Chapter 136
Darius pov
What was this sickening emotion that I felt?
What was this rage? This anger over what she had just said?
“Yes, my king. I’m worried about his safety. Even though Kieran cheated on me, I still want him to be safe… after all, we’ve spent a lot of time together.”
For the briefest moment, my grip tightened around the coin the second her words reached me, and all I felt was an emotion I hadn’t experienced in centuries, an emotion I couldn’t quite place, maybe because I’d long forgotten how to truly feel.
But either way, I couldn’t tell exactly what I was feeling.
The next second, however, I heard that infuriating, smug voice in my head, none other than Silas and I could practically picture him smirking as he echoed,
“What you’re feeling is an emotion called jealousy, Darius!” he said in an annoyingly excited tone.
My gaze narrowed instantly at his words, a frown tugging at my lips as he went on,
“And you’re feeling jealous because the thought of your mate thinking about another man is upsetting you. You don’t want the woman who belongs to you thinking about someone else, it irritates you. And even though you deny caring about her or having any feelings toward her, you can’t deny that you’re angry at the thought that she might still like her bastard ex, right?”
I didn’t answer. I simply kept flipping the coin in my hand, silent.
“I see,” I hummed back.
Silas chuckled.
“Well, it’s not like you could deny my words anyway. Whatever you feel, I feel it too. Don’t forget that.”
“Now tell her you can’t find that bastard and you won’t do it. I hate to say no to our mate, but if we find him, she might still be smitten by him and fall for his lies again. You know how sweet and kind she is, we have to protect her.”
He said, and the corner of my lips slowly curved into a smirk as I registered his words.
Jealousy.
That was what I felt? That was laughable.
Perhaps it truly was jealousy, or maybe it was simply possessiveness. After all, I had spent the night with her and I had
been her first
No matter how much I tried to deny that I cared about her or what happened between us, I couldn’t ignore the fact that last night wasn’t what I expected.
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I’d taken it as a one–time thing, slept with the girl to stop whatever bond was drawing me to her, then pretend like happened. I thought it would fix everything. That the pull would stop.
But it didn’t.
It only got worse.
This morning, when I stared at her sleeping, naked and peaceful, I had to fight the overwhelming urge to take her again until she begged me to stop. I’d forced myself to walk away before I did something reckless.
And then at breakfast, seeing her in that dress, the only thought that crossed my mind was how she’d look with it slipping off her body.
Even now, as she sat in front of me, it was getting harder to control myself.
And that’s when it hit me.
Instead of making things better like I thought I would…
I’d only made it worse.
And now the idiot was saying I was jealous?
A low chuckle escaped me as his words echoed through my mind again. I flipped the coin in my palm, higher this time, then caught it with ease. My gaze flicked to the side it had landed on, and another chuckle slipped past my lips. Tails.
That meant the decision had been made..
There were two faces to a coin. Two choices
After so many years of breathing, most decisions had stopped mattering to me. I didn’t care enough to think them through anymore. It was exhausting. So, I developed a habit–the habit of letting a coin choose for me.
And in this case, it had everything to do with the bond that made it nearly impossible to resist her.
Heads meant I’d ignore the bond, stay away from her, and focus on breaking the curse.
Tails meant something else.
Tails meant I’d give in to the cravings-
Take her as much as I wanted.
And that was exactly what it landed on.
“I see,” I murmured under my breath, the corner of my lips curving into a faint smirk of amusement. A second later, my gaze shifted to her, and I tilted my head slightly as I echoed,
“All right, she–wolf. I’ll help you find him… but you’ll have to do something for me.”
Her breath hitched the moment the words left my mouth, but then, just as quickly, surprise faded from her eyes, replaced
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by a look of quiet determination. As if she had expected this.
“That’s only fair, my king,” she said softly. “Please tell me what I have to do. I’ll do anything if you’re able to find him
A frown pulled at my lips before I could stop it, but I nodded, leaning back in my seat and casually resting my head against my fist as I studied her closely.
“Anything?” I asked, voice low.
“Anything, my king,” she replied without hesitation. “As long as you promise to find Kieran and bring him to me… I’ll do anything.
She stated adamantly, and I nodded. As a few strands of hair fell over my face, I spoke.
“Okay, what you need to do is pretty simple. If you want me to find him, then in return… you’ll have to offer me your body
completely. Are you ready for that, she–wolf?”
As soon as the words left my mouth, she froze. Her eyes widened in shock, and almost instinctively, her face flushed a deep pink as she stammered out,
“W–what did you say?” she asked, as though she hadn’t heard me right.
In the next second, I rose from the seat, slid the coin into my pocket, and appeared in front of her in a blink, our faces now mere inches apart. She gasped, leaning back reflexively, but I reached out, grabbed her chin, and pulled her back toward
- me.
With a whisper that brushed against her lips, I murmured,
“Give your body to me… for as long as I want and I’ll hunt down your little ex, she–wolf.”
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