Madison felt a jolt down her body when his lips made contact with hers. She stood transfixed on a spot as his firm lips claimed hers in a kiss that made her legs become jelly. She could not.
Was he kissing her by way of introduction?
As she stood in his arms, his hand went to the small of her back and pressed her to him, enclosing her in his hot embrace.
"Alpha Caden..."
She muttered at last as she stepped away, her heart thumping wildly in her chest
"You are Madison Roberts and I know you. I have tasted your lips now and I can tell you apart from other women."
He said and strode off. She stood watching his back as he vanished into the night.
When she found strength to walk back to the pack house, she was walking on pleasure weakened limbs.
"My lady! How totally pleasant to have you back inside."
The servant who now seemed panicked said as she reached the hall.
"Come now, you must be with the alpha in his chambers. He has said that you will spend the night with him."
Madison was silent as she was led to the Alpha's chambers. She had just kissed the Alpha, or he had kissed her, rather, outside, how then had he given the orders so soon? Had he been back inside the pack house before she did?
When she reached the Alpha's door, it was open and she was ushered inside by a guard.
"I have done you a favor by bringing you here to the Red galaxy pack."
She heard Alpha Caden's voice the moment she stepped into the room. He was sitting at one corner of the room and looked composed and totally at peace as if he had not kissed her minutes ago and stir different indescribable emotions in her.
"I would rather return to my pack if being here is a favour, my lord."
She replied. He turned around to look at her standing by the door.
"I hear you have no suitors and you have no mate." He said as he rose up. "I made the alpha give permission for you to be brought here because, in luck, you may court my affection and I will retain you here as wife."
Madison was beyond surprised at his words.
"I have not been without suitors, my lord. I have only not found my mate and I cannot give myself away to a man who is not my mate."
"But you will do as I command."
He maintained.
" You will marry me if I court your affection? Well, I would rather not court your affection at all, my lord."
He took a step forward and she worried that he might come and kiss her and shatter her resolve to stay stoic, but he did not come any further.
He looked furious that she had responded the way she did, but he was composed, nonetheless
" I do not think you have much of a choice in the matter, my dear. You will bring yourself to love me and I will marry you and make you my luna. And that, I can assure you, is a fortune that you might not merit."
" If then I might not merit it, let me go back to my pack and live as a spinster"
" Enough!"
He yelled. She trembled at his ferral snap and took a few steps back to the door. He returned to his seat and dropped on it.
" You will spend the night here."
He said at last. He stood up and left..she was relieved when he went out and did not return.
She studied the room, the gigantic king sized bed, the beautiful draperies and the ancient, yet beautiful chandeliers and the dais at the far end of the vast room.
Madison made up her mind as she laid down to rest, that she was going to run away from the pack.
*******
When Caden had first sent for Alpha Rupert's niece whom he had heard was incredibly gorgeous but without a mate, he had not expected to see such Beauty. He had almost swore that she was the most attractive woman he had ever seen. When he kissed her, he wanted more. He had intended to spend the night with her but he did not think he could spend the night with her, without touching her.
When he returned to the room the next morning, she was gone.
*****
Madison ran away from the pack early the next morning before most of the household staff had risen and before the alpha could come and look for her in the room. She was walking alone in the woods , hoping she could find her way back to her pack when she started to hear what could have been Feral snarlings behind her. She was alone and helpless and she was well aware of this.
She turned around and there was a haze behind her. She started to run she realized that there was a whirlwind moving aggressively towards her.
She stopped the frantic run abruptly and made to confront whatever force was against her. That was the last thing she knew before she was entrapped in the hazy whirlwind.
"How did you come to be here?"
He questioned when he walked into the cave and realized instantly that she was the one lying there.
She opened her eyes and stared quizzically, unable to make sense of where she was and what she was doing there.
"I decided to stop and see what was in the cave and you came to be right inside. When did you leave the pack? Did I not give you warnings to remain in the pack?"
He asked as he reached her and hoisted her up to her feet. She blinked at him.
