" He could have waited till the morning " said Cecelia still glowering at Aiden's back as she kissed Rosalie .
Rosalie smiled at her , the plan of course was to set of to Crescent moon pack in the morning but Aiden with his with the most sincere, solemn expression and with accent that was posher than anything Rosalie had ever listened to , apologised saying how he was needed at the pack and couldn't leave it alone .
" Its okay, I will see you soon " Rosalie patted Cecelia cheeks before getting on the car with her brooding husband who looked as if he had heard every bit of what was being said between her and Cecelia and maybe he did , you can never be alert enough with the werewolf 's hearing .
The ride to Crescent moon pack was dull , so dull that Rosalie soon closed her eyes and drifted to sleep , the next thing , she was being rudely woken up by the Red hair she -wolf , Giselle .
" Hurry up , we don't have all night " all traces of smile gone , she rudely shook her awake .
Rosalie looked at her rude manner and then at her husband who was looking at her without stopping the latter , she was his best mate ofcourse .
" I'm awake , do you mind ?" Rosalie motioned her to get off from her face , Giselle looked offended , she threw a quick look behind her but Aiden simply nodded .
Giselle didn't look pleased but moved out of Rosalie's way .
Easing of the car without anyone's help , Rosalie walked right behind Giselle who was very keen in showing her , around the house as if she was the madam .
" And this is your room " she pointed at a luxurious room .The dark, black sandstone walls were all perfectly smooth apart from the occasional shelves. The floor was covered with a plush red carpet that looked incredibly soft.
There was a very masculine-style wardrobe and large set of drawers, both made of black ebony that matched the headboard of the floating bed.
The bed glowing with a soft bluish light coming from beneath its surface , making it seem cosy despite being so huge.
Her wolf sniffed the air around them and a most delicious scent of fresh pines and spring rain hit her nostrils . Reika whined in unease , not only was the place unfamiliar to her , the entire place was full of another wolf's scent , a wolf that wasn't her mate .
Rosalie comforted Reika , with Giselle around she wasn't worried of Aiden coming in their room and consummating their marriage .
" Make yourself at home " said Giselle and Rosalie didn't miss the slight sniker in her voice .
" I will , thank you " said Rosalie stepping inside the room without bothering about her at all , she was going to take a good bath and sleep .
Giselle cocked an eyebrow at her indifferent expression , rolled her eyes and closed the door with a bang .
The bathroom was a celebration of white and black, with the red roses in the vase it was most welcoming . Chelsea stripped off her white wedding gown , The right combination of white and black textures had the ability to make the bathroom both intimidating and cozy , stepping on the shiny floor tiles and then onto the zebra accent rug, Rosalie let herself sink in.
the sharp and clean tub .The bathroom was strategically designed to create strong and dramatic contrasts. The way the light is reflected on the paneled wall, its matte black finish and the overall ambiance made it a very intimate and relaxing bathroom.
After a long relaxing bath , Rosalie got out of the tub, drying herself on a soft fluffy towel . She changed into her Pjs . She was so relaxed now that she couldn't help but grin like a cat who licked the cream of the milk .
She returned into the room , expecting it to be clear of any unwanted presence but then her gaze met the ruby red and her mouth dropped to the floor .
" What are you doing here?" she blurted out , shocked at Aiden's sudden appearance .
" Funny , is this what my new bride should be asking me on our wedding night ?" said Aiden his voice half amused , half irritated.
Now, Rosalie wasn't the one who gets lost herself in someone's looks but Aiden was seriously hot. His smirk and the sharpness in his ruby red eyes seemed to add more charm to his . His shirt didn't hide his broad shoulders, defined upper body and washboard abs that might lead to one of the sexiest V .
Ripped, that was what Rosalie would call him . Ordinarily, Rosalie would have remembered that this man was a bloodthirsty, feral Alpha who murdered his own mate but Rosalie couldn't help but find him unwittingly hot and she couldn't help but admire his ripped physique.
In addition, both her body and her wolf were reacting to the power that was practically oozing off him, he wore authority like a second skin.
