“Let's do what??” Alex's eyes widened in shock, and he took a step back as if I had physically punched him. “What do you mean?” he asked, his voice shaking slightly as he tried to hold my gaze, but I averted it. “Why are you saying this?” This time his tone was low. “It's just…” I drew a deep breath, trying to steel myself for the conversation. "I mean it, Alex. We can't be together anymore. My father…he knows about us. He saw a picture of us together."“A picture?” He repeated as his face fell, and he looked as if I dumped the worst news on him. “How did he…? Never mind. What did he say to you?”“It doesn't matter what he said. What matters is that he knows, and he will not let us be together. We have to end this, Alex. For our good.” I forced a smile. “You can have my mark removed if that's what's bothering you. We don't belong to each other. We are only together to —”“No!” He growled. Alex's eyes flashed with anger, and he took a step closer to me. “I won't let you do this. We ca
ALEX“Fuck!” I slammed my fist on the desk, making the wood reverberate with the force of my anger. Yet, it didn't sate me. “Fuck!” I cried out, my voice echoing off the walls of my office. I felt like my heart had been ripped out forcefully and trampled under people's feet. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. Aithan's words lingered in my mind, cutting deep into my soul. The thought sent a wave of rage coursing through my veins as I tried to regulate my breathing, but it wasn't easy. I couldn't think of a life without him. These past few days with him made me rely fully on his warmth, and on my mate, who knew nothing about our bond. I felt so fucking dead. He hadn't been gone for up to a minute, but it felt like he had been gone forever, leaving a void too big to be filled behind.“No!” I screamed, placing both hands on my head, to stop it from splitting from the pain.With a sudden burst of fury, I swept my arms across the desk, sending papers and pens flying. I kicked ove
AITHANIt hurts. So damned much. I couldn't tell how many hours I drove around the city, trying to clear my mind from the guilt and pain I got from the breakup before I decided to return home. I didn't know it would hurt like this. If I did, I wouldn't have broken up with him. No. Separating was the right choice. I shook my head, trying to dispel it from the thoughts that wanted to take over. I knew staying with Alex wasn't an excellent decision, or else I wouldn't have been affected by this just like I was. All it took was breaking up with him for me to feel like a considerable chunk of my heart had been removed from my body. The nearer I got home, the more convinced I became I made the right decision. However, I couldn't bring myself to call him, not after the hurtful words I said to him. Not only that, but I ignored his calls. “Aithan, what's wrong with you?” I whispered to myself as I stared ahead. It had now gotten dark, showing how long I had driven around to clear my mind.
ALEXANDER Our property was devoid of any soul when I drove into the compound. There were no guards at the gate to usher me in. I had to get out of the car, to be scanned before the gates opened, something that hadn't happened before. I was puzzled as I glanced around, wondering what was going on. This was almost like how the compound was this morning. However, unlike this morning when there were guards by the gate and Max to welcome me, there was no one out here. I shook off all the thoughts that tried to take over, to make me forget why I returned to the house. With another glance around the empty compound, I quickened over to the door. Thankfully, it wasn't locked. Which could mean our butler was in there or the cook. I couldn't be more grateful for that. I stepped into the house and hastened over to my room where I got the papers I needed. All the documents for the properties I owned were in my room except the one for the bar I got when Marcus sent me to complete a task. It was
He smirked, a knowing glint in his eyes. He didn't respond to my words immediately, but the way he looked at me made me feel uncomfortable. “Where are the papers?” I asked, ready to sweat it out if it was the only way I could get him to provide the papers. “There.” He gestured to his desk, and he stood back, with his arms still folded and that suspicious glint in his gaze. I frowned as my gaze went to the papers before it returned to him, stunned. This wasn't what I expected him to do. I thought he would put up a fight, try to waste my time or anything. I just wasn't expecting him to give the papers up without a fight or a major argument. “You are giving them to me? Just like that?” “Why? Isn't that what you want? You can take the papers and leave. Your slutty beta is waiting for you.” He wrinkled his nose in disgust.I ignored his snide remarks and walked over to his desk to pick up the documents. As long as I had the papers with me, it was all that mattered. I reached over and
ALEXI blinked, looking around the cell in confusion. What was I doing here? I tried to rise, but my legs protested. It seemed like something hard was holding them down, preventing me from rising.As I struggled to sit up again, I took stock of my surroundings. The cell was small and sparse, with stone walls and a single, barred window high up on one wall. A thin, straw-filled pallet was the only furniture in the room.I let out a deep sigh as I tried once more, wondering where my father was. More importantly, was how I ended up in such a place. I couldn't even remember anything. It felt like I had been asleep for a long time as the only memories I had were of my mother dying. The memory was vivid in my mind as if it had happened a few hours ago. I could still feel the pain of her death, and the ache it left in my heart when the warehouse went up in flames. I was helpless. I couldn't save my mother. In the back of my mind, there was this nagging feeling that I somehow caused her dea
