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I had instantly regretted even considering spending time with him, River, smug as ever had decided to pester me about it every damn second. My mother gleefully went on with her day and father sulked behind her, mad about the outcome that the meeting had gone. Like me, he was keen on keeping him locked behind silver bars and me not meeting him, but he knew the consequences of not being with a mate for too long.
Two days after the meeting I had tried to gather the courage of going back to the prison, but my pride would not be wounded and I managed to avoid the prison and my momma who asked me every hour if I was going there. I had to tell in a smooth tone that I working on it, but instead, I was avoiding it. I couldn't face him. Emerald had been persistent in telling me that we should meet our mate, but I had ignored her for those two days and shut her off, she whined about it.
Grey and Dakota managed to keep me company throughout the two days, they came with me to training as Uncle Jacob pestered me about him. All he wanted to do was apparently teach him a lesson for hurting our pack members, and make sure he doesn't do any funny business or he dies. I smirked at his last comment.
On the third day, I managed to suck up my pride and during the night time, had begun the dreadful walk to the prison where the warriors were lined up a good distance away from the prison. I was thankful that they had listened to my request and they watched over the prison just a few meters away, just enough so you couldn't overhear our conversation. Even though the prison walls was almost sound proof. I sucked in a breath a took the walk up the stairs, each step heavy with anxiety as I inhaled the sweet scent of cinnamon and apples. My stomach churned in delight, Emerald howling in happiness as she felt her strength return to her slowly. I hummed in satisfaction, feeling renewed as if I took a nice warm shower.
As I made it to the top of the staircase, the scent had hit me even harder and it crawled on my skin, creating goosebumps in its wake. My breath hitched as something warm spread throughout my body and it tingled in delight. I resisted the urge to inhale it more, as I knew what would happen if I did. I'd succumb to the bond and I knew we couldn't have that. The Moon Goddess was truly playing tricks with me. I bit my lip as I made it infant of his door, through the wall I could hear a large in taking of breath and my mind had begun to think of ways to initiate a conversation. All I had to do was spend some time with him, momma never said to talk to him, but she'd probably stab me if she knew I didn't talk to him.
I had to make my time use, or else what was the point of spending ten minutes in a dingy old prison with someone who is a potential threat to my pack?
I took an encouraging deep breath in and unlocked the prison door with the keys in my right hand. I pushed the heavy door with one hand and quickly shut the door behind me, eyes closed and breath smooth. The scent felt like a blanket rubbing across my skin, the intoxicating smell made my entire body feel warm and nourished as I practically bathed in it. I exhaled and opened my eyes, I knew I was wasting time and turned around to see Arsen Black. He looked much better, the warriors were feeding him enough to stay alive and his skin, even though dirty, was not painted with red. He did, however, look tired and the only place which seemed painful was the red swollen rings around his wrist and ankles. The silver was going to make a scar, a doctor had recently patched up his wounds to make sure they would not get infected. But, seeing them still burning his wrists moved something inside of me, but it was probably the bond trying to pull us closer.
I forced myself not to succumb to it, it was playing tricks on my mind and body as I looked at him, his steely gaze watching my every movement and curiousness sparked behind then. He was wondering why I had come back, he knew the connection between us and he probably had observed I didn't want the mating pull. Pulling all my senses back to my body, I managed to muster up a tiny smile and a look of shock passed his face.
'This is very awkward,' Emerald commented, although she was happy with what we were doing, she felt the thick tension in the air. Our previous visit had not gone down well and he was probably plotting his revenge. But, I tried to think positively, this was for momma and for the sake of not dying.
'Thank you for pointing that out,' I told her with a slight scold and she grinned sheepishly at me.
"Uhm, hi?" I said with a slight uncertainty underlining my tone, I almost slapped myself for my stupid greeting and stood up slightly straighter, four meters away from him.
Arsen's eyes squinted at me as if trying to grasp a logical reason behind it, but other than that, he said nothing. The awkwardness got thicker in the room and I struggled to find a better response as he stared at me with a locked jaw. I was beginning to think this was pointless after every passing second. I shouldn't be conversing with the enemy, this was against all my morals and I regretted even agreeing with this stupid idea.
Momma couldn't possibly think we'd get along, he was the enemy and I was the target. This would have never worked out.
"Right, I was just checking on you, goodbye," I managed to get out, his presence overwhelmed me as he continued to stare. I began walking towards the door before a loud, smooth, husky voice interrupted my movements.
"What do you want from me Alpha?" His tone mocking me as he tilted his head to the side, questioning my every movement as he rested against the dirty wall. His voice sent shivers down my spine as his smooth, yet rough voice awakened every sense I had. Emerald was howling to the moon as his very first sentence left his supple lips.
I had quickly turned around in my steps and with my mouth agape, looked into his eyes as his eyebrow quirked handsomely. I inhaled a sharp intake of air and walked two steps closer to him.
"What do you mean?" I breathed out with a slight chuckle, ignoring his tone and stared at him with a curious gaze.
"Are you here to torment with me again? Play with the bond that you oh-so-want gone? Does Alpha's little girl want to reject her mate? Or use what the Goddess gave me so you could get information?" He taunted me, his head lolling to the side as annoyance filled his eyes. At his tone, Emerald surfaced up, her golden eyes peering into mine and growled lowly. She does not like when someone disrespects her, even her mate, her pride would not be shut down like that.
Arsen probably had seen my reaction, a small smirk wrapped around his lips and gave me a once-over before looking straight into my eyes.
"Well, Alpha?" he said again and I growled at him, my anger surfacing inside of me as he continued to give me those taunting eyes.
"I was here to actually spend some time with you, as weird as that sounds, our wolves cannot handle it. As much as I hate being here, I hate dying, so now I'm here," I told him bluntly, looking him straight in the eye so I could get my point across. I saw a flash of surprise in his eyes before it disappeared and was replaced by something I didn't recognize.
However, I stood still, my posture never wavering and I gave him a small glare. He looked up at me with his brown eyes, something hiding behind them before it cleared up. We were silent for a few minutes, only our scents keeping us comfortable and the bond sizzled between us. It was suffocating me, constricting me of any movements as we stared at each other.
"I'm regretting ever coming here," I broke the silence, my words hanging in the air as I gulped back everything I wanted to say. He continued to stare at me, as if deciphering a hidden meaning behind my words, but there wasn't anything else behind them. It was the truth.
"You know, Alpha, I never got to know your name," he spoke back, his voice crisp and filled with a slight taunt as he said 'Alpha'. My hands curled into fists.
"Why do you want to know?" I bit back.
"You know my name, I believe it's time to know yours," he replied quickly, coming out smoothly from his lips.
"Fair enough, my name is Armelle Donovan," I muttered and I watched something flash behind his eyes as he held my gaze, it made my stomach twist painfully.
"Armelle," my name escaped his lips beautifully, and I fought back the urge to gasp as the sensation of hearing my name roll out of lips almost consumed me. I gulped, and clenched my fists even tighter, fighting my wolf's instincts to touch him. Arsen noticed my discomfort and I saw a sly smirk lay against his lips.
I growled, hating the feeling immediately. Weak.
"Now we are slightly acquainted, my job here is done," I said with finality before quickly leaving the room, locking the door behind me and tried to get rid of the shivers that dipped past my spine evilly.
Get a hold of yourself Armelle.
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