Amelia's point of view:
I opened the kitchen cupboards and stretched upward on tiptoes to pull down a set of nestled, metal jars.
“Shit!” I cussed out loud when they slipped out of my hands. I had ample of time to catch them but I let them crash and slide down the kitchen counter. They landed with a loud clang onto the ground.
Turning to glance at Alejandro when he growled from the living room, I grimaced. “Sorry!” I mouthed at him with a not so innocent pout on my face.
His eyes darkened. My heart started pounding hard and my stomach dipped. He knew that I did that on purpose. Dang it!
That was an alert for me, yet I wasn’t going to stop now that I was set on getting rid of him. Yes, that was my idea. I’d annoy him until he would have to leave my apartment.
Turning my back on him, I moved around to get my babies. I grabbed two packets of M&Ms and skittles and smacked them down hard on the table.
I could fe
Alejandro’s point of view: I’d seen lots of beautiful women, but Amelia was something else.‘She’s our mate, that’s why!’ Leo chimed in but I completely ignored him.I was busy staring at our mate to pay him any attention.Amelia’s pink lips had parted as she’d sucked in a breath. Color had stolen across her high cheekbones, and she’d dropped her gaze.Something inside me had shifted then. Hard! No, it wasn’t my wolf. It was something else. My nerves fired and then spontaneously combusted. It was a feeling I was ready to welcome at anytime.When her eyes met mine, I locked our gazes. Rolling my bottom lip under my front teeth and waggling my eyebrows, I gave her a slow and sexy smile.She gulped. I could feel the nervousness rolling off of her body in waves despite her miserable efforts in hiding it. I ran a hand up her spine and wounded my fingers through her long dark hair, pulling her head back. Game on.Her dark green eyes flared for one brief second.I pulled her towards me, an
Amelia’s point of view: “You should… since I’m not a mundane like you. I’m a wild animal.” Alejandro said. His voice was laced with a threatening dark tone. A cold shiver traveled down my spine, sending goose bumps all over my exposed skin. Yet, that didn’t stop me when I caught the mischievous glint flashing through his eyes. He was messing with me. “I’m going to sleep. Don’t you dare follow me!” I warned him. “But, I slept in your bedroom last night.” He immediately said. “Not tonight.” I simply shrugged and crossed my arms across my chest. “But -” “No buts!” I turned my back on him and hurried upstairs. “Where will I sleep?” I heard him shouting from behind. “You can sleep on the couch!” I yelled back before closing my bedroom door. Jumping into bed, I sighed in relief. Finally, some silence. Closing my eyes, I heedlessly breathed in Alejandro’s scent which still lingered on my clothes from our tickle fight. It was strangely soothing that I fell asleep within a few seco
Amelia’s point of view: Only that in this race I would be the one to go down first. It was at that moment that I wished I had some kind of superpowers where I would have been able to at least save my stupid ass. I never thought that I would not live to see tomorrow or that a fall would be the cause of my death. The funny thing about all of this is that the last person by my side at the time of my death is the vampire who tried to kidnap me. Thinking about him, I looked up at him. Our eyes met. The firm line of his mouth told me that he had no intention of helping me. There goes my only way of escaping death. Ignoring the panic and fear embracing me in its vicious grasp, I closed my eyes and waited for my inevitable death. I knew meeting the ground from such height would be painful but I hoped that I would die on the spot and not feel anything. Just when I thought it was over, I felt myself being levitated back up, as if I was floating. I forced my eyes open only to see Alejan
Amelia’s point of view: Growling, he stared right back into my eyes. The sound was guttural, low and thick. “L-L-Look, don’t you dare try to scare me, okay!” I warned him but my voice betrayed me. “What if I do?” He reached my side in a flash. Jerking back in shock, I gasped when his face stopped inches away from mine. I gulped. We maintained eye contact for a moment. I couldn’t bring myself to glance away. It seemed like he had me hypnotized. I couldn’t look away from his yellow eyes. He hastily yet smoothly picked me up. I squealed in surprise. He threw me upside down over his right shoulder and carried me back towards the bed. “Leave me!” I punched his back but his steps didn’t falter whatsoever. What was he made of, rocks? “I’m telling you, I’m going to throw up.” Quick as lightning, he skillfully yet carefully moved me around until he was holding me bridal style. “Leave me!” I thrashed in a desperate way to get out of his grip. “If you move one more time, I’ll throw you