“Pardon?” I blinked, confused by his words. Though my head still hurts like hell, I wanted to know what he was talking about. He sounded mysterious, unlike the man I know. This wasn't like him.“Don't worry about it. You need to regain your strength. There's much to do and so much I need to tell you.” He uncrossed his arms and walked over to me to help me up from the floor.“What happened to me? Why was I in the holding cell? What of my mother? Why does it seem like I have forgotten a major part of my memory?” I asked the questions at once, desperate to know what was happening. I needed answers, fast.“I will tell you about this after you have your rest, okay?” He effortlessly lifted me from the floor. “For now, you need to regain your strength. There are so many things to do, and people to teach lessons.”I wanted to protest, to demand he tell me what was happening, but I didn't. I just let him help me into the house and towards my room. As we walked up the stairs, I couldn't help bu
AITHAN It was a long two days for me. Alex didn't call me, something I was expecting from him. It made me feel lost. I believed he would try to reach out to me, to beg me to take him back, but he didn't. I didn't hear from him, neither did the men I sent to stalk him find him. It seemed like he disappeared after I left his casino. “What's going on with you?” Pink frowned, coming over to my side. “You have been out of it since we left. Are you certain you can pull this off?” “Yeah, I'm good.” I nodded absent-mindedly. Truthfully, I wasn't feeling it at all. Going on this mission was the last thing I wanted. Viktor believed it would help me snap out of the daze I had been in for days now, but I doubted that. I just wished to see Alex. It was the only cure for my depression.I wouldn't mind defying Viktor if that meant I could see him. I just wanted to know how he was doing. I needed to see him smile at me, to tell me everything would be okay. “No, you are not.” Pink shook his head,
ALEX“What the fucking hell is wrong with you?!” Lucas seethed, pacing the floor. “What did you think you would gain from this? The men are revolting! How did you let things escalate this far?!" “Because you leaked the news.” While he was acting like a mad dog let out of the cage, I was the more rational one. I wasn't in the mood to scream at anyone. I had done my fair share of yelling with the men a few minutes ago.He whirled around at that, his eyes narrowed. “What the fucking hell are you talking about? Who leaked what news?”“You know what you did.” I crossed my legs, looking nonchalant. “I don't need to tell you that.”“What are you talking about? Are you by chance speaking about the small Mafia families?” He drew a step towards me, the frown on his face getting more pronounced the nearer he got. “What else?” “Did you believe I would stoop so low as to do something like that? What do you take me for?”“A man who didn't think twice about sucking up to my father won't care for
I winced sharply when I sat down on the soft cushion of the couch. We left our romantic getaway a few hours ago, and I was yet to recover from everything. Tan was reluctant to help my healing process, so I would experience the price of my actions. 'Sluts like you need to know how painful it is to fuck like rabbits.' Those were his words before he broke the connection between us, leaving me in fucking pain! “Are you okay?” Sophia asked with a smile, giving me a knowing look. She didn't look concerned about me, just curious to know what the hell I had been up to, and I had no freaking desire to tell her about it, or else I would only give her the right weapon to tease me with. “Yeah, I'm good. Never been better.” I smiled at her, the expression forced. I wanted to yell that I wasn't okay, for her to just leave me to rest, but I knew it wouldn't even happen, not with how curious she was. Yelling would only make her curious.“I see.” Nodding, she crossed her legs. “So, how was the tri
He removed his fingers from my hole and flipped me back so I could watch him. With his eyes locked with mine, he licked his fingers. His lips glistened and when he smiled, my heart skipped a beat. The fluttering in my stomach increased. I opened my legs wide in a silent invitation, eager to have him fuck me. I bit my bottom lip as I tried to look as alluring as I could.I needed him so fucking bad, to feel him tearing my insides and making me scream out in desire. I wanted so fucking much from him.His golden eyes gazed at my dick before he licked his lips. I could see the raw desires in his eyes, and it made me eager to have him fuck me. “If you want me to fuck you, Ly, you need to work for it.” He slowly ran his tongue over the tip of his fangs, prompting me to gasp.My hole clenched once more, and I felt my dick harden. My hole contracted, wishing to have him in me. “You are not fun,” I whined like a kid, glaring at him. “Why don't you just fuck me already? Why make me work for
