Bad Boy Alphas Series Book 2: Alpha's Danger
Autore
Renee Rose
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Prologue
Amber
Let the record reflect: Crazy people subject to visions should stay away from crowded airports.
I roll my suitcase up to the sink in the bathroom and gaze at my face in the mirror as I wash my hands. My hairâs still back in a no-nonsense bun, but my piercing headache has turned me into a monster, eyes bloodshot and sunken as if theyâre receding into my skull to get away from it all.
Great. A screaming migraine on interview day. Just what Iâve always wanted.
I dry my hands with a paper towel and pat the damp paper against my cheeks, suppressing a groan.
What was I thinking, flying here? Nothing triggers my hallucinations like being around too many people. A guy in a business suit bumped into me, and his memory flashed in my head: him in bed with a woman. Heâs cheating on his wife.
I donât know how I know, but I do. And I wish I didnât.
Maybe Iâll just hide in the bathroom until they call my flight. Yeah, thatâs a plan. Crazy Amber, hiding in bathrooms because she has visions wherever she goes. I went to law school for this?
My phone beeps. Ten forty-two a.m.. Fifteen minutes until boarding time, and five hours before my interview. I dig for ibuprofen, wincing at the rattle of pills in the bottle.
Let the record reflect: I need to keep giant bottles of pain meds in my purse at all times.
âExcuse me.â A warm voice sounds behind me, and an old woman touches my back as she reaches past me for a paper towel.
I mean to duck away without eye contact, but the woman has me trapped between the sinks and the paper towels, unable to escape. I glance up with my polite smile pasted in place.
The woman has long white hair but a surprisingly youthful face, and wide blue eyes. âHow long have you practiced the intuitive arts?â
I look behind myself, even though I know no one else is there. But the woman couldnât be talking to me, could she? âExcuse me?â
She still touches me, her fingers lightly resting on my sleeve now. âThe intuitive arts? How long have you been practicing?â
A chill runs through me. âIâm sorry, I donât know what youâre talking about.â
The womanâs face clouds. âOh.â Her expression clears. âWell, youâre supposed to, honey, and youâre going to keep having headaches until you do.â
My vision blurs with the fast-motion movie reel pictures Iâve been trying to suppress. Nausea blasts through me. I see a huge, muscle-bound man standing on a beach, brow wrinkled, fists clenched. Then a wolf in a cage, snarling.
I force the breath out of my lungs and draw in fresh oxygen, shaking my head as if that might clear the stupid visions. When my focus returns to the bathroom, I blink. The womanâs gone.
Grabbing my suitcase handle, I wheel it out of the bathroom, scanning for the white-haired woman when the clock catches my eye. Ten forty-two a.m. That has to be wrong.
I check my phone just as the two changes to three. Almost no time passed in the bathroom, but thereâs no sign of the woman.
How did she vanish into thin air?~
