Ash POVI reach for my ear with my uninjured hand to free my ear from her grasp. I genuinely fear she is about to rip it off of my head."Vi!" Caspian yells and stands on his feet. "What the hell are you doing?" His voice echoes in the room, I shiver at the sound of it briefly forgetting the pain in my ear."She pisses me off," Vi says.Vi takes her hand away from my ear and takes a step back. I can feel my eyes water. I bend my head while my injured hand is over my hurting ear. I don't think I can look anybody in the face right now.It doesn't help that my ear burns. I am certain she wanted to cut it off because why did she have to pull so hard."Are you okay, Ashton?" Caspian asks and touches my shoulder."Will you stop babying her?" Vi scolds.I freeze at her words and wipe my face. Why am I crying? "I'm not babying…" The words are barely out of his lips when I smack his hand away.I raise my head and look at Vi and she smirks. "You said, she didn't kick you just now." Vi says wh
Caspian POVIt takes me everything to sit still as Vi speaks. I can believe she knows about all this and has kept mum. I don't say anything, however, knowing Vi there is most likely a point to this.This thought process does nothing to quell my anger and I do what Flavia out of the pack. The fact that she will go this far to attack my mate is unbelievable. I want to scream it at her and everyone in this room and threaten them accordingly but I know it will only make this situation worse. So, I take a back seat and let Vi handle the situation. I can merit out the punishment later. Heaven knows she would wish she never tried to mess with Ashton."I assumed it was an honest mistake that was out of proportion and thought that if I had involved the Alpha, you would speak up and apologize but I guess not. You really hate her that much." Vi says."No, I don't," Flavia says and looks away. I don't only see the embarrassment in her eyes, I can see that she is scared. She better be. Even if
Ash POVI am glad that this has been resolved. As much as I thought I wanted to see Flavia in the worst state, I am pretty happy I got to show my innocence. Even though it was all thanks to Vi's help.If it wasn't for her, I would have given up and just go to my room to sob. I was already tired of the whole ordeal and her adamancy was getting to me. I didn't have the nerve to deal with it.Now, that it is all over. I just want to get to the confines of my room and hopefully take a nap. I think the drug is making me a little drowsy as I feel tired or it might just be the emotional rollercoaster I just went through.I say my thanks to everyone except Caspian. I don't even know why I am angry. That's a lie, I know exactly why I am angry. He is the reason Flavia thinks I am being treated differently.I can't believe he would threaten to chase her out of the pack over something so trivial. It might seem like just a threat but for someone who lost their home over something ridiculous, it i
Caspian POVWanna bet? I ask but she doesn't respond neither does she even look at me again. I can tell she is angry but I cannot begin to comprehend what I did to get so pissed off.I watch her go up the stairs with Bennie by her side. As soon as she went upstairs Vi says, "Well that ended uneventfully." She stands to her feet. "I guess this is my cue to leave."I glower at her, "We need to talk."Damon and Claire are seated on the couch and Damien is on the opposite sofa with them. I don't see Kay, he must have slipped away at some point.She smirks, "I figured you were going to say that. We can talk on the way home."She stretches her arms above her head revealing her trap muscles. "I am not going to your house." I say with a frown."Well, you have to. We have to figure something out.""What?" I ask."The wolf in my damn basement." She exclaims."Shit!" I completely forgot about it. "You're the one that wanted to keep him hidden.""That's because you were going to tear him up if
Caspian POV"Do you have any clue who the wolf is? Any idea?" I ask nobody in particular. Looking from one corner of the room to the other.Nobody meets my gaze and I see them all bend their heads in confusion."Of course, we don't. If we did this would have been easy to figure out." Vi yells out.I swear and stand to his feet. "Where are you going?" Vi asks sternly."Isn't it obvious?" I ask without hiding my annoyance."I will go with you," Damien says and stands to his feet.I glance in his direction and watch how Damien and Vi walk up to where I am standing by the side of the couch. Damon makes no move to stand up from where he is seated with Claire on the couch."Damon," I call out to him. "You aren't coming with us He shrugs, "I don't see the need. I will probably be in your way instead." He doesn't look at me as he speaks, he just keeps his gaze straight ahead."Don't…" Damien holds my hand and I swallow the rest of my words.I shrug and start to walk toward the door. I don't
Ash POVDinner ended without any incident. I didn't see Caspian until after I went to sleep in my room until dinner and even during dinner he just stared at me without saying a word.I find it very annoying that his stares were getting to me. I just ignore him for the majority of the meal. After the meal, he left for the pack run. They all did except Damien, even Kay left."Damien," I say softly as I watch him clean the dishes. I offered my help earlier but he had looked at me like I had insulted him. I can tell something is not right."Yes," he replies without looking at me. "Is everything alright?" I ask him and he stops washing the dishes briefly to stare at me."Do I look like something is wrong?" He asks with a sigh.I nod my head and say, "No."He chuckles, "You don't have to lie to make me feel better. I am just worried, is all. Nothing you need to worry about."He turns his head back to the dishes and resumes washing. I really like Damien and if there is any way I can help hi