His hard penetrating gaze was heating her blood rather than scaring her away. His eyes had taken on a predatory, hungry look that both thrilled and scared her.
His stare made her wolf growl in excitement. The primal lust that gripped her was so intense it was almost embarrassing .
Awesome .
Fucking Awesome .
However there was , no way she would let her unwanted attraction to him make her react to him as her body and her wolf wanted – and as his mistress reacted .Rosalie simply returned his alpha stare with one of her own. Her wolf might be weak due to the rejection of her mate but she still had the blood of alpha flowing through her body .
Aiden looked at his wife him curiously.
He had been told that she was a submissive, with her small stature ,away from her pack and in his company, he had suspected her to run away like many others before the wedding ,but was most surprised when this particular news didn't reached him , which meant that his bride didn't flee at the mention of his name , but there was no fear in her expression, nor was it rising like fumes as he expected.
Instead, she looked shocked and part enraged as if she couldn't believe his audacity to come in his own room . He was so used to the scent of fear that he found himself a little blown away by his new found information .
He also realized that he was becoming painfully hard as an undiluted raw hunger surged through him, making him loose his self control . She was beautiful in . Although she was slender and tall ,her mouth-watering curves had all sorts of fantasies running around in his head.
But it was her lips that had most of his attention though, soft and plump , making him think of impure thoughts.
A mouth that was currently set into a hard line, communicating how shocked and angry she was. He waited for her terror to rise and the smell of fear permeating the air.
" You still haven't told me why I shouldn't be here , wife ?" he added gruffly once again .
Rosalie rolled her eyes. "I thought it was a given , with your mistress prancing around the house , I don't think you expect me to strip off , lie down and please you like a good little whore of yours, Alpha ?"
The air around the room fell into an uncomfortable silence. Rosalie was waiting for the guy to explode.However she wasn't scared , she had had enough of intimidating dominating males during her time as a rogue . With her wolf being weak she knew he expected her submissive and meek.
Forgive her , if she doesn't act like his predictable sweet and meek wife!
Aiden smiled inwardly at her feistiness. He had been told enough times that he had a bloodthirsty aura.
All his life, even before earning this reputation, people had been scared of him and it kind of irritated him. His mother blamed his bloodthirst as well as the dominant vibes .
His wife, however, wasn't cowering in front of him or fleeing under his gaze. And he knew he was as feral as his reputation .
His eyes were completely focused on her and every single curve of her sexy body that it should have been enough to make her look away, scowling at him.
She didn't even flinch under his gaze. Instead she met his hard stare courageously , and he realised that he had found someone who could look him in the eye .
This wife seemed as if she was used to taking nonosense from people , probably as a result of her current weakness after rejection .
Her feisty nature pleased his wolf who didn't respect tremblers. He could see that she had a fiery temper.
Aiden breathed deeply to get a better smell of his wife's just as he did with anyone he met for the first time.
Fuck, The wonderful combinations of her rosey smell mixed with his fresh cedar and pine seemed to rush into his system and shoot straight to his hard cock, making it come to life .
His wolf growled , letting him know about his arousal, wanting to further know about his wife.
"Why don't take a seat? "
he asked her, patting the space on the bed beside him.
His strong attraction to her was something he had never ever felt about any other she wolf , even Giselle 's taste seemed bland in front of his volatile wife .
Rosalie would have refused his invitation, but if she did that it would give the impression that she was feeling intimidated of him and She couldn't let him see her weakness. She sat on the place where , Aiden patted but instead of sitting side by side , she sat crossed leg facing him .After sitting on the bed, she said " So you want to talk ?" .If she could , she wished to avoid talking to him at all. That husky, cold , coarse gravelly rattled her senses and almost made her tremble ." Yes " ." Why ? What's there for us to talk ?"" I think we really need to have a good chat , wife " .Rosalie gaped at him , Wasn't he being too flippant about their situation ?" As per your ideals , as long as I have Giselle with me , I can not have you serve me as my wife , in your words either I need to leave you alone or be completely loyal to you ."
