Playing with Fire

Alexandra

Alpha Liam’s eyes flicker with slivers of silver as his gaze sears through me. I feel violated in the rawest of ways, like he can see right my tough exterior that we both know is only being fuelled by liquid courage. I can feel his warm panted breaths dance along my lips, making it overwhelmingly difficult to stop the small whimper that escapes my chest. My face goes flush as embarrassment continues to pile through me. When he pushes his body closer into mine, trapping me between his rock hard muscles and the wall, I can’t stop my eyes from shutting tightly. I’m strangely aware that he could rip my throat out at this very moment yet I have no trace of fear. Instead, I’m fighting a feeling of longing brewing inside to willingly surrender myself to his every wish.

His fingertips glide along my wrists and I feel tiny sparks erupting under my skin. I’ve never felt such intensity from a mere touch but it’s quickly becoming too much to handle, too much to resist. He pushes off the wall abruptly and my eyes flutter open, I feel Anna push forward and whine inside as I watch him turn on his heels and enter into a dimly lit room. I struggle to compose my thoughts but can’t stop my body from chasing after the man that just had me pinned roughly against the wall. It registers in my brain that I’m staring into a window of opportunity to sprint down the staircase and make a run as far out of Crescent Moon as I can get but I can’t stop my own curiosity from clouding my better judgment.

I feel my throat go painfully dry when I step inside and see him tugging his black v-neck t-shirt over his head, exposing every defined ridge dancing along his back. Goddess, he’s breathtaking. I can’t stop this burning urge building inside to go to him and feel every inch of his body under my touch. It’s as if the air gets knocked out my chest when he turns around and my eyes defy me, trailing down each bronze and protruding curve down to the V of his toned Adonis belt.

I nearly miss the devilish grin playing on his face when his low voice sends a shiver up my spine, “see something you like, kitten?” The tone in his voice held immense confidence, he wielded power and he knew how to play on his words. I felt silly that I had even assumed he wanted me as a sex slave, Alpha Liam could have any woman he wished. He didn’t need a rogue for his late night pleasures. He wanted something else.

I feel the heat take over my body and my cheeks tinge pink, blurting out the first thing that I could think of. “Then are you going to kill me? You know I’m a rogue,” I stammer out. A smile tugs from the corner of his lips and I realize it’s the first time I’ve actually seen him smile. His pearly whites are perfectly straight and I find myself dazed yet again. He hums for a minute and asks, “should I kill you?”, in a taunting voice that makes me realize he’s testing me.

Anna growls inside, “Alpha Liam will protect us from Alpha Axton. He doesn’t want to hurt us Alexandra,” she cries. I love Anna, she’s a part of me but she trusts him way too much for our own good. I feel guilty to push her down after all this time apart from her but I refuse to show Alpha Liam I’m conflicted. I have to keep my best poker face glued onto my face, the risk of falling for his games could cost me my life.

I cross my arms over my chest and notice his eyes now slowly creeping down to my chest. I should feel angry but I can’t stop the satisfaction that I want him to keep staring, I want him to want me. I want to feel the excitement of being his prey. I huff, “you’re the Alpha, why would you care about what I think?”

He bites his bottom lip but doesn’t respond, making me feel increasingly more nervous about what he’s thinking about. My eyes go wide as he proceeds to stalk towards me, never breaking eye contact and pushes a strand of hair with his thick fingers behind my ear. His touch is gentle and kind this time, it’s like I’m staring into a different man; not the savage beast that he was. I’m not sure which version of him I like better, proving to further confuse me. “Tell me, what do you want?”, he asks and cocks his head ever so slightly. I swallow hard and try my luck, “I want to leave.”

He growls loudly and his sharp canines begin to protrude from his mouth, “no. You’re not going anywhere, kitten. Rogue or not, this is your home now and I am your Alpha.” I gasp as he leans in closer, whispering into my ear, “don’t think of running from me either, I’ll always find what’s mine.”

Alpha Liam’s jaw clenches tightly and he storms through a doorway beside a sleek black dresser, I take a deep breath and exhale. He returns as quickly as he left with a white t-shirt gasped in his fist, giving me one long stone cold glare before slamming the bedroom door behind him. I stand there frozen in place, feeling the water pooling in my eyes. My emotions hit me in violent waves. Fear penetrates through me with an added touch of anger, but true sadness is what overpowers them both. My heart thumps vigorously in my chest, each beat harder than the last.

I didn’t want to upset him, I hated hurting him like this. It felt like I just broke my own heart. Anna is pacing inside but is livid with me too, when I try to call out to her, she refuses to even acknowledge me. I didn’t want him to leave. The truth is more than I can handle. I feel like the walls around me are closing in, making it more difficult to breathe with each breath. I rush towards the door and grasp the black knob in my hands to chase after him, turning it over and over again but nothing. Small clicks echo in through the room. My forehead lands on the massive door as regret erupts through me and I’m instantly aware that Alpha Liam has just locked me away.