All Chapters of The alpha's forbidden desire: Chapter 141 - Chapter 150

**A Few Days Later**They had been at it for days.Ever since Silius's heat had triggered Mathew's rut, the world outside their bedroom door had ceased to exist. Time folded in on itself — meals forgotten, sheets tangled and re-tangled, the low murmur of names spoken like prayers into skin. Now, finally, silence had settled over the room like dust after a storm.Silius woke first.He lay sprawled across Mathew's chest, one arm still hooked possessively around his waist even in sleep, as if some primal part of him refused to let go even now that the fire had burned itself out. Silius blinked against the pale light slanting through the curtains and lifted his head just enough to take in the wreckage around them — the overturned lamp, the sheets half torn from the mattress, a pillow that had somehow ended up on the floor across the room. It was, he thought, almost embarrassing how thoroughly they'd destroyed the place.He allowed himself a moment to simply look at Mathew.Sleep had softe

Mathew hadn't returned since storming out that morning.The hours crawled by in a way that felt almost cruel, each minute stretching longer than the last. Silius had cried until his throat ached and his eyes burned raw, until there was nothing left to do but sit in the wreckage of the morning and wait for something — anything — to change. He didn't know what else to do with himself. The apartment felt too big and too quiet, every creak of the pipes and hum of the refrigerator suddenly deafening in Mathew's absence.If the mark turned out to be permanent, it would be a problem. Not because Silius didn't want to be with Mathew — that had never been the question, not really, not even in the ugliest moment of their fight. The problem was what a mark actually meant. It wasn't romance carved into skin. It was dependence, total and irreversible. He would need Mathew's pheromones just to function properly, his body rewritten to require another person's presence the way it required air or wate

For a long moment, Silius couldn't move. The words hung in the air between them, cold and final, and he found himself searching Mathew's face for some sign that he'd misheard, that this was some cruel joke his exhausted mind had conjured. But there was nothing there except a terrible, resigned calm — the look of a man who had already made peace with tearing something out of himself because he believed it was the only way to make things right."Turn around," Mathew said quietly, when Silius didn't move. "Look at me."Silius did, slowly, arms wrapped around himself as though bracing for another blow."I know I promised I'll never force anything on you without your consent again," Mathew said, voice low and steady in a way that somehow made it worse. "And I broke that promise. I know you don't want me to mark you. I don't know how it happened either. I wasn't in my right mind. I don't even remember most of what happened."He paused, jaw tightening, like each word cost him something to sa

Micheal pulled away sharply, breaking the kiss before it could go any further, chest rising and falling with something closer to anger than desire. "You almost got me there," he muttered, more to himself than to Dan."It's okay, Micheal," Dan said, entirely unbothered, his voice smooth as silk. "Just give in." He wrapped his hands around Micheal's neck again, leaning in to peck his lips lightly, as though the rejection a moment ago had never happened at all."Stop trying to get inside my head," Micheal snapped, though he made no real effort to shove him off. "You're manipulating me again.""That's only happening," Dan said, voice dropping to something low and knowing, "because you still have feelings for me." A faint, satisfied smile curled at the corner of his mouth. "You still love me."Before Micheal could answer, the door swung open."The manager told me to give this file to y—" Mile's voice trailed off mid-sentence the moment his eyes landed on the scene in front of him: Dan perc

The knock came well past dark, unexpected enough that Silius nearly didn't hear it over the television.He opened the door to find his brother standing there, hair slightly mussed, eyes rimmed faintly red in a way he was clearly trying to hide behind a practiced smile."What's with the sudden visit?" Silius asked, leaning against the doorframe. "And at this time too?""Nothing," Mile said, waving a hand dismissively. "I just missed you." He smiled again, though it didn't quite reach his eyes. "*Smile.*"Silius studied him for a long moment, unconvinced. "I've known you since the day you were born, brat," he said dryly. "Now why don't you tell me the real reason?""Come on," Mile said, forcing lightness into his voice. "Can't I just visit you guys? It's rare to see you since you moved out."Mathew had appeared in the hallway by then, drawn by the sound of voices. Silius glanced over his shoulder at him. "You're okay with that, right?" he asked."Of course," Mathew said easily. "He's yo