Chapter 24 His Mark
Aria
My body shuddered at whatever Lucian was doing to it.
His voice dangerously rang over and over again in my ears. What does he mean by I would feel it a hundredfold when he's eventually done?
And what is he even doing to me?
“Do you hear, Aria?” He said dangerously close to my ear.
I opened my mouth to reply, but I was forced to a sudden stop when his teeth suddenly nibbled on my skin.
The action sent several electric shocks through my body.
My first response was to push him away but a part of me didn't want that. Strangely, I wanted him to continue.
And even more strangely, I wanted him to touch me. Not just use his mouth but also his hands.
I wanted him to explore my body as strange as that may sound.
He stopped suddenly and pulled back for the second time to look at me. His golden eyes glowed even more, and there was something more in his eyes, but I couldn't quite place my hands on it.
More like raw desire or lust.
“You will be forced to want me, to desire me more than you ever want, to shiver at my existence,” he muttered like a chant.
He gently pushed me back to the bed and I didn't argue. I couldn't even protest. It felt like there was suddenly a lump in my throat and I couldn't push it down.
He came over me again but hesitated when he was a few inches away from my lips.
“I won't kiss you, Aria, unless you demand it. And soon, will it be,” he uttered and went right to my cleavage.
He gently sucked on my skin like I was a baby he wasn't supposed to harm. Then, he traced the skin over to my right breast.
At this point, I was filled with heat that could last me a lifetime.
Moans filled the air around me. It took me a while to discover I was the one moaning.
All at once, consciousness returned to me and I pushed him away with all my might.
“Get away from me!” I yelled, my breath coming out in fast beats.
He smirked and rushed at me.
I tried to fight him but he was like a beast, quickly overpowering me. But my hands still pushed at his chest weakly. He caught them so easily and pinned them above me.
Fear slammed into me.
“What will you do to me?
He regarded me for a moment, his eyes growing darker every moment. “Mark you!”
My heart quickened and instinct kicked in.
“No! Don't!” I warned, fear vivid in my voice.
“You don't get to decide.”
I hissed. “I will kill you if you do it! I will hate you forever!” I swore between clenched teeth but maybe I was deceiving myself.
And he knew, somehow, he did. How did he know my body can't resist him? And he glorified it.
He grinned. “You don't challenge a wolf, an Alpha at that.”
Chloe told me about the mating nights, the markings, and I don't think I'm ready for this. What would happen to me if he did this?
He said it already, that I would want him a hundredfold. But I didn't want that. I'm still trying hard not to want him now. This would worsen the whole thing
“Please, don't do this,” my voice went soft on its own. “I'm begging you.”
He went for my neck anyway.
When his teeth sank into my neck, pain ripped through me. Raw, sharp pain that my body felt like it was on fire.
I tried again to fight him, but it was useless. He didn't budge.
“Please!” I sobbed as he continued with whatever it was.
I instantly felt like something strange was being forced into my body. It burned with its movement, and it felt like it was moving over every corner of my body.
I sobbed the more, my body breaking as it shook beneath him.
Was this how the mark was supposed to be? A mark of the mate?
He pulled back finally, his eyes glowing all over while mine felt blurry. But even with that, I realized with horror that some part of me had wanted it.
I hated him for that. Oh, I will forever hate him.
The pain didn't fade when his mouth left my neck but it did change.
Heat suddenly spread outward from the mark, and sank even deeper into my body. It curled around my chest, and I suddenly felt it difficult to breathe properly.
He regarded me for a moment, as if studying me. Then, he moved to unclamp the chain around my hand.
Even with free hands, I still felt weak to move. My hands felt like jelly.
“No!” I whispered, panic rushing into me as something tugged at my rib. It felt sharp, aching like I was hungry for something. “What did you do to me?”
He pulled back but didn't move away from my body. A little smile was on his lips like he just won a thousand wars.
The pull I felt towards him was unbearable, and my heart and body were waging war against themselves inside me.
“What did_” my voice cracked as a wave of dizziness rushed into me.
“You will be fine,” he assured, his face coming down over my neck again, but to brush the mark slightly as if declaring dominance over it.
My heartbeat skipped, vision blurred as the mark burned even hotter, flooding me with emotions that weren't entirely mine. Was it possessiveness, longing, or the certainty that he was mine and I was his?
Just like he had declared and wanted.
I leaned against him but immediately backed off. I shouldn't be doing this. Whatever the mark was, I shouldn't let it get the best of me.
But I couldn't help it.
Fear surged through me at how badly I suddenly needed him now.
The last thing I saw before everything went dark was him adjusting my hair.
I should have tried to kill him, instead of escaping. Alpha Lucian would be the death of me.
“Now, you are mine,” he declared over the darkness looming over me. “And don't worry, I will always protect you.”