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Her eyes widened again at the reminder of the single bed in the room, looking back at it and then at me again. I didn’t say much else to her, tapping the drawer I had cleaned out as I walked over to my chair next to the bookshelf and sat down to pretend to read while she finished unpacking.
I watched her move around the room, smelling her nervousness and excitement, battling for control. When she disappeared into the bathroom, I finally let my act fall at the sound of the shower turning on. I walked over to the hope bag her mom had given her, opening and looking at what her mother had hoped for her daughter, a smile spreading across my face at what I found.
Chapter five
Paige
We spent the entire day in his room. Even at dinner time, food had been delivered to his door by Madilyn. I realized she was the only wolf besides his Alpha, who he seemed to trust completely. Maybe it was because she hadn’t balked at the idea of me as his Luna, even though I wasn’t really his mate. This left me wondering why he would give up his future like he did for me.
I looked away from the TV on the wall across from his bed and the tray of food still on the mattress in front of me as he laughed at the underlining joke of the sitcom we were watching. My eyes trailed along his profile, the subtle curve of his nose. His strong chin and jawline. I couldn’t imagine the kind of woman the fates would deem acceptable to be his mate; a part of me was jealous at the thought that it wouldn’t be me. Not for real, at least.
“Would you like to take a picture?” Nyte asked, jolting me from my thoughts.
“What?”
He turned his head to look at me, smirking as he did. “You were staring pretty hard at me. I figured if you took a picture, it just might last a little longer.”
I scoffed, rolling my eyes to hide my embarrassment at being caught. “I was just wondering why you would give up your future to help me. I know I came to you and practically begged for your help, but that didn’t mean you had to blow up your entire life over it. I would have come up with another plan had you said no.”
Nyte shrugged, seeming completely unbothered. “My life is no different than it was yesterday afternoon. I didn’t ask to be the next in line. I never really wanted the position of alpha. So, as far as I’m concerned, nothing about my life is destroyed or ruined by helping you.” He smiled; the look he gave was genuine, sweet even. “I would have helped you regardless, however. You are more important to me than you realize.”
“Why? Because my brother is your best friend?” I chuckled, trying to hide how much I loved hearing him tell me I was important.
Nyte didn’t answer; he only shrugged and returned to watching his show and eating the rest of his dinner. When bedtime rolled around, he collected our trays and set them outside the door to be collected while I went to the bathroom to get ready for bed.
I found my toothbrush in the toiletry bag Mom sent with me, as well as my face wash and creams. I was already in my pajamas. After I realized Nyte planned to keep me in the room all day, I didn’t see a need to stay in my day clothes. I much rather be comfortable. In the other room, I could hear him opening and closing his drawers, getting himself ready for bed while I finished up in the bathroom.
When I came out, he walked past me in nothing but his boxer briefs, my traitorous eyes zeroing in on the front. My face heated with a blush as I all but ran back to the bed and dove beneath the covers, pulling the sheet over my head.
I heard him as he returned from the bathroom. I felt the mattress dip and the soft touch of air against my skin as he crawled into the bed behind me. My heart was racing, making the blush in my cheeks grow deeper from knowing he could hear it.
Damn him and his werewolf senses!
I focused on calming my heart, trying to figure out just why I was acting so crazy right now. It wasn’t just my heart running wild right now. I could feel other parts of my body reacting to his being so near while picturing every line and dip of muscle along his naked chest. The deep V leading into his boxer briefs where a perfect bulge had been cradled, leaving nothing to the imagination.
The skin on my neck where Nyte had bitten me tingled as the thought of what he was hiding beneath his boxers crossed my mind. I touched the spot gingerly, thinking about what the mark meant. It was something that every wolf pairing had, even if they weren’t fated mates. It was akin to a marriage, I suppose. And married people were able to do things. Certain things that I very much wanted to do with Nyte. I had wanted to do them for a long time, but of course, I had never acted on them. But now the impulsive thoughts were coming in stronger. It was hard to ignore them with him so close and my body reacting so strongly.
Would it really be so bad to take advantage of this arrangement? The worst he could do was tell me no. I was a big girl. I could handle being told no. I only had to try.
Rolling over, I pulled the sheet from over my head, finding Nyte facing me, his eyes opening as he sensed my movement.
“I’m not getting out of my own bed, Paige,” he said.
“That’s okay,” I breathed, scooting closer to him, paying attention to his body language as I did. There was no sign of him pulling away from me, his brows drawing together curiously. “I wasn’t going to ask you to.”
I leaned forward and pressed my lips to his, my hand resting on his bare chest. I barely had time to enjoy the feel of his skin or the press of our lips before he took control. A gasp opened my mouth to him, his tongue stroking against mine. My back pressed down on the mattress, his body positioned over me and his hands cupping my face.
“You shouldn’t have done that, Little Darling,” he growled against my mouth, his hand moving to my throat and giving just enough pressure for me to feel him hold my life in his hands.
I lifted my chin, allowing him more of my neck to grab onto, a small pleading whimper passing my lips.
“Haven’t you learned by now that I do what I want? Not what I should?”
I felt him smile at my response, his teeth pulling at my bottom lip. “Do you know what you’ve gotten yourself into?”
I wrapped my arms around his neck, arching my back into him. “I’m fully aware.”
His hands lifted my shirt, fingers tracing the curve of my waist before reaching my breast and cupping it. I moaned between our lips as he pinched my hardened nipples, a mixture of pain and pleasure sending sparks of electricity to my core.