Amelia’s point of view: He could hear my heartbeat. He could tell that I was getting nervous. In other words, I was doomed. “So?” I asked with a shrug, trying to sound indifferent. “So, it means you’re slowly falling for me.” He winked at me. I took one look at the smirk on his face. He looked quite pleased with himself and his so-called discovery. I glanced up, briefly meeting his eyes, and then tried to look past his left shoulder. “Look me in the eyes, Amelia.” He said softly but I didn’t miss the slight urge in his voice. Breathing in a lungful of air, I did and he instantly locked eyes with me. His presence in my bedroom suddenly felt too prominent. I felt him moving closer yet, I couldn’t bring myself to step back. We didn’t touch, but his silver eyes held me, his intense gaze keeping me there, his body tantalizingly close. His arms wrapped about me. I felt the warmth of his arms around me. He held me tightly against him. His face was a breath away from mine – he could
Amelia's point of view: Rummaging through my wardrobe, I searched for the thing that should do the trick for Alejandro's disguise. "Got it!" I shouted, only to wince seconds later when I heard Alejandro hissing in pain from behind me. "Sorry..." I whispered out an apology while turning around. "I'm not wearing this." Alejandro's face paled once he saw what I was holding in my hands. "What do you mean you're not wearing this. Come here!" I grabbed his arms and made him sit down on the chair by my dressing table. Before he could complain any further, I placed the wig on his head and adjusted it properly. "Woah, you look damn sexy! If I was a man, I would totally fall for you." Meeting his eyes through the mirror, I winked at him. "Next time, give me a heads up before you say something like this. I was not ready for it." He groaned and glanced away, avoiding my eyes. It was a nice wig though and it looked... somehow okay on him. It was a wig of long blond curls cascading down his
Amelia’s point of view:“Alejandro, calm down! Please!” I whispered through gritted teeth as I faked a smile towards the onlookers who were currently busy staring at us in curiosity and amusement.Ignorant people! They were totally oblivious to what might go down if this gorgeous man beside me transforms into his wolf.All I know is that his beast would have a wonderful feast.“If you’re having troubles controlling your wolf, you can hold my hand.” I leaned closer and held out my hand.“Shall I hold your waist instead?” He reached out to hold the sides of my waist. His sudden movement made me step back with a flinch.“Huh?” I frowned.Raising an eyebrow at me, he asked. “Do I look like I’ll lose control over my wolf?”I slowly shook my head indian-style with a shrug while saying, “I-I maybe… maybe not.”Clenching his jaw, his eyebrows narrowed down questioningly as he took in the look on my face. “Was that a yes or a no?”“I don’t know.” I replied in confusion.He shook his head in di
Alejandro's point of view: "I'm here for you. I'm here to protect you and to guard you. And, I'll stay here until you would come back with me to the Poldark pack." I firmly said and then added, "I will wait for you no matter how long it takes.""I told you, I need some more time." She insisted while slowly shaking her head from side to side. "I know... but I came here for you so I'll stay here with you until you accept me. You can take your time... actually no! I'll give you two days to decide." "What do you mean by two days?" She asked sharply. "Like heck I'll be able to decide in two days. This isn't about choosing between two shirts at a shop. This is a life decision!" She exclaimed. "You take two days to make a choice for a shirt?" I was stunned. If she takes so much time for her clothes then she would take a lifetime to make a decision about us. "That's not the point, Alejandro." She deadpanned. Fuck! I like it when she says my name. It sounds like a blessing to my ears. 'N
Alejandro’s point of view:“What are you thinking about, Alejandro?” She patted me on the shoulder. “Do you want to mark me or not? I won’t be giving you another chance anytime soon. If you -”I locked gazes with her and she immediately stopped rambling.She was nervous but she was also full of determination. I could sense it.“Are you sure?”“Got any better ideas?” She arched an inquisitively eyebrow at me.I averted my eyes elsewhere, thought about it, and then shook my head. “Think about it… Once I mark you, you’ll be mine – forever.”“I want to be yours, Alejandro.” She whispered.Stunned, I stared at her for a minute – lost for words.“What brought around this sudden change?” I asked her, finding it hard to believe that she was actually giving me permission to mark her.“I can’t see you in pain.” Her voice was barely audible.“Really…?” I couldn’t help but tease her.She grunted, glared, and then stood up to walk away.I swiftly but smoothly got up and held her waist to stop her.
