36. Regret

ZEDKIEL.

Over a week later.

That night, I messed up.

For a fleeting moment, I saw her relax and rather than run from me, she had

embraced our closeness. Until I fucked it

all up and ripped through her flesh. I don’t remember what exactly happened. I just know that the urge to taste her blood consumed me and I had bitten into her.

Then I remember her torn flesh and

blood dripping down her breast as she stood across the bathroom.

But it was the look in her eyes that got to

The fear… the fear of the beast before her.

The same fear I see in the eyes of

everyone else…

I found her screaming on the bathroom

floor and then she had lost

consciousness, probably due to the blood

loss. I wonder how much I had drunk and

although I hated it; it rejuvenated me like

none other ever could and I wanted more.

So much fucking more and I know I can’t.

I had carried her to the bed and bandaged

her up before I had wiped her clean, hoping she’d be ok.

When she awoke the following morning,

her words still replayed in my mind as

she stared ahead, refusing to look at me.

“I will help you win this tournament, but I need you to promise me that you will stay away from me.” There was no fear or worry in her voice. It was emotionless

and hard…

Like always, I fucked it all up.

only meet her for her physical training even then Alistair or someone is always there. She’s improving, but at the same time, I feel

become

and it was for

if you can call it that. It will just be

and the high court. But

would have to act like

that is

wife fears you… I wasn’t

through an arranged marriage, but we should at least show we had an

look in the mirror,

collar of my shirt.

look absolutely

says, holding out my

him to help me into it. Somehow, he had become someone

held the

I said I had chosen him to

me to take an

she is comfortable around

who receives her smiles these days and if it wasn’t for me knowing for certain that he didn’t see her in the

did, he

she ready?” I ask, fastening one

buttons on my

smile grows as

she looks as

do handsome.”

frosty glare before turning away. “Then tell her to come out.

her know that we are to at

like a couple?”

maybe

He trails off

I glare at him through

mirror.

what happened or what terms we were on, but

us was clear. I

are about to face all the people in power… I realise it may

her.” He hurries

my jacket.

don’t know why I even agreed to

if I wanted to prove that

would be taking his oaths with his

had hoped that the rest of his sons would also compete, it didn’t look to be the case with just four of us, as well as the other Alphas’ sons. That made the contestants stand at

I looked to the door of the

out. My heart thuds in my chest as

her

she look utterly ravishing

says,

dress around her.

isn’t looking at me though, her gaze on the ground.

an off-shoulder

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