Chapter 85

Avery's POV.

My heartbeat accelerated as his scent slowly crawled up to me, filling me with profound energy that I can't describe.

Just a few minutes ago, I was weak and putty in Erik's arms and I'm sure it's due to that odd smell with him. Whatever it is, it is having a great effect on me and it weakens my resolution and body.

"Get the fuck away from me." I shouted, summoning all the strength I could gather and push Erik away from me.

He landed with a thud on the floor and I immediately stood up heading straight for the door but he grabbed my legs and I fell.

"Son of a bitch, let go of me." I ordered angrily getting close to my door.

The door suddenly opened and Xander stood there burning with rage. He looked down on me and Erik and it was at this moment that I was aware of my position.

Erik had pinned me under him and my baggy top was opened downward revealing my naked boobs.

"Can't you knock, you bastard!" Erik thundered but Xander just stood there watching us, his fist clenched and eyes almost black.

"Get off me this instant!" I ordered Erik who looked at me with a smile.

"As you wish my love." He said with a smirk standing up.

Bloody bastardized fuck!

I speedily buttoned up and stood up watching Xander whose face was a rigid mask of zero emotions.

I can't tell what he was feeling and that alone was enough to get me worried.

"Hey...what gave you the guts to enter this chamber without permission? Don't you have any home training at all? And what the fuck! What are you doing here at this time? Ain't you supposed to be down stairs in the room provided for you?" Erik throws questions at him moving close to him.

Oh no! If nothing is done soon, there'll be blood shed in my room and that would definitely create unnecessary attention and questioning.

Goddess, please help me. I don't even know what to do, Xander is enraged and blinded by jealousy now and that silly Erik would tease him so much and only worsen his anger and there might be an exchange of blows.

"Erik, stand right there and don't move!"I ordered but the dimwit was bent on picking a fight with Xander.

If my calculation and suspicion about Erik is right then it would be a matter of time before he creates chaos and he won't hesitate to tell everyone that cares to listen that he's my lover and I do not want that.

Maybe that's his sole aim of coming here, to claim me as his, if not I don't have any better explanation to give about that odd smell that hovers over him like a dark cloud.

Whatever the scent is, it is meant to affect me terribly, to make me vulnerable and weak to him and it was working just fine on me had Xander not come to save my bloody ass.

There was nothing that could save me if I'm left alone with Erik, the moon goddess did answer my prayers but in a deadly way.

Right now I have a jealous mate to calm down, a stalker to chase away, an explanation to give my mate...I have so much to do that I don't know how everything will turn out in the end.

I looked towards Xander and his eyes were fixed on Erik, a quick look and I could see his claws elongation.

Trouble!

I move with speed and stand between the two, the lights suddenly flickered and went dim.

"Stop this madness right now Erik, enough!" I shouted not caring who hears me at this point in time.

I'm in great confusion right now and I have to do everything possible to stop these two from creating a mess in the pack house.

The room was almost dark but everything was clear to us, Erik halted at his step looking at me. Xander moved closer to me and dung his claws on my waist quietly, his scent gave me so much strength that I felt my Wolf's power in me. Whatever Erik has done to me has weakened my wolf and me but Xander seems to be the antidote.

Erik makes me weak and vulnerable while Xander makes me strong and courageous.

I whimpered as I feared his claws dig harder into my back, his claws tearing through my cloth and coming in contact with my skin.

I don't need any soothsayer to tell me what he wants.

"I invited Xander here for a conversation, it was actually supposed to be in my study but I guess he checked me there and didn't see me hence the reason he's here." I lied through my teeth with ease and I was surprised how easy the lies flowed from my mouth.

Well...urgent situations like the one I'm in now calls for urgent lies to escape.

Erik began to move closer and I was trapped between the two men who were giving each other dagger looks.

Goddess, please save my ass. I promise I'll offer you anything you desire.

‘And an urgent situation calls for urgent prayers that you'll never fulfill.’ Kira's voice rang in my head and I rolled my eyes. She is clearly enjoying whatever is happening.

