| CHAPTER 17 : IT'S A QUALITY |
A few hours earlier...
I paced back and forth in King Alpha's room. Anticipation crippling within every inch of my body. The clock displayed it was 7 at night; the time when King Alpha usually comes back from wherever the hell he goes to. I didn't know if I could really trust Drew or not. All I know is that he could be playing me.
My gaze would usually flicker to the two glasses placed on the side table of the bed, filled with liquor. How the hell am I gonna make King Alpha have a toast with me? And for what?
My fingers played with the loose threads of the black lace blouse I was still wearing.
The door opened and I jumped.
I immediately tried to appear all calm and collected, staring at King Alpha with at most innocence as if I never stepped out of his room, even though deep down I was shaking like a leaf.
He sauntered his way into his room, stopping for a moment when his eyes landed on me. My own movements halted when my eyes landed on him. He wore a black shirt that clung to his muscular physique with jeans hung low. Everything about him seemed to demand the attention of every single thing wherever he goes.
My eyes snapped back to his face when I realized I was making it obvious that I was staring at him. Gosh darn it, how can I keep myself collected when he looked this hot and attractive?
For a moment I wasn't sure what to do before slowly, calming myself the best I could and clearing my throat.
"You disappeared after last night," I said, my hands nervously playing with the hem of my blouse.
"I didn't know you wanted me to stay." He stated a small smirk coming to his lips as he walked in and shut the door behind him.
Panic crawled through me when I realized that I was all alone with him in the same room with the door closed. If I make any wrong move, it could be my end right here and then.
"What I did want was for you to say, what are you going to do with me," I said, glad at the firmness in my voice.
His smirk widened, "I can do whatever I want with you."
I crossed my arms against my chest, "I want some reassurance."
He raised an eyebrow, "What?"
"I want to feel like I'm safe and sound being here and that I won't be forced to do anything against my will." I had taken two steps closer to him.
His smirk widened, "Against your will, huh?"
"I'm serious. I hope bringing me back to life didn't mean I'd put up with any of," I lifted a finger, making a circle in the air at his amused face, "this."
"What exactly is this?" He stepped closer to me.
"I have a few rules."
"You don't get to make the rules, blondie." He stepped another step closer.
"I still have."
When he seemed to be listening I continued, "First and most importantly, no touching. You won't lay a single finger on me, you won't grab my neck, you won't bite it and most certainly, no blood-drinking."
He frowned that said 'what the fuck', "No touching? What are you? Virgin Mary?"
I glared, "Next rule, no threatening. You won't threaten to kill me again and you won't threaten to rip me apart." I stated as I counted the points on my fingers.
"Threatening is my second language."
"I don't care. If you want me to live with you then you have to follow my rules as I'm following yours."
He scoffed, "What rule are you following of mine?"
"I..." I stared at him while racking my brain of what rule did I follow since I've been here.
He gave me a flat look, "Speak up, virgin blondie."
I looked at his amused mocking face.
"Well, to be fair, you didn't set proper rules in the first place," I stated.
"How about I set them right now?" He took another step closer, a mischievous look twinkling in his icy blue eyes.
My hands across my chest loosed as I took in his huge figure three feet away from me, "N-no...it's my turn right now."
"Your rules are boring. Here's what I prefer. We can fuck every night and every morning until I could just eat you up. Then we can try fucking in my bathtub, that would be really hot. Then we fuck in my backseat while the driver drives all around New York. I mean don't want to be fucked in all different-"
I shrieked covering my ears, "NO! No! No! None of that!"
A deviant smile slid on his face and I wasn't sure if I should start screaming for help, "You don't wanna be fucked?"
"What I do want is for you to stop talking!"
"For how long are you gonna be a virgin, anyway? It's about time you lose that." His voice lowered as he took another step towards me this time it was more suggestive.
"No, no, no." I backed up, trying to run away but the back of my knees hit something, and I fell into a plush of softness.
King Alpha was on me in a flash, his arms on either side of my head caging me. A pure evil look masked his features as I gasped in surprise.
"Do you like it rough? Oh wait, you never had it. Should I decide for you?"
"Get off me you pervert!" I yelled kicking my legs up, but he trapped it with his legs, pinning me down.
"That's not very nice." He gave a disapproving look.
"And what your doing is?"
"You are my mate after all." He stated.
"That's not an excuse!"
"Do you like it dry or-"
"Shut up!" I yelled while a grin spread on his face.
He lifted one hand snaking it around my waist, pulling my body up closer to his. My eyes darted around wildly before I spotted a pillow. I wasted no second grabbing it and whacking his face as hard as I could. He paused whatever he was going to do, balance failing because of the pillow and fell on my body, face beside my face.
My face turned bright red as I tried squirming from under his heavy physique but failed as I was only getting tangled in the sheets. I panted and kicked and squirmed until he finally rolled to the side off me.
I leapt off the bed, swiping my messed-up hair to the side. My face was bright red and hot.
King Alpha rolled to his side, propping one elbow on the bed with his head over one hand easily. He grabbed the pillow which I whacked him with and chucked it at me without effort. The pillow came at full speed and I ducked just in time with a shriek letting it hit the wardrobe behind me. I stared in horror as the wardrobe swayed violently for a few seconds, close to tipping over and falling.
I snapped my eyes back to King Alpha, pointing a finger at him, "You tried raping me!"
He looked like he was about to scoff, "Don't tell me you actually thought that. I was just teasing you. You look like you've walked out of a volcano." His eyes casually raked over my body, a sudden gleam in his eyes.