Ash POVHe pulls away from me, breaking the kiss and I see his smile. I want to smack him in the face. "Get comfortable," he says and adjusts on the bed, pulling himself up so he can rest on the pillow."Don't tell me to get comfortable, this is my room. Leave!" I yell as I recover from the kiss. My cheeks still feel way hot and I am embarrassed, very embarrassed that it doesn't take much to get through my defenses."I'd rather not!" He says looking at me intensely before rolling on his side and facing away from me.I curse and return my gaze to the television. He is being quite adamant and it is very annoying as I do not have any energy to chase him off.I curse again and turn the television off. He has definitely soured my mood. Moving as close to the wall as I can. I close my eyes and try to sleep."You don't have to turn the TV off on my behalf."I scoff, "In case you didn't notice, I was falling asleep before you showed up.""Is that so?" He asks casually and I don't respond.I
Ash POV"Come on, I will help you wash up." He says casually as if he just offered to help me take out the trash.My mouth falls open and I toss a pillow at him. "No way, I can clean up myself." He easily catches my weak throw.He is on the bed in an instant. "Wouldn't it be better if I helped you?""Better for who?" I will be lying if I say I don't see the lascivious way he looks at me."Fine but if you fall in the bath, I won't help you." He announces."I injured my arm not my leg so unless someone is pushing me, I don't see how I can possibly fall." I sneer at him and get out of bed.He closes the gap between us, "Since you insist, I will leave you to your devices. I will come to get you once you're done dressing up.""What? No, don't. I know where the kitchen is. I can find my way to breakfast by myself. Thank you very much.""I don't think that's a good idea, every time I leave you alone you always end up in one bad incident or another.""Don't tell me you plan to follow me aroun
Ash POVIt has been more than three days since the birthday party. It went off without a hitch. I had so much fun I can barely remember the incidents except that Caspian refused to let me out of his sight. He said I was too beautiful to be left on my own, according to him someone might kidnap me. Even though there was no chance of that happening, I did like the fact that he was all over me. It did get annoying at some point but he didn't stop me from having a good time.However, even though I had a swell time a couple of days ago, I am in bed with the sheets to my neck and a fever band on my head. I fell sick. It's a full moon today and the patrol is compulsory but Caspian is missing out on it to stay with me. I feel awful, he is the alpha of the pack but I am keeping him away like this."You know you don't have to stay with me. It's just a little fever, I will be fine on my own." I say as he changes the fever band on my forehead.He glares at me, "The fact that you think I would le
Ash POVIt's my birthday, I am actually more excited than I thought I would be but it wouldn't have been possible for me not to be excited not with the enthusiasm Claire has shown as the birthday party planner."You don't have to go this far Claire, I can handle this," I say as she forces me to take a seat in front of my dresser."Absolutely not. It is your birthday, there is no way I am gonna let you dress up by yourself.""But…""No buts," Bennie says and holds up two different earrings. "Which do you think will match perfectly, Claire?""Huh? Aren't you supposed to ask me?" I yell out."Nah, I am pretty sure the designer is the one who decides.""It's my day, don't I get to decide anything?""Of course not. Leave everything else to us. It's your day," Bennie says, wiggling her brows. "You're not required to do anything. Let the adults handle this.""Wait, what do you mean adults? You're just a couple of months older than me." I glare at her."Still older," she smirks.I glare harde
Ash POVI move my head even faster and he grabs my hair to pull me off him. I don’t understand what this means and I hold, not letting him pull me off.“I am gonna…” he blurts out and I feel him spurt against the back of my throat. I swallow before I realize what is happening.“Did you just swallow?” Caspian asks as he pulls back my head with horror in his eyes.I smile up at him, nodding. “Why? Spit it out.”“I can’t,” I reply. It wasn’t exactly my intention to swallow. I can taste it at the back of my throat and it tastes gnarly.“Why did you swallow it?”I stick out my tongue, “It tastes weird.”“Don’t say that,” Caspian says with an embarssed expression and I burst out laughing.He grabs my cheeks and pinches them a little too hard, stopping my laughter immediately. “Ow,” cry, “That hurts.”“Serves you right.”I try to kiss him and he shrinks back in fear. “Nooo, I don’t want to taste it.”“I swallowed it,” I glare at him.“You didn’t have to,” he says and looks away.I raise a