‘Yeah, our mate is claiming us for the first time in front of that murderous brute! I'm bound to be excited. I'm literally popping Champaign right now. Cheers sister.’ She hummed in my head and I grunted when his claws deepened into my skin.

"You should leave now Erik, I need to talk to Xander." I muttered but instead of leaving, he came so close that his scent began to hit me hard again but I shifted back towards Xander and it earned me more claws digging into me but it's better. As long as I'm inhaling Xander's scent, I'm free from Erik's abominable scent.

"What did you just say?"Erik asked in surprise.

He was not expecting me to choose Xander over him, well...my mate has the first right on me before anyone else.

Xander's claws dung deeper into me,"you really have to go now, I need to discuss something important with him. He's to be tried tomorrow, so I ask to see him and Olivia separately." I said with urgency when Xander's claws pushed harder into my skin.

Erik was surprised by the turn out of things, he'd probably expect me to be pinned under him right now begging him but here is Xander causing havoc to his plans.

"I need to go now." I said quickly heading out but Erik stopped me.

"Let me come along." He suggested.

"No...you can interrogate him separately if you want later but for now, I need to talk to him as a friend and as his luna." I said hurrying towards my study with Xander trailing behind me.

"Fuck!" I could hear Erik kicking something hard then walking downstairs in angry steps.

Serves him right, I'm so grateful that he couldn't succeed in whatever he'd come to do because I was helpless today for the first time.

I opened the study door with reluctance and entered. I could hear Xander turn the key locked and my heart almost jumped out of my chest.

Before I could mutter a word, he moved with speed and pinned me to the big bronze desk in front of me.

He held me down,my hand caged behind my back and he began to sniff me.

"Nothing happened, please." I muttered feeling lost. The way he held me makes it impossible for me to move without twisting my arm or any part of my body.

"Yet, you reeked of him. His scent is all over your Avery. Darn it!"He growled.

"It was just an accident, I couldn't help it."

"But I can." He grunted and before I could comprehend his words, he began to rip my clothes off my body.

"What's wrong with you? What the fuck are you doing?" I asked, trying to struggle.

"Getting rid of his scents. I'll imprint my scent on you instead. You're mine Avery, just mine! No other wolf has the right to in print his scent on you."

With each of his stressed words, my clothes were being ripped and within a few seconds my clothes were in pieces and I was laying naked on the desk.

He didn't stop there he began to lick every inch of me, his tongue lingering longer on the wound he created with his claws that were healing on their own. With the way he licked me there, it felt as if he's saying sorry indirectly.

He licked me so badly that I began to shiver with need. He turned me over and assaulted my body so crazily that I began to whimper and beg for what I don't know.

Once he was done, he left me and I lay motionless on the big table almost shivering. He took a good look at me and bent down to capture my mouth in a deep kiss that I returned hungrily but just when I was hoping for more, he pulled away, traced his thumb on my swollen lips and a dark smile appeared on his face.

"You're mine Avery, just mine." He declared and I nodded, unable to say anything due to the blaze of needs burning me.

"If you don't accept me as your mate tomorrow, I'll accept Olivia as my woman and we'll part ways for good or bad. We'll both be incomplete and you'll attend my funeral instead of the wedding. I did nothing wrong because you're the only woman I ever loved." He said in an icy cold voice, his dark eyes glowing in the dark.

"Accept me or reject me Avery, I can't deal with this pain anymore. No one would have dared framed me for a pregnancy had you allow me claim you. I've given you time, Avery but you're not making headway with your mission. Let's work together...as mates, with me by your side and we'll deal with the problems. I need you Avery, I'm incomplete without you...i am." He lamented painfully hovering over me on the desk.

"We can fight together, Avery, trust me. I'll be with you till the very end, I trust you and I pray to the goddess that you trust me too. I can't deal with the pain of being away from you, mate." He added kissing the tears I didn't know were falling from my eyes.

I couldn't say anything but my heart breaks at his words.

"I'm sorry for this, Avery. I never intended it to come to this and I'm sorry for making you cry." He said caressing my cheeks.

"Accept me or reject me, Avery." He muttered one last time,his tears dropping on my naked body and he left me there......confused.