Zara’s POV
I could feel Nicolas’s eyes on me as I made my way between the tables toward the hallway.
There was a long hallway at the exit that led down to the ladies’ restroom, and I followed behind Levi in silence. He seemed occupied by his own thoughts and didn’t say a single word to me.
I wasn’t sure if he was angry at me or if something else was bothering him.
He appeared more like a guard standing by my side than my closest companion escorting me to the restroom.
Whatever the situation was, it made me uncomfortable. Levi’s behavior wasn’t familiar to me.
Levi came to a stop, abruptly held out my handbag to me, pushed open the bathroom door for me, and gestured for me to go inside.
His eyes were unreadable, and his body language was stiff and cold.
Did something happen while I was in the boutique with Nic? Or was he upset because he could detect Nic’s scent on me?
“What has gotten into him?” I muttered to myself, shaking my head as I entered the restroom.
“He looks worried, not furious,” Kaya yapped. She was observing Levi the moment he rushed to my side. His bewildered eyes must have triggered Kaya.
“Do you think it’s because of Nic?”
“I doubt that,” Kaya cut me off. “He called Nic and told him where to find you…”
“Then why is he acting so-”
My gaze landed on my reflection in the mirror. The image staring back at me startled me. I have never looked this rough in public. No wonder Levi rushed to my side.
Wide-eyed, I instinctively trailed my fingers down a trail of purple love bites, starting from my jawline and moving down my neck to my nape. They were still raw and under my fingertips, and they stung when I touched them.
The faint red lipstick ring around my lips caught my attention, followed by a grin on my lips.
As I reached for some paper towels to clean up the red mess, my thoughts drifted back to moments ago.
When I took Nic’s cock into my mouth, I left red lipstick stains on it as proof that I had blown him off.
I bit my lip. That was the furthest I had ever pushed Nic’s cock into my throat. At first, it felt uncomfortable, but after hearing his moans, it urged me to push him deeper down my throat.
A soft moan escaped my lips. The sound of his groans echoed in my thoughts. I could feel my core clench and my warm juices spilling into my panties.
“Goddess,” I moaned. “I want to taste him again….”
My hands moved down over my neck and my breast. Nic’s sucking and pinching left my nipples raw.
My breath hitched. I was already hot and bothered.
“You will have to calm down,” Kaya interrupted me. “Levi is waiting for you, and rude for the guests to wait.”
I sighed, forced the images out of my mind, quickly wet the paper towels, and began cleaning up.
After finishing my self-cleansing routine, I reached for my bag and grabbed the foundation to correct my makeup.
Levi’s phone suddenly rang, grabbing my attention, and I silently pulled the door open to hear what the call was about.
Levi’s face hardened, then turned red, but before I could hear who he was talking to, he noticed me eavesdropping. He rolled his eyes, closed the door, and I could hear him step away.
I sighed, shaking my head.
Whatever the call was about, it had rattled and angered Levi.
I quickly continued freshening up, fixed my hair, and reapplied my lipstick. When I looked decent enough, I made my way out of the bathroom.
Levi was out of sight. He must have taken the call somewhere else.
I quickly but quietly made my way down the long corridor toward the seating area. I was about to pass the kitchen when I heard the head chef call out a set of orders. I slowed, stopping before the kitchen doors. I closed my eyes and pointed my nose to the air as I took a deep whiff of the lovely aroma of Italian food, making my stomach growl from hunger.
My mouth was watering for a taste.
“Mmm. It smells so heavenly,” I muttered. “I could almost taste it!”
A soft scent of grasslands filled my nostrils, and I knitted my eyebrows together, trying to decipher from where I knew the scent.
“It’s good to know you still love my scent,” a familiar voice shook me out of my lovely food haze and dropped me right in the middle of a nightmare.
My eyes abruptly snapped open, looking straight into Noah’s eyes. His nose was almost touching mine.
A cold and unsettling chill ran down my back as Noah shifted his gaze to my neck, taking a whiff of me.
“You can still scent me,” he whispered. “That means you still want me.”
I stepped back but ended with my back against the corridor wall.
Noah smirked, his grin turning sinister.
“There is nowhere to run,” he said, imprisoning me.
His gaze moved all over me, and he dropped his head down to my ear.
“Let go of me,” I said. “My beta will not hesitate to kill you!”
“I can sense your arousal,” he stated, disregarding my caution, as he shifted his head to the side and whispered. “You want me. I know you do. You want me to please you and lick that pussy of yours. You can’t wait to have my cock buried inside you.”
His warm breath tickled the side of my neck, leaving a trail of unwanted chills going down my back.
“Leave me alone!” I hissed. “I am happily mated.”
I tried to push Noah away from me, but he grabbed my hands, and he pinned them above my head, making sure I couldn’t move.
Noah shifted my legs apart, stepping in between them.
“Mmm,” he muttered, his index finger stroking my cheek. “I like it when you get feisty. It turns me on. It just wants me to punish you more and fuck you harder.”
He pressed his already firm bulge against my belly.
I let out a shriek, trying to free my hands and fight him off.
Kaya had enough of Noah; she grabbed control to free us, hoping that it wouldn’t expose us to any humans.
However, before she could do anything to defend us, I felt a prick on my arm and the never-ending heat that spurred through my veins.
Wolfsbane!
The f*cking asshole injected me with wolfsbane!
A painful cry escaped my lips!
Noah smiled wickedly at me as he removed the syringe from my arm.
Will I be able to save myself?
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