“Some of it was him. Others were at the command of your future bride. Sometimes it was from other pack members. Take your pick at who got to hurt us.”
The entire room tinted red as my vision wavered between that of myself and my wolf. He was fighting me to go kill more than just their useless fucking alpha.
“One of them has already paid for the sins of that fucking pack, but there are more. You have my word. I will tear them to pieces.”
She didn’t say anything for a few minutes. She lifted the towel and seemed to be studying the wounds.
“What, are they worse? Did she hit bone?” I asked.
Kiara looked down at where my hand was. I’d been absently touching her. Tracing every scar and rubbing every bit of her skin that I could.
“Oh, I’m sure she hit bone, but maybe my wolf isn’t as suppressed as she has been. She likes your touch.”
I smirked.
“And what do you like?”
CHAPTER16
Kiara
“Come closerand I’ll tell you what I want,” I whispered with a confidence that I’d built up in my dreams.
Maybe, what I wanted to tell myself was that I wanted to take whatever Nessa prized and that was him. But, maybe it was the way the pain receded as he touched me or the way my wolf perked up and seemed to be a little more in my head when he was near and perhaps it was all true.
My wolf’s thoughts were still muffled, but I could feel her. Feel the joy she felt at his touch. This was so much more than just revenge on Nessa or me wanting a pack. Maybe I’d hit my head, but I didn’t care because for the first time in my life l wanted to feel.
This reason was good enough for me.
The bed shifted. He scooted closer, careful of my arm.
“Let me see your wounds,” he said. His voice was deep, commanding, and could make me do anything he wanted. He didn’t know that yet though.
“Look, it doesn’t even hurt.”
His grip was gentle as he turned my arm this way and that. The more he touched me the more I could feel my wolf growing more and more eager. More motivated to push past the last of the haze she’d been in for far too many years.
“I’m still going to cover it with this wrap. Perhaps she is trying to heal you, but you’re still fragile in this state.”
I snorted.
“Fragile? I didn’t survive by being fragile. Sure, I cried one too many times. Sure, the pain sometimes kept me up. But I lived through it and I learned from it. I learned when and how to avoid pain. One way, do as you're told until there was a better opportunity. You, my alpha.” I swallowed and reached for his face. Something about this massive male called to my soul, and she was trying to call back.
“You my dear alpha, are a better opportunity.”
He finished with the gaze and pulled back just enough that he could see me and see me he did.
“Better opportunity? Is that what you think this is? I am a better alpha to pledge your service to?”
I swallowed. The edge in his voice had me trying to push away from him but he wrapped a hand around my hip. The zap of the electricity between us had me stopping.
“Answer me Kiara. Do you think that all I want is a servant? What will you let me do? Will you let me kiss you?”
The way he leaned in had me holding my breath.
“Yes,” I said. I closed my eyes, but nothing happened.
I opened them again and he was still sitting there looking at me.