Alpha sees where I am looking. “Isn’t that your cousin?”
“Yes, it is.”
“I thought she wasn’t supposed to be here. Darius said that your family is banned from attending events.”
“It seems maybe Darius changed his mind.”
He spins me out. “Don’t worry I will take care of it.”
I stopped him. “No, he seems happy, leave him.”
He looks at me completely confused. “I don’t understand.”
“It’s ok. I do.”
He shrugs. “Ok, it’s your choice.”
He spins me again, but when I come back Markus is standing there to take my hand. His smile is blinding. “Are you ready for me?”
“I guess it is your turn.”
He takes my hand from his father and pulls me closer. “I got it from here, dad.”
The Alpha beams. “Good I can go find my wife.” He pats Markus on the shoulder and leaves us alone.
“Are you going to run from me again?”
“I am trying to hold it together.” I can’t look him in the eyes, but when I look around I see a smug look on Sasha’s face.
“What is going on? I think I deserve to know.”
I sigh, it is time to man up a little bit. “Sasha is Darius’s mate. She cheated on him and here we are.”
“I don’t give a shit about Darius and his mate. I care about you and me. Why didn’t you wait for me?”
“I didn’t have a choice. I’m not strong Markus.” I look down at his chest which isn’t making it better. I feel the mate bond pulsing through my body.
He makes me look up at him. “Yes, you are. I told you. What happened?”
“I can’t tell you. I want to, I really do, but I can’t.”
“I don’t know if I can accept you as my sister in law.”
I sigh, I knew this was coming. He hates me. “I understand. I tried to tell Darius that this wasn’t good, but he didn’t listen to me. He has this idea in his head and he is running away with it.”
“I don’t care about any of that. I still want my mate.” He pulls my body a little closer. “My mate.”
“How could you still want me? I am weak.”
“I don’t care.” He whispers it as he pulls me closer. “I just don’t care.”
“I am still mated to Darius.”
“I will find a way to break it. Tell me you want that too.” He whispers to me.
I grab his arm a little tighter. “I do.”
Then I am ripped out of Markus’s arms. Darius is growling at his brother like he is ready to attack. “That is enough of your hands on my mate.”
Markus chuckles. “You seemed offly cozy with her cousin. Sure she isn’t the one you want?” He looks at me. It is a little bit of a sad look but also a determined look. “Don’t worry, I think I can figure out what happened.”
Darius pulls me out of the room and all the way up to our room. “What the hell did I tell you about his hands?” He growls at me.
“He didn’t touch me anywhere he wasn’t supposed to.” I counter back. I am still scared of Darius.
“You have to fix this little mate.” He gets that predatory look again. Filled with lust.
“What about you with Sasha? You said you didn’t want her here. Yet you were happy to dance with her.”
He edges towards me. “I am not you. She is my mate. I can be happy around her if I want.”
“I thought I was your mate. Are you taking it back?” Please say yes.
“You are mine.” He screams at me. “No one else can have you.”
“It should be a two way street Darius, that is what a mate is. You are for each other, not just when you want to be.”
He growls and slams his lips into mine. Then he pushes me back on the bed. “You are mine. Now it is time for your punishment.”
Instead of attacking me he leaves the room but he locks the door. I am locked in here like a prisoner. I try to get the door open but I can’t. After fifteen minutes I feel immense pain tearing through my body. I can’t hold it in, I scream and tear at my own stomach. I just want the pain to stop. My claws tearing into my skin only ease the pain a little.
It takes way too long. I am a weeping mess on the floor and I can’t even move. I know there is blood on my body, but I don’t even care to move again. At some point I must have lost consciousness because I came back to reality with Darius picking me up off the floor crying at me to wake up. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I went too far. Please wake up.”
I can hardly move, but I push away from him. “Don’t you dare touch me.” I don’t really get anywhere, but I pushed nonetheless.
“I’m sorry, I got angry. You didn’t do anything wrong. I’m sorry.” I can feel his tears hitting my face.
“Leave me alone Darius.”
He doesn’t though he carries me to bed and starts cleaning up the blood. He takes his time. My wounds are healing because I am a wolf but they are going to hurt for a long time yet. I have no strength left to continue on. I lost consciousness again.