Chapter Nineteen
1 took the bottle of vodka from his hands and lifted it to his lips.
“Have a drink.” I encouraged, and with his eyes on me, he did take a drink, a rather long one. I watched the movement of his adam’s apple as the drink went down.
“If the man still lives–the one with the scar.”
“He doesn’t. I had searched for him for years, but there was no trace of him.”
“Had you tried inquiring about their secret hideout from his brother, the one who was in your father’s custody?”
“I couldn’t. I killed him the moment I had the chance. But as I said, he is most likely dead, Aric was a good tracker, he could have found him if he still lived.”
“The amount of time you mention your Beta’s name is sickening.”
“Is it?”
“Very.” He said drawing closer.
His eyes seemed to have darkened, it wasn’t lust, I could tell, it was something… scarier.
“Drink some more.” I encouraged.
“Are you trying to get me drunk, little mate?”
I stilled.
“You are already drunk… A little more wouldn’t be so bad, would it?”
“I guess not.” He said, taking a sip. “Assuming he still lived, contrary to what you believe, what will you do?”
“I would give anything to have him; Just so I could kill him.”
“Anything?” he asked.
“Anything.” I repeated, meeting his gaze. “Now I have told you what you wanted to know. It’s your turn to tell me what happened to your parents… what is your own story, Alpha Alexander?
“The thing, Kaida, is that I can’t tell you that. Not when I’m in my right mind.”
Realization dawned on me. “You aren’t drunk… are you?”
“No. I’m not.”
I felt like a fool. How in the hell did I fall for that?
I was furious and angry, at myself, at him, and everything. He knew–he knew it all, and he deceived me. He was never going to tell me the truth about his parents, and I had told him everything he needed to torment me.
I felt like my protective shield had been ripped away from me and now he could see through me. I hated it, I hated him.
“Kaida…” he began.
I grabbed onto his clothing.
“If you ever use what I have just told you against me, mate or not, I will kill you.”
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Chapter Nineteen
His eyes locked into mine as he pried my hands off him.
“That was very… intense. Maybe you need a drink to relax.
No, I didn’t need a drink. What I needed to do was get dressed, and then I was going to take a very long time to sit and reflect on what I had just done.
“You are a very skilled liar, Alpha Alexander. Has anyone ever told you that?”
He smirked. “It wasn’t all a lie–I mean, I do find you attractive.”
I turned away to hide the reddening of my cheeks. Now I made him believe that I cared about what he thought of
- me.
“You also have good fighting skills–I didn’t lie about that either.”
“Don’t you have somewhere else to be?”
“You make it seem like you don’t care, but you do, Kaida,” he said to me. “And I don’t think you need to be ashamed of your scars.”
“I am not ashamed of it.”
“Then why do you keep them covered?”
“Maybe because I don’t want curious eyes on me everywhere I go.”
“You are the Luna now; you will be having a lot of that.”
“I’m not about to change the way I dress just because you told me to.”
I settled on the couch.
“Come on, sleeping on the same bed with me can’t be that bad.”
“I’d rather not.”
“I’ll keep my hands to myself, I promise.”
“Well, your words don’t mean anything; you are a liar, and how do I know that you wouldn’t…”
“Force myself on you?” he asked with a glint in his eyes. “You are afraid; you are afraid of being close to me, that’s why you prefer I spend the night with my whores.”
and
“Why didn’t you?… I mean that would have been even more convenient for the both of us.”
“Not for you.”
“So you are worried about my well–being, Alpha Alexander?”
“You are a member of the pack now; it is my duty.”
“Well, I’m not complaining. Am I?”
“You are very stubborn. Has anyone ever told you that?”
“No, not really.” I lied.
