Chapter Two Hundred and Five
The dark blue dress would look beautiful on Kaida. That was the first thought on my mind when I saw it in the store. I knew I had to get it for her.
Kaida was on the training field, she’d taken up Aric’s position. I believed it was another way to honor his memory. She trained the soldiers just as he had done… before everything went downhill. I had to admit, she was very good at it. Even the soldiers seemed to be enjoying the session with her.
“Your weight on this leg,” she instructed, adjusting the soldier’s stance. I didn’t miss the way his gaze flickered to her ass for a split second before he quickly looked away, likely fearing he’d be caught staring. The possessive part of me wanted to pry out his eyes for even looking, then drag her into our room and fuck her all day long for looking so damn sexy.
The longer I watched, the more something dark stirred inside me. She was too damn close to that guy, and those leathers–hell, they were so tight, her ass was practically on display. I had to fight the urge to go pull her away when she patted one of the trainees on the arm.
I should leave before I do something rash… That was the plan, but somehow, I found myself walking towards her. The soldier closest to her noticed me first and quickly moved away, wisely putting some distance between himself and my girl.
“Alex, I wasn’t expecting you anytime soon. You should be working,” she said when she noticed me, but a smile tugged at her lips.
“I should be, but I couldn’t stop thinking about you,” I replied, pulling her close and kissing her.
It might’ve been stupid, but I couldn’t help the need to remind everyone who she belonged to.
“I think I’ll have to steal you away for a while.” I whispered into her ear.
“Karl, take over,” she commanded, and the guy named Karl quickly obeyed. I led her away from the training grounds and into the pack house.
“You know, you should stop doing that.”
“Stop doing what?” I asked, playing innocent.
“You’re scaring the poor soldiers. They can barely look me in the eyes out of fear that you might burn them alive for staring.”
Oh. That explains why the trainee who’d been staring at her ass looked away so fast.
“That is not my intention, Kaida,” I lied. The thought of setting anyone on fire for staring at her too long was far too tempting to ignore.
“It’s not?”
“Of course not.” I continued with my little act. “I got you something.”
“And it couldn’t wait till later?”
No, it couldn’t, simply because I couldn’t bear watching her so close to so many unmated males.
“The mate ball is only a few hours away; I needed to be sure the dress was your size.”
The truth was that I knew it was her size.
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Chapter Two Hundred and Five
“You bought me a dress for the mate ball?”
“Of course. Why does that surprise you?”
“I have a closet full of dresses, many of which I haven’t wom.”
“I keep hoping one day you’ll get over your love for leather and wear some of them.”
“Keep dreaming.” She said with a grin, and I couldn’t help but smile back.
I led her into the room, where the dress was waiting on the bed.
Her mouth dropped open as she stared at it in adoration. I captured that look, locking it away in my mind to revisit later.
“I might not be a lover of dresses, but even a blind person can tell this is beautiful. You picked this?” She asked, her eyes glowing with a hint of tears she was struggling to hold back.
“Yes, and I’m glad you like it.”
“Like? I love it!”
I chuckled, and then she hugged me. That familiar lavender scent in her hair wrapped around me–it had become my favorite.
The party had already started.
Kaida was getting dressed while I took a slow drag from my cigarette. As I exhaled the smoke, I was about to take another when she stepped out of the dressing room. I quickly tossed the cigarette aside, feeling like a kid caught sneaking sweets.
When I looked up at her, my breath caught, and my chest tightened.
The dress was perfect on her, my imagination did it no good. She was a fucking goddess.
“How do I look?” she asked, turning around to give me a full spin, and I couldn’t help but notice her perfectly shaped ass.
I opened my mouth to speak, but I was completely out of words.
A small frown tugged at her lips. “You don’t like it?”
I walked up to her and kissed her, not caring that her lipstick was now smudged on my lips.
“I love it.”
