Chapter17
Asher’s POV
There was something looming in the darkness, staring at us. I
snapped my eyes open and looked for it. Yet before I found
anything, Violet’s sharp scream brought my attention back.
“Violet!”
I immediately went to check on her. She was lying on the ground,
unconscious. I checked her entire body and didn’t find any
injuries. She probably passed out because I marked her.
SORMES
I felt guilty. I didn’t plan on marking her today.
In my original plan, the first time we had sex should be
somewhere intimate and romantic. I would dig my fang into her
neck when she reached orgasm and felt her body shivering with
pleasure underneath me.
But now that was all ruined. We were both lying on the cold,
damp forest floor, our clothes scattered everywhere. I wasn’t
even myself the whole time.
I had let my animal instinct control me.
I lowered my head to her neck and sniffed her neck. Now with
the mark, I could finally recognize her scent, which was without
doubt the most wonderful thing in the world.
No wonder she could wake me up from my madness. Only she
had that kind of power.
My wolf purred and begged me to linger on a bit longer. I was
tempted to cave in. Maybe I should just stay here in this dark
forest with her naked and kept having sex. My cock was getting
hard again as I inhaled her scent. It was a fucking addiction.
But I managed to resist the temptation this time. She passed out
already. I needed to take her to the hospital and made sure
everything was alright.
I shifted into my wolf and carried her on my back, dashing back
to Elena’s.
Mia was still asleep. After making sure that the kid was alright, I
found some decent clothes for Violet and took her straight to the
hospital.
A doctor took her in. This must have been like what, the third or
fourth time she visited the hospital ever since she came back? I
really ought to take better care of her.
I stayed in the waiting room while the doctor checked Violet.
Then the door to the next ward opened up, and Kylie walked out.
“You are back!” her face lit up instantly, “Are you here to check
on me?”
She was thrilled to see me, obviously. But I still decided to tell her
the truth, “No. I was here for Violet.”
Her face changed abruptly, “What is wrong with her again? Is
she pretending to be sick again?”
I frowned glaring at her. She took a few steps closer toward me,
wrinkling her nose, and then her eyes widened.
“You marked her!!” she shrieked, her face twisting with anger and
disbelief. “How could you!”
“Violet is my mate. Of course I am going to mark her. And she
will become my Luna one day. You should get used to it,” I said in
a slightly irritated tone.
Kylie was starting to get on my nerves. Neither me nor Violet
owed her anything. But she seemed to hold both of us
accountable.
This had to stop.
“Get used to it? NEVER! Because I am your Luna!” she cried, her
angry voice echoing in the hallway. “I gave you the best 7 years
of my life! and then you just tossed me away like trash for that
Violet. This isn’t fair!”
“I didn’t ask for this, Kylie. Your parents pushed our marriage to
happen. There weren’t any real sparkles between us even at the
beginning.”
She shook her head, sobbing, “Not that isn’t true.Everyone knows
that we are a perfect couple. I love you.”
“We kept up the perfect appearance in front of the pack
members. But that was it. Stop lying to yourself Kylie. You
should have sensed that our marriage wasn’t working even
before Violet came back to town.”
“That was because you never really cared about me! You are
always so cold, so distant and aloof. If you bothered to know me a
bit better, you would discover that I was way more lovable than
my sister.”
I was starting to get sick of circling on the same top with her. So I
broke out the harsh truth to her:
“I only married you to keep you from killing yourself. I tried to
love you, but I failed. Nothing happened between us in the past.
And nothing will.”
She opened her mouth to scream at me again, but I cut her off
just in time:
“If you raise your voice again, I will have people remove you
forcefully. Remember that I am still your Alpha.”
She covered her mouth and trembled in tears. I stood up and
went to check on Violet. But she followed behind me.
“Violet lied to you. She betrayed you! Are you really going to
choose a liar with no sense of loyalty as your lover and wife? You
deserve better!”
I halted abruptly in my tracks and shot a glare at her, “I don’t
mind that. And this will be the last time you foul mouth her. Or I
swear to the Moon Goddess that I will have you punished for it.”
She froze on her stop.
Her cheeks flushed. There was a mixed emotion of sorrow and
rage in her eyes.
“I will never forgive you.” She gritted in a venomous tone. “You
and Violet. I won’t let you live happily ever after while I am in
hell. Don’t even dream about it.”
Her threat meant nothing to me.
After this talk, I was officially done with her. I wished her all the
best and I hoped she could find her destined one as well. But my
responsibility for her ended today.
I walked away from her without hesitation. She kept crying
behind me. But I didn’t even look back.
Violet was still sleeping in her ward. I closed the door behind me
and carefully made my way to the bed side gazing down at her.
She was so beautiful. I trailed her portrait with my fingers. This
was the woman I was going to care for the rest of my life.
Then suddenly she became restless in her sleep. Her eyes rolling,
her body twitching, and there was sweat on her forehead.
At first I thought I had woke her up with my touch. But then I
realized that it was a bad dream.
“Hey babe.” I got onto bed and held her close to me, “Wake up.”
She jerked awake, still uneasy. I tightened my arms around her,
“It’s OK. It’s me. You had a bad dream.”
She breathed out slowly and relaxed in my arms. I could tell she
was still pretty tensed.
“What is it?” I asked. She didn’t get scared easily. So it must be bad.
“What I saw in the woods.it had your eyes!” she gulped, “Did you
feel it, Asher?”
I nodded. I sensed something looming in the darkness, watching
- us. But I thought it was just a bear or something.
“It has my eyes? Are you sure?”
“Yes. Dark reddish eyes. Like when you lost control earlier.”
I frowned.
What is it?