Alejandro's point of view: Laughing, I rushed inside the bathroom and swiftly shut the door behind me to escape Amelia's wrath. "Get back here right this instant, Alejandro!" She shouted at me, angrily punching the bathroom door with her fists. "How could you do this to me?" She shrieked, her voice barely audible as she tried her best not to breathe in the odor that had enveloped her completely. "Eurgh!" Satisfied with myself now that I'd succeeded in dousing Amelia with the potion I'd prepared, I smirked in victory and slipped out of my clothes to have a shower before the full moon got higher up in the sky. From the unpleasant odor that lingered around the bedroom, it seemed as though she'd been thrown into a garbage truck and then forced to stay in those dirty clothes. I have no idea how she's breathing fine with that stench, I thought. It was getting hard for me to breathe properly with that odor. I needed to hurry up and get out of here. But bearing the smell of this
Amelia’s point of view: “Well, let me just mark you then,” Alejandro slipped his free hand into my hair and drew me near as he leaned down, his eyes gazing at the spot he was more than ready to mark since the very first day he’d met me. “No,” I cried, my eyes tearing up. "Please!" I pleaded, gripping onto his shoulders. I felt a very contradicting feeling at that moment. I wanted to push him away but at the same time, his closeness and warmth comforted me in a way where I felt safe. I could do nothing else but to beg him not to mark me. I wasn't ready. "Please, don't do this!" I closed my eyes, buried my face into the nape of his shoulder and hugged him tight. He went rigid, not having expected me to hug him like that when I was afraid of him. Shaking my head, I tried to stop my tears but alas!Fuck! I was supposed to be strong but I was being such a crybaby right now. It was embarrassing to say the least. "Shush!" I felt the muscles in his upper body loosened up as he wrapped
Alejandro’s point of view:Once I was done adding the last ingredient in the mortar, I crushed everything together into a paste before adding some water to it until it became a liquid of some sort.My nose scrunched up at the sight of this potion but I was satisfied with the outcome.This would definitely work, I thought with a satisfied smirk.Pouring the mixture into a small jar, I closed the lid and proceeded to clean the mess I’d made in the kitchen before dawn – before anyone wakes up and finds me in here.I can’t let anyone find out that I’m making this thing otherwise they might suspect something and I can’t afford that at the moment.‘Look at you! You look less like the Lycan King and more like a thief right now.’ Leo remarked sassily.‘Your presence would be greatly not appreciated right now.’ I deadpanned. ‘So, just shut up!’I breathed a sigh of relief when I finally reached my bedroom door without anyone catching a sight of me wandering down the hallways this early in the
Alejandro’s point of view:At first, there were just those vampires and that too, the Vampire King himself trying to harm Amelia but now, that hunter was also after her. To keep her safe, I had to bring her here against her will. If they’d get to her, they might kill her just to hurt me.The enmity between us started way before I’d even been born. I don’t know what exactly happened that led to us being enemies. My parents ended up dying while protecting me from those vampires.To make matters worse, hunters started roaming our forest in search for our kind to prove to humans that we do exist but we don’t want to be found and definitely not by them.They’d treat us like abomination that needed to be erased completely from this world.It’s quite funny though! We were here before them.Just because there are billions of them and only about a million of us; doesn’t mean that they’ve got some kind of power over us. We are both being governed by someone of sovereignty.We all worship God –
