ALEXAs I sat there, frozen in shock, I felt like someone had punched me in the gut. The venom in his words was too heavy, too pronounced, and I could feel the weight of his hatred bearing down on me.I tried to speak, to call out to him, but he cut me off, his anger and disgust pouring out of him like a warm bucket of water after a sunny day. I felt a stinging sensation in my eyes as tears pricked at the corners, but I refused to let them fall.As he turned and stormed out of the house, I felt a sense of emptiness wash over me as I slumped against the couch.Why did I kiss him? Why did I take that risk? I knew he would react badly, but I had hoped… I had hoped that he might feel the same way.I realized, as I leaned back on the couch and fixed my attention on the ceiling, that I'd made a terrible mistake. ….I stayed in my cabin for that night until my wound was properly healed. I didn't fucking have a bath last night because his scent was still on me. I could still feel his soft li
A meeting? I wasn't expecting that. I figured the last time we came together would be the last. Who would have thought Viktor and Marcus would be stupid enough to call for another truce meeting? Who was even gaining? Last night, three of our warehouses were blown, and I knew it had to do with Aithan. They did it. Just to get back at us for the one we blew up. Even though I lied to Aithan that we weren't the ones, Viktor must have known the truth. With three of our warehouses blown and two of theirs razed to the ground, I knew Marcus would wish to get back at them again. What I didn't expect was for us to attend another pretend truce meeting. What do they hope to gain from this? Another round of burning? An attempt on Aithan's life like the last one? I knew my father would want the latter. Marcus hadn't made a secret of how much he hated Aithan. I wouldn't even be shocked if he tried to attack him, which was why I always worked to know his moves. It was the only way I knew I could
Aithan's eyes bore into mine before it flicked over to Sarah before it hardened. He glared at our joined hands and lifted his gaze to look at me before he turned and left. He stepped into the house and slammed the door shut behind him. Puzzled, I watched the door, wondering what had just happened. I might not know much about him, but I was certain about one thing. Aithan wasn't happy. “My alpha?” Max's call brought me back to the present. Blinking, I forced a smile. “I'm okay. I just didn't expect to see him out here, that's why.” I held my elbow out for Sarah, who hurriedly took it. Nodding at her, I started up the stairs while Max returned to the car, to drive it to a parking space. Of course, there were no chauffeurs around to do the job. As I mentioned earlier, this was a secret party. I led Sarah up the stairs and into the house, wincing at the sharp music that welcomed us. With Sarah in my arms, I weaved through the people at the door, looking for my father. It wasn't diffic
AITHANFucking bastard! How could he act this naturally when I was going insane with different emotions wracking havoc within me? For the past week, I had been plagued with the last expression I saw on his face before I left. I tortured myself, thinking I had broken him, but there he was, with another fucking woman in his arms, smiling as if everything were okay. What a bastard! If only I could storm over to him and slap him hard on his damned cheek. Argh! I glared at the lady in his arms as he spoke to his father and mine. The similarities between us made me grit my teeth. Did he think he could replace me with a fucking gamma female? In his freaking dreams!'So, do you wish to be the one in his arms?' Tan, my wolf, asked, his tone sarcastic. Tan hardly spoke to me unless when necessary. Most times, it was just to tease me or rile me up. That was what he was good at. 'Just shut the hell up! I don't want to be the one in his arms. I just don't enjoy seeing him with those fucking wo
ALEXI wasn't even surprised when I heard his voice because I knew he was following us. What I didn't expect was him storming over with a murderous look on his face. He looked like a woman who caught her husband cheating on her. Well… That wasn't far from the truth. Not the cheating part, though. The husband part. His blue eyes narrowed the nearer he got. I straightened, turning my back to Sarah. “What's wrong? Are you —”“You fucking bastard!” Like he always did, he connected his right fist to my jaw, his eyes still blazing in anger. He gritted his lower teeth so hard as he glared at me. I ignored Sarah's gasps and wiped the blood off my lips. He did me pretty badly this time. He must have packed his anger into the damned punch.“What did I do this time?” I lifted a brow at him, ignoring Sarah, who was clutching my right arm. “You…” Aithan's eyes went to her hand, gripping mine, and they narrowed. Gritting his teeth so hard it scared me he might remove them all, he looked up at me
AITHANFuck him!This was the fourth time he was bringing a woman to the gathering. Each time our fathers made a pretend party to discuss their peace treaty, he always brought a fucking woman with him —each different from the last. Even when we only had a dinner date. You would have thought someone like him would seek me out within the week, to beg me, and…What the hell was I even thinking about? Him? Beg me? I must be out of my senses. Or it could be my experience 6 years ago. Though I tried not to think of those bastards and everything they put me through, tried not to hate any fag I saw, Alex was making me remember. I couldn't tell what was going on with me, but I believed it all had to do with that incident 6 years ago, the year before I became an adult. Those three days spent in hell must have shaped my brain, made me believe I was something I damned wasn't! Even though I killed him and crushed his bones, I felt his damned spirit lingered. It was the only reason I was acting
