Married My Ex's Alpha Uncle (Silver and Elliot) novel Chapter 158

Elliot’s POV

“Elliot! You came home!” Silver said as she ran down the stairs in nothing but a bra and panties. My brows furrowed; she would never wear something so revealing in front of the palace staff. Even the maids that were walking by, stared at her warily. “Come to bed with me,” she pleaded, grabbing onto my arm.

“Can you give me a few minutes,” I said, pulling my arm out of her grasp, and watching as it fell to her side. I didn’t like her touch; I wasn’t sure why. But there was something off with her and my wolf was starting to get snarly over it.

I wanted to ignore him, but I was having trouble doing so.

“Is everything okay?” She asked, giving me her best doe eyes. At one point I couldn’t resist those eyes but seeing her standing in front of me right now, I wanted to distance myself from her. I kept telling myself it was because she’s been through so much, but I’m starting to doubt my true reasoning.

“Yeah, I just need to speak with someone,” I told her.

She frowned, but she nodded slowly.

“Okay. I’ll be waiting in our room,” she said, turning and swaying her hips as she walked back up the stairs.

I stared after her for a moment before I looked at the maids who were frozen in place.

“Say nothing to anyone about this,” I barked.

They nodded and scrambled away.

I straightened my shoulders and went into the kitchen. Mariah was cooking dinner for the palace workers when I entered and when she saw me, her entire body froze.

“Did you find her?” She asked, her eyes wide.

Now it was my turn to freeze. Silver had been there for the last hour, and she didn’t bother to see Mariah. She knew that Mariah would have been worried, and she would have wanted to see her friend. Now my gut was twisting in a way that made me feel nauseous.

I thought about the rogue sitting in the cell at the jail; could it be possible that I made a mistake?

“Elliot?” Mariah asked, raising her brows. “Did you hear me?”

“She hasn’t come by to see you?” I asked, my voice sounding distant and unfamiliar.

Her brows pinched together.

“You mean she’s been here?” Mariah asked. “The entire time?”

Silver wasn’t weak-minded like that.

“Alpha…” Mariah said, using my formal title which she only does when she’s extremely worried about me. “Are you well? Should I make you some soup?”

I shook my head.

“No, I’m fine,” I told her, stepping away from the counter. “But I think I need to leave. If Silver comes down here, tell her I’ll return shortly. Pack business. She will understand.”

Mariah didn’t look convinced, but she nodded thoughtfully.

A part of me didn’t want to leave Silver alone in the palace with my packmates, but I didn’t have a choice, I needed to get back to the police station. My wolf has been urging me to return to that cell since we left and now it was time that I listened to him.

“Alpha…” I heard a distressed voice in my head, it was from Luca.

“What’s wrong?” I asked through the mindlink as I walked out of the palace doors and stepped onto the front porch, basking in the cold air that wrapped around my body, attacking my tough skin.

“Erik spoke to the imposter…” he said. “He’s saying that she’s the real Silver. He sounds adamant. But he’s demanding that you get to the police station right away.”