The Alpha Claimed Me Deeply

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(Aurora's pov)

"Just up ahead." Eli said lowly as he walked in front, his stance stiff and probably regretting agreeing to bring me here.

I nod even though he couldn't see me and wrapped my arms around myself.

I feared of what he'd say to me but I had the determination to make him see that, perhaps we could make this work. Perhaps he doesn't have to send me away to protect me.

Maybe we indeed needed each other and parting ways would not be to our benefit.

I needed to make him see.

That I was worth it.

But as Eli stopped a few feet away from what I presume was Xavier's study, my heart dropped and dread weighed heavy in my gut.

I was terrified. But knew if I were to show him that I was indeed worth it, I'd have to be stronger. Act stronger. Show him I was stronger.

So I pulled in a sharp breath through my nose and let it out through my parted mouth. I needed to relax if I were to speak to him.

Eli tums to me, slightly grimacing as his eyes turned foggy. He was mind linking someone. I had a feeling it was Xavier.

After his eyes had cleared, he coughs, looking anywhere but me." Are you sure about this Aurora? He's pretty frustrated and angry in there,"

I could detect concern in Eli's voice and it was enough for me to summon a reassuring smile.

I nod, silently coaxing myself that Xavier was my mate and he'd never hurt me intentionally." I'm sure," It was like I needed to reassure myself that I indeed wanted to do this. There was no backing away now. Just a few more steps and I'll be faced with him again

Just a few more.

I gulped, staring at the concerned eyes of Eli and smiled. He barely knew me but somehow he was looking at me with this emotion I don't see on a daily.

"111 be fine," I added, sidestepping him and walking towards the door.

I will not take anything bad he has to say to heart. Deep down he wouldn't mean them. I reassured myself like a silent prayer as I pry the door open.

His eyes are cast down to the paper on his desk, pen in hand as he scribbled something hastily, as though in a hurry to get it out of the way.

I give one last fleeting glance to Eli, who only smiled, or should I say grimace before I closed the door. His eyes had told me enough, he was wishing me luck because I needed it.

With the clicking sound of the door shutting, I take note of Xavier's broad shoulders stiffening. He was clothed, thankfully. Perhaps had entered the room when I went to use the toilet after he left. I wasn't gifted with the unique senses and hearings of wolves, so of course, I'll not feel disappointed that I hadn't heard him.

"My mind will not change." Came his gruff and unemotional reply.

I played with my fingers in front of me, staring at him with burning eyes of desperation. Why can't he see that I want to stay here with him?

I gulped the lump that was in my throat and took a step forward, my posture stiff as a rock. "I didn't come here to change your mind," I lied which came out smoother than I anticipated.

I was getting good at this. A bit too good.

Xavier's head lifts and the amber in his eyes set fire in my belly. They were beautiful. Too beautiful to belong to a beast. But I wasn't so sure he was actually the beast everyone feared. He showed me a side of him, that I don't think he had yet to show to others.

A gentle side.

A caring side.

A side where he'll choose to protect instead of listening to his selfish heart's desire.

I didn't know much about mates but I was willing to find out with, him. I was willing to do whatever possible to be by his side and this time not for the selfish reason of just needing protection, but the need to actually be in his presence and take the warmth he was willing to give.

I wanted him.

Beast or not, I wanted him.

I don't fear him anymore.

Perhaps fear the unknown feeling he gives me, but not fear him in a way I want him away from me.

I really do want him.

"Then why have you come here then Aurora? Why have you left your room to find me? I cannot give you what you want," He grumbles. I am quick to hear the pause in his breathing when the lies roll out of his lips.

I pinched my fingers, calculating the seconds that ticked by with the heavy pregnant pause. I do something that unnerved him, I took a step forward, then another, and then another until I was basically by his side.

I fixed my gaze on Xavier's neck, looking closely at his pulse. It was quick. Really quick.

Somehow that brought comfort in knowing I can do to him exactly what he does to me.

"You and I both know that isn't true Xavier," I whispered.

Xavier's eyes close as he breathes in sharply and I'm quick to notice the shudder that he failed to hide.

"Don't," He grunts, opening his eyes only to reveal that of red crimson.

I don't let his sudden emotions affect my composure. Instead, I step impossibly closer until my legs almost brushed his.

I could feel my heart pummel in my chest and I swore I could hear the sound of my own blood running through my veins as his gaze pierced me with a maddening heat.

"Aurora

"I know you're the alpha Xavier, you're the leader of the pack. But you're also my mate. And I have the right to also choose if I want to stay with you or go. And I choose you. I want to stay." I finally admitted in a breathy tone that nearly had my lungs collapsing by the lack of air.

Xavier's sharp intake of breath reaches my ears and I found the sound delightful. Arousing even. To know that I can unsettle his emotions like he does to me was undeniably pleasurable in ways I do not understand.

Suddenly Xavier's on his feet, his body pressing to mine his hands going on my waist, and his lips connecting with mine.

I gasp, shocked by his swift yet arousing actions. He grunts, brutally pushing his tongue into my mouth to meet my tongue where h e dominated with heated flicks of desire.

I arch my back, his fingers pressing into my skin as he draws me to him. I can only seem to breathe heavily and moan like I was in some kind of heat.

I was though. I was very hot at the moment. It was like someone had set me on fire. And that someone was the alpha of the Crimson Moon pack.

Xavier soon grows impatient, the flicks of his tongue getting desperate as he sought for something. I hear the sound of papers being swiped aside, books thrown and I swore I heard something break. But Xavier doesn't pull away, neither of us do.

My hands reach in his hair, tugging at his soft strands as I am too desperate for something he alone can give me.

I gasped as I'm suddenly hoisted up and placed on the desk. "Aurora," Xavier growls on my lips, his fingers finding the waistband of the black leggings and panty and tugs them down my legs, his warmth going along with them until they are on the floor and he comes back between my legs.