I left the house with the picture, whistling as I strode over to my car. The jobs Viktor always got for me kept me busy and on my toes, which I was grateful for. Just an hour or more away from home always helped me forget that damned cheating bastard, Alex. Just thinking about him now made me wish to stalk over to his house and demand his head. It only took my rational thoughts to stop me from doing something as insane as that. I claimed I didn't want anything to do with him, yet I couldn't help getting pissed each time I saw him with another woman. Once more, I believed this all had to do with that incident 6 years ago. Despite how many times I'd been with women, those nights would forever hunt me, forever make my body crave for something I didn't want. 'You can choose to forget that night, Aithan. It's in the past. You are in the present. Just let go. If you still doubt your ability to forget, you can let Alex do —' “Can you freaking shut up!” I yelled at him, causing Tan to sn
With Alex no longer caging me in, I looked around the room before my gaze landed on the dead man under the table. I didn't need to walk close to know he was the one Viktor sent me to get rid of. “I didn't want you to stain your hands with his dirty blood,” Alex explained when his gaze followed mine to see where I was looking. “I'm thoughtful, right?” He smiled like he was waiting for praise from me. “Fuck off!” I turned and made to leave, as there was nothing for me to do there. He had already taken care of the man. I didn't need to keep staying here, not when I had other things to take care of. “Wait!” He rushed toward me and blocked my path before I could step out. “Where are you going?” He demanded, with his arms spread. “Home. Isn't that where I'm supposed to go?” I lifted an eyebrow at him. “You have already taken care of the man. I don't think I have any business here anymore, do I?”“What of our plans?”“Plans?” “Didn't we agree to seek those who tried to hurt you and thos
When he finally opened his mouth to speak, the words that left his lips matched his expression. “So this is the slut you have been fooling around with?”“That's enough, Father,” he growled, his eyes narrowed and his jaw clenched in angerI couldn't even speak. At that moment, all I could hear was the condescension in his tone, the way he looked down at me like I was nothing but dirt under his feet, someone who wasn't worthy of his son and deserved to rot in hell. "What's enough? Stating the fact?" He scoffed, his gaze still fixed on me.“I won't stand with you insulting him," Alex gritted out, his annoyance seeping out.But Marcus didn't seem to care. He took a step closer to me, his eyes blazing with contempt. He didn't hide his hatred, didn't conceal his disgust for me.“A beta, and the son of Viktor Kael, no less,” he spat. “I should have known you'd stoop to this level, Alex. You're a traitor to our family's name. You are not worthy of being my son if you are this ready to stick
I smiled at his reply before I kissed him. This time, he didn't remove his lips. He knew I wanted to express my joy at his response, to show him how I felt knowing how important I am to him. He placed both hands on my cheeks and deepened the kiss, matching my pace, showing me how important I am to him, and how much he loved me. I rose from my kneeling position and climbed on his body, moaning loudly as he kissed me. The intensity of the kiss almost rocked me to my core.He placed me on the couch, still kissing me. His hands roamed my entire body until he had me naked, with my clothes removed and my mind hazy from the kiss. I didn't even know when we got naked. I was still coming down from the feeling of having him kiss me, and I only noticed how naked we were when I felt something poke my rear. “Relax,” he whispered, working two of his fingers into my hole. I widened my legs to give him access to the place that should have been forbidden to other men. I gasped, writhing under him o
AITHANWhat was more embarrassing than your best friend knowing you were about to get it? Nothing. Okay, your father knowing about it sounded worse than that. I would be damned embarrassed should Viktor know of it. I wouldn't be able to look him in the eyes. 'It's not as if he didn't know you were already getting it.' Tan rolled his eyes. 'You make it sound like he's a kid that doesn't know what goes on in the bedroom.' 'He knew, but it doesn't mean he knows I'm the one getting banged from behind.' 'Everyone can tell, darling. You are smaller than Alex. He wouldn't be the one getting it.' 'Shut the fuck up!''Says the man who's going to get his mouth shut with a meaty dick.' And just like he always did each time he wanted to rile me up, he closed our connection, so I wouldn't tell him what I thought of his words. “Still thinking of what he said?” Alex grazed my left cheek. “You don't need to be upset about his words.”“Who said I'm worried about that?” I knelt and burrowed my f