She sighed and ran a hand through her hair , twirling a silver lock in her hand " so you want us to make this marriage work? And act what- like a real mate , do you even understand what you're asking ? Being mates with someone is not a joke , it's all about touchy yucky things and as you just said , you don't like it .""And that's why I'm asking you to try it out with me , this marriage won't end with divorce , my pack ain't gonna like that , they need a Luna and I need a mate and this marriage of ours won't be fooling anyone if we just stay clear of each other , which I don't think is necessary , I'm gonna give you what you want , if its loyalty fine its yours , power , comforts anything .Do you still want us to remain mere strangers , for all our life?"Okay that was an incredible deal , Rosalie had to admit that . But would it work? Can she really trust him with her heart?Rosalie suppressed the ur
Night melted away , the pinkish hue over the horizon told her that dawn was breaking , yet Rosalie couldn't sleep a wink not only because she and her wolf was in another man's territory but also because she felt ashamed and embarrassed - an embarrassment that had been heightened by how her body and her wolf reacted to Aiden .Last night he had acted as a true gentleman letting her have his bedroom while he volunteered to sleep in the guest room . Rosalie might have brought his act if not for that bulge on his trousers , he was hard . And maybe he refused to share a bed with her because he was afraid of breaking their agreement and mark her yesterday night .Rosalie was half thankful and half disappointed , it wasn't that she had never desired a guy before, but her desire had never been this intense like ever . If Rosalie had met her Husband, under different circumstances she would have certainly ran away from him , no matter how much h
An overwhelming urge to bite her husband's head off , coursed through Rosalie . When she didn't refused,Aiden attempt for marking her it was all because , her brain was wrapped in the carnal pleasures that her husband was making her feel but never ... never did she agreed to this ." Can you look a little I don't know normal ? You look like I'm taking you to the guillotine " said Aiden his lips twitching as he looked at his stiff wife ." And Aren't you , you said I won't be meeting with your pack till the end of the week ?"" You're not meeting my pack , just my subordinates who help around with my office work etc "Rosalie cocked an eyebrow at him , she never thought of him as someone who would like to sit inside encased in his office all day long ." I just have some business dealings here and there" Aiden seemed to know what was on her mind and explained .A fe
"If you're done," said Aiden , pausing his wolfing down of his breakfast, "it's a little different since that woman is my wife." Jojo looked as if he was about to say something but Aiden growled at him. Jojo shrugged muttering something like ' people can't even take a joke '. Troy shook his head, as he placed one more plate at the table for Giselle. "Yes it is simply fabulous to hear about my husband 's nightly adventures, thank you for letting me know," she said to Jojo sweetly. Jojo rolled his eyes at her, poking his tongue out with a kiss my ass expression at her, Aiden finally abandoned his half-eaten breakfast and delivered a sharp bite to her bottom lip before taking a seat next to her. Aiden couldn't help but frown at this strange impulsive urge of being close to her he was having, to touch her. Though he ignored it, his irritation remained. Aiden was
Opening the door at the opposite side of their bedroom, Rosalie stepped into the bath, finally, the night of their mating was here and She couldn't help but shiver in fear and excitement. She very much liked the idea of soaking herself in the spacious bath. Unfortunately, she didn't have time for a leisurely soak tonight. A thought suddenly rose in Rosalie's mind as she entered the shower. She knew that mates found it uncomfortable to be apart for the first few months after they mark themselves, Would that apply to her and Aiden or would they be different because they weren't true mates by nature? She suspected that, in any case, things wouldn't be easy for her and Aiden. If it was going to be uncomfortable then that could prove a problem. Although she didn't know Aiden for very long, she had known that he wasn't someone who liked to be touchy in the past few days. For mates, touc
