The Alpha's Curse The Enemy Within

Sheila's point of view

| was in my chamber. And I just couldn't fall asleep after my conversation with Leonardo. | couldn't stop thinking

of the so many possibilities that Thea could have a lover and her child wasn't Killian's.

And | wished that was the case. But | only sounded like a mate who was trying to refute the obvious truth that

another woman was expecting her mate's child.

That was exactly how my newfound theory and suspicion sounded to me. But | didn't care how | sounded. | had

always trusted my gut feeling, and | always knew something about Thea was off. She was capable of doing

anything to remain in Killian's pack and keep us apart. And | gave her what she always wanted by leaving the

pack.

Valerie was right. | shouldn't let her get everything. | sighed, falling on the bed. My eyes fell on Killian's letter

that was on the bed beside me.

| reached for it, pulling it open. | felt a tug in my chest as my eyes began to carry each word. | couldn't fight the

pain that envelopedas | could feel Killian's pain embedded in each word. | tossed the paper on the bed as

soon as | was done reading, my eyes were covered with tears that | couldn't hold back.

| pulled my eyes open and | knew | had to go back. | had to be with Killian and | had to somehow find out if my

suspicion about Thea was right.

I curled up on the bed, with my eyes awake, thinking of Killian as | prayed for the arrival of dawn. It was better

like this than having to fall asleep, knowing | would dream about someone else.

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Killian's point of view

| was at the door of Thea's chamber. | pulled it open gently without knocking, finding her sleeping peacefully

underneath the covers. | closed the door behind me, my eyes searching around the neatly arranged chamber. It

was going to be difficult to find anything here without Thea knowing.

| walked around the room, glancing at every corner, hoping to remember something | had seen with her the first

day the goddess had cursedto make our paths collide.

My eyes fell on her dressing table and | went over there, before | could take a look at her drawer, | felt a stir in

the bed, and the rhythm of her sleeping heartbeat changed. She was awake now.

| dived my hands into my pockets, glancing at the items on her table, knowing she was watching me. This

woman just keeps getting strange, and this only increases my suspicion that she was dangerous.

| turned around and she was fixed in a sleepy position and her long lashes were pressed close. | sauntered to the

bedside, watching her pretend to be asleep for a while before turning for the door.

| was almost at the door when I heard her soft call, makingstop and turn around.

"Killian," she called again, pulling up from the bed a little.

"You are awake, | didn't mean to wake you up," | blended with whatever she was going for.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, scrutinizingcautiously.

"What else? To see you," | replied, taking slow steps toward the bed.

Thea positioned herself in a sitting position, intentionally adjusting her white velvet nightdress so that one could

see a detailed outline of her breasts and everything she wanted to show.

"That's sweet, Killian," she released one of her smiles that had successfully blindedall this time, making me

believe she was the purest of hearts when she was only a devil incarnate herself.

"How are you doing?" | asked, finally next to her.

"Great, just a little sad you don't caround often. Sometimes, your child misses you," she muttered, pulling

her eyes down to her stomach.

| could feel Ryker log himself out from the surface. | took a seat on her bed, my hand pulled up to her cheek,

caressing it softly. Thea leaned into my touch.

"Oh, Killian you have no idea how much | missed you," she whispered, as my hand moved to the back of her

neck, getting lost in her long ebony hair.

Thea placed a hand on my chest, leaning closer to me, her lips were aiming for mine.

"Thea," | pulled up from the bed, shoving my hand into my pants.

"lI am sorry, Killian," she looked away from my gaze, and | saw a tear slip down from her eyes.

Fucking hell, how couldn't | see past this pretense. Suddenly, | felt rage in my bones. | turned my gaze away from

her before | lost it.

"I know things haven't been great between us, but you are expecting my pup, Thea, and | want both of you to be

fine," | said to her, and she smiled.

too, Killian. I hate it whenever we fight."

"I want you to be careful, the warriors have been dealing with sunusual movement in the pack's territory.

Sunknown wolves have been trying to break in, and | am guessing it's from your previous pack," | paused,

watching her reaction.

"How can you be so sure, it could be unrelated to my past," she said, counting her words, regardingdeeply.

"Or completely related to it. Remember, Thea," | drew closer to her on the bed. "You are now carrying my pup;

your safety is my priority."

"Killian," she smiled, pulling out from the bed. "I love it when you get protective over me. But that asshole of an

Alpha doesn't even know where | am."

"How can you be so sure, Thea, if he wanted you dead, he wouldn't stop until he found you," | was getting

annoyed.

"But | have been under the raider since my arrival here, he can't find me. Don't worry too much," she muttered,

and before | could respond, she began to strip naked, her eyes never leaving mine while her lips held a smile.

In a second, the nightwear covering her body fell to the floor and Thea was standing a few feet away from where

| was positioned on the bed, completely naked.

"What are you doing, Thea?" | asked her and she shrugged, naughtily.

"Tellyou don't feel anything, seeinglike this?" She moved closer to the bed, and | was up from it,

sidestepping her.

"I do. | do feel something seeing you like this and believeyou don't want to know what it is," | stalked to the

door.

"Killian, please don't go. | just miss being with you. I miss how we were," she sounded, picking up her night dress

from the floor, and removing a brooch from it.

My eyes followed her action. | haven't seen that brooch before, but it is quite old. | could feel my heart drum

loudly in my ears. She dropped it on her dressing table, grabbing a silken robe from her clothes rack.

| moved closer to the dressing table, glancing at the brooch. It looked old. It had a unique design with small star-

shaped crystal stones.

"Yeah. Believe me, | do too. | miss how we were. We are expecting our pup, Thea, | want things to improve

between us," | said, standing in front of the dressing table, so close that | could grab the brooch.

Tears welled up in Thea's eyes, and she hurled herself closer, crashing herself against my body in a hug. | took

the opportunity, and quickly swiped the brooch, diving my hand into my pocket.

"That's enough, Thea," | pulled away from her, turning for the door. "I have to go."

"Please, Killian stay a little longer," she pleaded. "You could helpshower."

"Another time, Thea," | said over my shoulder, moving to the door. | couldn't contain the elation bubbling within

me. | had managed to get a strand of Thea's hair earlier, and now | had something that might just work in

knowing who this woman was.

| reached for the door and stepped out, jamming it close from behind. | couldn't stop the smile that was so eager

to appear. | felt so happy.

| swerved around and froze on my spot as my amber eyes fell on the face of the woman | had been dying to see

for days now.

"Sheila," | gasped, shocked, confused, and most of all extremely happy. She was right in front of me, Sheila was

back.

| began to move closer to her but stopped abruptly when | realized where we were at. | had just stepped out from

Thea's chamber, and Sheila was standing right there at the door. She could have heard every word | muttered in

there just so | could get what | had cfor.

Sheila's blue eyes moved fromto the door, and returned to me, holding no emotion at all.

"Sheila," | called her nagain, softly, hoping she didn't hear anything, and even if she did, she wouldn't get «

mad but trust me.