Kayla
I was in my chamber in the council when I suddenly felt sick to my stomach and ran into the bathroom. I barely opened the door when I threw up all over the bathroom floor. I stayed like that for a few minutes before I fell back against the wall.
What was wrong with me? I felt sick. So sick.
A small sigh left my mouth as I moved back into my chamber. It was just two days away from the wedding and I was still finding it hard to wrap my mind around the fact that it wasn’t Asher that I was about to be married off to. I was trying to be strong, I understood what was at stake here, and for the safety of my family, I was prepared to go ahead with the wedding without complaint.
I tied my hair into a bun and looked at the dark circles under my eyes in the mirror. I looked like someone who had little or nothing to live for. I slowly glided my hands over my body and imagined it to be Asher’s big warm hands. I touched my lips and imagined his warm mouth on mine.
Immediately I felt a familiar sensation rush through my body, as if I was being watched. I looked around my chamber and out the windows. It couldn’t be. Asher wouldn’t come here. He wouldn’t come for me. It was obvious my mind was playing tricks on me.
I was losing my mind after imagining him touching me. I shouldn’t be surprised by that reaction. Even thoughts about him had strong effects on me and my body. I sighed and moved to the dresser to change my outfits when I paused midway as his scent hit me hard. My body instantly felt alive, I felt the familiar apprehension claw at me whenever I was around him.
Before I knew it my body was moving before I could tell it to do so. I was bolting through the council’s palace, it was like I was desperate to find the source of the feelings awakening inside of me. Only one person could ever make me feel this way. Images of him flashed before my mind and my heart raced just as fast as my feet did.
I was moving so quickly that my hair untangled itself and flowed down my waist.
My feet came to an abrupt stop as his scent hit me harder than before. He was closer and around here somewhere. I turned to the left and walked into the craft chamber. At first, there wasn’t anything unusual in there until I saw something move from near the curtains. And then I saw him, standing a little distance away from me. It was magical… Seeing Asher again.
There were no words that were good enough to describe what it felt like to see the man of my dreams standing before me.
He was dressed in a red shirt and black pants. My eyes drank him like water in a desert. Just like me, his eyes were dark and swollen. It made me wonder if he had just been as miserable as I was. Even his hair was a mess but to me, it still looked beautiful.
He took a step forward but then paused again as his gaze scanned me from head to toe.
All of the air left my lungs. I have missed being looked at like this. His eyes took their time taking in every single inch of my body.
This didn’t feel real. It felt like a dream and I was scared that I would wake up any minute.
And then my body was hit with the sudden realization that this was actually Asher, my Asher. He was in front of me and it was real and not just one of my wild thoughts or imagination. Immediately, I moved at the speed of lightning, running like I was trying to save a life. I was indeed trying to save mine.
I jumped straight into his arms and held on for my dear life. Asher grabbed my body and pulled it close to him. I kissed his cheeks, his forehead, his nose, his neck. I couldn’t stop kissing him over and over again as my hands ran over his body in desperation. I wanted to feel all of his body warmth against mine.
Asher allowed me to explore his body and he looked like he needed my closeness just as much as I needed his. We rested our heads against each other as we both listened to the erratic beating of our hearts.
And then the reality of my life sunk into my brain like a strike of lightning between us. We weren’t back at his castle where we were protected by his warriors. We were in the council and I was supposed to be getting married in two days. To a man, I didn’t love.
“Why are you here?” I asked as I looked around us frantically. The council had warriors stationed at every corner. I didn’t think that they would have a problem with Asher since they thought highly of him. But they wouldn’t expect him to be here with me since they all believed that Asher had accepted Emily back and didn’t want anything to do with me. And that was good because they won’t see him as a threat to the wedding.
“You need to go now,” I said, as I squeezed his shoulders.
He looked sad at my words. His eyes darkened a shade and there was this pain embedded in the golden amber of his orbs.
“You need to leave now, Asher.”
He gripped my arms and pulled me close to him. “Are you not happy to see me?” His question was laced with anger and hurt.
How could he even ask me that after knowing how much I was deeply in love with him?
“I won’t answer that.” I hissed. I would not belittle myself in front of him again. If he couldn’t see how much I love and care about him then he was simply blind.
“I don’t care about whatever you say. All I know is that I’m not leaving here without you. You’re coming with me back to the castle Kayla.” He growled.
My lips parted at his words. Coming with him? Was this what it was? Did he come here to steal me away from the council? For a moment I felt an elation bubble inside me. I never imagined that this day would ever come. But then another thought crashed into my mind.
What about Emily? Was she still in the picture?
I peered up at him. “Have you decided who you want in your life?”
The look on his face told me everything I needed to know. And then my heart broke all over again reminding me why I had left in the first place.
“You have to leave now.”
His jaw clenched and his hands on my waist tightened. “I will repeat it again that I would not leave without you,” he growled
“We are no longer couples. I would be getting married in two days, Asher. I will now belong to another Alpha and birth his pups. You’re going to have to let go eventually right? Why not do it now?.”
It hurts me to say those to Asher but I didn’t want him getting involved in all this. I didn’t want a fight that could hurt the people that I deeply care about.