Chapter 05

IZER

“ What now? How long are we keeping Luna like this, Alpha? Cadamus will find her like this. The potions won’t work for long. She needs to reject her pack bond and become one of us. ” Dixon sat down on the visitor’s chair in my office.

He was my Beta and one of the two people I trusted with everything I had. The world could betray me, but he wouldn’t. That’s why he was not a mere, replaceable Beta, but also a friend. And he had the right to say irritating things. He exercised that right often, much to my dislike.

“ It won’t be so easy. Your Luna is quite feisty. ” I smirked, staring out the window, at the treeline in the distance.

She might scratch me like a cat if I keep pushing her. I would like that, but she wouldn’t. She was still stuck on her parent’s death.

If I had known she would turn out to be my mate, perhaps, I would have spared her Mom and Dad. There was no going back now, though.

‘ Nope. ’ Xandros disagreed.

We would have killed her parents even if I knew they meant the world to my mate. They deserved to die. My wolf knew that, no matter what I liked to believe now.

“ Increase the patrol guards. Keep a close eye on everyone. We don’t need a mole right now, Dixon. ” I told him before turning around to face him.

“ Everyone around the packhouse is trustworthy. Don’t worry, Alpha. ” He assured me as I stared at him.

The noise of footsteps grew near, alerting me to the presence of another person outside the door of my office.

A knock sounded. I rested my back against the window, waiting for Sophia to come inside. Dixon was already shifting into his chair, a lopsided grin etching onto his lips. I rolled my eyes at the change in his demeanor.

Sophia was Dixon’s mate. And she had him wrapped around her pinky finger to the point, I found it strange. He was a Beast in the face of any trouble, but when it came to our little Sophia—the mere five feet five inches girl, he turned into a fucking puppy in an instant.

Mates were important. All right. But no one was supposed to turn into a puppy for them. It was against the whole werewolf thing.

Sophia entered the room after a moment and abruptly glanced at Dixon. A genuine smile spread on her lips as her eyes met his figure before she was quickly facing me.

“ Alpha! ” She stiffened, and the smile vanished.

No one ever smiled in my presence, except for Valerie and Dixon. It was hard for everyone else to even be present before me, let alone find themselves eased and frank.

“ What did Scarlett do? ” I questioned, straightening my spine.

“ Uhmm…Alpha… ” she looked down nervously. “ she didn’t react the way…I thought she will. ”

My lips twitched at the corners. “ she must be taking the rough way up. ”

“ Luna was nice. And she ate everything I gave her. She…even took a bath when I unchained her and changed into the clothes I brought for her. ” Sophia informed.

“ And? ” I lifted my brow, waiting for her to tell me if Scarlett attempted to run away.

“ After doing everything you asked me to tell her to do, she even let me chain her to the bed. I didn’t like…doing it…but…she said it was okay. ” She added.

My lips twitched again. She was playing my game now. I loved this!

“ You can leave now. ” I told Sophia, noticing the way she was fidgeting with her fingers.

“ Thanks, Alpha! ” She said hastily and glanced at Dixon before leaving my office.

“ What is Luna doing? ” Dixon asked in a confused tone.

I walked to the small bar in the corner of my office and popped open my Bourbon bottle. My eyes were fixed on the liquid as I poured it into the glass and carefully assessed what kind of thoughts my Darling must be having right now.

“ Is she not angry anymore? ” He added when I didn’t reply.

Taking a sip of my bourbon, I faced Dixon and smirked. “ she is playing. ”

“ Playing? ” He frowned.

I nodded. “ I told her I will unchain her when she learns to behave. So she is behaving, and waiting for me to unchain her. When I release her, she will either try to kill me or if my Darling mate is as smart as I expect, she will attempt to run away. ”

“ She should remain chained then, Alpha. ” Dixon grinned.

