Chapter 34: CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR

Adam smiled at Sarah in joy and the woman merely shrugged at him. It's been more than an hour since they had had their little fight where she had stabbed him in the arm. She had promptly gotten up from him and before Adam could miss her, she had returned with the first aid box and had begun to tend to his wound. Even though Adam knew that the wound would heal itself before twenty minutes, he didn't try to dissuade her from tending to him.

Instead of stopping her from treating him, he had whimpered at every little touch she made at the site of the injury. She hadn't gotten tired of apologizing to him, so Adam had made sure to express his pain every few seconds. When she had bandaged the arm and left again to return the kit, Adam had flexed the arm and had smiled when he noticed that it barely hurt anymore. Of course, when he saw Sarah returned to the room, he had winced in pain and she had promptly apologized again.

He enjoyed the way he was teasing her and even his wolf joined him in the enjoyment. But he needed to know why she had opted to treat him the way she had earlier. He needed to know why she had gotten angry at him and attempted to murder him. Earlier on, he had thought that perhaps, it was because he had woken her up but he knew that couldn't be the reason enough for her to attack him.

What he was suspecting was the reason for her anger would be because she thought that he hadn't bothered to search for her, especially if she had been staying at his place through the space of the three days she had left the pack house. He would be angry too if the reverse was the day. He looked at her again and she gave him one of her evil, callous looks but he just grinned at her.

Adam knew what she was doing. She didn't want him to ask her anything about her behavior, so she was trying to feign anger. At the point where Adam was, he truly wanted to know what his wrongdoings were that could have cost him his life if he hadn't been careful and dodged her knife the way he did. True, Sarah was always quick to anger but Adam knew that she was not like that with him, so something had to be going on that might need his attention. He got up from his seat and went over to her.

The moment Sarah saw that the Alpha was coming over to her, she got up from her seat and tried to leave but she wasn't fast enough about it. The man grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her back to the couch she had just gotten up from. She fell on the couch on her back and Adam sat on her thigh, impaling her in place. His mischievous grin when she tried to get up told her that she won't be able to get him off her.

"Why were you so rash with me earlier?'' Adam asked her.

Sarah looked away from him. She didn't want to tell him that she had behaved the way she did because she had been angry about what she saw. Telling him about that little secret would make him realize that she was jealous and he would know that she cared about him more than she let out.

But she also thought that he deserved to know. She should let him know that she knew about what had happened between him and the redhead that night. That way, he would know that she was aware of his unfaithfulness despite his claim that he was going to marry her and no more else. Now that she thought about it, she wondered why he had gone to such a length to carry out such a charade before his people.

"Sarah?" Adam called her name to remind her of the question he had asked her earlier. His wolf was beginning to react to their intimate proximity and Adam didn't want to get up to avoid adding more petrol to her already burning anger.

"I caught you and that vicious redhead woman making love," she blurted out before she could control herself.

Adam looked at her feeling very confused. What? Lovemaking? That too, with the woman his mother had chosen for him and he had rejected? "Sarah, I don't know what you are talking about."

"That night I fought with her. I came to your room to apologize and I met both of you naked, making love. Don't you dare deny it," she said to him, pushing at his chest with a finger.

Adam honestly didn't remember anything about what she was talking about. He wanted to think that she had added the story up to justify her actions but he knew that Sarah was not something that can fake her emotions. The look he was seeing on her face signified that she was hurt by what he thought she had done. He bent down and kissed her forehead for about thirty seconds before he looked into her eyes.

"I really don't know what you're talking about, Sarah. I honestly have no idea. I just want you to know that I would never cheat on you volunteering, especially with that woman my mother is trying to push into my life," Adam told her.

Sarah didn't want to believe him but she did. She believed that he knew nothing about what had transpired that night. She wrapped her hands around his waist and smiled at him. "Alright then. I believe you. So, let's go back to the mansion, shall we? I can't wait to kill that woman called Xana for toying with me."

"Sarah, we can't go back to the pack house," Adam said and closed his eyes. His wolf was seriously threatening to show forth itself and he didn't want that. But he could smell her arousal for him and that made his thoughts turn wayward in his head. His wolf did nothing to help matters other than escalating it.

"Are you okay?" Sarah asked.

Adam knew that she must have noticed his change in behavior but he refused to open his eyes and give in to the desire eating him raw. When he felt her lips on his chest, his eyes shot open instantly and he looked at her. He didn't need a soothsayer to warn him that his eyes had changed to that of fire blue, Sarah's expression was enough. She removed her hands from his waist and he moaned about the loss.

"Why did you say that I can't go back to the mansion? You don't want me over there?" she asked him.

Did she want to discuss such a trivial thing now? Adam thought. Now when he was losing control of himself because of her? He decided to answer her in any case even though his wolf protested.

"Because you tried to kill Xana. Everyone is a little on the edge for you right now. Unless you promise to be on your best behavior around her, I'm not taking you back," he told her.

"She deserves whatever fate before her in my hands," Sarah retorted.

"Sarah?" Adam called in a clear warning tone and he heard her sigh.

"Okay, fine. I'll try not to kill her because of you."

"Thanks," Adam told her, his voice a little hoarse. He took one of Sarah's hands in his and brought it up to his mouth and began to suck them one after the other.

"So, do I get to go back to the mansion with you?" Sarah asked.

Her voice sounded a little breathless and that made Adam even harder for her than he already was. He paused in the activity he was carrying out with her fingers and answered her.

"Yes, but not tonight. Tonight is for me and I want you writhing under me." He dropped her hand and stretched himself fully on her. As he kissed her lips, he prayed that his wolf would not overpower his will and claim her.