Ash POVI am kneeling on the bed with my legs across Caspian. He is sitting on the bed with his back against the bed’s headboard. He is hard as a rock underneath me and I feel him press against my sensitive parts. I can swear I feel him grow some more and it takes me everything not to squirm against him. His hands slowly make their way up the back of my shirt, I try to keep still as his warm hands caress me. They slowly move from the back to the front until cups my breast with his hands. I break the kiss and lean on his shoulder as I try to catch my breath. His hands on my chest don't slow down and all I can do is hold on to him as the waves of pleasure carry me away. I am supposed to be in charge, why am I the one panting against him while he is in perfect state? Without thinking I softly bite the side of his neck and Caspian groans against me. I bite harder and he curses. I suck on his neck and he squeezes tighter on my breasts.His fingers pinches the tip and I gasp, I throw my
Ash POV"Wait for me," he whispers directly into my right ear. I feel his breath on my ear and the side of my neck, it sends shivers down my spine.I nod obediently and he pulls away from me. I watch him while rooted beside the door. He doesn't turn around and I keep watching him until the bathroom door closes.I put my hand to my chest, it is beating so hard I am sure he heard it before he left me. I groan and climb to the side of the bed.I slip between the sheets and pull the cover sheets all the way to my face. My face reddens as I think of what will happen when he comes out. I cover my face with my palm and close my eyes."Oh no," I mumble. I can't quell my excitement.I sleep on my side with the sheets pulled all the way to my head. It's a little hard to breathe underneath it but it hides my face.After what feels like forever, I hear the bathroom door open and fight the urge to peek out of the sheet. I hear Caspian bustling around in the room and then I hear his footsteps appro
Ash POVI don’t know who is more surprised by the kiss but Caspian recovers quickly as he presses me against him and kisses me hard.I pull away from him gasping for air. "We should go inside," I say with my head down."Indeed," he says with amusement and kisses the top of my head.He removes his hand from my waist and grabs my hand. He pulls to the door and holds it open until we both go through the door.I immediately smell cooking but Caspian doesn't let me go and just pulls me through the living room and to the stairs. We stop in front of his room and he still holds me tightly."Caspian," I say gently as he opens his door."Yes," he responds but doesn't make any attempt to look at me."Let me go to my room and clean up. I will join you in a moment." I say as gently as I can even though I am fighting the urge to smack the back of his head."No," he says without any explanation.I open my mouth to protest and he pulls me into the room and shuts the door. He closes the gap between us
Ash POV"Just be happy with the person you like and stop being so stiff and let someone love you." She says with a bright smile."I can let someone love me, stop saying weird things." I glare at her."Oh really, I can tell you're the one with the issues in the relationship because Alpha sounds like he wants to keep you all to himself. I mean anyone with an eye can see that.""He just has a protective streak," I say with a pout."Protective my ass. Do you see him lifting me in my arms? Why do you think I thought something was going on between you two?" She smirks knowingly.I sigh, I want to tell her my fears but I will have to tell her more than I want to and I don't think I am ready for that."I do think it's a good thing," she says when I don't say anything. She looks to the corner of the room and screams out. "Holy smokes! Look at the time. Vi is gonna have our heads.""Oh my goodness," I say, following her gaze. "It's past five. What's Kay doing?"I rush out of bed and yo the war
Ash POV"Claire!" I cry. "I can't breathe.""Oh my God. I am so sorry." She says and immediately lets go of me.I lean forward and go into a fit of cough which subside quickly, thankfully. I take a deep breath and lean back on the couch."It is fine," I smile faintly at her.She still looks worried and she leans on to check my face. "Are you okay?" She asks.I nod, "Yes, I am.""Sorry about that," she chuckled awkwardly. "I just wanted you to know how sorry I am.""I get it and thank you for apologizing.""It's no problem." She said and gave me a hug before standing to her feet. "Let me know if you need anything."I nod and she waves and skips away. I sit on the couch for a couple minutes and I remember that I did not reply to Bennie.I quickly shoot her a reply apologizing without giving out any details. I don't want to explain on the phone if I am going to explain in person.As soon as I am done replying, I head upstairs. As much as I want to check on Kay I know it is better to give
Ash POVI hear the sound of the microwave go off as I start to send out a reply. As I stand on my feet I hear the sound of someone coming into the kitchen. I turn around to see Claire and I instinctively freeze as the memory of the conversation I had with Caspian pops in my head. For a millisecond, I am stunned and at a loss for words. "Ashton," Claire says and walks into the kitchen.The sound of her voice snaps me out of the trance and I manage to smile as I say her name. "Claire, good morning.""Rough night, huh?" She says with a soft smile."Not really," I say and turn away from her. "I was just lazy." I stop in front of the microwave and pull out my meal. Boy, does it smell heavenly.I blow a mind kiss to Damien and make my way back to the table. I see Claire is also seated and my stomach knots up but I immediately ignore it and go to sit opposite from her.I dig into my meal but she doesn't say anything, just sits watching me eat. I frown but I don't comment, I just pick up my