I hummed, leaning against the bar counter. My mind drifted to those perfect pair of lips that I yearned to taste and savor. I wanted to fuck her so bad and have her bear my mark. I needed to have her lips around my cock, and then fill her pussy until she was begging for more. But I was not going to do it when she was chained to the bed. The chains needed to go, and she needed to know what it meant to have me as her fated mate.

“ If she wants to play, I want in on the game. ” I licked my lips before gulping down the rest of the harsh liquid.

“ You will pretend to be oblivious, Alpha? ” Dixon asked, his brows bunched together.

I smirked, dropped the glass on the bar counter, and then strolled towards the door. “ I won’t turn into a fucking puppy, at least. ”

I approached my room where I left her in the morning. I knew she was waiting for me, bidding her time, wanting to lure me into her trap.

Just when I stepped inside the room, her sweet honey scent spread all around me. Xandros groaned, all his senses stirring awake.

He was obsessed with Scarlett and wanted her to be around all the time. It was so hard to sleep at night and work during the days these three years. I was dying to have her in my bed, even if I had to force my way into her life and bring her into my world.

My gaze landed on her bare legs, lingering there for some moments before I glanced into her delicate green orbs.

“ Izer. ” She whispered in her sweet voice, making me lean against the door that I closed just now.

My name sounded like the most divine sin coming from her full lips. I could imagine hearing her hot voice repeating it again and again. It was something I had imagined many times to get off for three long years.

“ Yes, Darling. ” I let out.

“ It’s…it’s true. ” Her bottom lips stuck out. “ you are my mate. ”

This was a dangerous game. She knew what she was doing. And I knew what I was doing. But instead of telling her that I knew she was trying to play the mate card and make me succumb to her, I walked over to the bed and stood over her head.

My eyes took in her long legs, her perky tits, and the fucking green eyes before I settled for her parted lips in the end.

“ So you are ready to stop whining, Darling? ” I ran my tongue across my lips.

She nodded and arched her back a little. My gaze fell on her round tits. I breathed in, her scent overpowering every fucking thing around me.

“ I hate you. ” She whispered, arching her seductive body some more. “ but…I can not deny that there is nothing I can do but accept that I…belong to you, Izer. ”

My gaze snapped up, to look into her eyes. “ You do, Darling? ”

She gulped, nodding. My lips curled at the corners.

This was interesting.

I kneeled on the bed, earning a gasp from her soft lips. Pausing, I waited for her to tell me to stop but she didn’t say anything and only watched.

I crawled closer until my knee brushed her thigh. Sparks exploded behind my eyes, making me hiss. She stiffened, her lips quivering under my gaze.

I inhaled her honey scent and dropped my knee on the other side of her body, hovering above her. She pressed herself into the bed, wanting to retreat.

“ Not so brave anymore? ” I whispered, leaning in.

She blew out a breath, hot and fucking delicious. My hungry gaze found her lips once more.

“ I—I…I am serious. I have realized…that what happened was in the past and now…now I have you and…I have to forgive you. ” She breathed.

I smirked. “ Prove it, then. ”

She gasped, “ how? ”

I placed my hand over her thigh, earning another scared gasp from her. My eyes found her wide green orbs, stricken with fear and nervousness.

How far did she want to take this act?

I dragged my hand up, feeling her soft skin under my rough fingertips. My dick was straining against my pants, hardening at the sensation.

My hand pulled her dress up, trailing it until I reached her bare waist. She sucked in a breath and held it in, her stomach sinking in. All the while, I kept my stare on her face. She was making it hard for me to hold back.

I brushed her belly button with my thumb, earning a moan from her. It surprised me, and her too, given that she jerked at those chains at last, and tried to push me away.

But it only fueled my need for her body. My eyes moved toward her right hand. She was tugging at the chain as hard as she could. Her wrist was turning red with the pressure.

Fuck!

I could imagine myself taking her in the chains, all tied up and ready for my dick. I took in a shaky breath. This was going too far. But I couldn’t seem to stop myself.