Chapter Six

“I mean, I don’t know,” Derek admitted, still looking to be in awe. “You don’t smell the way that I thought mates were supposed to,” he admitted further, breaking eye contact.

“You don’t either,” she sighed, looking down at her hand. “So what was that?”

“Maybe since you’re a female Alpha, stuff is different,” he suggested, slowly reaching to touch her face.

His hand on her face sent a shiver through her body, and it was clear it did for him as well. His eyes went dark with need, and she wondered if she was in touch enough with her wolf for hers to as well. He lowered his lips to hers, and she greeted them eagerly. His hand moved to the back of her head as he slung one knee on the other side of her so he trapped her body against the bed, not that she minded. Her hands grabbed the collar of his shirt, yanking him closer to her.

She wrapped her arms around his neck, each spot of skin to skin contact sending another wave of heat over them. However, just as the make out session was getting heated, Derek pulled on the IV still in Kendra’s arm.

Kendra hissed against his lips, pulling back. “Oh shit, sorry, sorry,” he apologized as he pulled away. “Did I hurt you?”

Kendra examined the IV. “I’m okay. It looks fine,” she looked up at him, smiling a flirty smile. “Maybe we should wait to continue this until it isn’t an issue, though.”

Derek’s face flushed again, but he nodded in agreement. “Yeah, you’re probably right. I’m sorry Ke- Alpha Kendra.”

“Oh no, you don’t have to call me that,” Kendra protested, shaking her head slightly. “I’m the same Kendra I’ve always been. You really don’t need to address me like that.”

“I have to,” he disagreed, getting close to her lips again. “I don’t want to disrespect my Alpha, do I?”

Kendra giggled, breaking eye contact. “Of course not, but I’m not your Alpha yet, am I?”

“Technicalities,” Derek playfully scoffed before standing up. “I’ll let you get your rest. Please try to get some sleep, Alpha Kendra.”

“Get out,” Kendra rolled her eyes in an equally playful manner.

“I’ll see you soon,” he said before he left.

Once again, Kendra was alone. The adrenaline from having Derek there, and everything that followed, was wearing off. The reality of her situation was settling in again, causing panic to rise up. She had no idea what she was going to do, especially with the King coming in just a few short hours. She had heard of the Lycan King, a wolf who’s bloodline had been granted wolves by the Goddess herself, not through the lycanthropy virus, was a fair ruler, though cold. However, he was not one to be messed with, and he had the ability to demote even Alphas to Omegas if he so felt the need.

The thought of being so severely demoted, and not even being able to attempt to climb back up, made her chest tight. She has grown to accept that she would never truly be high ranking, but she didn’t want to be at the bottom, either. She had worked hard in school, done more research on humans than anyone else, and had just genuinely done her best all her life. She didn’t want that all to amount to nothing.

Worrying isn’t helping she told herself, forcing herself to stop and take a deep breath. You’ll know what he things when he arrives. For now, you have to rest.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, counting backwards from a thousand until her mind drifted away.