He nuzzled his head on my neck and took a long whiff. “I love how you smell,” he said in a raspy tone. He sounded like one who needed water down his throat. I placed my hands on his head as I urged him to sniff my neck until he had gotten his fill. I wriggled my arse, occasionally running my clothed dick on his. A groan left his throat as he raised his head to look at me. I gasped at the bright colours of his eyes—it made me gulp. You would have thought I would be used to it now. It wasn't as if I wasn't. What I couldn't get used to was how willing his wolf was... It's true. We are mates. “I want to taste you.” He said in that same deep, raspy voice that sent shivers down my spine. My stomach clenched, and I felt my dick twitch. “Do you want me to do that?” He gently asked, seeking permission. I slowly nodded. “Taste me, do anything you wish to me, I'm all yours,” I licked my bottom lip as I peered into his eyes, adding, “Just like you are mine.”There was no need for him to seek
There was a rustling from her side. While I waited, I clenched my fists, looking at Alex, who had his back turned to us. My throat was already dry, so parched, that swallowing was painful. My mind raced with the worst-case scenario as I waited for her response. What would happen if Viktor joined them? It would be Alex against 20 of them. It didn't seem like the scale would tip in our balance. If Viktor was neutral, there was a high possibility of things going our way, but if not, I doubt it would be something neat. Since I decided to be with Alex despite his warning, it meant I would have a face-off with my father. Will I have to kill him like Alex killed Marcus if he tried to hurt my lover? Can I bring myself to bring my hands down on the man who brought me up like his son? Viktor sacrificed his youth just to keep me safe, and the thoughts of killing him…No, I can sort things out. I looked at Alex, at his hunched back, and the impatient tapping of his index finger on his thigh,
AITHANIt was the best moment of my life. Not that we went out or anything. It was just the two of us in our world. Before we left, Alex switched our phones off. He didn't want us there to be disturbed, so we could have our privacy.I liked it, though. A week away, in our private world, was more than I could have ever asked for. “I wish we could live here forever,” I whined like a kid, plopping down on the bed. This was our last day here, and I didn't want to leave. If it were possible, I would have asked to stay here forever, away from the human world and the headaches that came with it.Out here, we had nothing to worry about. We slept whenever we wanted, and fucked like we were in our mating season, without being disturbed. No one knocked on our door to tell us we had been too loud. We just did our thing, and I enjoyed every second of it.“We can if you like.”“Really?!!” I sat up on the bed, looking at him with wide eyes. “We can stay here if I like??? You are not just saying it
I straddled Alex, my thighs bracketing his hips, his thick cock gripped in my hand as I positioned it at my hole. My eyes fluttered shut, a shaky breath slipping past my lips as I lowered myself slowly, feeling him stretch me inch by inch. A soft moan escaped me as his heat tore me open. Alex grunted beneath me, a low, guttural sound vibrating through his broad chest. "Fuck, Ly," he rasped, hazel eyes dark with lust, his golden hair splayed across the pillow like some damn halo. “You are so fucking tight.”I opened my eyes, locking onto his gaze, and started riding him. It was slow at first as I rolled my hips to feel every bit of him. My jet-black hair fell into my face, sweat beading on my brow, and I bent down and crashed my lips against his. Our tongues tangled, hot and messy, as we tasted each other’s hunger. "Yeah, Lex, just like that," I murmured into his mouth, encouraging him as he thrust up, meeting my rhythm, his cock reaching depths of myself I hadn’t dared explored bef
AITHANI trembled on the bed, my body a live wire buzzing with electricity.Every nerve sparked from the nipple clamps biting into my chest and that damn vibrator buzzing deep inside me. Sweat licked my skin, my hair plastered to my forehead, and I fought to catch my breath after screaming for release. Alex had pulled off my cock, leaving me teetering on the edge, and then he just… vanished.The room spun, my pulse hammering in my ears, and I tried to gather myself. My lips parted to demand where the hell he’d gone when he suddenly strode back in, in the full glory of his raging cock already leaking. He was carrying a full bucket of ice cubes.I narrowed my eyes, a smirk tugging at my lips despite the ache in my body. An idea popped into my head and I smirked wider.“Lie down,” I ordered, sitting up, my voice rough but steady, dripping with the power I refused to let go of, even pinned and plugged like this. Alex raised a brow, his hazel eyes glinting with that smug challenge, but he
ALEXI knelt beside the bed, my hands digging through the worn wooden box I kept stashed there, the clink of metal and the faint hum of electronics filling the air.Ly lay sprawled behind me, legs spread wide like I’d ordered, with his dark hair sticking to his sweaty forehead, and those piercing blue eyes glinting with anticipation. I could feel his gaze burning into my back, and I smirked as I pulled out a pair of sleek silver nipple clamps, their chain dangling between my fingers. My cock throbbed at the thought of what was coming, the way he’d squirm for me, the way I’d make him crumble.“Don’t you dare move, Ly,” I growled without turning, my voice sharp enough to cut through the thick tension. I heard him shift, rustling of sheets, and I whipped my head around, hazel eyes narrowing. “I said don’t fucking move.” A defiant little huff slipped out, but he stayed put, legs splayed, cock twitching against his stomach. Good. I turned back to the box and fished out a slim vibrating p