He continued to berate her as he led the way out, but she remained rooted in her position.
"What are you still doing? Come now and let's leave this damned place."
He commanded roughly.
"Who are you? Why do you command me?"
Madison asked. She still had the puzzled look on her face that irritated him.
" What in the bloody hell do you mean? If this is another of your ploys to not go with me, you have failed."
He said.
"I have no idea who you are, sir! I can not go with you."
Madison maintained. She took one step away from where she stood and looked at her dress. It was torn on the hems and she knew her hair had picked up debris. But how did she get to be in the cave?
" No need for all of those stupid shows. You know I have no time for it."
" Still, I don't know you or how I got to be here."
"Damn it!" He snapped. " I am Alpha Caden, I am..."
"I do not know you, still." She interrupted in a small voice.
He looked at her with anger and desire in his eyes. She cowered at his piercing gaze. He took a step forward and she took one step back.
"If Alpha Rupert finds that you ran away from my pack, away from my protection, be assured that it is going to be trouble. For you." He paused and looked about the cave. " And for me too."
" I don't understand anything. I don't know what you are talking about."
She said. The frustration was clear in her eyes. He was angrier this time.
" Stop the drama and come with me!"
He bellowed. She took a step back, scared. He walked to her and held her by the hand. His look softened as his tall frame loomed over her.
"Or perhaps," he said suggestively as his hand left hers to travel up her chin. "You could remember if I prodded your memory a little more."
His thumb touched her lower lip and she trembled with the pleasure thrumming through her.
She knew he was going to kiss her as his face stood only inches away from hers and she could smell his b
reath. Her body responded to every of his move on its own accord until his lips made contact with hers.
It came as a surprise to Alpha Caden when she pushed him away, realizing suddenly who he was."My lord." She said. " How did you find me?"He took a step back."That's immaterial right now. You know what you ought to do? Gather your skirts in your hands and let us go."She did not protest. She knew something was wrong and she had not just woken up in a cave.She ruminated over what could be possible reasons she was there until she was astride the horse with Alpha Caden. It came rushing to her then. She had been attacked while she was out in the woods. The whirlwind!Her wolf! She could not feel her within.They started out on the journey., Not speaking to each other at all, both in their different thoughts."We have company." Alpha Caden said suddenly as he made the horse screech to a stop."Do you ever shift into your wolf form?" He asked Madison.. Madison nodded her head."I shift once in a while when I have to get away from my family and go for a run in the woods."Alpha Caden he
Madison lay watching the fight and was overcome with fear, she was too weak to carry herself up to rest on a nearby tree trunk. While she watched, the biggest and most ferocious of the wolves which she recognized as alpha Caden's wolf, pinned down the furry one with tricks and cunning. It was strangling the wolf until it began to grunt sounds that she did not understand. It was a wolf language that she could not understand when she was still in her human form.Slowly, the big wolf unpinned the small one and they stood watching each other. Finally, they both shifted into their forms again."Get on the horse."Alpha Caden snapped, When he reached her. There was a total quiet now and he seemed sure that he was not under any risk. Madison rose up and went to the horse. When she mounted it, it took a while for alpha Caden to join her..and when they started to ride, it began to rain heavily. Her wolf snapped awake within her."We may have to wait for the rain to thin out in the cave before
" You will have to lie on the floor with the debris. There is also no blanket to wrap yourself with."Alpha Caden said when he noticed her discomfort over the thought of lying down without a blanket."I think I will have to sit the night out. It will not take long, I hope, for morning to come."She said, her eyes averted towards the entrance of the cave. The wind outside blew into the cave and she shivered. It was a chill night and she was worried that they might run out of dry twigs before it was morning."If you think you can sit out the night, It is totally not my business. You can do as you want. But know that I shall not have you dose off on the horse tomorrow when we start on the journey."He said in the usual stern way that she was fast getting acquainted with. she did not reply as she wrapped her hands around herself and continued to stare into the fire. ****When Madison woke up,. She was startled. She did not know she had fallen asleep. And her head was resting on alpha Cad
