The Rejected Alpha (Book 1 of the Rejected Series)

Chapter 64

I walked the rest of the way home and took my keys out of my pocket before I bit back a sigh of relief, grateful that no one else tried to stop me. "Thank the Goddess," I said, my voice barely above a whisper while I pursed my lips in annoyance and narrowed my eyes. "Thank the Goddess."

Something ran toward me from the corner of my eye, and I paused and looked that way while narrowing my eyes further before I saw that it was a black cat, and I slowly relaxed some.

Salem...

I rolled my eyes and scowled while I stopped making the rest of the way to my door and folded my arms across my chest, my keys dangling in hand, waiting for them to come closer.

'Oh, lookie, it's Salem,' Corey said cheerfully. 'Hi, Salem. How are you?'

Great...

I scowled and narrowed my eyes while the cat stopped in front of me and sat down.

The cat slowly blinked and cocked their head while they stared at me, and I had a feeling that they wanted to come in with me.

"What would you do if I said no?" I asked, my voice barely above a whisper and shifted slightly as if I was about to kick the stupid cat, and Salem looked at my leg before they looked at me with wide eyes.

Again, the cat blinked and moved a little so that they weren't in range of my kick. They looked at the door before they looked at me again, and I had a feeling that they were going to go in no matter what I said or did.

I bit back a small growl and moved a hand across my face. "Can't you come back tomorrow?" I asked, keeping my voice at the same level while I raised my eyebrow higher. "I am tired, and I need to get some sleep. I wasn't even going to interrogate my grandmother tonight."

That was a complete and total lie because I was going to ask her some questions while I drank some of her stupid tea that she would force me to drink.

Salem narrowed their eyes and flicked their tail annoyed. They didn't say a word, but I could tell that they knew that I was lying.

I bit back a small sigh before I rolled my eyes and scowled. "Fine," I grumbled before I unlocked and opened my front door. "Let's go." I gestured for them to go inside so that I could go in too.

Salem smirked and flicked their tail before they walked in as if they owned the place, and I rolled my eyes and followed them in, scowling.

"Grams?" I asked while I closed the door and locked it behind me before I placed my keys into the cup by the door. "Are you awake?"

"Kitchen, Dear," my grandmother called from the kitchen, and I breathed a small sigh of relief. "I have some tea ready for you, Alex, and I would like you to drink it without any complaints. Is that understood?"

I rolled my eyes and scowled while I made my way to the kitchen with Salem following me, still in cat form. "Did you make two cups?" I asked. "I brought a guest."

"Mreow," Salem said in protest, and I looked down at them, and my scowl deepened. They looked at me through narrowed eyes and scowled, and I had a feeling that they didn't want to drink anything my grandmother had made.

"If I am drinking it, then you are too, Salem," I said with a small hiss while I bared my teeth in annoyance. "I am not drinking it alone."

Salem rolled their eyes and scowled before they shifted into their human form. "Very funny, Alexandra," they said while they folded their arms across their chest. "I am not drinking anything."

"You are too, Salem," my grandmother said, and I bit back a small smirk while I looked at them as if to say 'ha'. "Now, both of you come in here. Alexandra, be nice."