Antoine's POV "A quick learner," I thought. Her movements were now much better than they had been some time ago, and I couldn't help but admire her once again. She came at my legs, now crouching down and circling around my legs, holding them, as if to forcefully pull me down. She would have done it successfully if she had been a little faster and more calculative. "Too slow," I told her, bending down slightly, and yanking her roughly with one hand from behind me, bringing her to the front. She gulped, staring up right at my face, fear evident in her eyes. It took all the self-control in me not to burst out laughing. I just so much enjoy seeing the look of fear in her eyes. She always looked cute the most then. And more beautiful too. I bent down to her level, having a menacing look on my face. I grabbed her chin roughly and lifted up her head slightly, causing her to shudder involuntarily, but she had already changed her facial expression. She was now staring hard, back at me, as i
Antoine's POV I hadn't expected Stacie's outburst. I was only asking a question, so why the flare-up? I ignored her words. "Just in case, you shouldn't slip it out to anyone, whosoever it is. Not by mistake, not by anything else." That got her on the edge again. "Why!? Why shouldn't I just go and shout out to everyone, in a loud and clear voice!" She said, then her voice softened as she said; "what is so bad about the fact that I'm your mate?" Her voice grew louder again. "Is there any reason I should not tell anyone?" "Just one. Because I'm asking you not to" Her expression hardened. "Not good enough." She started to turn away, but I caught her arm and pulled her into my embrace. "Stacie-----" Her body stiffened in my embrace, the gesture shocked even me. I quickly pulled out of the embrace, the moment my hand made contact with her arm. But I had felt the touch, light as it was and I could see how she had also responded to my touch in the softening of her eyes, in the slight int
Stacie's POV "So why were you so intent on learning how to fight?" I heard Antoine say, and I immediately froze. I hadn't seen the question coming. When he had asked me about how I was sold into slavery, I knew I would have to talk about my plight and Beta Daniel, but I didn't want to take the risk of telling anyone. Because I couldn't trust anyone yet, because Daniel could have spies even in this dark moon park. So I had told Antoine to ask me another question, but now he asked me even a more direct one that would even make me explain everything in detail. I shifted on his lap, we were too close. Our bodies were touching. When I didn't respond to his question, he placed his hand on my cheeks from behind and turned my head slowly to face him, and our lips were almost touching. He was looking at me with a concerned expression, but my mind wasn't even there, I was already lost in thought. Thinking about a lie to come up with and dish out to him. He placed his hands on my shoulders as
Stacie's POV Ariel laughed in my head, jolting me out of my thoughts. I was going to tell Antoine not to try to kiss me or anything, but then I looked closely at him and realized that the intensity of his gaze was not even because of me. He had also become lost in thought. And he was not even seeing me. He had never had any intention of kissing me. What if he was also thinking about having sex with me? That can't be! Someone that didn't even have any intention of Kissing me, despite how close to each other's skin we were. My face flamed up at my silly assumptions that he was going to kiss me. I blushed so hard, angry at myself for how close I had come to make a complete and utter fool of myself with Antoine. I couldn't help but imagine what he would have said. He would have laughed it off with a wave of his hand and even called me silly. He might even rebuke me seriously. Or would he have done otherwise? The exact opposite of what I was expecting? Would he have actually kissed me?
Stacie's POV "Did you just mention Beta Daniel of the Silverstone pack?" He asked me, his voice sounding hoarse. I nodded. "That man is really a monster!" His voice was laced with so much hatred as he spat the words out. I didn't know why he was saying all this. I felt so confused. Was he angry at Daniel because of me? Still feeling very confused, I asked. "You know him too?" And he nodded. "He was the one that also killed my father in a friendly duel. And I also want to kill him and avenge my father's death." I gasped in shock at his words. Beta Daniel must have made a lot of enemies for himself. He should better be watching his back from now on. Especially when someone like Antoine had him on his to-kill list. "I heard about it from my findings that he had killed the former Alpha and Luna of the Silverstone pack. But had spared the princess' life. I would never have imagined that the princess would actually be my mate." "The mate that you rejected!" I said in my head. Then I sai
STACIE'S POVI turned to look at the maids who were talking but she immediately looked away. I had a nagging feeling that they were talking about me. "Is something wrong?" I asked. I know that I won't be able to go to bed if I keep thinking about this. The maid immediately shook her head. "No, no, nothing is wrong," she said. "Really? Because I can see that you guys were talking about me" I said. "Well, it's just, you are training. You are the first....slave who gets to train in this place. We are all very envious of you" she said. I gave her a gentle smile. They have no idea what is going on. Antonie wants to use me as bait for Beta Daniel and I don't even know what I'm supposed to make of that. Is he asking me to go because he doesn't care about me or because of something else? I have no idea. "I'm tired. I'm just going to go to bed" I said. I didn't want to continue this conversation with them. I immediately entered my room and slammed the door shut. I went to take a bath
ANTONIE'S POV"What are you doing here?" Stacie asked me. I looked at her with a sharp gaze. She seemed guilty. She looked like she was hiding something from me. "You are my mate. Why can't I come here?" I asked her. I suddenly felt like teasing her. Stacie blushed when I said this. I smiled to myself. I really like teasing her like this. It makes me feel great. "Yeah, but you've never considered me your mate before. What do you want coming here so late at night?" Stacie asked me. Even though she was blushing, she was still trying to act tough. This is really ...cute"Why are you suddenly so defensive? Are you doing something wrong? Is that why you don't want me here?" I asked her. She had guilt written all over her face. Anyone with eyes can definitely see that she's trying to hide something from me. I was really curious. What is she hiding? "Ha! What could I possibly have done wrong?" She asked me. She's deflecting the question and this only confirms the fact that she's guilt
ANTONIE'S POVI made my escape from Stacie's room. My heart was pounding fast against my chest. I had been too caught up in whatever it was that she was doing that I had almost lost control of myself back then. I shook my head to get rid of the thoughts of everything that I would like to do to her. No matter how hard I tried to push the thoughts away, they just weren't going away. My mind kept replaying the look that she had on her face when she told me that I wanted to fuck her. She is right though. I do want to fuck her. But I am not going to act on those thoughts. I had to do everything that I can to control myself. I can't cheat on Sophia. I already gave her my promise. I can't go back on that no matter what. I have to hold on to my sanity whenever I'm with Stacie. I really wondered where she had learned to seduce men like this. Isn't she just an eighteen-year-old who has never even been out of her pack before? Where did she get those skills from? I really couldn't understan