My eyes dart between both of the crimson orbs, and my breathing grows more erratic. I wanted him. Whatever way possible. I wanted him. And by the look in his eyes, he wanted me too.

"Aurora," He whispered, deep gaze falling to my lips then my neck where he stared at a certain spot for longer than necessary.

"Xavier," I whispered breathlessly and gasped when his fingers latch around my neck.

He moans, then slams his lips on mine, curving his mouth slightly so he could dip his tongue deeper into my mouth. His tongue meets mine, and it's now fire where we touch.

His hands around my neck travel down between my breasts slowly, then over my belly until he reached that heat that begged for him.

He groans, his tongue whipping against mine as his fingers teased my throbbing core. I arch my back, impossibly aroused and in desperate need of him.

"Xavier," I whispered in desperation as I fought to win a losing battle with my body.

"y woey.

This wasn't how I had imagined this talk to go. In fact, I was eighty percent probably leaning more on ninety percent sure he'd demand me out of his sturdy and away from him.

Not with my fingers touching him as desperately as he was touching me.

His mouth draw away from mine and the protest that slowly crept up my throat died out when his lips trailed kissing down my jawline to my neck. I stiffen when suddenly I could feel the sharpness of his canines on the soft tender skin of my flesh.

The pointy sharp teeth trail to the hollowness of my neck where my shoulder and neck met. I suddenly shivered, overcome with an impossible burning I couldn't understand.

Xavier's rough breath flutters against the skin sending shivers of pleasure in my body. I find my head slowly drawing aside, giving him better access to my neck. I clutched his hair tightly as an anchor, my heart beating in my chest.

But as quickly as the buming came it vanishes when Xavier moves his teeth, groaning as he kisses the showing cleavage of my breast, then goes down to my belly. And even though there was cotton in his way, his lips still manages to burn through the material and reach my skin.

But then, his mouth latched to that certain area between my thighs that ached for him and all I could do was cry out as his tongue pressed into me.

My vision turns a little foggy as he works his tongue between my lips down there and seeks for that hole he then plunged his entire tongue into.

I cry out again, my hands going on his shoulders to somehow stop him because the pleasure was too powerful. But Xavier was a hungry beast and he showed me what hungry beasts do when they are desperate.

His hands curl around my thighs and he tugs me forward, bringing my pussy closer so his mouth can devour it. My whimpers tumed to cries as I feel a painful tightening in my lower stomach.

It was so powerful that it felt like a knot that needed to be untied. And it was like Xavier knew this, because his tongue wickedly swirled in my pussy, tasting every comer as if untying that knot with his tongue. He'd groan like a beast when I tremble, he'd hiss when I cry and he'd pant when I could no longer hold that knot together and it unraveled by his tongue's actions. -

I cried out his name loudly, my voice sounding like a screech of a banshee to my ears as I saw little specks of white in my vision fluttering like fireflies.

Xavier growls beastly as he drinks every last drop of my undoing and then comes up between my thighs, his eyes now amber as they connected with mine.

nie.

I gulped, my chest rising and falling and took note of how his breathing was also rough.

"Xavier

I start in a breathless tone but he stops me with a shake of his head.

"I still can't change my mind Aurora," He grunts, his eyes now tearing away from mine.

I could feel my heart drop in the pit of my stomach at his words but put up a brave front. "And why not? It's clear that you want me just as I want you

He steps away from me, his heat going along with him and leaving me cold. He bends to pick up my discarded panty and leggings and tosses them on my naked thigh.

"Get dressed. "He murmurs. I reach for the material and looked at him helplessly.

What would it take to change his mind?

"Why do you

"Because I'm protecting you from the burdens of my past! And my future. Aurora this bond. It's a burden

"Not to me," I whispered cutting him off. "It's not a burden to me."

Xavier shook his head. "You don't understand

"Then make me Xavier. Make me understand," I murmured staring into his eyes.

He clenches his eyes shut, turns away from me like he was in pain, walks to the wall, rests his foream on the wall then his head falls on his arm.

He lets out a heavy breath as I move off his desk and get dressed.

"I'm not going to change my mind Aurora. This is for your own good. Your protection." He mumbles.

Sliding up my leggings to my thigh, I stare at his back. "But I

Suddenly he whirls around, his gaze angry and frustrated. "Enough Aurora! I don't want you here. My people won't accept you here! "He sneered.

I flinched at his words, a lump quickly forming in my throat. He sees this and his gaze softens but he doesn't apologize. Instead, he mumbles. "You'll leave tomorrow morning Suddenly with a burst of fury and self pity I snapped." Then reject me. If you're tossing me out. Reject me."

I didn't want him to, but anger had seem to take over any logical part of my brain.

His eyes suddenly widen slightly in surprise and he croaks out after a long pause. "I can't."

He tears his gaze away from me and mumbles out in his demanding alpha tone. "Leave."

I may not be a wolf but his powerful tone did work on me. After fixing my leggings back, I tum around to leave. When my hand is on the latch, his voice flutters in my ear.

"This is for your own good."

Clenching my teeth and my eyes in frustration I opened the door wordlessly and walked out. Eli is still there, leaning against a wall with his cheeks red and his eyes avoiding me.

I was too angry at Xavier to question him so I slam the door shut and walked ahead. Eli catches up to me, his bigger body nearly taking the entire space of the hallway.

"For what it's worth Aurora. Xavier is wrong. Our pack will accept you."

He had heard.

Must've heard everything.

"It doesn't matter anyway. He doesn't want me here." I mumble making my way to the room he had once placed me in. I would not sleep in his bed. I will not suffer taking his scent knowing I'd not take the whiff of it any longer.