Alpha's Claimed Mate

Chapter 6

ANNE

“ You never died. ” I let out, my eyes wide and round.

I have been in shock for the last five minutes or so. She helped me settle back in the chair, which I got up from desperately. My mind is still numb, and my hands are cold as ice.

She sits down on the right chair from the Vampire King, staring at me for what seems like decades.

I glance at Zero from the corner of my eyes. He is staring out the window. He refuses to look at me or her. I know her presence is making him tick but he is not leaving either. Because he doesn’t want me alone with them, I know.

“ I died. ” She sighs.

I glance back at her, and the trance of numbness shatters into a million pieces. Anger takes the place of initial shock and denial.

“ What happened? ” I hardly contain the fury and keep my tone balanced, neutral.

“ Given that you thought I was dead, I think…Zero has told you his side of the story already. ” She whispers, her blue eyes cast down.

I don’t deny it. I can’t tell her that it was not Z