" Ohh " Rosalie woke up the next day with a throbbing ache between her legs .She could remembered being woken up incurable number of times , last night .The more she tried to go against Aiden , the more harder he rammed inside of her ; possessing; biting and claiming her again and again .He was relentless , his stamina never ran out and Rosalie fainted twice and thrice but he kept waking her up . Once in the middle of night she woke up with Aiden's face buried between her legs and his tongue licking her p***y .She liked it , but that didn't mean that she wasn't tired after their nightly adventures.With trembling legs she got down from the bed after sneaking and slipping out of the muscular arm that was binding her to a warm chest . Rosalie stood up or more like tired to as her knees buckled under her and she painfully whimpered ." Are you okay ?" Aiden had woken
" Soo?"" So what ?"Aiden had hardly sat down on ths chair in his office when his beta , Trish let out a low wolf whistle. Aiden however didn't need Trish to elaborate this 'so' of his. Ofcourse with the pack link , the news of him marking Rosalie in every freaking way possible might have already reached Trish and the jerk rushed to in his office just to make fun of him ." A little birdie told me , that Luna looks well ' nourished ' " said Trish with a teasing grin, Aiden rolled his eyes at his antics , he knew why Trish was doing this , the last time when Trish found himself a mate , Aiden had mocked his possesiveness.Trish's enthusiasm however wasn't drowned at Aiden's silence instead he was even more delighted ." So where did she marked you ?" he asked with a roguish grin.Aiden kept feigning ignorance, last night had been one of the most wonde
The next few days passed by without no particular incidents happening , Aiden has tightened the security of the pack so well that Rosalie felt like she was residing in a military zone . Matteo, Trish and Cole kept an eye on every single pack member only to return disappointed when they got nothing and by the day of battle finally arrived , every one turned so jumpy and agitated that even the slightest ring of Aiden's phone startled them. " Its fine " said Aiden his jaw hardening as he rubbed her nape , then he turned to look at his pack mates and nodded " The alliance members are here " Matteo nodded then brought the enforcers out of the living room. Trish shared a look with Roxanne but the she wold turned her face away coldly without looking at him even once , Jojo on the other hand planted a smooch on her cheek that had Trish growling , Aiden snapped a snarl at both of them . He knew that along with
Rosalie walked back to her room and took a long soaking bath to clear of the scent of blood from her body . After that she sat on the bed determined to wait for Aiden and have a nice conversation once he was calm enough to listen to her reasoning but somewhere around midnight her head lolled off and she nodded off to sleep , this was the problem of taking a nice cozy bath and turning on the air con to full blast . However , when the clock chimed two in the morning, she was startled awake with a soft cooling and numbing sensation on the back of her hand .Her eyes fluttered open and she found Aiden kneeling by the side of her bed , rubbing some ointment on her injuries" You are back ? All done venting your anger ,huh Dr .hulk ? " she asked hoarsely her voice thick with sleep ." Sorry , I didn't mean to wake up up " said Aiden closing the tube and putting it on the bedside table .
" I get it " still clinging on his neck , Rosalie sighed " I know you are hurt and the situation is bad -"" This is who am I " enunciating each word Aiden spoke " You know who am I , what I am . That bastard tried to harm my mate on my own territory and you know that those who touch my bottom line , what am I capable of doing to them . Then don't ask me to do something that's not me , I'm the monster of Crescent moon pack , the blood thirsty Alpha who never thinks before killing his enemies , so don't ask me to be forgiving when I'm not capable of that sentiment , you will only hurt yourself "" I'm not asking him to forgive him , Jeez " scowling Rosalie looked up at his ruby red eyes " I'm asking you to just hold it in for a few days ,After the council's limit is a done deal , you can go ahead and rip his throat into shreds and I will cheer you on for that , I'm just asking you to delay it for a whil
" That stupid little sneak !" snarled Rosalie covering her face with her hands , she should have known as scheming as Griffin was he wouldn't have given up on his plan . She looked down at the small scratches and scraped on her knuckles and palm , the one she got when she was punching and dragging rat eye around the forest and groaned , Aiden will definitely not be happy about it at all , infact she could even imagine what kind of reaction her mate probably will have " call back Jojo and ask him that I'm coming back to the pack hall , he doesn't need to arrange all the enforcers to come and hound me "Roxanne and nodded and punched Jojo's number , the first ring didn't even finished ringing when Jojo picked up " Yeah it me ... no . she is fine ... yeah , I found her ...like I said she is totally fine ...no she wasn't kidnapped .. not exactly " both Rosalie and Roxanne winced when They heard Aiden yelling from some where in the background " Ye
