Chapter 42
Chapter 42
“And he is going to be fine, right?” I ask the pack doctor
as I watch Serge rest on the
infirmary bed.
“Yes. He is going to be good as new in a few days.”
I’m glad he’s okay. I don’t
know him at all but he seems
like an upstanding man.
Plus, he got hurt protecting
- me.
I look at Serge as he lies on
the bed. He is conscious and
awake but he has his eyes
closed, resting.
“Thank you. If not for you…” I sigh. “Thank you.”
I walk out, leaving him to rest, and clap at Victor.
“Alright! Let’s get to training!”
“It almost seems like you are
going to take it seriously
now.” He says.
“I am. I need to learn how to
fight. I am an Alpha but
without training that means nothing.”
He smiles, approving of my
words.
I spend the morning training and putting in all I have to it. Victor is working with me to grow my stamina first. It is exhausting but I know I need to do this.
The early afternoon, I spend it with Garret closely paying
attention to what he has to
say. Mid–afternoon I spend it vexing my father.
“I told you! No killing! Or I
am not doing it!”
“You are insufrable you brat!”
“I am not the brat! You are
the one who is scared of
change and is soooo DAMN
stubborn!”
“I’M stubborn?”
“Yeah.”
He looks at his Beta with
wide eyes. “This little…”
The beta seems like he
doesn’t know how to react
and honestly, he looks a bit
uncomfortable.
“Punch him.” I say to Archie,
the beta.
Archie looks at me with
shock. “What?” He asks.
“Aww damn it. I thought it
would work.”
“You horrible girl! You were
commanding him to punch
me?”
“Yeah, well…it didn’t work. But it will someday. And hey, that is all the motivation I
need. No need to kill anyone
‘cause that is not going to
motivate me at all.”
“I have gotten way over my head here with you. I can’t handle you.”
“Well…too late now.”
“You are really making me
regret this shit.”
I shrug and immediately ask him what is really on my mind. “So, where is Colt?”
“I am not telling you.”
He hid him from me after
my little sizzling rendezvous with him and the fight with Ezra. It has been two days.
“Well if you don’t, I’ll still
find him. And once I do, I am going to grab that dick and give it a good-” He immediately interrupts me.
“YOU KNOW WHAT? Go
away. We are done for today.
You are draining my damn
lifeforce!”
I laugh as I walk out.
“You really enjoyed that, didn’t you?” Victor says. He was behind me watching everything since he has taken over Serge’s duties.
“You did too. Admit it.”
He laughs. “Yeah. He was out
of his element. Never seen
him like that.”
As we walk downstairs, we pass by the space that has the sunroom. Lotus and Poppy are there sitting around a small table having tea.
“Hey, beautiful. Come sit
with us.” Lotus shouts across
the room, patting the chair
next to her.
I walk over with Victor
behind.
“Here we have the girl that is causing all types of changes and commotion.” Poppy says
with a smile.
I laugh with a little
embarrassment.
“Well according to father, I am being a brat.” I sit with
them and join them in
conversation.
Poppy smiles. “I have never
seen him like this, you
know.”
“Like what?”
“So…lost.”
“Lost?”
She nods. “It’s like he doesn’t
know how to handle you.
He’s always been very strict. Would punish any of us
without giving it a second
thought if we broke any
rules.”
“That’s because after you’ve been punished, you obey
him immediately and fall in
line.” I say. “He is not going to get me with that. And look, I am not stupid. I know that there are punishments
that he has done to others
that are… appalling. I get that
at any moment he could choose to do something like that but I am definitely taking advantage of the fact
that he needs me. He wants
my power and that is why I am able to get away with so
much. Because of his
obsession with it.”
“You are wrong. He doesn’t suffer you because of your
power. It is because of your
mother.” Poppy says.
“My mother?!”
“Yes. You are her daughter. The daughter of his one true love. He doesn’t love us. He
cares very much for Lotus
because she has been with
him the longest after your
mother but he doesn’t love
us.”
“He…loved her?”
“Very much.” Lotus nods.
“Then why did she run from
him?”
“Don’t get it wrong, she loved
him as much as he loved her.
But she loved you the most. She was scared of the place
that he had created. This
place. She didn’t want you to grow up knowing such
cruelty. She begged him to stop it all. To let his
ambitions go. But he couldn’t. Without warning,
she found a way out.
Unfortunately, it caused her
death. He became even more
cruel after her death.”
Poppy nods. “Yeah. After she
died, that’s when all this hell really started.”
“But he doesn’t hurt you two,
does he?” I ask.
“No. He has never hurt us
like that.”
I nod. “And Skye…Jasmin? What happened to her? I saw her with a bag the other day.”
“Oh, she got kicked out of
the main house. She is no longer a bride and was taken
to the pack house.”
“And she has been quiet all
this time now?”
“Yeah, surprisingly. She got
knocked down from that
pedestal she put herself in.”
“Oh! Well. It was her own
doing.”
“Yes but…just be careful.”
“Why?”
“Well, now that she has been
removed as one of Warrick’s
brides, she might just try to
go
back to Alexis–I mean
Colt.”
“You think so?”
“Could be a possibility.”
Then she’s going to have to go through me…but…what
if…what if Colt wants her
back?… Stop it! Cass! Don’t be
stupid! This man loves you!
And he is mine! I marked
him!
I take my mind away from those thoughts. “Anyway, neither of you would know where Colt is being held, would you?”
They both shake their heads.
I sigh. “Okay, thanks for the chat. See you guys later.”
I walk out thinking that I am going to have to try and find him myself. I have been trying to feel him, I should
feel him now but it is not
strong enough.
