Ryan’s POV“I think you better start talking Elle.”She shifts around uncomfortably, her eyes darting around the room like she was searching for a way to escape. As soon as I realise what she is doing, I block the door, her invisibility tricks won’t work on me this time!“Just tell me Elle because it sounds a lot like we both have a problem with Elijah.”“I can’t, I promised!” she bites down on her bottom lip, exactly the way Aria had done whenever she was nervous.“Come on Elle. It’s not like I can do anything anyway, his numbers are huge and I am just one man.”“He will kill me if the information gets out!”“And I might just kill you if you don’t start talking!” It was harsh, but I needed to know what she was hiding.Her eyes widen at my response, the hazel of her eyes shifting to a grey colour when she suddenly charges me. As she slams into me, the pretty girl I knew was gone. Instead her face was sharper, her limbs had lengthened, her eyes bigger and rows of sharp teeth had replac
Alpha Elijah’s POVAll I could do was watch her. Aria’s eyes danced around as she took another sip. She appeared to be completely unaware that she was slurring her words. Almost like she was drunk, but all she had had was my blood and I had made sure that there was no alcohol in my system before having my blood drawn.She mutters something about only drinking one glass even though she had more, when she leaps up from her seat. I watch as the glass rolls from her lap, bouncing across the carpet and look up just in time to see her lunging at me, her fangs on show. What the fuck was happening to her?She falls short, crashing onto my desk and sending paperwork flying. It gives me the chance to pin her down and call for Simon to help.When Simon arrives, he laughs, completely amused by the scene.“I’m not sure what you are thinking but this is certainly not my idea of fun sex.” he chuckles to himself again.“Shut up Simon and help!”Aria was wriggling underneath me, her teeth nipping at a
Ryan’s POVElle didn’t speak to me for a few days, escaping the apartment any chance she got or just generlly avoiding me. She had even picked up extra shifts, but the icing on the cake was when I woke to find a note from her scrunched up in my hand. Telling me not to look for her.Things had been tense, the atmosphere between us strained as I struggled to put together what I had done wrong to make her avoid me, but this note clearly meant that I had screwed up. The last time I had seen her, she looked atme the same way as Aria did, like she pitied me. Maybe I should have told her the truth about me from the beginning!Knocking on her bedroom door was a habit. If it had been Aria I would have just forced myself in but I had needed Elle. I had needed her trust and had kept up the pretence of being a good man, something far more difficult than revealing the truth.Elle’s room was immaculate, not a single spec of dust could be seen and yet something in here just felt off. Her white curta
Aria’s POVI could see the moon as I opened my eyes, the curtains hadn’t been closed and the glow of the moonlight cast odd shadows in the room. A heavy arm was draped over my waist, his hand resting on my stomach, slipped under the tee I was wearing. I knew it belonged to Elijah. The tingles travelling over my skin, told me everything I needed to know as he lets out a few snuffly snores and his grip on me tightens.I should have been happy, but something was bugging me. I could barely remember how I got here, how I had ended up in Elijah’s bed, fully clothed. Faint images of being pinned down come to me, but I couldn’t imagine Elijah doing that to me, not without my permission.Elijah pulls me closer to him and I realise his snores had stopped when his lips press against the mark he had given me, sending more tingles through me.“About time!” he murmurs against my skin, his warm breath fanning over me, causing me to shiver. He did something to me that Ryan could never do. He made m
Alpha Elijah’s POVShe lets out a giggle as we walk back to the spot where I had left our clothes. Hearing it made my heart flutter, but I was never going to tell her that. I couldn’t have her thinking that I was weak, no matter how in love with her I was.To be honest, I am surprised she let me fuck her out in the open. I couldn’t resist. The way the moonlight was catching her skin, the way she smiled at me, even down to the curve of her body, it was like she was calling me. I just couldn’t ignore my instincts.It didn’t bother me that she was a hybrid, not anymore.Aria was so much more than that and she had been chosen for me, if only she was just for me and not matched to another dick!Once the packhouse was in view, I grab our clothes and she quickly pulled them on as dawn was about to break.“One of the guards have her!” Simon’s voice vibrates through my head and at first I ignore him, enjoying watching my mate as she slowly lowered her tee over her breasts. If I had it my way,
Ryan’s POVElle gives me that look, the one she had mastered when she didn't want to answer. As I repeat my question about the wolfsbane. Her bottom lip sticks out a tiny bit, her eyes roll before she looks away and folds her arms across her chest.“Come on Elle, somebody obviously gave it to you!”“You’re right, they did. More importantly, she did.” she mumbles, turning away from me.“Who Elle? Who are you talking about?”She finally looks me dead in the eye and mutters my mates name.“How the hell did you come into contact with her?”“It wasn’t like that. I was running away, one of Elijah’s men got a hold of me. They know that I know where you are Ryan, but I’m pretty sure they didn’t follow me. She did cause a big scene.”“What do you mean?” It didn’t sound like Aria.“She warned me to stay away from you and not because she still loves you. I could hear it in her words Ryan, she absolutely one hundred percent despises you.”My heart jolts a little on hearing those words. I don’t wa
Alpha Elijah’s POVIt happened so quickly. My demands for Elle to show me where Ryan was, was ripped away from me in less than a second.Aria wasn’t ready to be in the human public eye, not in the slightest. This was the first time she was around humans and I thought she could cope. I should have read the signs as soon as she started fidgeting. All of this was my own fault.She slumps back in the car after we finally get out of the restaurant. It had turned into chaos, a huge fight breaking out that seemed to trigger the humans in turning on one another. Thankfully, I was able to get us out without her losing completely.Ordering my wolves to remain in human form had been critical. We had managed to keep our identity from them for thousands of years. I didn’t need the news of our kind getting out over my own fucking mistake.Elle left. It took her less than a second to escape and I wondered if she had actually been here at all, I knew what the Fae were capable of.Climbing in next to
Aria’s POVI was still coming to terms with my own lack of control. I hadn’t meant for any of this to happen. I never wanted to attack that waiter, I just couldn’t resist the pulsating vein in his neck.It had only made it worse when the Fae person started talking about me, talking like she knew me. An irrational feeling had been growing inside of me the moment I had sat down. I just knew by the way she had talked about Ryan, that she had a thing for him and for a brief moment, I had wondered if he liked her too. Was I jealous? It didn’t seem likely, not after everything he had done to me and yet at the same time, I almost wished that we would have seen him. What the hell was wrong with me?In the car, I didn’t want to speak, if anything, I was feeling guilty and uncomfortable. A mix between the need for blood and why I suddenly seemed so desperate to see Ryan. I kept my mouth shut, only asking a few questions here and there but it really pissed me off when I found out Elijah was keep