“My lord, this question does not require an answer at the moment. You are injured and bleeding, the bleeding has not slowed down enough for either of us to entertain questions that we already know the answer to. Please hold still, I still have to get that spot that is still bleeding.” Madison said to the alpha and made it her mission to avoid his gaze as she worked on him.She too did not have a definite answer to that question, so she could not give it to him.When she was done dressing the wounds with the straps of her dress that she tore off, she looked up to see the alpha fighting consciousness. She looked around the cave to find more things to add to the fire and keep it going.By the time she turned back to the alpha he was out, though from the way his eyes were moving behind his lids, she knew he was not in deep sleep just yet.She wanted to wash her face and arms, there was blood everywhere and there was nothing to use to cart water into the cave. Guess she was going to have t
Madison woke up feeling very warm, her fingers moved and treaded the material that was used to produce such amount of heat. The material hummed and so did her, then her eyes shot open.Blankets do not hum, blankets did not have heartbeats.Heart beats? She surged up to see Alpha Caden looking at her with expressionless eyes. Of all the people to embarrass herself in front of, she chose the one guy she was trying to act like his words did not affect her.She took in her environment to see that she had tucked herself so closely to him that it could be mistaken that he slept on her or that they had sexual relations in the night. Good thing they were all alone and she could die in peace out of embarrassment.Alpha Caden suddenly shifted into his human form and Madison did not have enough time to look away, the image of his naked body immediately stuck to her head. He looked hot!“No Madison Roberts, you shall not entertain such thoughts.” Madison mentally scolded herself and her attention
Alpha Caden’s words hit Madison as usual but she did not say a word in response. He had already held her in a choke hold, she was not begging to be further manhandled.“You are to stay in this chamber until I say otherwise. If I so much as catch your scent on the back of the door you would regret ever knowing me.” Alpha Caden said to Madison before he stormed off.Madison scoffed as the door closed behind him. She would regret ever knowing him? She already regretted it! It was not something to happen in the future, she was actively regretting her decision to go along with her uncle’s order. Surely she would have weaseled her way out of it.She raised her hand to her neck and winced when her fingers came in contact with the now tender skin. It was going to heal soon but that did not mean that she enjoyed being treated like this.She wanted to defy him but she suddenly lost the strength to and decided to lay down on the bed. As she walked toward the bed, she caught a glimpse of the bath
Ever since Madison left for the red galaxy pack, Alpha Rupert found his home to now be too quiet. He was so used to having Madison around, tailing him or just keeping him company that an evening without her was very unsettling.His wife and Luna looked across the table at her male staring into his cup of scotch with a small smile. She understood him all too well, Madison was the daughter they never had and she ensured that her presence was felt wherever she went.“Alpha, the drink did nothing to you.” Luna Bella said to her mate who looked up at her in confusion as to what she was talking about.“You have been staring into your glass for too long now, remember you did what you did for her own good. Madison deserves a chance at having a mate and being happy.” Luna Bella clarified to her mate.“I know my love, I just miss her is all.” Alpha Rupert said to his mare who gave him a warm smile.“I know, I would offer to play a game of chess with you but you would cheat your way through it a
“Why do you say so, my love? Claudia has been friends with Madison since I can remember, even before her parents died. Are you sure this has nothing to do with your pregnancy hormones? You have never said anything about her since you came to be with me.” Alphason Wilson asked his female as they walked out of the room.He wanted to know why his female did not like Claudia as his female had really good intuition when it came to people. Something he admired about her was her skill to tell people with good intentions from those with evil intentions and it had come in handy in times past.“She just rubs me wrong, I did not say anything before because at first I thought I was wrong because of the closeness she shares with Madison and she has never done anything to show otherwise but this time is different. I feel she would end up being more of a problem than a helper to Madison.” Sandra said to her mate in her usual gentle manner.He took her hand in his and kissed her palm.“Madison is a b