I looked down and yelped. My cleavage was full-on display. I quickly straightened my blouse before glaring at him.
"Stop being a pervert!" I yelled.
"I wasn't the one flashing my boobs."
"I wasn't flashing!" I yelled angrily.
His eyes shimmered with dark amusement before they caught onto something on the side.
"Aww is that for me?"
I turned to look at the two glasses placed on the side table.
My eyes widened as he grabbed a glass, still on his bed, and downed the whole thing in one go. My heart thudded erratically.
Oh my god! He drank it! And I didn't even do anything. What the heck!
He placed the glass back, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand before rolling and standing up.
"Now," he smiled wickedly, "where were we?"
I quickly collected myself before running towards his desk and to the other side, keeping it in between as a barrier.
He stepped closer to me, "A little desk won't save you from me."
Frantically, I searched around for something to come to my mind. My fingers brushed the surface of the desk and without another thought, I grabbed the edges of the desk, giving him a warning look, "If you take another step closer, I'll flip this desk over and ruin everything you've spent hours trying to arrange."
His amused look slipped away, replaced by a glare, "Don't you dare."
"I do dare," I stated, tightening my hands on the desk.
He glared at me some more before rolling his eyes and huffing. He crossed his arms on his huge chest, "Fine."
I reluctantly, slowly, uncurled my fingers from the edges of his desk and stepped away, eyes still trained on him for any sudden movement.
"You're a wimp, just do you know." King Alpha said looking bored now.
I glared narrowing my eyes, "Well sorry for not keeping up with your inappropriate desires."
"I don't see how it is inappropriate when I want to have sex with my mate." He complained with a frown, "Do you rather I have sex with someone else?"
"Why would I - just keep it in your pants for now." I sighed.
"What's wrong?" He smirked, "jealous?"
"Yeah, of your ego."
"It's a quality." He stated proudly.
"Sure." I rolled my eyes.
"What are you gonna do then?" He leaned casually on the table, "You'll be living in my room for the rest of your life. You're gonna get moody with the sexual frustration."
"I can control my sexual needs unlike you, thank you very much." I crossed my arms against my chest.
"You're gonna go crazy and ravage me in my sleep. I don't think I can even control you then. I'm a heavy sleeper so I'll be sleeping while you madly-"
"I'M NOT GONNA RAPE YOU IN YOUR SLEEP!"
He grinned, clearly enjoying how frustrated he was making me.
"Sure, if that's what you want to believe. But I know it all. You're gonna act as if me being around doesn't bother you for a while. Then slowly you're gonna open your eyes and realize how much you want to devour this," he gestured towards his body with his hand, "and when that time comes, you're gonna beg for me to take you."
"I really don't understand you," I stated, putting my hands on my hips, "One minute you want to rip my throat out, the other you want to have...that thing with me."
"I can't believe you're eighteen and still shy away from saying the word sex."
"Not my fault when you act like a child and I'd have to filter my mouth."
"Hmm." A small grin crept on his face, his voice sounding distant and low, "it's been long since someone called me a child."
I furrowed my eyebrows and gasped when he disappeared and reappeared in front of me. Before I could stumble back, he grabbed my hand in his. My head whipped up to his face, startled. I expected him to grab my throat like he always does or put me to sleep with the golden eye thing but all he did was smirk. My breath hitched in my throat when his hand moved to my chin.
I stared wide-eyed at his face as he slowly gazed at mine, observing mine.
Something shifted in his face. The mock, amusement, was replaced with something else. His hand slowly brushed my hair, tucking it behind my ear before pulling his hand back to him. He looked somewhere between sighing and frowning when he spoke.
"You have been lied your whole life. I know Collin was the closest to you. I don't even know if he's your real brother or not. It frustrates me that I can't find out sooner because you know?" He gave a nonchalant shrug bewildering me with the way he's talking to me right now, "I usually find out everything and am always a step ahead." He stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "But I can't imagine how confused and betrayed or hopeless you're feeling right now. I admit, I have a bigger part in this because I came breaking down your door, but I couldn't leave you alone too."
He gave out a frustrated sigh, "Let me make your stay here easy for you. I'll follow your rules as long as you follow mine. I won't touch you inappropriately without you knowing, I won't throw knives at you while you're hanging on a board. I'll make sure you live here like a princess. Maids will do all your work, you'll have whatever to want to eat at any time, you can wear whatever you like, as long as you promise me this one single thing; you will never, ever, try to leave this mansion or try to esh hape." He frowned suddenly, crossing his eyes and looking at his nose, before looking back at me, "Do you feeeeel weeerid?" He swayed on his feet.
His hand went up to his forehead as he swayed further seeming to lose control of balance. He gazed at me with a confused frown etched on his eyebrows.
A sudden look of realization came on his face and he tried glaring, jabbing a finger at my chest which seemed to take a lot of effort from his side, "You beeesh, that drink, you-you poishoned," His eyes rolled to the back of his head, "Me." and he fell limp back on the floor with a loud thump.
I stared, wide-eyed.
A moment passed.
Silence drowned.
He didn't move.
A huge breath escaped my lips.
His body lay at a weird angle on the floor, and I couldn't help but think how furious he was gonna be when he woke up. That enough gets to me to collect myself and bolt out the door. I shut the door behind me, heart beating loudly in my chest before dashing down the hallway Drew told me to meet.
I turned right from the T-shaped hallway and that's when I collided with a body.
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There we had King Alpha and one episode of his mood swings! Let's see how Ezlynn tries to get out of this mess now!
Date: 21 July 2021