Chapter 21

When I returned from the bathroom only Beta Lucas remained in the room. His face turned towards the floor, but his eyes looked distant. Rocking back and forth slowly from heal to toe.

I walked over to the bed and grabbed the clean robe that had been laid out. Sarah had obviously been here. The bed was made with clean sheets, all the bandages that had lined the floor were gone.

Rounding Beta Lucas to get in front of him, I shrunk down a little trying to catch his gaze. In his right hand he held a small piece of bandage covered in blood.

His eyes focused on me; they glistened in the light as tears threatened to fall from them at any second. “I didn’t…I’m so sorry… you have to know...” He stopped and in hailed deeply. “I would never…” his lower lip quivered as he turned his head up to the ceiling.

I leaped at him, wrapping my arms tightly around his neck. His left arm grabbed my waist firmly keeping my feet from returning to the ground. I squeezed him as hard as I could, burying my face in his neck.

“I know you didn’t mean to hurt me. I haven’t known you for long, but I have no doubt that you would never hurt me on purpose.”

His right arm wrapped around me, and he pulled me in so tightly I almost couldn’t breathe. Resting his face on my shoulder, his hot tears ran down the side of my neck and under the collar of my robe. His chest shaking, “I almost killed you.” He said with staggered breaths.

Pulling back from him, resting my forehead against his so we were nose to nose. “But you didn’t. I’m fine.” I smiled at him reassuringly.

Beta Lucas set me down on the ground gently, removing my arms from his neck. He ran his hands down my arms slowly before a sad smile crossed his face.

“I’m sorry and I’m sorry for this too.” He said. Before I could ask for what he forced my arms behind my back. Holding both my wrists in one hand he pushed me against the wall. Using the other hand, he forced my head to the side exposing my neck. I heard the sound of his claws coming out before a sharp pain in my neck.

He licked the blood from my collar bone up to the small cut he made in my neck. My body shivered as his tongue ran across my skin. Turning his head up to the ceiling he let out a loud groan before pressing his body firmly against me.

Laila pushed forward fighting me for control, purring and moaning loudly.

Beta Lucas moaned loudly before sinking his canines deep into my neck.

I was snapped backwards like a rubber band. Laila had complete control but didn’t push me away. I could feel everything.

His free hand moved the sides of the robe, he ran his hands down my stomach before squeezing my hip. Running his fingertips down the crease from my hip between my legs his middle finger slipped past my lips finding my clit with ease. Rubbing in small slow circles even I let out a moan as he gently licked my neck in circles in cadence with his fingers.

Releasing my wrists, he pulled my right hand around running the palm of my hand down the length of his shaft on the outside of his pants. He moaned as Laila squeezed around his girth, our hand barely fitting halfway around.

Pulling back his eye locked with mine. Laila and I both taken back by the unnatural deep forest green color his eyes had turned. After blinking a few times his eyes returned to their original color. He shook his head violently before throwing both hands up and rushing out the door.

“What the fuck was that about?” I asked Laila.

“I don’t know but he better get back here and finish what he started.” She purred.

“I hate you. Do you just want to have sex with everybody?” I asked with contempt oozing from my words.

Laila pulled back releasing control back to me. I quickly tied my robe back up and headed into the bathroom to shower.

“Our mate rejected us. I feel like that makes us a free agent. Plus, after what happened the other day, I hope Alpha Colton is right. I hope he feels every second and I hope I hurts.” Laila told me. Spitting venom, I could hear a hiss in her voice.

I adjusted the shower to a cool temperature. My skin flush after that little encounter. No sooner had I dropped the robe to the floor and stepped inside then a loud crash came from the hallway. The sound of claws on the wooden stairs and another crash.

I managed to poke my head out the door just in time to see Silas”s big brown head smash my door open the rest of the way. Luckily Beta Lucas had left it part way open, or I have no doubt he would have crashed directly through it.

He came sliding to a halt just before the bathroom door. His claws scraping on the floor like nails on a chalkboard.

I raised my eyebrows and just stared at him.

Bones snapping and cracking Silas gave way to Alpha Colton’s chiseled body. Rubbing the back on his neck with his hand awkwardly as he chewed on his lip.

The sight of his naked body had Laila pushing forward hard, I could barely keep her contained.

“Um, you need something?” I asked breaking the silence.

“I need something.” Laila cooed at me.

“I thought you were in trouble.” He said looking anywhere but at me.

This was the first time I could see what Willow was saying about him being some nerdy awkward kid. If he had control of the situation, he was fine but now he seemed quite shy, and Laila was eating it up like candy.

“Why would you think that?” I asked.

“I have a connection to everyone in my pack and Beta Lucas was scared. He’s never scared, well except when he almost killed you.” He said finally making eye contact.

“He bit me, and things got super intense but it’s fine now.” I said nonchalantly. I wasn’t sure what just happened between us, but I didn’t want Beta Lucas to get in trouble for it.

“He did what?” He said loudly. His demeanor changing instantly.