Twenty Five

Twenty Five
~Amber.

I was tense, my heart kept racing as I struggled to keep my body in check. What would he do to me when he gets back? Would he kill me like I always thought? Or would he give me another punishment?

My face blushes crimson as the thought vame, my mind went back to that night but I pulled nh thoughts away as fast I could. Come to think of it, I felt more relaxed and at ease here, I found out that Ayra and I have a lot in common. Apart from painting I was also very good at some hand craft and helped her when I met her doing any of those.

I barely thought of home, but at the same time I was bothered about my dad. After realizing how vicious Reece was I felt a touch of pity for my father because I knew it would not take long before Reece would either kill him or make him a slave.

I shuddered at the thought and pushed it away, I hoped I would be able to do something when the time comes, but now I was helpless. I just have to keep navigating my life with my sob stories and Raze's electric touch.

"You are doing it again. Gazing off." Carmen's sharp voice jolted me back to reality and I gave her an apologetic look with a nervous smile on my face.

"Sorry." 

Carmen has been a frequent visitor in Raze mansion, we have grown really close but she still nagbes about how shady and closed off I was but was it my fault? All my life I have been treated like nothing and had no real friends or even someone to talk to. So this whole idea of luxuriousness and friendly smiles warmed me and at the same time put me on the edge.

She plopped her elbows on the table and nestled her face on her palms, gazing at me intently. I cowered under her stare.

"What are you looking at? Why are you staring at me?"

She had a mischievous glint in her eyes that made me shift uncomfortably, she was always up to no good when she did that. "Just wondering how your screens would be when I am done ticking the hell outta you."

My eyes widened in alarm and my mouth agape, before I could react she was beside me. She poked my side with such intensity that the laughter rumbled out of me. I managed to pull under her hold and ran around the room like a lunatic with her hot on my trails.

"Give it up already. I am faster than you." She shouted above my laughter.

I almost responded but my words were caught in my throat. Carmen froze on her tracks as a voice coldly filled the room.

"That's enough play for today Carmen. You may leave. And you too Ayra '' Raze ordered standing nonchalantly at the doorway, his gaze never leaving mine.

The initial nervousness I felt rushed through me, I glanced helplessly at Carmen but she gave me a sorry look and obeyed her Alpha.

"That leaves just me and you." He said, locking the door and throwing the key on the hold beside the closet.

My eyes trailed his every movement and I couldn't bring myself to say anything. As he walked closer his scent became more profound, awakening all the emotions that I closed off this morning.

"Greetings Alpha." I hastily greeted, my voice betraying how nervous I was. I fiddled with my arms and in no time he stood directly opposite me.

He raised my chin up to look at him with his strong index finger and for a moment I was lost in the calm beauty of his eyes. On a closer look he looked really breathtaking and my cheek reddened at the thought.

"You didn't come for breakfast. You ignored me." It was a statement not a question, I didn't reply. "Or would I say avoid me?" He picked his words carefully like they would hurt me if he said something off.

"I- I.. I am sorry. I wasn't in the mood to eat this morning." I lied, hoping the soft tone of my voice would convince him.

He laughed and regarded me with amusement. "You think I'm a kid Amber?" My name rolled out from his tongue seductively.

"No. It's not that..I?" 

My breathing hitched when I felt a kiss on the nape of my neck. I shuddered helplessly under his hot touch and my eyes dared to meet him.

"You avoided me because I left you wanting me yesterday, that's why I'm here, to finish up where we started." His husky voice left tingles in my ears and he claimed my lips almost immediately, filling me with his husky scent.

"Alpha.."I whimpered but then he growled against my lips pulling out from the kiss. His eyes were lit with hunger and lust, the flame from him ignited mine and I felt my bones go weak, everything in me wants to submit to him.

"Call me Raze."

I raised my brows at him and dared to speak freely for the first time. "Isn't that disrespectful for a ruthless man like you?"

He smiled. "You amuse me Amber. I am not ruthless, expect you want me to be darling?" He caressed my cheek with his thumb and silence fell in between us. "Do you Amber?"

I wasn't prepared to be fully given to a man I was sure would end my life when he got tired of me. It was the usual among his kind, they never stick to one woman, filling their taste with different women.

"No," I shook my head. "I am not." I whispered. That was my mouth speaking but not my body or my wolf that seemed to have strengthened since my arrival here.

I saw a look I couldn't read flash on his face and for a moment I felt bad. "I didn't…"

"It's fine." He waved me off curtly. "Just know, you are nobody else's than mine. Mine along, and very soon I'll mark my territory."

I shivered as he pulled away from me, walking out without turning back.

I slumped on the bed, my mind spinning as I tried to still all the thoughts that tried to read meaning into his words.