ALEX“The marks?”“Huh?” He tilted his head to the side, blinking cutely like a puppy. “What about the marks you will get? How will you hide it from your father and —”“We are werewolves, Alex. Have you forgotten?” He leaned back on his heels and my hold on the necktie slipped, giving him enough chance to do what he wanted. He slid his polo over his head and pointed to the places the marks from the gunshots should have been. “See? It's all gone now. The only marks that remain on our body are the deep ones. You make it sound like you don't know what I'm talking about." Is it crazy my gaze was on his nipples the entire time? The pert little things were calling out to me in a way that made it difficult for me to resist them. I had to tear my gaze away from them to focus on Aithan, who was waiting for a response. I doubt he knew what I had in mind, couldn't tell I wanted to tug hard on his nipples. They would look good in nipple clamp, one I will have to tug hard on when I have it fixed
“Is that a promise, Ly?” He brushed his thumb on my lips and smiled down at me, his eyes crinkling. “Slut,” I corrected. “Huh?”“I'm your slut, remember?” I caressed his dick through his slacks, still keeping that sultry expression on my face. For the first time since we got together, I was ready to show him how wild I could be, to let him know the demon bottled within me, eager to be let out of the confines. It was time to make him see me for whom I really was. “I love the sound.” He straightened and walked away from me. For a moment, I thought my words scared away him despite looking pleased by them, but he returned after getting something from his drawer. “A tie?” I frowned. “What are you going to do with that?”“What do you think?” He leaned down, so we were eyeball to eyeball and wrapped the necktie around my neck. He yanked me towards him and a shocked gasp left my lips.Strangely, the pain made my dick harden to the point of pain. This was it. Alex was finally giving me wha
Alex broke away from the kiss. Panting, he placed his forehead on mine and smiled. “I missed you, darling.”“I do too.”Panting, I stared into his eyes, getting drawn into the hazel eyes I fell in love with. It felt like he was drawing me, trying to suck me into a world that was solely his. I didn't fight the pool. I lost the fight when I told him about my feelings. It didn't feel necessary anymore.“I love you, Ly. Never doubt that.”I didn't need to. No one could fake that expression. I could tell he meant those words. He placed his hand under my jaw and lifted my gaze to his. Smiling, he placed another kiss on my lips. “What do you want us to do?” His gaze was suggestive. I knew what he wanted, but acted like I didn't. Batting my eyes, I peered up at him through my lashes. “What do you want us to do?”“You don't know?” He tugged me closer. “Let's see…”His eyes sparkled, the orb filled with mischief. “What do you want me to do to you, darling?”“What can you do?”I was teasing h
AITHANI had so many things to talk to him about on the ride to his casino. I wanted to ask why he didn't call me when I expected him to, and what he needed to talk to me about, but he didn't seem that comfortable with Pink. I could tell from the time he saw him. He looked like he was contemplating ways of kicking Pink out without angering me. He wasn't even trying to conceal his feelings.I had to turn my focus on the trees we were racing past to avoid ogling Alex. The black shirt he was putting on should have been damned illegal. It hugged his body in the right places, showing off his ripped chest, a part of his body that was solely mine. Tearing my gaze away from his body was a reasonable choice. With Pink and his sensitive nose in the car, it wouldn't be difficult for him to smell my arousal. I had to keep my damned thoughts out of the gutter! The minute we walked into his casino, Alex turned to me with a pleading expression. “Can I speak with you alone? If you don't trust me en
ALEX I drummed my fingers on the steering wheel, humming to ease my nerves. The sun had gone down, but it was still bright out. The night was yet to come, which made it the perfect time for a romantic getaway. It was such a pity we wouldn't be doing that. I only called Aithan to fill him up on what I had been up to and to ask if he was interested in seeking Maximo out with me.I ignored the intense desire to protect him from Maximo, knowing he wouldn't be thrilled to know I ventured out alone without telling him.As I waited patiently for him, I kept on checking the time, praying for the minute to run faster. I arrived an hour early to wait for him, eager to see him. The minute my phone beeped to let me know it was time — I set an alarm — I saw him coming towards my car. My lips lifted at the sight of my lover, only for my joy to dampen when I realized he wasn't alone. He was coming over with the blonde man, who was kind enough to give me his number, so I could contact Aithan. Frow
With Viktor out, leaving wouldn't be that difficult. I could just take Pink with me to ensure my safety. Not like I was suspecting Alex. Marcus was the one I didn't trust. I had to be cautious, to thread carefully with them.“Perfect. See you later, darling. I love you.”Those last three words warmed my heart. It sounded so beautiful coming from him. “I love you too,” I responded, confident about my feelings. “I love you more,” he insisted before he disconnected, so I wouldn't argue with him about who loves the other more. With the call disconnected, I let out a sigh and plopped down on the bed just as Pink opened the door and looked in.“Am I safe to step in?”“Of course.” I raised his phone. “He asked me to meet him by 6, and —”“I'm coming with you.” He reached for his phone. “You are not talking me out of it this time.”“I know you will say that.” I sat up on the bed, yawning. “I'm not talking you out of anything. You are coming with me.”I had already decided on that. Taking