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

the amusement in his gaze making

always were amusing when you’re trying to act unaffected,” he mused. “But

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

out a low chuckle, the sound sending a shiver down my spine. “Maybe,” he admitted. “But I’ve never

afraid that if I did, I’d get lost in those piercing eyes of his. Instead, I focused on

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handed him the contract once I’m done checking it. “I already

murmured, his voice dangerously

my head slightly, finally meeting his gaze. “Kind?” I echoed, arching

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

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

you really think this

insisted. “So, I appreciate it

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

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

a slow, deliberate

us had all but disappeared, the heat of his body pressing into mine, making it impossible

he murmured, his lips so close that I swore I could feel them ghosting over mine. “But we both know rules have never kept me from

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

papers, Sage,” he ordered, his voice

my jaw, shaking my head. “I told you, I will not sign—”

cracked like a whip, sharp and commanding. This time, the heat in his tone was unmistakable, his burning red eyes locking me in place.

words weren’t an alpha command, yet my body responded 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

Titus I

to him. The air between us thickened, crackling like an impending storm. I could feel him, his presence, the sheer

placing my hands flat against the smooth wood of the table. The papers lay before me, the ink waiting to seal my fate. My fingers tightened around the pen as I

paper, I became fully

shudder ran through me.

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