Note: When Damon and Liam talks to each other, nobody can hear what they are saying because they are conversing in his head.
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Damon ran a hand through his hair. “I’m not going to hurt y-” he tried to soothe her, but before he could finish his sentence, she cut him off with sharp words that pretty much paralyzed him in his spot.
“T-Then disappear a-and let L-Liam have control.”
At that, his calm exterior came crashing down like rain.
He never expected that… not one bit. But who would’ve seen that coming from such a soft-spoken and gentle girl? She was never one to speak up in front of him, and even when she bottled up the courage to, she was always mindful of her words. Now that wasn’t the case.
Didn’t she know that he was the king here, or has she forgotten? How could she dare to ask that of him; the alpha King? It was either she slept away all her manners or he somehow managed to get soft all of a sudden… and she got tougher and bolder?
The latter must be the case because no woman in their right mind would dare to say something like that to him while knowing how ruthless he was.
Damon rubbed the spot on his chest that suddenly started to feel like he had been stabbed a thousand times there…. Her words were what had stabbed holes into him mercilessly. She wanted Liam to take control and not him? What kind of nonsense was that? He was the alpha King, so he was the one who decided when and for how long he chooses to release his inner wolf. Aside from the times where there’s a fullmoon, not even Liam could tell him to let him free. Why? Well for one, he was the Alpha King. And 2: he was the Alpha King.
Her request wouldn’t have been so bad if it was any other time, but he finally gave her a chance to ask some thing of him –which he NEVER does— and yet she ungratefully wished for him to disappear and let his stupid wolf take control? And right after they mated at that?
That was utterly ridiculous. What did Liam have that he did not? Yes, Liam was soft with her, but that was only because she was his mate. If that wasn’t the case then he’d have already killed her the moment he got the chance. He laughed a lot and all, but Liam wasn’t much different than he was. In fact, he was way more vicious.
So then, what was the use of shoving him aside and asking for the company of that useless mutt?
“Are you seriously jealous right now?” The annoying voice of his wolf popped into his head followed by a loud blast of laughter. Damon’s teeth visibly clenched harder against each other… for some reason, Liam’s words rubbed him the wrong way.
Jealous? Another preposterous thing added to the list. He wasn’t jealous, far from it actually. Someone like him could not bare such emotions, not at all. He was the great ruthless Alpha King afterall… something as petty and humane like jealously could not possibly plague him of all persons. He was only a little angsty because their bond had gotten stronger after they mated. So it was purely natural for him to want to be around her more often. This had absolutely nothing to do with jealousy… nothing.
“You do know that I can hear your thoughts right?” Liam’s voice popped in his head again. “It’s very pathetic to hear you keep mentioning that you’re the Alpha King and whatnot. Without me here, you would be a simple, powerless human so I suggest that you stay far away from bragging.”
Damon’s right eye twitched. Despite the fact that he was well aware that Liam was trying to rile him up, he allowed his irritation to develop into full blown anger. “One more word and I’ll make sure that you never see daylight again.”
“What do you mean?… Are you threatening me right now?” Damon could hear the smirk in his voice. “Didn’t you hear what my darling mate just said? She wants you to disappear and let me have control.”
“And when have you ever seen me act according to anyone’s words? I am the Alpha Ki-“”
“Yeah yeah yeah, but you already told her that you would grant her anything she wanted… and what she wants is me. It kinda feels weird to know that she actually prefers me, you know? But then again, you wouldn’t know how awesome it feels since she doesn’t even want to see your face.”
“Have you forgotten that you’re at my mercy right now? If I lock myself up on every single fullmoon, you won’t be able to even breath the same air as her. You better le–”
“You’re the mighty Alpha King, Damon.” Liam cut him off, intentionally stressing the word ‘mighty’. “You won’t go back on your word right?”
Damon quieted down in an instant. He didn’t want to do as she asked… though the reason behind his objection was still very unclear to him. But he did promise to grant her her wish, he couldn’t go against his own words… no matter how much he wanted to. An Alpha King must not act so condescendingly.
Reluctantly, Damon buried his words of opposition then squeaked out… “As you wish, but I’ll only give you two days… two days, no more than that. In return, you should stop looking at me like that.” He cleared his throat and shifted on the bed as he started to feel overly uncomfortable because of the strange words that was unexpectedly leaving his mouth. “I don’t–” He paused and shifted once more. “–I don’t like the look in your eyes. It’s annoying.”
Sarah took a wide-eyed second glance at him. She did not expect that… that was for sure. Truthfully, her words had just come out without her consent. One minute she was scared to the point where she glued herself to the wall… and then another minute she was drowning with anger and resentment. But what would one expect after hearing Damon say such things. Grant her anything she wanted? What kind of nonsense was that? Instead of such stupid, half-assed generosity, she needed an apology.
Whether or not it was the mate bond that was forcing him to reconcile, she didn’t care. He should know how to do it properly. When someone wants to reconcile, isn’t it basic to apologize? Yet Damon had cut straight to trying to win her over. Before anything else, she wants an apology. And since she didn’t receive that, her mouth had created a line of words that her mind had absolutely no say in.
After saying such a thing in the name of irritating him, she was now scared shitless of what he’d do to her for requesting such a thing… but to her surprise, he had agreed to it. Why? She had no idea. The fact that he actually offered to give her something was enough of a surprise and now that he had agreed to such a request instead of pulling out her tongue, she was utterly shook! And what did he even mean when he said he didn’t like the look in her eyes? He couldn’t feel that guilty for having misjudged her, right?
Sarah thoughts evaporated when Damon suddenly jumped off the edge of the bed and landed on the floor. She flinched, hands tightening around her chest. ‘Where the hell is he going?’ She asked herself, but she already knew the answer to that. His eyes were transfixed solely on her and his feet was moving in her direction… where else could he possibly be going but towards her?
“W-What are y-you doing?” She stuttered, looking up at him with wide, confused eyes while trying to keep her legs glued to her front so that her privates couldn’t be exposed anymore than they already were.
“Is this how you’re going to act when Liam comes forth?” He rolled his eyes and folded his arms across his chest as he stopped a feet away from her. “And is this how you’re going to greet him… naked? Have you no shame?!”
Sarah jerked in her spot. His voice had suddenly gotten louder when he reached the end of his sentence so Sarah couldn’t help but wonder if he was angry at her because she was naked. Was he that disgusted by her?
“I’ll g-get dressed w-when you-”
“Now!” Damon demanded, eyes firing up with anger. Then when he saw the frightened look on Sarah’s face, he blinked. He wasn’t sure where his anger came from just now nor why he had just shouted for no particular reason. Perhaps he just needed some rest and afterwards, he’d hopefully go back to usual… without his emotions running around all over the place.
“Nevermind, you can stay naked. I don’t care, just do whatever you want… but you only get 24 hours, that’s all. When that times up, I’ll take back control and once that happens, you’ll be mine until the fullmoon… no more exceptions. And don’t forget that since I’m granting your wish, you’re not supposed to look at me with that look in your eyes. Because now that I know you’re different from her, I won’t ever hurt you, Sarah. I mean it this time.”
Her? Sarah’s forehead creased in confusion but Damon didn’t give her enough time to grasp his vague words. He suddenly dropped his head and then when he raised it, his eyes were completely golden for a second before they changed back to hazel.
Sarah didn’t need to ask who was in control now. Judging by the freaky shift of his eye colour and the smile that suddenly spread across his lips… he was definitely Liam.