Forbidden

Chapter 23

23

 

“Um, okay?” I replied.

He twined his hand into mine and led me out of the room and into a hallway where a grand staircase stood at the end. I looked over my shoulder to see if anyone was watching us, but no one was.

We walked up the steps, never saying a word to one another, across the landing and Randel opened a door that led into a study of the sorts.

There was a fancy looking cherry wood desk in the middle with a few lavish gold chairs and sturdier cherry wood bookcases with the strangest titles on them. The French doors at the back of the room were open, the wind blowing back the silk curtains and offering the view of a marble tiled balcony outside.

Randel closed the door, startling me.

I frowned at him and folded my arms across my chest. Randel only looked down at his shoes and led me out onto the balcony.

From here we could see the mountains, the valley, the trees in the forest that stood lonely in the chilly night, and Shadow Land. It looked even darker at night, so forbidden, and yet so tempting. Under the milky light of the moon, the land seemed even eerier.

I got a vague picture of Liam in my head that I quickly pushed out of my mind and into the most dreaded end of my soul, hoping that it wouldn’t surface once again.

“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” Randel asked sounding far away.

“I suppose,” I shrugged, knowing full well that he was stalling to get more time with me. “What did you want to speak about?”

Randel sighed. “Misha, I’m sorry.”

I rolled my eyes. “Of course you are; you always are.”

He frowned. “I know it was immature Misha, and I know that you’re speaking to me from an Alpha’s standpoint, but…”

“I am not speaking to you from an Alpha’s standpoint.” I glared at him.

“Misha, yes you are. You have been a lot lately. The Misha that I knew was so carefree…”

“The Misha that you knew has grown up and smelled the coffee.” I said abrasively. “I can’t afford to be carefree now Randel. Not with all of this. And you! You just want to stay immature don’t you?”

“Misha, I can’t help it. I’m not a true Alpha,”

“Oh now he understands,” I said, throwing my hands up in the air.

He frowned at me. “I just...” He shook his head. “Forget it.”