Suddenly I spot Garret.
With a mischievous smile, I
walk up to him.
“Hey!”
He looks at me, stopping the
conversation he had with
another pack member.
“Yeah?”
“Where is Colt?”
“Oh no! No! Don’t!”
“Don’t what?”
“Don’t ask me.”
“Why?”
“You know why!”
“No, I don’t.”
“You are going to use your
power on me.”
“Well, I won’t if you just tell
me.”
He opens his mouth but
quickly closes it. Then he
closes his eyes and shakes his
head.
“Come on little brother. You
can tell me.” I say in a sweet
tone.
“Little-” He closes his eyes
and sighs. “The cells
downstairs. Now let me be.”
He says.
I turn to Victor. “Oh? This
house has cells?”
“Yeah.”
“Lead me to them.”
Victor leans to the side and
looks at Garret who is
behind me.
Garret shakes his head.
“Don’t look at me. She is
your problem.”
Victor sighs and then
without hesitating, he leads
me to the cells, leaving an
irritated Garret behind.
He takes me to a door in the
back that seems to be a bit
hidden at the end of one of
the halls.
We open it and go down a flight of stairs and
immediately there are cells
on each side of the walls. But
they are all empty.
“Where is he?”
“He…must have been
moved?” Victor says.
“Moved? Are you sure that is
it?” I panic.
Victor looks at me but he
can’t really reassure me.
I run up the stairs like a
demon ready to cause some
hell.
I barge into Warrick’s office.
“Where is he?!” I shout.
Everyone looks at
me…including Colt who
stands in front of Warrick’s
desk.
“Oh…there you are…” I feel just a bit embarrassed but I was ready to raise some real
demons out of hell.
“You really have no manners,
do you?” Warrick asks.
“Uhm…well…”
I look at Colt and see that he
has no cuffs.
“We are having an important conversation,” Warrick says.
I nod. “Okay.”
“A private one.” He adds.
“Oh…I see.” I say as I look
down at my pants and pat
them to clean them.
“You are not leaving, are
you?” He asks.
I give him a big smile.
“Nope.”
He takes in a deep breath looking exasperated.
“He will no longer be treated as a prisoner. He will be your responsibility now.” Warrick
looks at Colt. “And she will
be yours. Victor has other
responsibilities so you are to protect her from now on.”
Colt nods. “I will. Always.”
“I trust that you want to be with her more than you want
to return to your pack.”
Colt nods agian. “Yes. If she stays, I stay. I’ll follow her
anywhere.”
“Good. Now leave. Both of
you.” Warrick says.
I take Colt’s hand and turn
around but Warrick speaks again. “I am not soft, girl.
Don’t think that for one
second. I will kill everyone around you if you betray me. So mind yourself.”
I look at him before I walk
out. “I know. I believe every word you are saying. But I have no reason to betray
you…unless you give me
one.”
I can see him grinding his
teeth as I say this.
“And I still mean it! Don’t
finish the mate bond! I warn
you! You will never see him
again.”
“Yeah yeah, but also, stop killing people. Now that’s an idea, eh? It’s so overrated
already.” I smile at him and walk out leaving him cursing
under his breath.
Immediately after closing the door behind us, I grab Colt and give him a big hug.
“I…I couldn’t sleep the last
few nights.” I say. “I missed you too much.”
His warmth encases me and
I almost melt into his arms.
“I know. Me too. It felt like I
needed you.” He says.
I nod and look up at him.
“Let’s got to my room…our
room.”
He smiles. “Are you asking me to live with you?”
I laugh. “I guess I am.”
“Then that is a yes.” His grin
almost reaches his ears. “Let’s
go.”
We sprint all the way up to my room. We lock the door and I push him on the bed.
He falls back and lies down
on it while I climb on him.
I k*ss him. His hands grab my butt cheeks and he squeezes as we deepen the
k*ss.
“Mh…I missed you, Angel.”
I smile and dip my head to his neck. I softly k*ss him and lick the mark I gave him. It is pure pleasure just to see
this mark on him. He is
mine…well…almost
completely mine.
Even though we are not officially mates, it still feels
much more different than it
did before. It is not just intensity. I feel…so much
calm here with him. Inner
peace. I feel…safe and his scent kills me. It is so good.
I pull away and look into his eyes. “I could stare at you all day.” I say.
“We should stay right here
like this for the rest of our
lives.” He adds.
I laugh and he laughs.
My nose crinkles. “Too
much.”
“Yeah.”
He clears hair from my face and looks into my eyes with intensity. “I love you, Cass. I love you so much. I can’t wait for the day that you are completely mine.”
“Mark or not, I am already completely yours, Colt. I
love you. I am glad it is us together.”
He nods. “All that I have been
through, it is all worth it now that I have you.”
“All of it?”
“Yes, all of it. I’d go through
all of it again if I knew it would lead me to you.”
I give him that face where I
am about to make fun of
him but he narrows his eyes
before I can say anything
else. “Don’t you dare ruin
this moment.”
I laugh. “Okay okay.” I look to the side, thinking. “I’d do the same too. If I knew that I
had to go through it all to get to you, I would.”
“Good thing we don’t have
to.”
“Yes! We are where we are
supposed to be!”
“No. I don’t agree.” He says.
“What? Why?”
He gives me a devilish smile.
“Because where you are
supposed to be is under me right now.”
“Under you?”
“Yep.” He twirls us around
and makes me straddle him
while he presses his hips
against my core. “See, just
like this.”
“Oh! Yes, much better.” I say
agreeing and then he locks his l*ps with mine in a
passionate k*ss.