Chapter 34 Alexander's POV The moment our lips touched, it was like an explosion of emotions had erupted within me, I felt like I was losing my mind, I could not get enough of her, it was like she was not close enough despite how close I pulled her. She was reluctant at first but it was not long before she melted against me completely and began kissing me with as much passion as I was kissing her. A tiny voice at the back of my mind was telling me that this was wrong and should not be happening but a much louder voice kept saying that we were meant to be and this was so very right. Kissing her and holding her in my arms felt like I was being engulfed in liquid fire but it was a delicious burning that I would have gladly accepted. I pulled away from her lips and peppered her face in light kisses as I whispered her name multiple times. I was burning as so was she, I could feel in the urgency with which she held on to me and moved her body against my own. Nothing else existed but
Chapter 35Ethan’s POVI woke up with a feeling of forbearing, I kept having a feeling something terrible was going to happen today and I had no idea what it was.“You look terrible” I said to Maria when she stepped out of the bathroom.Taking a closer look at her, I realized she looked worse than I thought initially, her skin was clammy and her hair stuck to her skin since she was covered in sweat, her skin was pale and even from where I sat on the bed, I could guess she was running a temperature. I rushed out of the bed and held her, I was right, she was burning up, her body temperature felt like it was well over a hundred degrees. How the hell did she become like this? She was okay when we went to bed last night.“What happened to you? You were okay last night?” I asked her as I led her to the bed and gently placed on it.“I was fine until a few hours ago, I think I caught a bug or something like that, I should be okay soon, I just need some rest” she said, her voice sounded weak
Chapter 35 Alexander’s POV I was not sure I had felt as miserable as I was currently feeling right now, my head felt like I had the mother of all hangovers and my muscles felt weak and rubbery, I was trying my hardest not to lose consciousness because I had a feeling it will be even more difficult to wake up. I prayed silently for Sam to get here soon, I could not explain but I kept getting a feeling of urgency, I kept having a feeling that I should leave this damn house, I had a feeling the reason for this socking fever was in this house. I felt Zara hold my hand and give it a gentle squeeze, I turned to look at her and I could barely see her through the countless black dots in front of my eyes but I was she was distraught, I gave her fingers a gentle squeeze as well. I felt my consciousness slipping away and there was nothing I could do about it, I tried desperately to hold on to it but it was futile, my eye lids fluttered close and my world was immediately bathed in darkness.
Maria’s POVMy eyelids fluttered open and I looked around my surroundings, I was in my bedroom and I was lying on my bed, when had I lost consciousness? And for how long was I out?I looked at the window and realized it was dark outside, it was morning when I lost consciousness, I must have been out for a very long time.I tried getting up but my body felt weak and tired but I managed it, I pulled myself into a sitting position, my head was pounding and I felt extremely dizzy.I was wondering why I was alone when the door opened and Ethan walked in looking rumpled, his hair was a mess, I knew that he had been running his fingers through it all day, it was something he did when he was worried or nervous, his skin looked drawn and I realized my sudden fever must have really gotten to me.He rushed over to me when he saw that I was awake “You should not be sitting down, you need to lie in bed and rest, that is what the doctor said” he said as he helped me back into a sitting position.I
Chapter 38Alexander’s POVI was somewhere I did not recognize, the walls were a ghastly shade of green, I had no idea what it was called but I was sure I hated it, the windows were a shade of burnt and the chairs were an even worse of orange, I had no idea who designed this room but the person needed to take on 7 year course on the art of mixing colors.I was standing in the middle of the horrible room, standing barefooted and dressed in some sort of ridiculous white shirt and faded blue trousers.Where the hell was I and where was everyone? The last thing I remembered was the mansion and if my memory served me well, I had a nasty fever which was weird because I don’t recall ever having a fever in my life.“Zara” I called out but the only reply I got was a resounding silence.I did not recognize anything in this room and why the hell was I here all alone.I decided to walk around the rest of the house and check if someone was in here to explain the situation.A locked door made of po
Chapter 39Ethan’s POVThe last few days had gone by in a blur, I was still trying to process everything Sharon had revealed to me, the part that really got to me was the part about Maria being destined for my bastard brother, I knew that I had told my father when I was younger that I was in love with Maria and he had promised me that he will make sure I got the heart of any woman I sought.Looking back now, I realized that I had really lived a greatly sheltered life, my father had been a man of great power, a leader to the bone but he had always been weak when it came to me, I did not have a childhood memory of my father ever saying no to me or scolding me for something.But I remembered how he had been towards Alexander, he was hard on him, I remembered that he had sent Alex to the barracks too train with the soldier when he was very young, Alex had grown up in a very difficult and though it may have been done as a form of punishment by our father, that life had shaped him to be the
Chapter 40Alexander’s POVI had seen the attack even before it came, I could tell by the way the vein in his forehead was jumping, it was a miracle, it did not try to burst out of his head and the looks he kept throwing my way were not exactly, I could tell from his looks that he wanted to rip me apart and use my skin for a throw rug.I leapt in the opposite direction, he crashed to the floor, his claws scratching on the marble floors making a sound that made me feel as though my ears were going to start bleeding any second now.Murmurs and panicked shouts went up from the council members, I could hazard a guess at the thoughts that were currently racing through my minds right about now, were they supposed to handle their rampaging Alpha or simply watch the Dupree sons fighting? It must have been such a hard decision because they simply stood watching like a bunch of freaking statues.Ethan was up in a flash and coming at me, it was hard to deflect this attack, he crashed into me and
Chapter 41Ethan’s POVI had arrived home after the scene at the council meeting, I decided it was best to go in to the house through the back entrance because I could not handle the looks the maids will give me when I walked in looking as I did now, all this because of that bastard brother of mine.As I walked in through the gardens, I heard Maria and her mother discussing and talking, it sounded serious and I also noticed that Maria was crying, whatever it was, it sounded pretty serious.I stood there listening to their conversation, each word sounding like a blow to me, I could not believe this, I was even sure if I was to be grateful to my father or hate him, he had truly taken everything from Alexander for my sake, blood was rushing in my ears, I could not breathe properly, Alexander had every reason to hate me as much as he did if he knew this part and I doubted he knew about it yet.Which was even worse? Trying to kill him or stealing his mate away from him? I turned away from