“Good morning,” Ares' deep voice greeted me as soon as my eyes fluttered open.He was propped up on his elbow staring sweetly at me. “Morning,” I said, feeling a bit flustered.He'd meant it when he said he wasn't going to let me go for days. We had been cooped up in his room for close to a week, learning more about each other and making love any chance we got.It was like being locked away from the real world and I loved it here. In his arms.The guilt of still keeping the real truth of my life from him surfaced as I looked at his breathtaking smile and shiny eyes, but I quickly pushed it back down.I was probably being selfish, but I didn't want him to see me any differently. Not yet at least, because I knew I had to tell him someday.“What's wrong?” His thumb grazed my chin.That was one of the things he had learned to do during our time together.He could easily tell when I had even the slightest change in my mood.The mate pull was now stronger than ever even though he was yet to
Once alone, I walked back into the closet and finished getting ready for the day. Choosing comfort over style, I wore a pair of black jeans and a sweatshirt.When I was done styling my hair in a messy bun on top of my head, I walked downstairs.The usual noise and bustle in the house had died down and I felt a tinge of sadness.Ares had relieved all the staff of their duties and asked them to return to their families. According to him, it was better they left since they were incompetent, and he didn't want to kill them all because of their services to him over the years.He made this decision after a footage from the security camera in the hallway was retrieved, and showed a hooded figure going into Candice's room early that morning.Investigations were still going on, but it seemed like a dead end all round.After he sacked them, a new set of four maids were employed, with plenty of well-trained soldiers manning the environment, most of them I recognized from endless trainings with t
Ares' pov A permanent scowl was etched on my face as the meeting dragged on.I gripped my phone tightly, trying to distract my mind from the half naked picture of my mate that had my cock raging.We had made love every single day in the last week, yet I couldn't have enough of her. I still had a lot to explore with her body.The thought of ditching the stupid meeting ran through my mind a number of times, but this was an important deal and I'd put it off for far too long.I couldn't wait to get home and bury myself in her soaked pussy.The thought pulled a groan from me and half of the table turned to me.“Alpha, are you okay?” One of the members of the board of directors asked.“Yes,” my response was short and forced, but they all soon turned back to the presenter.The AC was in full blast, but I found myself sweating and shifting uncomfortably in my seat.Who knew my little mate was a temptress?By the time I was done with her tonight, she wouldn't tease me this way again.“...righ
Somewhere down the line, I had switched from the ancient book to a romance book, because as educative as it was, I was tired of seeing big words that I had to look at twice to grasp the meaning of.A small smile played on my lips as I got lost in the love story of a blind girl and her brother's best friend.My body became still from being in one position for too long, and I stretched. When I did, my eyes widened as I saw how dark the sky had turned.I checked the time on my phone.“Shit,” I muttered.7:35.The rain had reduced to slight drizzling so I quickly peeled the comforter off my body and stood up from where I'd perched myself on the couch all day.“Sorry, couch,” I said, knowing that I must have dented it with my weight.I had planned to have a long bath tonight with rose petals, scented candles and wine, but I was already late enough as it was.A smile crept up on my cheeks as I thought of doing that with Ares some other time.Untying my hair from the bun on top of my head an
My eyes burned. My chest tightened and the simple act of breathing became a challenge I seemed to be losing at with each passing second.I wiped the tears away with the back of my palm, but no matter how many times I blinked or closed my eyes, when I opened them again, the image haunted me, mocked me, and question everything I knew.This was the height of cruelty as I knew it and nothing, not even Jason and my own sister's betrayal came close. Not even knowing that someone I spent five years loving was the first to strike me to death, caused me the intense pain I was feeling at that moment.Glaring back at me was a video of Ares with a woman, a woman I knew very well, straddling him, and they were both naked! His eyes were closed probably from the pleasure as Noelle grinding herself down on him, moaning to tomorrow.Nyx clawed at my mind, howling and crying, but I was in way too much pain to pay attention to her, and just shut her out.After watching the short video to the end, everyt
“Is there a problem here, gentlemen?” The man that stood above us asked while cracking his knuckles.I winced because the last thing I wanted was to see anyone I knew in this shitty position I was in“The fuck do you think you are?” One of the men snarled, exposing his canines to him.The man clicked his teeth with his tongue and shook his head. He easily over towered the other men, but they were obviously going to put up a fight.“Listen here, ass hat, you have two options,” he called out authoritatively. “Run away now and let's all put this long night behind us,” he said icily.The three men looked between each other and lowered their stances, ready for a fight.“It's option two then,” the man mumbled, and before anyone could take the next breath, he grabbed two of them, kneeing them in the gut.I moved back many inches as the four men fought for dominion, which in no time was given to the tall man before they all ran away.I stood up quickly when they were all gone, but his voice s
Ares' pov I woke up with a start, and immediately snapped my eyes shut as the bright light from the window flooded in and momentarily blinded me.“Fuck,” I groaned and pressed a finger on my throbbing temple.The sound of running water from a distance echoed loudly in my ears, making me groan.Slowly, I opened my eyes again till they got used to the light, and a crease formed on my forehead a second later when my environment wasn't in any way familiar.I massaged my temple, trying to remember how I got here but the splitting pain in my head limited my memory.I took in the scent in the room and my body stiffened at the familiar scent. It smelled like Noelle and sex.I took deep breaths and focused on remembering.The meeting.The rain afterwards.Rodolfo stopping me.The pub.Noelle.Noelle!My eyes snapped open at the last one and I jumped out of the bed.I looked at the time on the clock and my eyes widened.“Fuck!”11:30.Tabitha.It wasn't until I was fully out of the bed that I
Ares' pov The house was eerily dark and quiet by the time I finally picked myself from the ground. The maids and guards had been sensible enough to leave the house after my roars.My eyes were bloodshot and my hair was disheveled as I stood up. I had never felt as empty as I did right at that moment in my entire life.I staggered on my feet like I was drunk with wine, but I was drunk with pain and guilt.A few feet from me laid my phone, or what was left of it, after I smashed it against the wall after calling her number to no avail for three straight hours.My wolf withdrew into his shell and I felt utterly alone.How did I fuck up so bad?How did I go from anticipating my date with my mate where I was going to ask her to marry me and mark her afterwards, to letting her slip right through my fingers?How did I go from having everything in the world to watching it all wither away in the wind?I didn't only cheat on her, I fucking rubbed it in her face.My heart was clenching with gut