LOGIN╔═━─────━▒ Cassius ▒━─────━═╝Sylphie’s legs wrapped around the back of my thighs, caging me in against her. Her wondrous body responding to my touches like a damn trigger line and goddess knows that I wanted to take her right here, right now on this goddamn nightstand.I wanted to claim every part of her. To mark her again as mine, forever.But I couldn't. Not because I didn't want to but because I didn't want to cause our son to wake up to us fucking like wolves in heat—that would be the most confusing and embarrassing sight ever… for him.But right at this moment, I wanted to devour her more than anything else in the world. I hadn't felt bliss like this in a long ass time and it was… unraveling. Mind-blowing.I was losing control faster than I realized it. Sylphie’s eager responses made my blood boil and my wolf howled in partial madness.The sensation stung our skin, our soul. Her heat pulled us closer to our primal instinct—to mate with our mate. To breed her.But I would be
❀° ┄───────╮ Sylphiette ╰───────┄ °❀“But—” I started to protest.“I’m not saying that you shouldn’t, not if it can’t be helped.” He said softly, his voice dragging back my attention. “I just don’t want you to worry about it.”“I have to,” I muttered and lowered my gaze. “All of this is happening because of me and it shouldn’t. They keep getting worse. I feel responsible…”Cassius was quiet for a moment and then I felt his warm fingers tilt up my face, forcing my gaze back to meet his. There’s a look in his eyes that I didn’t entirely recognize; it’s soft but also edgy, like storm clouds.“Listen to me, Sylphie. You are not responsible,” he enounced calmly, with emphasis on “not” though his voice also carried the same edge his eyes brewed. “None of this is happening because you are here, it’s simply a coincidence.”I shook my head, the movement subtle due to his grip on my chin, and my lips parted with words I didn’t even think about but they got clipped on my tongue when Ca
❀° ┄───────╮ Sylphiette ╰───────┄ °❀I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. No matter how much I tried to forget, my mind kept playing back at it, at those dreadful words she’d sneered at me at Cassius’s office that day.Zenya’s words to me had surely left an impression. Sick and twisted as it was, it surely stuck to me, and clung to my mind like an insidious disease, termiting through the back of my mind and spreading like a viral infestation.Worse… I don’t even know how to feel about it. I'm not sure if I'm taking it too lightly or thinking about it too much.It was a threat. It felt like a threat. And I know that I should have told Cassius about it, but I haven’t been able to bring myself to tell Cassius about it.If my intuition were right, she would most likely act again. Her threat was real. However, I didn’t know when or how she would act. She was most likely responsible for the assassination attempt on my life.Although, there was no solid evidence regarding
╔═━─────━▒ Cassius ▒━─────━═╝The door opened slightly and a quiet second later, she poked her head in. Her soft, pale blue eyes scanned the space of my office briefly before they locked with mine.Her smile was soft, sweet, and mesmerizing as it pulled slowly across her face, stretching her lips and giving a glimpse of her pristine, white teeth.“H-Heyyy,” she said softly, her velvety voice almost a whisper. It floated into the quiet room like the soft rush of water over rocks and the sound of it almost hypnotized me. “Can I come in?”I finally breathe, my breath leaving in a rush. My words came even faster and without thought, my body moved and I slowly rose from my seat. “Of course. Yes… Please, come on in, Sylphie.” I responded, a leisurely smile coaxing the edge of my mouth.She gently pushed the door wider until her body came into full view and then she stepped in. The big basket in her hands caught my attention but it was the smaller figure behind her that had me breaking i
╔═━─────━▒ Cassius ▒━─────━═╝A knock on my office door had my focus shifting. My head snapped up towards the sound, my response almost immediate and gruff as I sensed the presence of the person behind the door.The door opened and my beta walked in; a tall, solid, stoic frame. His gait, measured and quiet as he crossed the room and stopped in front of my desk.“Alpha,” he greeted with a bow, his hand resting across his chest and I responded with a short nod before he straightened.My gaze caught the brown envelope in his right hand and my brow shot up out of pure curiosity. “What’s that in your hand?”“The report, Alpha, on the interrogation you ordered.” He replied, then meticulously slid the large envelope across my desk to me.My brows raised and I picked up the envelope. Pulling out the documents in it, my gaze scanned over the first few words at the top, written in bold, black ink.The report gave brief details about the number of servants that worked under my roof, their po
❀° ┄───────╮ Sylphiette ╰───────┄ °❀ I choked on my tea, the drink spurting out and trailing down the side of my mouth, down my throat as I coughed. My face scorched and my hand trembled as I placed the cup back onto the table, almost spilling the rest of its contents. “Nerina!” I scolded, half-heartedly, my voice rough and breathy from almost choking to my death. She smirked, “I’m right, aren’t I?” I wiped my mouth with a napkin and tried to breathe, “Y-You… saw?” “Hmm, not really, but I’m pretty sure I knew what I walked in on.” She responded, her smirk growing. My hands covered my face as I groaned. “Oh goddess…” Nerina crackled, “Yeah, you can’t lie to me now.” “Why did you have to walk in on that?” I muttered, mostly to myself but Nerina’s ears were too sharp for her own good… when you need them not to be. Then peeked between my fingers to look at her. Her expression was still as smug as ever. “Why not? Did I break up your precious moment?” Then she shrugged, breakin







