All Chapters of I Hate You, Alpha... Yet I Crave You. : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

The look on Zoe’s face tells me everything before she even says a word.Something is wrong.Before I can ask, the door suddenly opens.Zoe stiffens immediately, jumping to her feet so fast it almost startles me.“What would you like to eat, ma’am?” she asks quickly, her voice rushed and tight.I glance between her and the person standing at the door.It's Alpha Aiden.The tension in the room shifts so fast it makes my stomach twist.I don’t want to make things harder for Zoe, so I quietly tell her what I want. She nods quickly, avoiding my eyes before hurrying out of the room.The second the door closes, the air feels heavier.I sense him moving. Instantly, I push myself farther into the bed.He reaches toward me his hand rests beside me, but I dig my heels into the mattress and move back quickly.“Don’t touch me.”He pauses.Amusement flickers across his face like this is all some kind of game to him.Mate. The word sounds in my head so loudly it steals the air from my lungs.I suck

My powers are no secret to Mai. She saw everything the day I questioned the guard after Alpha Aiden’s former Luna was taken away, watched the truth spill out of him like he couldn’t stop himself. I know exactly what she wants is for me to do the same thing with Troy and find out if he is guilty or not, but the certainty in her voice stays with me. The way she said her mate would never betray his Alpha feels too real to ignore, and honestly, Alpha Aiden not killing Troy by now says something. He already killed every elders he believed was corrupt without blinking, yet Troy is still alive. Still, the thought of facing Alpha Aiden makes something twist painfully in my chest. Ever since the mark, the bond feels sharper, harder to ignore, always pulling in ways I don’t want it to. I grit my teeth, anger burning low inside me at the memory of him marking me against my will. If someone had told me Alpha Aiden would do something like that, I would have laughed in their face, but part of

He forces his thigh between my legs, pinning me in place before I can even think to move. I let out a sharp shriek as his gaze burns into my soul, heavy and searching, like he is trying to strip something out of me I don’t even understand. “I’ve been waiting to hear this for a long time, sweet pie,” he murmurs, his voice low and maddeningly calm. The words barely register before I shriek again, because I feel his hand slide over my covered pussy, like he owns the right to touch me there. The sparks make everything worse, curling through my body in sharp, uncontrollable waves that leave me breathless and unsteady. It sends shooting, tingling sensations racing down my leg, weakening my knees until I feel like I might fold under him.I try to move his hand away, twisting against him, but his fingers stay firmly pressed over my covered pussy, like my resistance means nothing. His eyes are still that strange shade of gold, never leaving my face, watching every flicker of reaction as tho

I wish I could fucking take this Alpha Aiden mark off my neck.Every time I look at it, anger burns through me. I wish there were a spell, a curse, or even some form of voodoo powerful enough to remove his mark from my skin forever. I hate the way it ties me to him. Most of all, I hate how weak it makes me whenever he's around.All it takes is one heated look from him, and my resolve starts to crack.The worst part is that he knows exactly what his presence does to me, and he always seems to use it to his advantage.I can't get the look he gave me afterward out of my head.The look in his eyes wasn't passion or affection. It was pure hatred mixed with regret, as if being near me was the biggest mistake he had ever made. For a while, I thought we had moved past that stage. But I was wrong. If anything, it's worse now.The hatred is back, stronger than ever, hanging between us like a storm cloud neither of us can escape.The week that follows is unbearably quiet.Alpha Aiden comes and

He fucking knows.The realization hit me so hard it almost made my knees weak. He knows that I manipulated the whole damn situation just to get Shirley out of his sight. My chest tightens painfully as I replay the moment in my head, and suddenly, Alpha Aiden’s eyes are all I can think about. like he could see straight through every messy thought inside my head.I gulp loudly, my throat suddenly dry.No. No, I didn’t just do that.I whine silently in my head, already feeling embarrassed by my own actions. Goddess, what the hell was I thinking? All I wanted was for her to stop touching him, stop standing so damn close to him like she belonged there.The loud music suddenly feels suffocating, the flashing lights too bright, too overwhelming. I just want fresh air to stop my thoughts from spinning completely out of control.Without saying much, I grab the bottle of water from Molly’s hand and practically drown it in one go, the cold liquid rushing down my throat so fast it almost hurts.