Amelia’s point of view: By the time I came back to myself, hastily snatching the bed sheet off the bed and wrapping it around my body to cover myself up, Alejandro was standing half-way across the room. Triumph mingling with an odd expression, which I couldn’t read, was on his face. But it made me panicked.My head snapped up as reality crashed in. What have I done?I just yielded to the mate bond between us. I couldn’t fight it. It won! We didn’t just kiss. We did so much more than that. I was stark naked under this blanket – stark naked! He’d seen so much of me than I’d ever allowed him before.I’ve even bared myself to him, shamelessly opening my legs for him.After what happened, I needed time to think – to re-order my thoughts, to work out how I was supposed to keep my distance from him when the so-called mate bond was affecting me in all those sorts of ways.What had I just done? “Happy now…?” I threw at him, my mind still whirring. Racing to catch up, I asked him, “Pleased wi
Amelia’s point of view:‘What the hell was I thinking?’ This question struck my mind, but then Alejandro pinned me against the wall, his deliciously hard body pressing onto mine with wicked heaviness, and everything intensified.Sparks, lots of electrifying ones, overlapped one another.The past few hours had been so charged, so heady, that I’d almost lost sense of myself. Thrown back into the past, yet still rooted in the present. It felt surreal.The first kiss had been like coming to the place where I was supposed to be, here with him, I thought weakly, even as it made my entire body ignite at his touch.But this one had me as though my body was no longer under my own control, reacting to him on an utterly primal level, whilst my mind had no say whatsoever in the matter.I was vaguely aware that I should object, but instead my hands were threading through his hair, my mouth tingling with every brutal pass of his tongue, my body elevated with the hard, altogether too familiar pressu
Alejandro’s point of view: I felt her reluctance. She fisted the fabric of my shirt in her hands and tried to push me away but I didn’t let her. I wanted to show her that the mate bond was stronger than she thought. It will definitely bring us together. And, she won’t be able to do anything to stop it.I was determined to prove that to her so, I kissed her.She froze on the spot, too shocked to react.I kissed her, slowly and pulled her impossibly closer to me.Shortly, her eyes fluttered shut and I felt her relaxed in my arms.She was confused at first, contradicted even but she eventually kissed me back.Satisfied at the result, I closed my eyes and deepened the kiss.This, right here, was perfect. I’ve wanted to kiss her again after that kiss we shared the other day.A breathless gasp escaped past her lips when I kissed the bite mark on her neck. She gripped onto my shoulders, her hold tight as she quivered in my arms. The effect I have on her is crazy. Fuck! The effect she has on
Amelia’s point of view:Without another word, he stormed out of his bedroom, leaving the door to bang shut behind him. I jumped at the noise that echoed inside the room.He was mad furious.But I couldn’t care less. He’d already imprisoned me here, in his bedroom. He’d already made up his mind and announced his decision. What more can he do? Hit me…? Honestly speaking, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did so just to keep me here as his destined mate.What did I expect? He is just as wild as those rogues that tried to hurt me when I’d first ventured into this forest.‘Don’t forget he protected you every time you were in danger.’ My conscience reminded me.‘No, he saved his destined mate. If I was nothing to him, he’d never have protected me.’ I refused to believe it.‘How can you be so sure about that? He might be telling the truth. He might have really fallen in love with you at first sight.’ My conscience insisted, trying to make me see things in a different light.‘Might,’ I repeated t