The man was too winded up to speak and Rosalie didn't cared about him either , she knew that the man was here to kidnap her , which probably meant - Her eyes turned dark . While the man tried to recover from her kick , Rosalie used her hand and abruptly choked The kidnapper, cross eyed the man let out a sputter and made a choking sound , he tried to get rid of her clutch on his throat but Rosalie kneed him in his groin and backed away until he was pinned between a tree and her choke hold .She already caught the phone in her hand when she kicked the man earlier , still pinning the man on the tree , she placed the cell phone on her ear and spoke " I know its you , Dear cousin in law Griffin .. care to explain what exactly your man is doing here inside my pack ?"Her voice was coated with honey as if she wasn't choking a man with her hand , Cross eye made a lot a choking angry sound in response as his le
" I - I never thought that someone in your pack will really harm your mate , willingly " said Rosalie sounding genuinely shocked " I mean , a little bit of hate and taunts here and there are completely fine , I even took what they did to my wedding album and whatnot as a prank , something out of anger but to actually harm me ? I don't even know what to say about it "" I know wifey , I don't blame you " said Aiden angry at himself for not protecting her perfectly " who ever did this will be answering me soon, don't you worry "" Worried ? With you here ?"******"I said you are not going , that's it " For the millionth time Aiden declared shoving a mouthful of bacon in his mouth ignoring the glare that she was pointing at him .She knew after what happened there would definitely be some sort of craziness and possesiveness from the guy
" Did you saw anyone ?" asked Damian narrowing his eyes as he swept his gaze through the forest " Heard anything, it will be easier to catch them if we know, in which direction they ran off to ."" I didn't- I , I was just so worried " snapped Aiden his mouth pursued in a snarl , all he did was to leave her alone for an hour and went to the entrance gate to see what exactly Matteo wanted however , he and Matteo harsly reached that point of conversation when he felt a huge thump at the back of his head .In his heart he only cared about finding Rosalie ,from where will he get the time to worry about other things .At the common room Alex has frantically set up temporary infirmary and urgently rushed them " careful , don't touch her head let me see the damage "Beside him was Cece who looked really worried as she hopped around getting trying to get closer to Rosalie " Le
" Are you okay ?" noticing the emotional upheaval in Rosalie, Aiden asked . Though he didn't liked how she felt enraged and angry at Tyler's words , he wasn't going to condemn her for that . Blame him for being a second late and becoming her second chance instead of first ; maybe if he met her before Lula , before she met Tyler , their future might have been a bit diffrent ." I'm fine " said Rosalie though she was a bit withdrawn from Aiden , she knew it wasn't fair for him to feel her estranged emotions for her ex mate and tried to shut him off .Aiden looked at her carefully and noticed the difference in her tone . His wolf growled at the idea and so did Aiden , he didn't liked her attempt at shutting him off from her .He nuzzled in her hair and brought her closer in his arms ,yet she didn't gave her the charming yet annoyed smile and Aiden snarled in irritation .He dipped down and bit on her nose lightly
Rosalie was stuck dumb with Aiden 's shamelessness , to think not only did this man refused to agree to the alliance with her old pack, he was coveting the pack member of the other pack right in front of the future Alpha and Luna of the her previous pack ." If you don't agree to this alliance then so be it , but you cannot have our pack mate join your pack right in front of us " said Anna her face purple with anger" I want Cece to be in our pack though sister " said Rosalie seizing the chance " If you agree , I might let Aiden discuss this so called alliance with you "" Are you playing with me ? She is a healer and you know how badly our pack needs a healer "" And you need this alliance as well " said Rosalie with an innocent shrug " You can discuss it among yourself , whether you want this alliance to get rid of your troubles or you want to keep your healer , its upto you "&nbs