my head and looked out the window.

"William's Park," I said, reading the sign. "Well, it's now or never."

We both climbed out of the car, our hands leaving each other's for that quick moment, but as soon as he was next to me, he snuck his hand into mine and slid his fingers into the spaces in between mine. "Where exactly are we going?" He asked.

"You'll know when you see it." Zac mutely nodded in response as he followed my lead. We wove through people and eventually trees when Zac asked, "What do this Wren and Luca look like?"

"Didn't you see them on the news?" I asked and he shook his head.

"I only started paying attention when you started crying."

I nodded and we continued walking. I was lost in my own crazy thoughts when suddenly Zac tensed. "What's wrong?" I asked as a low growl rumbled in his chest.