Betrayed by an alpha claimed by a lycan king

Chapter 158

SAGE

I can feel his domineering presence behind me as we walked towards the library. I’ve been here once, so I still remember the way to his library. But his presence looming behind me caused turmoil in my head that I was mindlessly walking without direction.

Not only when I felt his strong arms pulling me at the waist did I realize I was going in a different direction.

“Are you lost, kitten?”

I quickly pushed him and put a distance between us as the warmth of his body ignited a fire within me.

1 casually straightened my shirt and squared my shoulders, pretending as if his touch doesn’t bother me at all.

“I thought I saw something there. I was just going to check,” I lied. I cleared my throat before turning my back and proceeding towards the library, which was only a few feet away from where we were standing.

I pushed the door open as if I owned the room in my desperate attempt to keep my distance away from him.

I jumped at the slight click of the door closing, sealing the both of us in this confined room.

I turned to face him, but I was startled by how close he had gotten. His gaze darkened as he studied me, his expression unreadable.

“You’re tense,” he murmured. “Are you nervous, Sage?”

I swallowed hard, keeping my voice steady. “No. I just don’t appreciate you always being this close. Do you even know the word “personal space?”

He smirked, “Funny, I don’t remember you minding it before.”

My breath caught for a second, but I refused to react. “That was before,” I repeated for emphasis.

The scent of old books and burning firewood wrapped around me, calming my nerves. I walked toward a chair, keeping the large desk between us. Titus strolled in at a lazy pace, his every move controlled, like a predator toying with its prey.

Leaning against the desk, he crossed his arms over his broad chest, amusement flickering in his eyes. Then, a smile broke from his lips. A smile that could melt any woman’s heart, including mine.

I scowled. “What’s so funny?” I asked, irritation lacing my tone.

“You,” he replied without hesitation.

glare before rolling my eyes. “Glad to know I’m

in his gaze making my

when you’re trying to act unaffected,” he mused. “But I can see

pretending his

sending a shiver down my spine. “Maybe,” he admitted. “But I’ve never been wrong

up, afraid that if I did, I’d get lost in those piercing eyes of

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it. “I

have much room to negotiate, kitten,” he murmured, his voice dangerously soft. “But

slightly, finally meeting his gaze. “Kind?” I echoed, arching a brow. “Please, excuse me if I

challenge amusing. He lazily walked around the table, going to the other side where I was standing. He was running his fingers along the edge of the table as he

you doing? Stay on your side,” I uttered, panic surging within me.

don’t? Do you really think this table can protect you

I insisted. “So, I appreciate it if

through the air between us. “So formal,” he mused, his voice velvety smooth. “Are you trying to remind yourself of

hard, refusing to react, refusing to acknowledge the heat pooling in my stomach at the way he

he was piecing together. Then, with a slow, deliberate movement, he placed his hands flat against the desk, imprisoning me in between

space between us had all but disappeared, the heat of his body pressing into

I could feel them ghosting over mine. “But we both know rules have

breath against my face, a cruel contrast to the fire licking at my insides. His gaze burned into me, piercing and demanding.

he ordered, his voice smooth but edged

“I told you, I will not sign—”

papers, Sage!” His voice cracked like a whip, sharp and commanding. This time, the heat in his tone

my body responded as if they were. My fingers twitched before reaching for the pen on the table. My movements were slow

the Titus I

my throat dry, as I slowly turned my back to him. The air between us thickened, crackling like an impending storm. I could feel him, his presence, the sheer dominance

waiting to seal my fate. My fingers tightened around the pen as I hovered over the

tip of the pen touched the paper, I became fully aware of something

ran through

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