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.

rolling my eyes. “Glad to know I’m

in his gaze making my

act unaffected,” he mused. “But I can see right through

document in my hands, pretending his words didn’t make my pulse quicken. “You see what

a low chuckle, the sound sending a shiver down my spine. “Maybe,” he admitted. “But I’ve

refused to look up, afraid that if I did, I’d get lost in those piercing eyes of his. Instead, I focused

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1. The words blurred slightly as my mind raced.

once I’m done checking it. “I already encircled the parts I wanted to

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

gaze. “Kind?” I echoed, arching a brow. “Please, excuse me if I find it hard

he found my challenge amusing. He lazily walked around the table, going to the other side where I was standing. He

doing? Stay on your side,”

really think this table can protect you from me?”

insisted. “So, I appreciate it if

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

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

studying me like a puzzle he was piecing together. Then, with a slow, deliberate movement, he placed his

disappeared, the heat of his body pressing into mine, making it impossible to think straight. His scent–woodsy

want,” he murmured, his lips so close that I swore I could feel them ghosting over

felt the warmth of his minty breath against my face, a cruel contrast to the fire

the papers, Sage,” he ordered, his voice smooth

jaw, shaking my head. “I told you, I

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

as if they were. My fingers twitched before reaching for the pen on the table. My movements were slow and reluctant, but undeniable, as though some unseen force had taken control.

Titus I shouldn’t

swallowed hard, my throat dry, as I slowly turned my back to him. The air between us thickened, crackling like an impending storm. I could

me, the ink waiting to seal my fate. My fingers tightened around the pen as

of the pen touched the paper, I became fully

shudder ran through

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