Rose's POVI couldn't look away. My eyes remained fixed on him like a magnet.Something swirled up inside me akin to a breeze. The bitter anger I felt slowly wanted under his stare as those three words echoed in my mind.‘I'm yours.'‘I'm yours.’‘Yours.'‘He was mine.'I only vaguely felt the breath leave me in a slow shudder as my heart raced beneath my chest. Slowly, the tension rung through my body eased. In the same motion, his arms eased around me, as though he could tell my mood. I remained standing in place, though the close contact between us never ended.I swallowed thickly, my gaze never leaving his. I let my fingers trail across the soft cotton fabric of his shirt as I processed his words. In tandem, his minty breaths still ghosted over mine.For a moment, I glanced down to his lips. They were flushed and slightly parted. I could just as easily close the distance between us and focus on the brief momentary pleasure, but my heart resisted.“Who is she?” I muttered, rising b
Rose's POVFalling into his kiss was as easy as breathing air. Without hesitation, I wrapped my arms around him with the small leeway I had been given. Pushing my chest closer to him.All the misunderstandings and doubt that clouded me has dissipated. Enough words had been said. Now, all I wanted was to lose myself in him. I could stay in this moment forever.Suddenly, a sharp pleasurable sensation ran through me, eliciting a small whine into his kiss. Dizzy and caught off guard, it took me time to notice the cause. His thigh came in-between my legs, directly rubbing into my core.His chuckle as we parted was so low and barely unnoticeable before he swept back in, initiating the same motion again.I arched my back against the movement, grinding against the warm flesh between as he did so. My dress was sure to be hiking up at my movement, but I didn't care.It didn't matter that we were making out in the club bathroom, or that there could be other people outside waiting at the door.
Rael's POVEven during the most tense of times, I had never lost my composure.I had fought battles, faced off against the Elders council in my pack and even amongst other Alphas. Though I had faced a myriad of emotions from concealed anger to worry and even relief, they were all tightly concealed within me.It was an unspoken rule. An instinctual behavior and expectation written in packs even in this modern age. An Alpha was the strong pillar of his pack. Although it never meant being cruel or not admitting one's weakness, there was a certain degree of composure afforded, especially in the face of other Alphas. It was a lesson I learned early. Since then, not once facing them had I fumbled and cowered.Why then, did I feel so weak hearing those words from her?‘Mine'I swallowed, yet it seemed like all the moisture had left my mouth and my body. My gaze remained magnetizer to the smirk she bore on her face. Never had I seen such a look from her. If I could come up with any word to de
Rael's POVFlashback continues. I stood frozen in time under her gaze. Her eyes, so expressive even under the multicolored strobe lights called out to me. Her presence was a siren of its own, dulling all the senses around me and leaving only her. I swallowed thickly under her gaze, my instincts rising to the surface. I wanted to go there and take her into my arms. I wanted to demand answers to my questions, especially what the hell she was doing here.Her gaze was imploring, ever so readable. I could see that she wanted to come here. She seemed to lean forward, tethering toward me as I was to her. Satisfaction filled the worry around me.‘Come to me,’ my body and mind implored.Suddenly, a slight pressure came on my shoulder and reality came rushing back. I stiffened as Felicity crept up behind me.“What got you so stiff now?” Though I could tell that her words were teasing, panic and a wave of protective instincts spread around me at her coming into contact with Rose.It was too la
Rose's POVAs our teeth clashed and my tongue melded with his, only one thing came to mind.Never had I felt such power before.Time after time, every attack reminded me of how weak I was. Even amongst the people protecting me such as Adian and Lily and George. Although they tried comforting me, our physical differences were invisible but still there. Especially with Rael, who dominated me at every instance. It wasn't negative. Rather, I embraced it in my haze of lust. The feeling of his body over mine, taking me in any and every position possible gave me a high I had never felt.This though, was a different high.It was like a drug, sweeping into my veins, pushing me to be what I had never been. This fearless person that ordered him to strip so brazenly, a mile compared to my breathy order moments before he fucked me. Who ran her hands through his bare body as he kept still. Who had the will to brazenly say those words.“You're mine.”It wasn't me, but it was me in every way. As I
Rose's POVThe room stood in utter stillness, only the sounds of his breaths.He seemed unhinged. Disoriented in a way that alarmed me.I remained the same way, lips parted yet unable to say a word. Though my breaths were much calmer and quieter, not betraying the turmoil that came from his question.“What are you doing to me?”He hadn't said anything after that, not even a demand for me to answer. He simply stood still, his head resting against mine and breathed. His eyes were closed.Whether it was a rhetorical question or not, it stood hanging in the air between us. I was content to rest in this moment.Suddenly, a loud sound erupted behind the muffled space. I was startled out of my trance, eyes darting to the door.It was a loud chorus of people, not the happy cheers one could expect. An uproar unsettling me even in the silence. Something was going wrong.I turned back to real to find him in the same state. His eyes were no longer closed, that look of tranquil relaxation he once
Rose's POVIf there was anything I could take back at any moment in time, this would be it.He stalked toward me, the same chilling grin plastered on his face. Every step made my heart jump. My blood thrummed at my fear. Every single part of me was begging to run. Escape. Run.But why wasn't I moving?It was frustrating how every part of me at this moment was frozen in time, even though my soul was desperate to jump out and away from the threat I faced.‘Why, why, why!’ for all my caution, all the unease I had felt to come here, I still fell into a trap. And this time, it wasn't anyone's fault but my own. I let myself get tricked, pushed away my caution. It was my fault. My own fucking fault.No. I couldn't stay in a mirage of self pity when a dankeh was nearing. Swallowing, I forced my eyes away, searching for the exit.There! I spotted the small light. It was barely visible from afar, so far away but it was a sign. It was hope.I couldn't outrun the wolf no matter how hard I tried t
Rose's POVI was sure that if not for him, I would have collapsed again.His arm around me held me captive yet safe and protected, especially as he lifted me slightly. Where I was once confused, the moment he lifted me into the air, understanding came through. I wrapped my hands around his neck, burying my face into the crux of his neck.I was just grateful that he found me.“Rose." From the tone alone, I looked up, feeling the seriousness.“How did you get here?”He started moving, and I looked up to find that he was walking out of the alley. But looking at his face, there was no humor in them.Swallowing, I gave him a short rendition of the story in less than a minute, inwardly berating myself as I ended right as the dankeh attacked me.“What were you thinking?” His incredulous tone brought back the shame.I swallowed against his chastising tone, tearing back.“I made a mistake, alright?” I spat out, never breaking off my link with him but upset all the same.“I made a stupid decisi