Stay

Chapter 3

   Cassy walked into the room and she saw Alpha Lino sitting by the edge of the bed.

   His gaze rose from the cackling fire hearth and he stood, towering well above her. He took soundless steps towards her and Cassy's breaths came faster.

   

    Unable to hold his hazel gaze again, Cassy's head dropped. The aura about him was domineering. She had never stood close enough to an Alpha before. It felt like being crushed under a boulder. Her shoulders curved in and she trembled with fear. She gripped the light silhouette of her gown hard enough to crumple to soft material, as she tried to control herself. Her fear.

   "Look at me," Alpha Lino said.

    Cassy couldn't. She couldn't raise her gaze. His aura was crushing. A whimper escaped her lips and the pressure lessened. Her gaze lifted, slowly, and met with his hazel eyes. 

     

    They were softer than they were earlier but something else shimmered there. Something she didn't understand.

    His gaze raked her body once more and he mumbled something so low, she couldn't hear it.

   

   His hands rose to cup her cheeks and when he leaned in, Cassy jerked away from him, until her back hit the door. "Wha--What are you doing?" 

 

    It was the closest a man had ever come to her. Cassy didn't like the way her blood rushed to her head and how her knees had nearly buckled from that small touch. It was strange. She felt weak to the knees. 

   Alpha Lino turned from her, slender fingers diving into his flaming hair. "Do not make things difficult. You must know why you're here."

    He turned in time to see her shake her head with confusion. No. She didn't understand. She'd been stolen from her home, bundled in a useless piece of cloth, thrown into scalding hot water, scraped and picked from head to toe until they'd deemed her primed and clean, after which she had been escorted here without any explanation. Now he was touching her face and expecting her to understand what was going on.

   He blinked and the light in his eyes winked out. "No matter. You'll find out soon enough."

   He closed the distance between them and his lips slammed atop her. It was nothing soft or loving like she imagined her first kiss would be.

It was rough, devouring, and claiming. 

   His canine bit into her lower lip and Cassy tasted blood. She slapped at his chest, murmuring against his lips but his hands gripped her waist tighter.

  Dread settled in her stomach and her eyes stung. Not like this. She didn't want it to happen like this. It was meant to be slow and passionate. Not forceful.

   He pulled away from her panting for long enough to dump her on the bed. He shrugged off his pants and Cassy's lips wobbled. 

   "Please," she whispered.

   His eyes were empty and void of emotion. Glassy. It was like he couldn't hear her. Like he wasn't even there.

   "Please," she pleaded again and tried to scuttle off the bed in a blind panic.

    His hand wrapped around her ankle before she could make it halfway across and she kicked at his hold with all of her might. She screamed, kicking and yelling in painful outrage.

 

    "Stay!" Alpha Lino bellowed and it was the order of an Alpha. Cassy's body went limp and she couldn't control her body as he gripped her and pinned her underneath him. Her mind trashed, again and again, telling her to move, telling her to fight, but she couldn't.

   She couldn't move. Or speak.

   Tears slid down her eyes and she could have sworn she glimpsed helplessness in his eyes also as he ripped the gown without a moment of hesitation. The expression was gone when she blinked, as though she had imagined it.

   Cool air kissed her skin and her bare breasts and Alpha Lino's nostrils flared as he stared at them.

   He blinked and looked away from her, just as she felt him nudge at her entrance. Like he couldn't stand looking at her face as he took her by force.

   Her nails dug into her palm as he pressed in, his full length plunging in. It hurt and the tears flowed. His power prevented her from crying out or speaking but it couldn't stop the tears that flowed as he gained entry into her, inch by inch.

   It felt like she was being impaled in places she hadn't known existed before. She felt it when his full length pressed into her, shredding the thin wall that was her maidenhead.

    Alpha Lino went wholly still inside her and when his eyes met hers again, they were wide with surprise and perhaps...remorse. She tore her gaze from his, unable to look at him and she closed her eyes, seeking solace in the darkness, even as he moved inside her.

    Release found him and he shuddered against her, spilling inside her. He rolled over once he was done and said nothing as he turned away from her and soon fell asleep.

     She cried herself to sleep.

    

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   Alpha Lino came out of the bathroom, gripping his shirt and he stopped short when he saw the woman sleeping in his bed. The kohl stained her eyes and her cheeks and he knew she'd cried the entire night. Had woken up to the scent of her tears and...her.

    His jaw ticked and he looked away from her, unable to stomach looking at her. He had assumed they were told before they were brought to him. 

    But she had not been informed. She had looked at him with so much fear that it had taken disengaging from his emotions to even touch her.

   It didn't help when he realized she was a virgin, but it had been too late to stop. Perhaps, he should have been slower, gentler. However, his duties were beyond cuddling a woman. 

   For five years now, he had been trying for a child, an heir, but none of it had worked. He'd tried severally with his mate and it hadn't come to fruition. He had to seek help from a sorcerer who told him that in his lifetime only a low-class Omega would be able to give him a child.