Avery Elise's P. O. V."What are you saying?" After a long silence between us, Duke chose to break it with his cold and deep voice. I gulped while looking at his emotionless and cruel eyes. "You think you were interfering in my life?" Duke took a step closer to me. "Do you still think that our marriage is all about the 'job' like how you view it?"I took a step back after hearing his question. There's something about his question that doesn't sit right to me. I mean, it feels… dangerous. It feels that if I answer him wrongly, he'll do something I wouldn't like.I took a deep breath to calm myself before I spoke to him again, "No, Duke. It's not like that.""My Luna?" His hand moved to caress my cheek. "Stop it." I creased my brows at him and gave him a confused look. "What?"He clenched his jaw before he released a deep breath. Duke held my hand and he pulled me to sit on the nearest bench.He placed a kiss on my shoulder as his arms wrapped around my waist again."Forget it," he whi

Avery Elise's P. O. V."Beg for what?" I asked in surprise as I felt a tingling sensation of excitement in my belly.I stopped myself from smiling even though it's what I was feeling. I don't want to make it so obvious that his words excite me, but Duke had surely managed to see through me.Duke smirked at me with his eyes full of cruelty, "You tell me. What should you beg for?" His fingers slowly traced its way down in between my thighs. I silently gasped after feeling that heat inside me, intensified after feeling his fingers, caressing each sides of my cl*t. Now that Duke is answering the feeling that I had since the dinner party, I'm slowly understanding what it meant. And I know that he can feel it too."Duke, please… Do it, please." I beg in a hoarse voice as my hands grab his nape for our lips to crash.I felt when he chuckled and his moans were suppressed by our kisses. I moved to push Duke in the bed, but his body was so strong that I failed to do it. I stopped kissing him

Avery Elise's P. O. V.It was tiring. The whole day, Tricia and I did nothing but to shop. The mall we went to was one of the Myers properties and when Tricia made a call for Beta Koby, she told me that her husband informed Duke so he made a call for the mall to let us have whatever we want and the payment will be on him.When evening came, we went to a salon and had our hair and nails done. Yes, Tricia planned for it and made a schedule in the evening as she doesn't want to do much carrying after her nails are done. I don't know the real difference, but I didn't say anything and just let her be as I want to observe her behavior, one of the reasons why I agreed to come here with him. And finally, when we were done, we went home straight and called it a day. I was expecting Duke to be asleep already when I got home, but instead, I didn't find anyone at home. "Lory?" I called after I saw her in the hallway while carrying a bunch of comforters."Yes, Luna Queen?" She went straight to me

Avery Elise's P. O. V.I wanted so much to ask him how he is, if he's fine or did he get hurt while doing his job, and what happened to him when he was away and wasn't able to contact any of us! But I couldn't find my voice to speak out my thoughts and everything I wanted to ask him."Did you have dinner already?" I asked out of nowhere. I slowly looked up, but I never looked straight into his eyes. "I could ask someone to cook dinner for you, b-bear with it for now, I promise I'll start studying to cook so I can do it next time."I cleared my throat when Duke didn't say anything, still. Slowly, I looked at his side and I almost caught my breath when I saw how much he was clenching his jaw.I released a deep breath before I walked past him. I sat down on the edge of the bed as I waited for Duke to come in. He was looking straight at me when he locked the door before he started walking towards me. "How was your day?" He suddenly asked after a minute of silence between us.I shrugged o

Avery Elise's P. O. V."But not all Rogue deserves to be punished for a long time!" The man defended while looking seriously at Duke and Beta Koby. "We repent, too!"I played on my fingers while thinking about their conversations. "Yeah, you repent, but do you think it's enough to have you forgiven?" Beta Koby clenched his jaw when I looked up to him again. "I don't think so. Maybe some of you do, but not those who've done things wrongly."The man became silent after hearing what Beta Koby said. It's as if he felt humiliated and didn't utter any more words to defend the rogues. Well, I understand, really. Because I, too, felt the same humiliation. The way how everyone views us would always be the same, even if we meant for it to happen or not."T-Then, what are you going to do now, Lycan King? Will you let your Queen know about this? Or… You'll hide this from her?" He looked hesitant when he spoke again after a minute of silence between all of them.Duke clenched his jaw before I saw