Chapter 5- Nadia

We enter his bedroom, and excitement is replaced with anxiety. Suddenly, I’m not feeling confident. I don’t know if it was the dirty looks that I got from the others on the way to the Alpha’s bedroom or if I’m just insecure. His special treatment isn’t bad. It makes me a target for the others. The Alpha won’t always protect me. He will find his mate or take chosen, and my life of being the pampered slave as I’ve been called will be over with.

“Alpha, I can bathe in a lake or river. I’ve done it before when I lived at the rogue camp.” I say as we make our way towards his bathroom.

He stops to turn and face me. “Nadia, you have two options. Shower willingly, or I will stirp you myself, stick you in the shower, and wash you.”

My eyes go wide at his words. No way he would actually do that, would he?

“You don’t want to see me naked. I’m nothing special,” I reply, attempting to move past him to the bathroom.

Maddox grabs my upper arm to stop me. I look at him. “You’re wrong. I do want