Chapter 5: Fallen Angel
Alec stared at the bedroom ceiling as he lied down on top of his bed, counting every crack and splinter that lined it. 'Why am I still here?' He thought glancing around the room. Max's room. He knew that he'd be dead if Max found him still here. His mind was telling him to leave, but his inner subconscious was not allowing it. And he couldn't understand why.
'You know why.' A voice whispered in his head. 'You love her.'
Alec didn't want to deny it anymore. It was getting tiring. And it only confused him even more. How could he allow himself to fall in love with another girl? When Rachel had died, he had practically vowed never to be with another woman again. Because he knew no one could fill in the empty hole in his heart that Rachel once completed. Except.Max.
Her heat proved everything. As a transgenic, specifically an X5, Alec knew for a fact that Max enjoyed her heat; he knew that he was able to satisfy her. It was encoded in their DNA that, once a female X5 goes into heat she should be able to find her mate, the one perfect for her, the one that matched and equaled her own DNA.
But that wasn't the real reason on why he had feelings for Max. The very first time that he saw her back at Manticore, he respected her. For her guts in sustaining Manticore's trash talking. No matter how much Manticore tortured her, she maintained her dignity.
And the main reason of it all was because she had given him a life. She had granted him freedom.
Alec groaned out loud as he thought of all of this. He himself had already accepted the fact that he was falling for her. But what will Max say? No doubt her first comment would be a kick in the ass. Though if she hurt him or not, he was going to tell her how he felt.
Alec sighed and got out of bed. Slowly, he walked over to the wide-open window. The wind blew steadily at him, and he welcomed it readily. Before he could even scope out the atmosphere a low rumbling sound coming from below caught his attention. He gazed down and saw the last person he wanted to see that very night.
Max.
Alec, much to his ego's disgust, began to panic-like hell.
He scrambled over the bed snatching his clothes from the floor and putting them on quickly. He grabbed his leather jacket from the chair where it hung and his mobile phone, which lay on the bedside table. He slipped it in his pocket as he shrugged on his jacket, at the same time trying to put on his shoes while swearing madly.
He sped out the bedroom and crashed right into.Max.
"Max." Alec said. Her name had come at least several times in his thoughts, and honestly, it was giving him a headache.
Then Max did the last thing he expected her to do.
She kissed him.
Suddenly, Alec forgot all about his headache.
Alec stared at the bedroom ceiling as he lied down on top of his bed, counting every crack and splinter that lined it. 'Why am I still here?' He thought glancing around the room. Max's room. He knew that he'd be dead if Max found him still here. His mind was telling him to leave, but his inner subconscious was not allowing it. And he couldn't understand why.
'You know why.' A voice whispered in his head. 'You love her.'
Alec didn't want to deny it anymore. It was getting tiring. And it only confused him even more. How could he allow himself to fall in love with another girl? When Rachel had died, he had practically vowed never to be with another woman again. Because he knew no one could fill in the empty hole in his heart that Rachel once completed. Except.Max.
Her heat proved everything. As a transgenic, specifically an X5, Alec knew for a fact that Max enjoyed her heat; he knew that he was able to satisfy her. It was encoded in their DNA that, once a female X5 goes into heat she should be able to find her mate, the one perfect for her, the one that matched and equaled her own DNA.
But that wasn't the real reason on why he had feelings for Max. The very first time that he saw her back at Manticore, he respected her. For her guts in sustaining Manticore's trash talking. No matter how much Manticore tortured her, she maintained her dignity.
And the main reason of it all was because she had given him a life. She had granted him freedom.
Alec groaned out loud as he thought of all of this. He himself had already accepted the fact that he was falling for her. But what will Max say? No doubt her first comment would be a kick in the ass. Though if she hurt him or not, he was going to tell her how he felt.
Alec sighed and got out of bed. Slowly, he walked over to the wide-open window. The wind blew steadily at him, and he welcomed it readily. Before he could even scope out the atmosphere a low rumbling sound coming from below caught his attention. He gazed down and saw the last person he wanted to see that very night.
Max.
Alec, much to his ego's disgust, began to panic-like hell.
He scrambled over the bed snatching his clothes from the floor and putting them on quickly. He grabbed his leather jacket from the chair where it hung and his mobile phone, which lay on the bedside table. He slipped it in his pocket as he shrugged on his jacket, at the same time trying to put on his shoes while swearing madly.
He sped out the bedroom and crashed right into.Max.
"Max." Alec said. Her name had come at least several times in his thoughts, and honestly, it was giving him a headache.
Then Max did the last thing he expected her to do.
She kissed him.
Suddenly, Alec forgot all about his headache.