Chapter 64

ALEX
That agonizing ache that tore through my heart the day I lied about still loving Alice rips through me again, even more excruciating this time. Watching Hannah’s slender form walk away, her shoulders trembling as she fought back sobs, shattered what was left of my soul into a million pieces. I didn’t even realize how deeply I cared for her until this nightmare unfolded. There is nothing I crave more in this moment than to chase after her, pull her lithe body into my arms, and drown in her intoxicating scent, murmuring reassurances that everything will be alright - even though I have no idea how to make that true. Fuck! The most torturous part of this hellish situation is that I understand why I can’t refuse Alice’s demands, but that knowledge changes absolutely fucking nothing.
My brothers and I are Alice’s puppets, our wills stripped away by her intoxicating new scent. Lorenzo didn’t waver from his obsessive devotion to her, so it only bound him tighter to her whims. With Cameron, I can see the flickers of doubt and inner turmoil in his pained eyes each time he answers her summons, but he is just as helpless as I am. My entire being vibrates with fury at being forced to obey her, but that rage is no match for the overwhelming compulsion to please her that her scent triggers. I have to break free of this because I can’t keep shattering my beautiful mate’s heart like this. I can’t... and last night gave me a glimmer of hope.