Kain’s POVI finally get back to the room at the end of the day after countless meetings and sorting out the issue with the dead rogue that was still alive and ended up dead again.Each more stressful ha nth later, before I pull the doors and walk in.Her small form crouched over the bed and turned away from me greets me first.I already know what her mood might be from the solemn air and the fact that she isn’t sleeping from the rise and fall of her chest.Ivan had reported she was there in the last moments of his demise. As much as it had angered me he had even bothered taking her there in the first place.I move close to the bed instinctively dropping right by her side and she almost instantly puts more distance between us the second I do.I guess her reaction is from our argument earlier on.The confession part hadn’t been what I had initially planned but none of it as a lie. I do want to possess her in a way words cannot describe but it’s not love nor lust either.Nor is it a sim
The insides of a typical room in the men’s quarters is much bigger than I had ever imagined it would be. Spacious and well furnished.Not as big as mine or any of the concubines are but big enough to fit in as much property as they would need.My eyes move over the brick red paintings of the wall and countless weapons and gym equipment lying around in the most unlikely places, and then the potent smell of sweaty man wafting in the air.I take it he doesn’t have much women coming around him and not just because of his personality.He jumps onto the bed with that disgusting smirk.“Go on, make yourself comfortable.” He adds, tapping on the spot right beside him.I force a smile, dropping on the nearest chair next to me and nowhere on the spot that he’s suggesting I sit on.“Okay, you got me here, cut to it and tell me what you want from me.” I begin, cutting to the chase.“Relax, why the rush?”“Why the rush?”Of course, he has the nerve to say that when he’s doing the blackmailing.“Y
Nick cowers in his presence, trembling visibly before dropping on his knees without another word so as not to anger his alpha even more.Once he’s down Kain looks away from him like he’s some insignificant insect turning to me and stepping closer.His eyes remain fixated on my body and he begins assessing every bit of me without saying anything else while I just stand there.“I’m fine.” I whisper to him in a bid of getting him to calm down a bit.I just wanted Nick getting caught; I didn’t expect him to be this pissed.“It was just misunderstanding.” I try to explain to deescalate the situation“You smell like him.” He says ignoring everything else I’ve said, instead getting even more furious. “His scent is all over you.”His eyes turn a brighter shade of anger that I’ve never witness frightening even myself.He does this for a while until he finally pauses at a bruise on my left shoulder possible formed in a moment of struggle. And then the rip on my shirt around the collar draws his
I really am locked in this room.I had thought it was a joke or a simple statement made in the spur of the moment, maybe once I’m tossed in the order would be rescinded and then I’d be able to step out again, but no.I really am stuck in here, with guards outside my door making sure I don’t step out until Kain gives his order.How the hell did it even come up to all this.It’s supposed to be all done by now, the fear of being figured out, of hiding in the shadows.Nick’s already fully taken all blame by now meaning I’m home free, everything should be over, I shouldn’t be feeling this way.Distraught and uneasy pacing back and forth in my own room unable to sit in one position long enough without feeling unrest.Again Kain’s expression flashes through my mind the look of pure unfiltered anger. Even before we had gotten closer he hadn’t even stared at me that way.There was an aloofness to his rage but that was something different. Intense disappointed rage and hurt as well.Why had it
WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS GORY SCENESKain’s POVI land a final sturdy blow right into his gut as a way to vent my uncontrollable rage.He chokes on the air that barely reaches his collapsed lungs from the impact coughing up another puddle of blood to add to the other ones he’s made since he’s even dragged herMinutes of torturing this bastard and yet none of that rage is quell, the surface isn’t even scratched.All I can remember when I close my eyes is the sight of this lowly mongrel touching what is mine.His scent all over her and a hint of his own arousal.It sets me off into more rage that lulls me to a brink of madness.All I feel is anger and amongst that blinding rage is something else, small and uncomfortable between it all directed towards Lilith.Why had she put herself in danger as always?All this time spent showing her that she could ask anything of me and I would give it, all this time of proving my reliability and yet she goes and puts herself in such a situation
ilith’s POVA gentle touch grazing through my hair slowly pulls my consciousness back into my body.I hadn’t even realized when I fell asleep.All that worrying and pacing must have tired me out leaving my consciousness to be easily claimed by sleep.Now the hands playing in my hair caressing the ends of my strands soothingly calls me back into the real world.I automatically think Kain.His touch has always been gentle and calm, sweet and addictive, the feel of his skin like a drug I never really knew I needed but can’t live without any more.I lean more into his touch snuggling against his hand.“Kain…” I mumble softly feeling the smile that forms on my own lips.But the more I gain consciousness the more something about it feels off.That addictive feeling isn’t there, the warmth feels different, and the scent itself is foreign to me.This isn’t Kain.My entire body knows it on instinct and rejects it the moment it knows it.My body immediately goes rigid and on defense. My eyes fl
LILITH’S POVTwo whole weeks have passed since the evident realization that my pack is in danger of being attacked by the people I now live with.Two whole weeks since I began wracking my brain for a suitable solution to fix this problem before it even gets worse.I could ask Kain not to fight… but that would only spin more suspicious eyes my way and I couldn’t even do that even if I wanted toBecause it’s been two whole weeks since Kain has spoken to me.I’ve received nothing but cold glances and looks the rare moments we do run into each other in the hall ways or kitchen. It’s as though he wants nothing more to do with me anymore.Like he really has grown tired of me and I’m nothing but an eye sore.I don’t want to believe it or let myself even think that way but then what else could be a suitable explanation to his cold demeanor.My time is over and he’s abandoned me.Yvonne’s obnoxious screeching haunts my sleep every night reminding me how she had told me it would all be over and
I ran from his office all the way to my room, pulling the door open and slamming it shut behind me. The moment I was inside, I collapsed and all my overwhelming emotions engulfed me. Pain that felt almost physical gripped at my neck, choking me to the point where breathing was only possible laboriously. My chest hurt like a thousand stabs continuously ripped through it, and tears poured endlessly. Why did it hurt so bad? This was always my purpose, this was always going to be the end. I had no right to feel pity or regret, I had no right to hope for things to be different. I was no different from a petty thief, not deserving of anything close to goodness and yet…and yet, my heart bled.My heart bled while I served him poison that would lead to his own demise, while he accepted it with open hands, with emotions, deceptive or not, that looked at me hopefully. I was no different from the wicked people I had come against, no different from Lucas and everyone like them. Why did it hur