Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter-70. Questions(18+)

[Asher]

"Mad at you?" she chuckled; her voice dripped with bitter sarcasm. "I am sorry, alpha, but I don't remember ever having the luxury of being mad at you. And for what? For bringing me into this delightful, traumatizing dark room where illusion blurs into reality with sheer madness?"

Xanthea licked her lips, letting out a mirthless laugh that seized at once as her eyes locked with mine for a few seconds before they wandered around me. A glance into her eyes was enough to twist something inside me.

"No. In fact, this is the most romantic date ever! Every married man should bring their wives here. She's going to lose her mind after ten years of marriage, anyway! So, why not do it in ten minutes? And maybe that's why you brought me here - because I have less than a year to live, anyway! Right?"

She snapped at me in one breath, her breath quickening from the intensity of her outburst. I had witnessed her wrath before, so her audacity didn't shock me. Yet, I found myself more captivated than ever.

I observed her heaving chest and the way she placed her palms on her waist, trying to calm herself down.

I tried to focus on reading her emotions, but my eyes kept losing focus and so did my thoughts that traced her skin and realized that her skin should be in touch with mine all the time.

"This is insane," she mumbled, panting as she tried to control her words. Biting her lips, she ran her fingers through her hair.

The room had a peculiar vibe unsuitable for free thinking. So the way she controlled herself was highly commendable.

She shut her eyes and I could discern her thoughts in the disappointed and frustrated creases on her face. She was trying to understand why or how I knew a place like this. Why I brought her here?

I hoped she wouldn't vocalize those questions because if she did, I wouldn't have any answers for her.

Unnoticed, I stepped closer to her.

With a curt nod, she let out a deep breath.

"Asher," she said in a frustrated but calm tone. "The game's over now. I found you. I won. So, can we please leave now?"

"No," I said simply.

She clenched her jaws, holding back her anger.

"I want to go back," her voice turned more commanding. "Now."

"To Ezra?" I asked.

Confused, she frowned, squinting her eyes.

"What?"

"Do you want to go back to Ezra?" I asked.

She shrugged and then nodded with a quick gulp.

"Yes. I want to go back to him. Away from this place."

"Away from me?" I cocked a brow, closing the distance between us even more.

She parted her lips to speak, but all that escaped her lips was a shuddering breath carrying the sweet scent of her heat.

"N-no," her frown deepened. "I just don't want to stay here anymore. This place is suffocating and unbearable."

"What if I want to stay here with you?" I reached out and gently glided my hand down her arm. She stiffened her body, allowing the wash of tantalizing charges to run between us. I brushed my fingers with hers, holding her hand in mine. "Will you stay with me a little longer? If I hold your hand in this darkness, will you hold back mine a little tighter?"

She took back her hand from me, breathing heavily.

I curled my fingers into a loose fist, dropping it to my side.

'Asher, let's just leave. There's no point. She doesn't have to go through all this-' Xanthea cut Icifer's voice off.

"I didn't want to ask these questions, but..." she blinked fast and asked. "What happened here? Why are we here? And the most important question - what does this place mean to you?"

Nothing even close to what you mean to me - I thought, but for some uncanny reason, I couldn't provide a voice to my words.

for my reply, but all I did was gaze at her tears that beautifully lined across her eyelids. Her eyes

and interfered by the illusions of the room. She held her head,

aren't going to answer my questions, then

not going anywhere until you answer the question

"What question?" she grunted.

stop looking at me

asked, her

you are in love

heart raced a little faster. Xanthea's breaths came in shallow gasps, her fingers trembling as she struggled to maintain her composure. She tried to act as though my words hadn't just shaken

"Love?" she winced.

reiterated in a soft whisper. "How does it feel to be

a tight gulp, she stepped

with me, Asher. I am not a toy..." her

I am honestly curious,"

herself. I was about to hold her

began feeling the texture of the wall

to me right

Plath, if you want me close, you'll take me out of here! I am not going to entertain your mind games anymore, and I am done begging! I don't need you. If you won't take me out of here, I'll find a way myself." She banged on the wall whenever she found depression, calling out, screaming for help when the room overwhelmed

why don't you directly ask her what you have been holding back?

you can handle this?' I

'Of course.' Icifer replied.

covered the distance between Xanthea and him in a few

was about to slam her hands against the wall when he seized

me!" she squirmed against

her between

"Don't touch m-"

with Ezra,

her struggles against me ceased at once. I could feel her heartbeat thunder in her chest, as though I had just caught her committing a sin. Her reaction tore through the lust that darkened my eyes and Icifer became even more

promise I'll take you out

full

remained silent and motionless. The uneasiness webbed denser in Icifer's soul, blurring his

he distanced himself from her just enough

hands limply dropped to her sides, and she kept facing the wall,

petrified look on her face. His grip tightened around

both her arms

gasp, whimpering as he leaned closer to

a simple answer, wife. Yes or no?" he snarled against her

go..." she let out shaky

no!"

Please... you

Icifer asked with increasing

me away from her, but couldn't

YOU LOVE HIM OR NOT!" Icifer screamed at

NO! NO! I don't! You bring me here! You, of all people, make me relive some of the worst traumas of my life and then you ask me this! What does love feel like? If anything, it doesn't feel like what you are making

she slumped on her knees as I let

through his hair and I instantly took back my control from him.

collect themselves and calm down and when they

voice

her

she gasped, her

help Icifer calm down a

tears. Holding her

your eyes, your lips, with every inch of your body, you loved him

"I am in my heat. I lost

to withdraw my hand from her when she clasped it

shouldn't have..." she bit her quivering lip and continued. "I-I shouldn't have enjoyed... the sex. I am sorry.

ignited every nerve beneath

"I'll do whatever you-ungh!"

her throat, I pulled her into a desperate,