Chapter 4: Marina

I was laying on the bed staring up at the ceiling for what seemed like hours when I remembered that they had brought my bags in here earlier while I was in the Alpha’s office. I rolled off the bed and half crawled, half lunged over to where my bags had been set on the floor. 

From this position, I could almost reach my bag without having to use too much energy. 

That’s when I heard the chuckling from behind me. I peered over my shoulder and was mortified to find the Alpha staring at my very shapely bottom half, very pushed into the air. 

My face flushed instantly, seeing myself in the mirror across the room. 

“Lovely…Can I help you Alpha?”... I started to climb back out of my now very awkward position. 

“..hm. Maybe not. But he could definitely help us…” Natalia

“Natalia. Stop.I have enough trouble controlling my body around him without you adding in to the mix…” I rolled my eyes at her. 

“Me? No. I’m good right here.” He said as he lounged against the door frame. “I came to bring you your phone. Our security guys are finished going through it.” 

At the mention of my phone, I jumped off of the floor. 

“WHY do you have my phone?... How did you even GET my phone?”

“I just told you our security guys just finished going through it. It seems as though you’ve been telling the truth. You’ve had no contact with anyone in the pack aside from your parents and your brother.” 

“ Well. That’s all that I’ve been saying since I got here in the first place. So I can leave now? I’m no longer under lock and key?”

“No. You’ll remain here, in the packhouse. Your parent's house is destroyed as it is, and the only other empty house on pack lands is where I have put your…” He paused, not knowing what to call Mike and Elizabeth, “...friends.” 

“Why can’t I go stay with them? I’d be much more comfortable over there, than in this tomb..” 

“It’s not a good idea. You need to stay in the packhouse. Where I can keep you..” 

I interrupted him. “...but I just don’t underst-”

“I SAID NO, MARINA. YOU WILL STAY IN THE PACKHOUSE. END OF DISCUSSION…” He growled at me, his aura slipping out and I winced from the weight of his command. 

He cursed under his breath. 

“This is supposed to be my home. I will not be a prisoner here.” 

“Once it is determined that you can be trusted, this will always be your home…”

. “Once I can be trusted? I have been in this pack since birth. I’m the beta’s daughter! It is YOU who needs to prove they can be trusted. What happened to my parents? Where is Alpha Damien? WHY am I being kept under lock and key?” I scoffed and rolled my eyes at him, realizing too late what I had done. 

“Didn’t I tell you not to roll your eyes at me?” He asked flatly. His eyes darkened to a nearly charcoal black. 

Fuck. He was hot.

. He stalked over towards me slowly, like a predator toying with its prey before it goes in for the kill. I backed up as he kept drawing nearer until my back was flat against the wall behind me. He stopped moving when his chest pressed against mine. 

He gripped my chin firmly in his hand and tipped my head up to meet his eyes. “Well?” 

My wolf was going crazy in my head, alternately warning me to not get us killed, while at the same time, implying that I should jump him. 

“...Well…what?” I asked. I tried to keep the smirk from my face, attempting to play innocent. 

“What did I say would happen the next time you rolled your eyes at me?” His face held a smirk of his own. 

Good grief… could he get any sexier? 

“...You didn’t. You only said not to do it.” His eyes flashed, and if possible, were even darker than before. 

“Well. We can’t have that. Let me refresh your memory then.” He said. He towered over me as I was trapped against the wall. His scent was everywhere. His giant hand wrapped around my throat and my heart nearly stopped beating in my chest. 

“Now you’ve done it. Your big mouth has killed us.” Natalia hissed at me. 

“You are always so dramatic.” I rolled my eyes at her. 

“...This is your last chance Marina,” he growled at me. His breath fanned my face and he exerted the tiniest bit of pressure against the flesh of my neck. Any remaining control that I had over my body was gone. I could feel my breasts heaving and my nipples growing hard against his chest..and if I could feel it, that meant he could too. 

I gritted my teeth as my insides churned at the idea of him being able to smell my arousal. So I didn’t fight it the second time a smirk formed on my lips. “My last chance hm?” 

“Marina. Next time you disobey me, you will be punished.” He growled. 

I was almost disappointed when he pulled away and walked back towards the doorway that separated our rooms. 

“Training for you starts tomorrow. at 8 A.M. Do not be late. Thane will come up to escort you.”  His voice was flat and deadly calm. The door between our rooms clicked shut and I heard the lock slide into place from the other side.