THE DEAL

CHAPTER 010

ALICIA’S POV.

Before he could recover from the impact of the first slap, my anger doubled right within me, causing my hand to connect again with the left side of his face, “how dare you!” I yelled out.

Tears burned at the back of my head, the stinking smell of the blood that had stuck on my face, either from the helmet because it was hard on my face or from what they did annoyed me. Even when I was with Walter, it never got this bad.

He would beat me some days, but never torture me to the point of drawing blood. Scars were his utmost priority, and he always made sure I had them.

But this bastard left me on a chair and allowed these measly guards who wouldn’t stand a chance with me when I was Luna, beat me and do whatever they liked.

“I’ve told you, and I would continue to tell you,” I blew hot in his face, stepping closer and bringing my hot face near to his, “I have no fucking idea what you’re talking about! I don’t know how the ducking mark got to my wrist!”

I shoved my wrist in his face before continuing, “you marked me! You sunk your teeth so deep that it engraved your mark on my hand and yet you’re lying and lying that I caused it! What exactly have I done other than sleeping with you! It was a fucking one night stand for a reason!

He was starstruck, just staring at me with widened eyes and fine lines of his fucking veins on every side of his face.

“I don’t care what you think about me, but I never did this to you. Why would I take the memory of someone I’ve never seen before!”

The more each word escaped my lips, the more annoying everything got. A fucking one night stand and yet he wants to turn it to the greatest fucking torture of my life, “let me tell you something,” I said, lowering my voice and widening my eyes to their last capacity.

I stuffed one of my fingers to his chest, drilling it in and rewinding on it. His eyes glanced down to my finger and back to my face, a small smirk finally breaking out on it, “if you ever do what they did to me today, I swear on the moon goddess name, you would regret it for the rest of your life.”

A perilous laugh boomed out of his throat, his legs shifting away from me and causing my finger to drop from his chest. I didn’t let any element of surprise or confusion set into my face, allowing him to finish whatever was funny before stepping closer to him.

“Are you done?”

He looked at me, flexing his jaw with his arms folded behind him. He pressed his lips together, shrugging those broad shoulders of his as he stepped one foot closer to me, “you know, it’s just surprising that a woman with nothing entered my room, slapped me and is now threatening me.” His eyes faltered away from mine, “what do you think about that, Callum?”

I turned my head towards Callum, waiting for him to say anything.

“You’re just a coward. All of you here. Torturing a woman that has nothing on your own mistake is something a coward would do. When you make mistakes, you own up to them!”

“Like you did for your son?”

I gritted my teeth together, my heart pricked and stabbed with a new set of pain. I swiped my tongue against my lips, pressing them into a tight line, “Yes,” I started gently, “I’ve owned up to his death. Have you owned up to your ex-mate’s death? Have you owned up that it might be you who fucking caused everything and this stupid mark I don’t want on my wrist?”

His eyes shot open, his fists clenched beside him now as his eyes narrowed at me, “You know nothing about me, Alicia! Absolutely nothing!”

I smiled at him, slow and tenacious, ignoring all the pains that were now starting to ring a bell and walking towards him. I shook my head slowly and stopped right in front of me, “nope, alpha king. I know nothing. But one thing I know is that you’re an absolute coward.”

Our eyes bored into each other in that moment, the anger rising more and more in him as he clenched his jaws, his face flushing into a dark red color and his eyes staring daggers at mine. My heart was pounding heavily on my chest, but it felt good to see a man stare at you with daggers and unable to do anything.

The first win of my life. Standing up for my fucking self. I broke eye contact, eyeing him down and hissing so loud before turning my back on him and making my way towards the door.

Suddenly an idea popped into my head that made me stop in my tracks, slowly shifting the weight on my leg to face him back, “I want out from all of this suffering. I don’t want to be treated like this again,”

“Then find a cure.” He replied plainly.

“How about we make a deal? Set me up for anything at all. Ask me to do something so hard you can think of, make it my last punishment. If I pass, then I know no ducking thing about you and your ex mate, if I don’t, continue to punish me.”

He laughed out slowly, “I’m no fool, Alicia.”

“Then you’re a coward. The only reason why you won’t accept this is because you’re scared that a woman might beat you. That a woman like me, might be right. For the first time:..

“Fine!” He growled out.

He dipped both of his hands to the two sides of his pocket, staring at me with a calculative stare. I watched as a dangerous smirk formed on his lips, lifting the upper side up, “anything, Alicia?”

“Anything.”

“Then so be it. Follow me now,”

He walked towards me, stopping right in front of me and lowering his lips to my ears, “at least when you fail this, I’ll enjoy torturing you for the rest of my life.”