CHAPTER 4

AMARA POV.

I had to admit that I slept well in my new bed. I have been tossing and turning until the early hours of the morning before I fell into an exhausted dreamless sleep and now, I was awake and hungry. My hunger turned into twisted knots when I remembered why I was sleeping in a new bed and my hunger went away. I got up and made my way to the attached bathroom. Even though I couldn’t fall asleep last night, I was too tired to shower, and I badly needed a hot shower before facing the world. Before facing Ace, who was now my husband.

I walked out with a bathrobe wrapped around my body and I sighed in relief as I felt slightly better after the nice hot shower. I made my way over towards the other side of the bed where a kind girl from last night brought in one of my bags with clothes in. I once again thought how strange these people were. They were polite and respectful, but I still wondered why some of them referred to me as Luna? The girl that brought me my bag also called me that and before I could ask her, she was out the door.

I walked over to the place where I was sure she had left the bag, but it was gone. I frowned in confusion as I looked at the empty spot on the floor next to the bed.

"Looking for something?" A deep voice asked from behind me as I felt a warm body press up against my own from behind. I startled but for some reason I didn’t react or move. A shiver ran down my back as my body absorbed his heat as though I was freezing, and I swallowed inaudibly before taking a steadying breath. I hated being this close to him. I hated him so much but being so close to him as I was now, was messing with my mind and making me feel things that I haven’t felt before. I steeled my nerves and forced myself to ignore the intruding feelings. I wasn’t supposed to feel this way. I was betraying Jared all over again.

"What did you want? And what did you do to my bag?" I demanded cooly.

I had it taken to our room, where it should be.” He said close to my ear, and I swallowed again when his hot breath fanned over the skin of my neck. “Well, you can just go and get it because I am staying here!” I said firmly but he chuckled in my ear. “Oh, are you now?” He purred in my ear before continuing. "That little stunt with my parents didn't work. Instead, you only managed to make me angry," He said even more closely to my ear as he wrapped an arm around my waist and moved his lips to the skin just below the ear. Goosebumps erupted all over my skin, and I tried hard not to lean into him.

"A-am I supposed to feel afraid of you?" I asked and I chanced a slight look at him when he lifted his head from my neck. Did he just sniff me? I thought briefly before our eyes met. “You scare me as much as the teddy bear I had as a kid, now let go of me and bring me back my bag." I demanded and I felt a little proud of myself for making my voice sound strong.

"I don't think I want to do that.” He purred once again in my ear, and I closed my eyes as I turned to face in front of me again. “I can make you forget all about that Jared Turner and I’ll even have you begging me for more.” He said confidently and my anger flared up. Taking him by surprise, I elbowed him in the ribs before I turned around to face him and shoved him back, hard. Ace uttered a pained grunt as I hit him with my elbow, but my shoving did nothing. He barely even moved, and it felt as if I was pushing against a warm hard wall. My anger flared up again because I didn’t seem to have any effect on him. "Get out of my room!" I demanded. "Don’t ever come in here again unless I give you permission. Do you hear me? And you can rest assured that that day will never come when I invite you in.” I spat at him. A dark look crossed his face, and I gasped when I could have sworn that I saw a flashing of blue in his eyes, but it was gone before I could make sure.

"We'll see about that, Amara. I can be very persuasive, and I always get what I want. You are a perfect example of it." he said lowly that had the back of my hairs stand up at the invisible threat that laid thereunder.

Ace pinned me with a glare, before the door suddenly opened that caught my attention and I didn’t even see him move. His one hand grabbed me at the back of my neck and the other around the waist and he pressed his body against mine before he pressed a kiss to my lips, slipping his tongue into my shocked, open mouth. My brain stopped and for a moment so did my heart. This was our first kiss that went past the lips. My lips tingled and so did the butterflies in my stomach. Before I realised what was going on, he ended the kiss and drew back his head and I felt myself leaning in for more until my eyes opened and looked straight into Ace’s smug light blue ones. “See, I told you I could be very persuasive.” He said huskily and for a moment he looked to be affected just as much as I was, but he didn’t wait for my answer. He let me go and walked out of the room, my eyes following his movement and I suddenly felt cold as his body heat left mine.

Only when Ace was out of the room did I notice someone else standing in the open doorway. It was the girl from last night. She had pink cheeks and looked very embarrassed for intruding. “I-I’m sorry, I should have knocked… I.” She stuttered and this got my brain moving again. “No, no it is fine. I was just about to get ready for the day.” I said and I looked around again when I realised that I had nothing to wear. “As soon as I can find something to wear that is.” I mumbled lowly to myself and to my surprise, the girl came rushing forward and showed me towards one of the wardrobes and opened it show an array of dresses that looked expensive. “How did you…?” I started to ask as I wondered how she could have heard me, but I shrugged it off. “The Luna asked me to help get you dressed for a private morning breakfast with them.” She spoke. Again, with the Luna business, but this time she must have referred Ace’s mother as Luna. Before I could ask, she pulled a dress from the wardrobe and the light blue summer dress drew my attention. She handed it to me, and I studied it. It was beautiful. I held it up to my body in front of the full-length mirror and was impressed. It was my size. The dress was flowing knee length, and the V was decently covered across the breast area and had thin shoulder straps. The girl dug inside the wardrobe and brought out a pair of blue flats that matched the dress and it was also in my size. “Where did all this come from, I asked in awe and the girl smiled. “We were instructed to stock the wardrobes with clothing a few days before your arrival. There were too many to be packed away in the main bedroom, so we put the rest away in here if you were to look for more selections.” The girl said shyly, and my mouth hanged open. “These were bought for me?” I asked shocked and the girl nodded, and I didn’t know what to say.

“Will you be wearing that dress?” She asked and I realised I was still holding the dress in front of me, and I nodded quickly. “Would you like me to help you?” She asked, which was odd, but so was everyone I have met here. “No thank you, I can manage.” I said and the girl nodded. As she neared the still open door, I realised that I never got her name. “Uhm… I never got your name.” I said and the girl turned around a little shocked but smiled shyly. She must be around sixteen or so if I had to guess. “Macy.” She said before taking the door handle in her hand. Thank you, Macy, you can call me Amara.” I spoke and the girl smiled at me. “I’ll be waiting outside to take you to breakfast as soon as you are finished.” She said before closing the door behind her.