BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon
Chapter 50 – Do You Fancy Her?
LUCY…
Althea and Blade had already left the dining area and gone to the seating room, leaving me and Adan at the table. The Omegas were back inside the packhouse and had begun clearing up the dining table.
“I’ll take Althea to a guest room,” I told Adan as I stood up from my seat.
Adan pushed his chair back and stood up as well, and in just a few seconds, his arms were around me as he pulled me closer to him. “Wait for Lena. She’s coming with you.”
“You don’t trust I can be a good host?” I asked, but I already knew why he wanted Lena with me.
His hand tucked the stray hairs behind my ear before he brushed his knuckles against my cheek. “I don’t trust anyone when it comes to you, Lucy.”
“But we need to trust Althea if we want her help.”
“I know. But just let me be cautious. I never had supernatural’s, aside from shifters, around me, and it is making me uneasy that you can just slip away or be taken away without me knowing.”
I nodded my head as I hooked my arms around his neck, and a smile slowly made its way to my face. “Are you scared to lose me, Alpha Stone?”
He put his hands on my waist and gave me a tight squeeze. “Why do you think I’m doing this?”
“I know you wanted me here because of the awesome s*e*x that I can give to you, but… I want to know. Do you fancy the witch?” I licked my lips, trying to smile, but in reality, I knew his answer would either make or break me.
“Are you jealous of her?” Of course, he would never answer that.
“Maybe, maybe not.” I unwrapped my arms from around his neck and pivoted my body around to break free from his hold. But before I could walk away, his hand coiled around my wrist as he pulled me back, slamming my chest against his. His hand went to grip my jaw before he slowly leaned forward.
“The only female I fancy is the one in my arms right now.”
Heat coiled from my stomach while my heart did a somersault in my chest with his words. Adan’s lips were closing in on mine. I’d been wanting to kiss him all day, so I didn’t wait for him to capture my lips but instead met him halfway.
Time stopped as our lips met for a searing kiss. My hands tangled through his hair as he cupped the back of my head, holding me in place as our mouths and tongues fought for dominance. I no longer needed to pretend to be a meek Omega, and Adan just knew how to fuel the sensuality within me.
His hand moved down and slipped inside the skirt of my dress, his fingers skimming over the skin of my thigh. All the while, I could hear movement around us, and I knew these were the Omegas, but I didn’t care the Alpha wanted me.
“Ahem…” Someone cleared their throat and it broke the trance between us. I pulled away from kissing Adan as the hand touching my thigh dropped to my side before it sn@ked around my body, and we turned together in the direction of the sound.
“I’m sure you have all night to do that.
Althea wants to rest. We traveled by foot from the mountain and drove directly here, so if you can control your f*uc*king libidos for now and give the annoying witch a room, it will be greatly appreciated.” Blade looked so annoyed.
And then something happened. His hair stood up and was pulled from his head, and he let out a loud growl before leaving the dining room again.
I was sure Althea did that because he called her annoying.
I was giggling as I turned to face Alpha Stone again. My hands reached for his shirt collar, as if fixing it, even though it was perfectly fine. “I’ll attend to the witch now, whom I consider my friend, which you don’t fancy…” I emphasized the words ‘friends’ and ‘don’t fancy’.
I was silently warning him, and I think he got it. A smug grin tugged on his mouth before he curled a finger on my chin and tilted my head up to meet his eyes. “My hands are already full with the little bunny in my arms.
“Good. I just want to make it clear.” I brushed my palms against his chest as I smiled widely at him before turning my body around, and walking to where Blade disappeared. “This little bunny is territorial, Alpha Stone. What’s mine is only mine.”
He didn’t reply, but I heard footsteps behind me, and soon a hand clasped with mine as we walked towards the seating room where Althea waited with Blade.
Lena and Kingston were already there, and all eyes went to us as we entered the room. I smiled at them and was about to pull my hand away from Adan, but his hold on me tightened, so I just let him hold me.
“Lena and I will take Althea to her room. I a*s*sume you or Kingston will take care of Blade?” I asked Adan.
“No. I’m leaving.” Blade answered in a cold voice.
I saw the way Althea rolled her eyes but I saw a flit of sadness cross them before she dropped her gaze to her fingers as if there were something interesting in there.
“Why?” I asked.
“My work here is done. Once Stone pays me, I’m out of here.”
“How about Althea?”
“What about her?”
“What about me?” Blade and Althea asked at the same time.
“Well, I’m sure Althea will help protect me. But who will protect her? If it hell rises, I don’t think Alpha Stone…”
“I can protect myself, Lucy.” Althea cut me off.
“How much would it cost me to make you stay and guard Althea?” Dammit. I was asking as if I had money to pay him. I only had one thousand, five hundred dollars inside my backpack.
“I don’t discuss my price in public. All my clients know how much they need to pay me. Besides, I had other things to do. I’m not a bodyguard.”
I let out a sigh and pulled my hand away from Adan before taking Althea’s arm and dragging her out of the room, but not before stating what was on my mind. “Fine. Have a nice trip, Blade. I’m sure there are other warriors here willing to guard Althea 24/7, and it won’t cost me as much as you.”
Lena followed after us, and I swear, I heard another growl come out of the room, and I couldn’t help but giggle softly as I let go of Althea’s arm.
“Oh, Lucy! Just let him go, he’s crowding me sometimes.”
“Hmmm… I thought you like him?”
“Me? Blade? No! Maybe he likes me…
“Oh, really? Is there something you want to share?”
“He said he smells me as his mate,” she sighed.
My eyes darted to Lena, who was just walking beside us in silence and biting her lower lip as if she was thinking.
“But he had a mate before. So I’m not sure if he was playing some kind of joke on me.
“Second chance mate. It’s very rare, but it does exist.” Lena stated.
“Witches don’t have fated mates. We choose our partners.”
“And you don’t want to choose him?” I asked.
“I’m only eighteen, Lucy. I had things to accomplish. I don’t want to be distracted. Plus, he’s twelve years older than me, and I’m not sure I’m a mate material.”
“You’re stating all the things negative about mating with him. Don’t you see any positive things?” Lena asked the moment we turned to the second-floor corridor. “Like how you feel safer when he’s around. Like how annoying he is, but still, he can make you smile and laugh like no one. Like how you will miss him when he walks out of this packhouse and this territory knowing you might not see him again.”
Althea stopped in her tracks, and it made me and Lena halt too, turning our bod*ies around to look at her. Her eyes watered as she opened her mouth to speak, but she quickly closed it. It took a while before she began walking.
“Never mind. I don’t need a distraction, it’s better if he leaves.” She walked past us and stopped halfway. “Where is my room?”
I looked at Lena, and she pointed to the room to Althea’s right.
“That one on your right,” I told her.
Althea turned her head back and smiled at me. “Thank you! You’re both welcome to come inside so we can chat for a while.”
She opened the door and stepped inside, leaving it open for us. But before I could step inside her room, Lena held my forearm and made me stop from entering.
“Alpha Stone wants to know if you want Blade to stay because you like him.”
“What? Your Alpha must be crazy. I want Blade to stay for Althea, not for me.”
“That’s what I sense too, so I’m not sure where this question came from. Unless he’s just being possessive of you.”
“Tell him I want Althea protected too. If we want her to build a shield for his territory, we need to make sure I am not putting her at risk. “If my father discovers that a witch is a*s*sisting me, they may target her.”
Lena nodded her head before her eyes flecked with white.