Discovering the Alpha

The sun was peeping into the small room when I woke up, feeling so rested I almost forgot the events of yesterday.

Unconsciously, I reached for the other side of the bed where that potent scent still lingered...

But I found it empty.

My eyes snapped open.

There were barely creases on the side Alpha Cole had occupied last night; he had dressed it so properly it looked like he hadn't slept in it.

How long had he been gone? How long had I been asleep?

My clothes were freshly cleaned and laid out, and I spent time in the bathroom reminding myself that nothing had happened last night.

Yet my whole body wouldn't stop flaming up at the memory of his fingers sweeping back my hair, his deep breath as he slept beside me.

I washed up slowly, wondering what I would say to him when I came out of the room.

But when I opened the door of the bathroom, the towel clinging to my wet body, with a smaller towel tied on my hair, I didn't expect to see him entering the room at the same time.

I froze o