The warm morning air wafted in through the curtains and fanned my skin.An unconscious smile spread across my lips and I sank deeper into the silky sheets.I tried to reach for his hard body but it was just cold, soft pillows and sheets as far as my fingers could go.I frowned and with a low groan, opened my eyes.I yawned and rubbed my eyes with the back of my palm as I let my brain juggle.The memories of last night came rushing back to me and blush spread all over my face, making me red like a tomato.I had intended to use him as a rebound to forget about Jason's betrayal but I knew it was far deeper than that.I had fallen for this Alpha and I couldn't deny it anymore.I was going to tell him today.I smiled and peeked under the sheets around my body and my face felt even hotter.“It really wasn't a dream,” I grinned from ear to ear.Last night could only be likened to what I read in my erotic books.I never thought a person could bring me so much pleasure until now.“Fuck,” I clo

My palms became sweaty and I looked around the room hurriedly.The windows were closed, just like I left them.I sniffed deeply but there was no other scent in my room to indicate that anyone had been there.Everything was just the way I'd left it.Who could have come in and dropped that paper there?With a determined look on my face, I left the room and headed downstairs, taking the stairs two at a time.“You're here,” I rushed out as soon as I reached Hilda and spun her around to face me.“What's going on?” She asked with concern and a hint of fear in her voice as her eyes searched mine.I took a deep breath to regulate my ragged breathing before asking, “was anyone in my room?”Confused lines marred her forehead and her brows knitted together.“Why would anyone be in your room?” She asked.“I mean, did you….?” I started but decided it was a waste of time.She didn't know anything.“Never mind,” I shook my head and let go of her arm.She looked at me weirdly but before she could ask

Ares' povIntense pain flashed through her eyes and even though it only lasted a nanosecond, it would have felt better for my heart to be ripped out of my chest than seeing that pain, knowing I caused it.I was about to say something to redeem myself because my wolf cursed me out and my conscience, which I thought I'd buried decades ago pricked me.“Right,” she beat me to it and nodded once.She stood directly under the lighting of the bathroom and it illuminated her red hair, giving it a fiery orange color.She looked so magical and I was lost in her misty eyes momentarily.Her clothes and parts of her body was stained with blood, my blood, and I balled my hands in fists to keep from walking over to her and dragging her into the bathroom to scrub every part of her delicate skin.She was probably also bewitched by the enthralling air around us like I was as she stood transfixed.Or maybe she was regretting ever letting me in.Something flickered in her eyes and she finally broke the s

Ares' pov“What happened to him?” I turned to the guards closest to me.“I…I don't know, Alpha,” he looked genuinely confused.I growled lowly and could already feel my anger on the lid.He was just about to say something.Heck, I could finally put an end to all of this.And then this?I was about to land a blow on the guard when something from my peripheral vision caught my attention.The guards held their breaths as I stalked towards the small table on one side.“What's this?” I lifted one of the two empty glass cups.“We had given them water when it looked like they weren't going to wake up,” the head guard said.I narrowed my eyes and then it made sense to me.I sniffed the cup but there wasn't anything suspicious but I knew better.“Who gave you the water?” I asked coldly.“The head maid,” he replied.As soon as the words left his lips, I smashes the glass hard against the wall.The guards exchanged worried looks but I didn't spare them a glance.“Clean this up,” I said and storm

He stumbled backwards a bit like I had physically jabbed him with my words.I immediately felt a pang of guilt but that only lasted a second.I had finally let it out.I had fallen for him in the midst of all this chaos, so quietly that I didn't realize when he rubbed off on me.But for him, this was all a game.He looked like he was trying to process what I'd just said as his eyes searched mine.But I put my guard up and crossed my arms.The silence between us was so loud and the tension thick but none of us seemed to be ready to break it.We stayed that way, suspended in time and in each other's gazes.Mine, firm. His, confused.His lips were still swollen and wet from the kiss we just shared making it difficult to focus on my anger.“Tabitha…” he finally broke the silence.“Don't,” I cut him off with a shake of my head. “Domt say anything.”I was so convinced that he was just going to walk all over my feelings that I had laid at his feet with his words and I wasn't sure how much m