Sunlight shone through my room and burned behind my eyes, but I didn't want to open them yet. Every part of my limbs ached, and the last thing I wanted was to stand up and do anything today, but I couldn't just sit here and do nothing either. It had been almost a week since I'd practically rejected Damien from entering my body. Yes, rejected was the word he was using for it too, and things had been... I didn't know how to put it yet. Damien hadn't taken kindly to the rejection, and I knew it'd taken everything he had in him not to punish me for it. A part of me still felt angry too. Why could he be upset because I didn't want to sleep with him, when he had spent months cheating on me with someone else? He'd even gotten her pregnant. But it seemed Damien had simply expected me to just dance to his tune, after all the mate bond would ensure of that.
Damien turned us together until we were facing each other—his hands cradling my face, before he dropped a kiss on my forehead. A surge of warmth busted out of me, and I smiled, soaking up all the attention he was showering me with. "What is it, Maddy?" His voice was smooth, and husky. My head felt blissfully light for a brief moment, before I widened my eyes, and shook my head to clear off all the unnecessary distractions. "Alpha Chris had sent a message instructing you to go up north, and after my confinement, you didn't—why didn't you go?" A beat of silent passed, with Damien just stroking my hair—my scalp—and me allowing myself to be lulled back to sleep with the feel of his fingers. I had never felt more soothed than I did in this moment. After a long moment, he finally spoke again. "My father instructed me to hold on for a while." My breathing stopped, wondering why Alpha Chris would decide to do so
When I woke up the next morning, Damien wasn't by my side again, and to my own horror, my first thought was relief. I dreaded looking my mate in the eyes, after knowing that as he held me to sleep last night, I had thought of another man. A man who for all intents and purposes wanted him dead. I shoved my face back into the pillows arranged by my side, before tucking my hair behind my ear. A knock came from the door and I shot up quickly, wrapping myself in a flimsy robe, before I walked to the door. When I threw it open, I came face to face with Lily, and my gaze immediately hardened. Why—what was she doing here? Unlike the look on my face, she actually had a bright look on hers, a warm smile lining her cheeks. In this light, there was something delicate about her, like a flower you didn't want to hurt. My stomach tightened, and I gripped the door tighter. "What are you doing here?"
Lily's issue was the least of my problems.Insomnia was.That night when I returned to my bed, I couldn't sleep, instead staring at the top of my room, and wondering if this was all a dream. But I knew it wasn't. My skin still felt hot to the touch from the feel of Axel's strong lips on mine, and every time my mind took that direction I wanted to hit myself. Axel was gone. Everything about him was now a part of my past. Damien was going to accept me now, and even Lily seemed to be turning a new leaf. I sighed and closed my eyes again, trying to force myself to go back to sleep. When a familiar dark green mass of monstrous entity flashed before my eyes, I shot them open immediately, sitting up in my bed, my heart beating rapidly. Beads of perspiration lined my forehead, and I wrapped my arms around myself. I didn't feel safe in here. Every time I tried to sl
It was Lily. I was sure of it.But it didn't look like her too, and I had to squint my eyes a bit to see her clearly. Unlike the usually put together look she had on,with flowing green dresses that made her skin shine, she looked like a mask of her former self. Her eyes were dark and haunted, massive bags lining them and making her look twice her age. In all truths, Lily looked miserable. Deserving of every bit of misery she was going through nonetheless. "I heard you have woken up. How are you doing?" Her voice was very soft, almost too faint for me to hear. I took an involuntary step back, unnerved by the demure act she was putting him. It was impossible to believe that Lily—the girl who had maliciously played the role of my best friend in one life while seducing my mate. In my second life, she had even be more wicked, choosing to drag me through a life of humiliation and pain as quickly as po
A silent sigh passed through me, before I looked away, feeling like my face was on fire. Why was I reacting like this? It wasn't like he hadn't missed me before. He'd done this multiple times, so I should be used to it by now. I wasn't. But the truth was more complicated than that. Every time he came close to me, his hot breathe wafting over mine, and mixing till all his inhales were my exhales, I thought I would simply evaporate. He quirked a brow at me. "Or do you want to remain with the poison inside you?" Despite the lack of emotion in his voice, my skin prickled. After a moment, I shook my head and managed to gulp in huge breathes of air. I could do this. We had done this before, so there was no need for me to feel so antsy about it. "I don't want to live with it. And—" I breathed. "For what it's worth, I appr
I bristled at his words. "What—what do you see?" Afraid to meet his eyes, I kept my hands firmly on my fingers which were twitching in front of me. He let out a sigh, before settling back into his seat. "If you still love the alpha, then I don't fault you. You are an Omega after all, and thus susceptible to feelings like this."I froze, taking his words in slowly, before turning to him with a glare. "I'm not some mindless Omega who can't think for herself just because her mate shows her a bit of affection." I said, my voice slightly higher. Even as I vomited those words out, I could see how they didn't really put me in a bright light. After all, I was all but ready to drop all my plans because Damien wanted to change. "You're not?" Axel's tone was surprisingly sincere. I hated it. I sighed, and pressed my palm to my face. "You don't understand. He's finally sent Lily away, and I—I think we can finall
I sat up so quickly, I nearly bumped my head against the wooden support of the bed. Him. He was finally here, after everything that had happened the night I'd nearly died, he was finally showing up? An unfamiliar feeling bubbled up in my chest, and it took me a while to recognize it for what it was. Anger. Disappointment. A feeling of betrayal. Which were all strange feelings to have because this man was nothing to me. I knew he was only using me to get whatever revenge he had against my mate, or worse—just using me to take over the kingdom. But like a pathetic Omega, I had been a bit addicted to it. Addicted to him always saving me, always coming to my rescue. Except, he hadn't come the last time, and so many things had happened since then. I shook my head, trying to dispell those strange thoughts from them, and adjusted myself on the bed, with my head held up high. "What a
Gone? What did he mean by that? Had he sent her away?Even though I was hearing the words from my mate's lips, it was still hard to believe. I opened my mouth, and he leaned back towards me before I could say anything else, capturing my lips with his. I melted into his hold again, against my will, because it turned out that my wolf was enjoying all of these too much to want to stop. Maybe if my wolf was aware that every moment I spent kissing my mate was inadvertently leading to his death—maybe if she knew that, she would have a bit more control. She didn't, so I remained in his hold, my body like jelly, as he completely ravaged my tongue. My skin felt hot to the touch, my body boneless with want, only able to stay in his embrace, letting him tilt my head as he wished to kiss me deeper. I felt like I should remember something, be trying to say something to him, but my mind was foggy wi