I felt the tightness in my gut worsen. I could barely breathe. My chest rose and fell fast as my heart thudded twice as fast. I was scared. What was Asher going to do to me?"Asher. Like I said before, it's too early to be doing this. I think I'd like to take things slowly" my eyes started to waive. My fingers were also shaking."Nonsense!" Asher yelled. "Why would you think of that?!" He seemed upset at me. I felt my shoulders shrinking in. I was scared.Besides, I was aroused. His tempting lips and the distance between us wasnt helping matters at all. I tried to push him off me but my hands felt weak. I felt breathless."Please… alpha.." my voice faded.He waited for me to say something else but I was voiceless. I couldn't breathe not to mention utter a word. He was doing something to me.Asher must have taken my silence as a confirmation of his go ahead. He wasted no time in acting. Before I could blink, I saw Asher coming down on me.His grip on my waist tightened as his other ha

Arabella's POVMy cheeks blushed fully as I remained in a bent position unable to move. I had quickly bent over to pick the towel off the floor but bumped my head into Asher's head. He did the same and now, we were a few breaths away, looking into each other's eyes, lost in each other's time. It felt like time had stopped. His eyes fell first. He shifted his gaze from my eyes to my chest. it was then that I was brought back to reality–– I was naked. No! I was naked in front of a man. And it wasn't just any man, it was Asher. Alpha Asher.I quickly recovered my senses as I tried to force my limbs to move.I struggled but I eventually snatched the towell off the floor and without a moment to lose, I ran back inside of the rest room. I banged the door so hard, I was sure it would fall off but it didn't."Arabella" I heard his voice from the other side of the door. I felt so embarrassed. My cheeks were red. My hands went up to squeeze them. How could I have been so stupid?! "Arabella, I

We followed Ava through the entrance and outside to where the cars had been parked.I let Arabella behind me as I cautiously watched my sister from every angle. Ava was not to be trusted."Here we are" She finally stopped in front of something covered. I took a good look at it and then back at her."What is this?""A gift for you and your bride of course, what were you expecting?* She smiled wryly. "I made sure I came prepared. This is my gift to you, dear little brother"I narrowed my eyes. She didn't see me as one, unfortunately.Left to Ava, I'm sure she wanted me dead."Thank you" I managed to say. Arabella came up from behind me and thanked her too. "We really appreciate your gift"Ava nodded. We nodded too and we were about to leave when she called for our attention. "Wait, aren't you guys going to open it too?"I stopped. Arabella stopped too."Is it necessary? Why can't we do that when we can?""Well, I want to see the look on your face. Aren't you the littlest of curious t

Asher's POV:I was ready to have a face off with Ava. She had gone past the line and this time, I wasn't going to respect that she was my senior. No! There would be nothing like that.Quickly, I closed my eyes to summon my wolf. He was still a little weak from the substance they had thrown at my face but he was still somewhere there.Ava saw me closing my eyes, she knew what I was doing."Are you trying to summon your wolf? Do you think that'll scare me?" " "Pfft!" She spat in my face, "that's the least of the things you can do to scare me." I heard.My anger heightened. Ava was testing me in every way possible. First, she raised the question of an alpha not being able to rule better because I lacked a mate. I had found Arabella and made her mine, now Ava was coming at me directly. I could no longer control myself. "I wasn't the one who poisoned you. Get over it!" She softly said."You liar!" I roared. I felt the pillar I was leaning on and rushed in her direction. Clenching my fis

Asher's POV It was finally over. All the while we sat through the ceremony, my mind only went to one thing. I was really concerned with whether or not Arabella was wearing any underwear or not. I hoped she got the message I was trying to pass. It was not about the underwear, it was about today being the day I would finally devour her. "Congratulations once again, Alpha Asher. You chose a lovely mate and Luna for out pack. We wish you a peaceful reign and abundance, granted by the moon goddess." Another stranger spoke. Arabella and I bowed our heads to receive the blessings and walked past him onto the next. "The blue crystal shine on you and your Luna" We bowed our heads again and then moved to the next stranger. The process of receiving blessings from the council went on and on for quite some time. I was exhausted at some point but had to keep on going. "I hope this doesn't tire you out" I said with a wicked grin to Arabella. She caught my grin and smiled back."Even if it does,