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
“What?” I ask with defiance as I try to get my face in order. I can’t let him see me blushing.“Nothing,” he replies and looks away.He doesn’t let go of my arm and tugs me all the way to the kitchen. We walk through the kitchen entrance. My gaze lands on Kay and he looks aware. For some reason, he looks hurt. I must be seeing things.“Alpha, Ashton,” Damien says as we walk in, he is by the counter as usual.“Damien,” I reply with a smile as I take my seat. I try to make eye contact with Kay but he would not look at me.“Good morning, Alpha,” Kay says.“Kay,” Caspian says as he takes his seat. “I can’t remember the last time you greeted me so formally.”“What’s that supposed to mean?” Kay asks with a raised brow and a tilt of his lips.“Where is Damon?” Caspian asks instead, ignoring Kay’s response.“Ah, he and Claire would not be joining us for breakfast. They should probably still be in bed, I don’t think they slept until late last night.” Damien replied from the counter. He picks u
"You will spill it," Caspian scolds and grabs my arm.This doesn't help my situation and just makes me feel more embarrassed. I pull my arm away from his grip."Is there anything that can be done?" I ask again."No, and if he remains like this he could possibly die.""What?" I and Kay simultaneously yell.My cutlery falls from my hand, lands on the ceramic plate with a loud sound, and then falls to the ground."I warned you about making a mess, Ashton," Caspian says."I am sorry," I reply, still surprised by what I have just heard. I bend down to try to pick it up but Caspian bests me to it."I will get you another one," he stands to his feet and walks away from the table.I can only nod as I watch him walk away, my mind is a little distracted and I am still finding it a little hard to believe Damien's words but I know he would joke about something like this."Are you sure about this?" Kay asks. "First off, I've never heard about a wolf being unable to change but dying from this is a
Ash POVThe rest of dinner was eaten in silence and as soon as I finished eating. Caspian grabbed my arm and pulled me to my feet. "Hey!" I yell out."Let's get you to doctor Louis." He says and refuses to let go of my arm even as I struggle to free myself from his grasp."What about the dishes?" I ask.Caspian frowns, "Why are you acting as though you will be of any help?"I wince, it's just an arm that is incapacitated and it's not my dominant hand. It's not like I am completely handicapped, I definitely take care of the dishes."Don't worry about it, I and Kay will take care of it.""What? Don't drag me into this.""Go, get your arm checked," Damien adds, ignoring Kay."Thank you, Damien. The food was delicious."He smiles and I see the tip of his eyes redden. Caspian pulls me to the door and as soon as we walk out of the kitchen, I manage to pull my arm from his grasp. He raises a brow but doesn't say anything nor does he try to take my hand again.The walk to the clinic seems l
Ash POVI relax on my bed with my arm that's wrapped in a sling on my chest. Finally, I am all by myself. Caspian truly didn't leave my side for the entirety of the morning. My only saving Grace is that Vi called for him as soon as lunch was over.He looked like he didn't want to leave but from the tone of his voice, it was exceedingly important. He left and instructed me not to go anywhere without his permission.He can't be serious, right? There is no way I will let this become a routine. I'll humor him for today but if this should continue tomorrow, I'll put my foot down.I sigh and roll to my side. His company wasn't bad, I'll at least admit that and it was pretty obvious he was trying to make sure I wasn't bored in any way.I can't comprehend why he wouldn't care for someone like him. All I do is cause one problem or the other. I roll to my back in an attempt to stop thinking about gloomy thoughts.I jerk as a knock rings out. Dread appears on my face. Is he back? I force myself
Ash POVMy face feels numb as all the blood drains from it. Kay looks just as mortified as I am sure I do and before any of us can say anything, Caspian stomps into the room and pulls me out of the seat. I don’t even try to fight him as he pulls me. I just follow behind him with my head bent. Why do I feel so guilty? Is it because there is something going on between me and Caspian and I have been lying to myself?"Caspian, it's not…"Caspian stops and turns to look at Kay with death in his eyes and whatever Kay wanted to say drained out. Not a sound escaped his lips.He turns away immediately, pulls me outside the door, and closes it with a loud bang. I hear the door shake on its hinges and I am sure it can be heard all around the house.His grip around my wrist keeps getting tighter. “Caspian,” I try to call out.“Shut it!” He yells at me. “Not one word from you until I say you can speak. Not one word.” He doesn't look at me as he speaks but I can feel the menace in his words.Cold
Caspian POVI am seething, Ashton looked at me with fear in her eyes. The entire room was filled with the scent of her fear. She was scared of me.She acted as though I would harm her. Yes, I was angry, and I still am, very much so but I would never hurt her. Not in a million years but she looked at me like I would.Somehow that even broke me more than the fact that I caught her kissing Kay and that broke me hard. I hate that what I feared came true.I run my hands through my hair. I am the bushes, I don't recall how I got here. I mean I know I came here myself but I don't remember the walk here. The last thing I remember is fleeing out of her room as my anger got out of control.I didn't want to say things I didn't mean and I didn't want to say things too early. It's hard to handle her when I know more she would run off at any point.I sigh and sit up on the stone. I don't need anyone to tell me I handle that wrong but it doesn't change what has happened and my reaction is justified
Caspian POV"Try me! She'll be safer with me. I will protect her and not go off on her simply because of what I saw. I thought you were smarter than that, I guess not. I don't have anything else to tell you, I'll head back to the house. We are done here," he says and starts walking away."No, we are not!" I say with a stern voice. My ears are ringing and I find this situation completely unbelievable. In all the years we have been together, Kay has never gone against me like this."Yes, we are." He replies and keeps walking away.“We are not done until I say we are!” My voice thunders through the forest and Kay stops walking. He slowly turns around to look at him and I see the anger in his eyes. He takes a deep breath as if to calm himself and I fight the urge to do something I will regret. "Ashton isn't yours for the taking.""Neither is she yours. Have you thought about why?" He asks with a raised brow. "Can I leave now?" "Yeah," I reply and sit on the stone. My chest feels a lit
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