Chapter Eleven
KAIDA’S POV
Aric brought me a few of my belongings–the little he had managed to pack on such short notice. I had refused to wear anything the Alpha King had selected for me, good thing I now had options.
“Thank you,” I said to him, and he nodded, a slight smile on his face.
“Some of the pack members have already been moved here; the rest will have to wait till there are more rooms to accommodate them.”
“How is my father?” I asked, The smile on his face faded, replaced by a somber expression. “I guess that’s all the explanation I needed.”
“How has the Alpha been to you?”
“He has been very loving,” I said sarcastically, motioning to the empty room. Alexander had instructed a soldier to lead me to ‘our‘ room. And yes, I would be sharing a room with him, I wasn’t looking forward to that. “Kaida…”
“No, don’t try comforting me, I don’t need that from you. I know what I have to do and why I am here, he is my mate so I guess it was… meant to be.” I said with a smile that was clearly false.
“I wonder if you had anything to do with me being assigned Chief Commander of the Nightshade pack?” “Wait, what?”
“I was just as surprised as you are.”
“I talked to him about it, but I didn’t think he would do it.”
“Maybe he is not all that bad.” Aric said, mostly to comfort me.
“No. This is a game to him; everything is a game to him.”
Alexander walked into the room; I remained seated on the couch.
“I really hope you don’t plan to sleep on the couch.”
“It’s not your business where I sleep.”
“But it is; you are my mate, remember?”
“You made Aric Chief Commander.” I stated.
- it had to be done.”
“Yes, I did. It pissed off a few others,
“Thank you,” I said to him, the words feeling like lead on my tongue; I didn’t mean them.
“I didn’t do it to appease you.
“Then why did you do it?”
“Because now, you are indebted to me.”
I knew it; it was all a game to him.
Chapter Eleven
“What do you want, Alexander?”
He smiled, exposing his fangs. “I need to lay a claim on you I have to mark you.”
“I will not carry your mark.”
“I didn’t have to be polite about it, trust me, it would have been more fun my way.”
“What is your way?”
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“There used to be a tradition, it’s called the Joining Ritual. am supposed to mark you before the whole pack, and sometimes things get… heated.”
I had heard of this tradition. Late Alpha Slade had marked his mate and bedded her before the whole pack. That was simply horrifying. I couldn’t even imagine how it would feel like having every single person in this pack seeing my ‘imperfections‘, not that I would ever allow such a foolish tradition to be imposed on me.
Alexander marking me was another event bound to happen. With his mark on me, our bond would grow even stronger, and so would my link to the pack.
I pulled down my dress a little to expose my neck.
“Do what you must.”
His hands settled round my shoulders, and in a flash he bit into me. I didn’t know exactly how this was supposed to feel, but something tells me he wasn’t being as gentle. I shut my eyes, holding in the pain, and then it faded, giving way to something else. A foreign feeling, one I had never felt before. Need. Lust. For the first time I found myself wondering what it would feel like to give in; a moan escaped my lips. I felt my nipples harden, and I could smell my own want.
I pushed him away.
“Enough!” I say, pulling my dress back up to cover the injury.
“Afraid?” He asked, walking closer. I didn’t take a step back; I looked him in the eyes and muttered.
“You don’t scare me, Alexander.”
