My Ex Husband The Alpha His Brother The Rogue novel Chapter 62

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At least an hour passes, before Cameron is calm enough and feels up to returning to the rest of the group.

It might have been longer too, I’m not even sure at this point.

It’s hard to tell the passing of time this deep into the forest.

At least a half hour ago, Tyler and two other Alphas came looking for us. But Cameron insisted we remained hidden

And then some of Tyler’s security detail came looking for us. But Cameron wouldn’t show himself. He wanted to make sure he didn’t look like he’d just had a panic attack due to an allergic reaction.

And it took him some time to make sure he wouldn’t give anything away when we returned.

I don’t know why I even agreed to it, but I did.

Maybe it’s because I know how it feels to have your vulnerability exposed to the world against your will.

Especially when there’s so many eyes on you. Just watching and waiting for you to make a mistake.

Cameron’s the top Alpha in the continent. If anyone even catches wind that he has such severe allergies to certain berries, there’d be more than enough assassination attempts lining up at every event he attends.

If the media and Grandfather Blackwood doesn’t crucify him first.

He’s already on the wrong side of the media, since Kael’s return.

Kael… I distantly wonder if he knows this about Cameron.

I’ve heard they were once close as brothers. It’s hard to believe but I imagine he must have.

He was the first to notice it in Liam.

If he knows about it, why hasn’t he used it against Cameron yet? There’s nothing as damaging to an Alpha as being perceived as weak in health.

“What are you thinking so seriously about?” Cameron asks as he stands up from the log we’ve been sitting on, interrupting the silence that was becoming almost too comfortable for my comfort.

“You have your nose scrunched up in that cute little way you do when you’re thinking hard about something.” He points out, his tone amused.

He’s speaking comfortably with me now. The edge between us since the boardroom seems to have disappeared.

Is this what Kael wants? For Cameron and I to draw closer? Or is this just a test? One of his cruel games?

“Is it what I said?” Cameron asks, “Did I successfully get your head scrambled even just a little?”

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I scoff beneath my breath. “You wish.”

Cameron shrugs casually. “I do.” He admits without hesitation.

I quickly avert my gaze. “We should head back now,”

He nods, offering me a hand, a small smile on his lips.

I raise a brow, ignoring his offered hand. I get up myself and Cameron just chuckles quietly, leading the way through the forest.

“I texted Tyler that we’ll be leaving by ourselves.” He relays to me.

I nod slowly.

It’s already dark out and we walk in silence for a short time.

The forest changes before we even realize it. The sky grows even darker, unnaturally fast and the first flake of chilling cold snow hits my cheek.

It’s light, almost harmless. Until it isn’t.

A frigid wind snaps through the trees with a howl, and the branches sway precariously.

Cameron pauses in his step, glancing up. His brows are furrowed in concern. “We should hurry.”

We walk faster but the winds quickly grow more violent, lifting up the top layer of snow.

It whips around, howling loud enough to overwhelm any other sound and blocking our view of the path

ahead.

A shiver runs down my spine as the chill seeps in through my fur coat.

“Just keep walking, Laila.” Cameron calls back to me. “The clearing shouldn’t be too far ahead. From there, the exit is just a few minutes away.”

I do. Following Cameron footsteps as best as I can. I lift a hand to shield my eyes as the snow rains down all around me and when I lower them again, Cameron’s nowhere to be seen.

“Cameron?!” I call out, glancing around as the wind whips around even more wildly.

No answer.

1 squint, but all I see is snow. No Cameron. No path back to the clearing.

My heart drops to the pit of my stomach and panic crawls up my spine.

I’m out in the middle of nowhere, in an unfamiliar forest, in a completely different city, and caught in an unpredictable snow storm.

I don’t know my way back and I left my rifle in the clearing.

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I knew this family trip was a bad idea. But if anyone had told me I would be stuck in a literal storm and basically lost, miles away from my son? I wouldn’t have believed it.

Liam… the thought of him makes my heart constrict in my chest and fuels the panic clawing at me.

I have to get home. I have to get back to my son.

The chill bites at my skin as I push through the wind, walking forwards.

My hair is damp and sticks to my face and my boots feel like they weigh a ton as they trudge through thick

snow.

My stomach grumbles at this exact moment, reminding me of the breakfast I skipped and the grill I missed going after Cameron.

And now the jerk has gone off somewhere and I have to find my way back myself.

As I take another step forward, my boot gets caught in a shrub buried by the snow, and I stumble, losing my balance. I fall over, face planting right into the snow.

The cold leaves my teeth chattering. I struggle up to my feet, ignoring the pain pulsing around my lip where I must have bit in too harshly while trying to brace against the fall.

Now I’m bleeding. Cold, wet, and with the winds violently throwing snow around and getting in my way, I still don’t know the way back or if I’m heading in the right direction.

Can this day get any worse?

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