Alpha's Remorse After Her Death (Amber and Julian) novel Chapter 308

“Yes,” I said. “Forever.”

That seemed to calm her down.

I held Alice until she got sleepy and went to take a nap. Then I paced until Julian finally arrived home.

“I’m so sorry,” he said as he came through the door, his first words to me. “I should have been

smarter about all this.”

“It happened,” I said. “But now that you are here, we can sort it out. We can plan…”

He held out his phone. “My family has been calling me non–stop since it happened. I haven’t answered their calls but the messages are damning enough. They are turning against me, Amber. My council, my family… I don’t even know who to call. Do I have anyone in my corner left with any influence?”

He was spiraling, I could see that now, lost in his own tumultuous thoughts, just as I had been when I had been frustrated I couldn’t find a cure. Like I had needed then, he needed a distraction now.

A reset. Something to clear his mind so it could start thinking again more logically.

The only thing I could think to do in this moment, as he had done for me, was kiss him.

So I grabbed him by the front of his lapels, dragged him closer to me and kissed him square on the mouth.

He startled at first, then froze. But quickly, his body started to react. His arms went around me. His lips melded to mine. This time, when he gasped, I licked my way into his mouth, and he eagerly replied.

In our passion, he turned and pressed me against the wall, taking back control with his body and his tongue, chasing mine back into my mouth now. His hands gripped my hips, tugging my clothes like he wanted to tear them from me.

This wasn’t the time or place for that, so out in the open like this, but my body responded pleasantly to the threat of being strewn naked for him to see.

He broke the kiss once to whisper, “I love you,” before he dove straight back in.

I gripped at his shoulders, holding on as best I could.

We kissed until we were out of breath. Then, separated, he rested his forehead to mine.

“Thank you,” he said, breathless. “I really needed that.”

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Chapter 308

“I think I did, too.”

It was nice to be grounded again, with him as my anchor.

“Things went really badly with the council,” he said. “And then worse with Tony.”

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“We’ll fix it,” I said. “There are people in this pack who still believe in you, and we will find them.”

“Gods, I hope you are right.”

“I am. Come on, let’s get you a drink.”

“Now you are talking.”

Hand in hand, I led him into the den where the dry bar was. As I started to pour him a drink, he turned on the nearby television. Tony’s voice started to blare through the speakers so Julian muted

him.

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