Chapter Four

Sauntering into the main banquet hall, I let my eyes wander around the place. The stargazing dome somehow creates a mellow atmosphere at the moment. But what’s saddening is this is where he rejected me at the Coming-of-Age Ball the day before yesterday.

“I am here as you have ordered, Master.” Brushing the worries away, I look at him straight in the eyes with a seductive gaze.

Something flashes across his face, but before I can figure out what it is, it vanishes as fast as it appeared.

“Take a seat, if you please.” he observes, stoically. And I do so.

I fix my stature and glance at the food in front of me. I almost give out a small gasp because of the quality and amount of dishes that are served for us today. Roasted turkey, grilled salmon, and seared steak were simply some of the food on the table. There’s even caviar. They’re too many and too fancy for just the both of us.

“Are we supposed to be waiting for anyone?” The question rolls off my tongue without hesitation, making me forget to add the word Master.

“No. It will be just us dining tonight.” he averts his eyes from mine as he takes a piece of steak from the platter.

Just us? Inevitably, a knowing smirk crawls to my face.

However, the epiphany I had when I was dressing up comes back to me and I immediately drop the smirk. He just sees me as a little thorny girl and doesn’t want me to badger him. That’s why he rejected me, assigning me the Impossible Mission in order to kick me out of the academy. This is probably a farewell dinner.

“Is there anything that you want to say to me?”  I look at him eating before stabbing a little too harshly on the steak from the platter. The moon is shining brightly, contrasting against my dolefulness.

He ponders a while before asking. “It seems like you chose a garment that is not from the ones I gave to you. Were they not to your taste?”

“Do you not like what I’m wearing right now?” I force a smile. Before he can say anything, I add in a snarky remark. “Gil and the other wolves seemed to like it when I passed by them earlier.”

He remains quiet as if what I said was none of his business. I fail to stir up any interest in him with my insinuation that his woman is coveted by other hungry wolves. Pissed, I put my utensils down and give him a frown.

“I’m not a child, Master.” I purse my lips, holding in a scoff to not appear disrespectful, though I really want to.

“Oh really?” Much to my surprise, he just smiles at me.

“I AM NOT! I am your mate!” His nonchalant attitude irritates me so much that I can’t help myself snarling out of annoyance. Being ignored by him is marginally better than being killed in the Red Zone.

“Enough said, Ice. You have disobeyed me so many times in the past few days.” Master Athan glares at me. I know mate bond is the best poison to touch his nerves.

Standing up, he walks towards me. Underneath my eyes, he gently strokes the hidden wounds, and I can feel the pulsing pain fading away. He’s healing me. As werewolves, we have special abilities that we possess such as our agility, heightened senses, and slowed ageing process. But this ability to heal? No, I have no idea how he is able to do what he is doing but I refuse to ask in fear of breaking this trance that we are both currently in.

My wolf, although not totally here yet due to the amount of wolfsbane and is still in the process of recovery, is totally enjoying herself. She purrs while leaning to his touch. Slowly, I can feel his fingers trail down my neck and down to my breasts, getting nearer to the pale pink of the normal scarlet coloured mate mark that is in searing pain since his rejection.

“Little cute thing.” He smiles sarcastically, which is enough to immediately snap me out of relish from being touched. I sense what he wants to do. How dare he try to erase our bond without my consent?!

“Stop that!” With a growl, I swat his hand away with the back of my hand in rage.

Master Athan’s signature cold stone face contorts into a look of horror out of nowhere while taking a step back. Alarmed, I stand up and put my hand forward to help him when I realize that the poison ring I am wearing is activated.

The ruby gem gleams brightly even in the absence of direct light, indicating that it is activated. It emits a gas that induces anyone but me a temporary paralysis effect which resembles a benign version of wolfsbane.

I am on the verge of deactivating the ring when my wolf stops me, reminding me that this is the only way for me to claim Master Athan for myself. To have him as my mate.

“How do you have the audacity to do this to me?” He sneers.

Trembling, I tempt my fate to cup his sculpted face with both of my hands and place a peck on his lips, causing electric shock feelings in spine. Master Athan’s eyes widen in betrayal. He does his best on resisting me, but not even Master can get away from the effects of the poison ring that he gifted me in person.

“Don’t do this, Ice.” He mutters with a groan.

“Let me make you listen to me.” I bring my lips to nibble his ears and whisper back.  His breaths become more aroused. Gathering a bundle of my hair to one side, I take advantage of his weakened state and put one of his arms around my shoulders. It is a good thing that no one is around us. I walk us out of the dining hall and into his bedroom not too far away from where we are. Once inside, I lock his door shut.

“Don’t you see? I’m doing this for us, Master.” I seductively lick his Adam’s apple while pushing him down onto the mattress like I learnt from video tutorials. Locking both of his hands with a grip to his sides, I trail gentle peppering kisses down his neck.

“If you can’t love me, I’ll show you what it’s like to be loved by me.” I smirk, unbuttoning his black formal polo shirt and zipping down his pants. Slowly, I take off the mini dress and remove my sexy lingerie. My boobs spill out over the cups and my perky titties dangle over his face as I bend over him.

“Stop! Love yourself, Ice.” He utters in a slurred tone but doesn’t move to push me away. Well, he can’t move to stop me.

“You know, I’ve always saved myself for you.” I’m taken aback when I take out his oversized cock to feel its hardness and girth. Despite having no experience with this before, I know for a fact that he is turned on as I am right now. His erection is pressing against my lower belly to my thigh.

“Put me out of my misery.” He pants but puts a hand behind my head near his shaft. His hot breath tickles my neck.

“I can’t wait to have you in me, Master.” With a seductive smirk, I climb on top of him and do what he orders. I grab his cock to rub my clit up and down. Gradually applying pressure on his member that’s soaked by my juices, I thrust it into my little hole while arching my back and leaning closer to him. Honestly I’ve never done this before, and my whole body trembles in pain when I am penetrated.

I look down and see a crazed look in his eyes. He lets out a cozy groan and grumbles something incomprehensibly. Spellbound, he keeps my tits in his mouth and gives me a hard bite. When I am still in pain, he quickly put hands on my waist and grips it tightly while his eyes bore into mine, he pushes me off of him before yanking me back down.

Thrust after thrust, bounce after bounce. the pain turns into indescribable pleasure. We both moan into each other’s mouths.

“I love you so much, Athan.” I take a shaky breath before kissing him aggressively.

Our little dance ends up with him falling asleep on my right side due to exhaustion. He spoons me, and holds my breasts in his big hand. My long hair tangles our bodies, as his seeds spurting inside of me give me earth shattering pleasure.

And for a second, even for just a brief second, I feel that he loves me too.

He will accept me as his mate even if that is the last thing I can do.