He stared at me like I had grown a horn on my forehead but I kept my lips pressed in a thin line, waiting for a response.“If you can't speak in English then you have no business speaking to me at all,” he said.I gawked at how rude he could be and he moved to stand up.“Wait, wait,” I rushed out and got to his side in seconds, holding his upper arm to keep him from moving.I ignored the small flutters of butterflies in my stomach at the feeling of his hard arm under my soft hands.His scent was intoxicating and the power that radiated off him was intimidating but somehow, pulled me closer to him and I wished this moment would last a little longer as we both drank in the each other's eyes.His eyes left mine and fell on my hand that held his and he clenched his jaw.Realization struck me like a moving truck and with the speed of someone that had been burned by hot coal, I immediately removed my hand from him.“Sorry about that,” I apologized and scratched the back of my neck, feeling

I folded the clothes harshly and piled them on one another, trying to find an outlet for my anger but nothing I did seemed to quell my anger because I had spent the whole night trying not to let my heart burst out of my chest with how mad I was.Who did he think he was to tell me what to do and what not to do?“He's the Alpha. You live under his roof and you can't get away from here if you want to,” my subconscious so gracefully reminded me.“Alpha my ass,” I said through gritted teeth and threw the dress shirt in my hand on the pile.It was the way he could conveniently brush my request off and make it look like a trivial matter. I wouldn't lie but it hurt. It hurt real bad to see that all of my sacrifices, all the years I lost to the army, was just nothing in his eyes and I wouldn't admit it to anyone but a part of me, a small part of me wanted to see the pride in his eyes as he talked about the best soldier in his army.But there was nothing but indifference and I was forced to ge

Ares' povSexy.Fierce.Daring.Smart.Those were the few words to describe Tabitha. For someone as small as she was, she sure had a lot to say and she didn't mind saying them.Her firm grip on the sword, her unwavering stance and the way she effortlessly stroke the sword in the air was hypnotizing and only made me realize there was still a lot to know about the interesting woman.I had barely scratched the surface.She moved with such grace that only years of swordsmanship could bring, making me wonder where she learnt that from.I was just about to commend her skills but as soon as her captivating eyes landed on me, I knew I had to address a more important issue.I hadn't realized how into my skin she had gotten until I didn't see her at breakfast and the food tasted bland in my mouth, making me leave it, barely eating anything.I tried to shake it off but after a few hours of staring at my laptop screen and reading a line over and over again without comprehending, I knew there was t

“What?” I spat and all the smile disappeared from my face.He sat there staring at me emotionlessly.Why was it always this way?And for a moment, I already had my head in the clouds, thinking he would let me go with him and now this.How on earth was I supposed to do that?In five hours?Has he seen this house?!Under his supervision my foot.“Ares….”His eyes darkened and a low growl vibrated through his chest but something told me it wasn't a warning growl. Anyway, I corrected myself.“I mean Alpha Ares, how am I supposed to do that?” I asked with bewilderment.His eyes returned to normal but something flashed through them before disappearing again.“With your hands,” he said and I held back an eye roll at his obvious response.“I mean….”“That's my only condition. If you can't do it, then I'm sorry you can't go,” he said with a shrug.I bit the inside of my cheeks.He hated me and my guts, I get it.But asking me to clean the whole mansion alone and in five hours too was just down

I couldn't move.It felt like a magnet was pulling me closer to him and before I knew it, we were breathing the same air. Literally.Maybe I didn't want to move.He looked even more charming up close. His blue eyes had flecks of grey which I hadn't noticed before and I just realized how spotless his skin was.His minty breath fanned my face and time seemed to stop as he stared at me, switching between my eyes and my lips.I could almost see the wheels turning in his head as he weighed between what was right and wrong and in less than a second, he made his choice and leaned even closer.But just before our lips could touch, I moved to the side, placing my lips a few centimeters from his ear.He had made his choice but I hadn't made mine.“You don't affect me,” I said, even though the slight tremble in my voice betrayed me because being this close to him and inhaling his sweet musky scent made my brain fuzzy.I pulled away and he had a dark look in his eyes and his Adam's apple bobbed.