Chapter 4: First kiss

Helmut looked angry. Like he cared what his wife was doing. Though really it was just a reaction to how territorial and possessive wolves are.

"That doesn't matter to you." Aitana says coldly.

"Look, Baitana, I don't care whether or not you die because of me, but, what, I do care and resent, is that you would be so bold as to be unfaithful to me on our first wedding night. So, tell me, who the hell was close enough to you to leave their foul scent?"

The anger was evident in Helmut and for the first time in the evening, Aitana smiles at seeing her husband upset and at something she has done.

'Finally you're feeling discomfort. It's about time I wasn't the only one having a bad night' Aitana says to herself mentally.

'Let go of me, you're hurting me' says Aitana with difficulty and that makes Helmut push her away as she angrily backs away.

"Who came near you?" he asks again seeing that she doesn't answer his question.

"Does that matter to you?" asks Aitana annoyed and Helmut, seeing that she is a bold girl, kisses her, just to make her die at once and end her loveless marriage.

He didn't want her to die, because she seemed to him just an unfortunate girl who had been cruelly deceived. However, his possessive version showed itself and so, he kissed her impregnating Aitana with his scent.

Aitana is surprised by the kiss, but, slowly keeps up with him, wishing that this was a form of apology from her now husband, where he showed that he was going to be a good husband. Helmut, pulls away when he no longer smells the stranger's scent on his lips and looks at her with distaste.

"Don't be mistaken because I kissed you. I don't care about you, I find you disgusting. But, I will not allow you to end up being the husband who was vilely betrayed on the very day of your wedding. I'd rather see you dead than have you make a fool of me," Helmut says coldly.

"And what about me, can you be with other women on our wedding day, can you kiss me like that and then tell me you find me disgusting?" asks Aitana in annoyance.

"Yes, I can be with as many as I want and do as I please. But you can't" says Helmut seriously. 

"Why?" asks Aitana trying to be brave. "Are you a man to cheat on your wife, but, not to bear the thought of her cheating on you?"

"Because I say so" says Helmut in an authoritative tone.

"Why do you treat me like this, have I offended you in any way?" asks Aitana trying to understand him better.

"It's simple. I dislike you, everything about you disgusts me and because of that, I can't be gentle with you. So, I would never be able to sleep with you and clearly I'm not going to keep celibacy, just because my father didn't choose me a good wife that would at least serve to excite me."

Aitana took two steps and raised her hand to slap him, but, he anticipated her movements and took her hand, smiling pleased to make her lose her sanity and education.

"You're such a..." says Aitana, but, she is interrupted by Helmut.

"A demon? A beast? I am that and more Baitana. So, don't expect me to be sweet and pamper you like they did with you in the past. Because you don't even deserve me to look at you." Helmut says roughly releasing her.

"Then why did you marry me? You could have forgotten the promise with uncle and moved on with your life. Then you wouldn't have a wife who doesn't even give you an erection" says Aitana seriously.

"If I could have, I would have, but, the blood pact is unbreakable. So, even if I wish with all my might not to be related to you, only if you die will I be able to free myself from you." Helmut says coldly.

"Then kill me. That way we can spare each other a life in hell that you are surely going to give me." Says Aitana without fear of that coming true.

"Oh, believe me you're going to die for me, so, don't despair. Now, go back to your castle and don't come out until I order you to. For, although I found it interesting to die a foolish death as yours surely would be, I would rather you die as another sacrifice." Helmut says coolly.

"A sacrifice?"

"Didn't my father tell you that? I've had over twenty wives, I imagine you may know why I may remarry." whispers Helmut with a smirk.

"They're dead." whispers Aitana in terror and Helmut smiles.

"Exactly. So, don't worry. Your time is coming and like the others, I could care less if you die. I could even say that you are living your last minutes of life" says Helmut and then leaves.

His second in command, waits for his boss and when he approaches, he walks beside him with obvious concern.

"Don't you think it should have been clear?"

"What for?"

"Maybe if he tells her he has a curse where, who he sleeps with or loves, dies, she would understand why he keeps his distance from her." Explains the beta.

"Eventually she's going to die because of me, giving her the details of why she's going to die, is unnecessary."

"So, what do you plan to do?"

"I've already kissed her. If she doesn't die tonight, it would be a miracle. So, let's not think too much about something that is surely not going to happen" says Helmut walking very calmly.

"Are you sure?"

"Let's see what happens. Maybe if he survives, at some point I'll give him a divorce."

"Do you really intend to do that?" asks the beta in surprise.

"My father wouldn't agree to it because he knew I wasn't going to sleep with them. But, he's gone and his tricks for having sex with my wives, he's gone and much less, he's going to make me spend time with them. So, I'm not going to put effort into something I'm not interested in."

"I don't understand how sir could get so many wives for you." Beta mutters.

"They say there are only one pair of soulmates in the world, but, just as we share traits with people who are not family, we have fragments of our essence scattered in souls who are not completely your soulmate. 

>> My father knew that and so he got all the women who were compatible with me, Baitana is the last one. So, if I don't heal with her, every woman who is intimate with me will wake up dead, because no one can give me the slightest pleasure or she will pay with her life. That's what the curse is all about."

"So, if you know this is your last hope, why don't you speed everything up?" asks the beta worried about his boss.

"And confirm that there's no chance of freeing me from the curse? No, I don't want that. Least of all if only someone else is going to die without doing something meaningful. Baitana is practically a child, she deserves to live longer, well, if she survives my kiss." says Helmut returning to the party.