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Chapter 13

Alisha did not respond, it seemed as if she had an internal struggle between her reason and her desire, but after a few seconds and with a frown she nodded her head. She was annoyed with him. He had betrayed her trust and right now she didn’t even know what it was, or what was wrong with him. The gaps were as big as her doubts.

Cristian gently released his grip on her arms and she protested as she straightened her shoulder where the submissive bite she had had to give him to return him to his human form.

-Let me take care of that,” she slid aside the collar of the shirt that fell below her shoulder, exposing the four deeper fang wounds, and smaller ones around them. They had barely begun to close and the skin was turning purple. In a desperate attempt to stop it, he had used too much force, which he regretted.

-What you need to do is get the hell away from me,” he hinted as he still kept his body pressed against hers. She felt itchy in the area he kept her gaze focused on.

-Alisha, I can make it stop hurting, if I treat it, it will heal faster.

-No thanks, the pain reminds me that I don’t have to trust you, you don’t know what will happen next.

Cristian pressed the bridge of his nose.

-For once at least, you can let me take care of you,” he said.

-That was supposed to be your job and look where we are,” he said sceptically.

-We’ll talk about that later, and I swear I’ll explain everything, but now let me take care of you.

-You can be quite insistent.

-And you, rather stubborn.

She snorted. Her head was beginning to ache with this endless conversation.

-All right, deal with it, otherwise I’ll have you on my back for the rest of the day for that, after all, you know it hurts.” She looked complacently at what was peeking out of the collar of her biting pullover.

-Turn your neck, I don’t have enough room.

She looked at him doubtfully.

-Don’t tell me you’re going to use the cliché novel method of licking the wound and it’ll magically close up.

-Can you shut up for a moment, you’re keeping me from concentrating?

She grabbed her chin and turned her face to the side when Alisha was slow to do it herself. She brought her face close to the wound and licked it.

-What are you doing?” She stirred but Cristian stopped her again, this time he brought her hands behind her back and crossed them as he held her wrists.

-Stay still for a moment,” he said in her ear and his hot breath made her shiver. He ran his wet tongue over the marks again, leaving a trail of saliva on them, then covered them with his lips.

-Christian,” Alisha tried to protest but only heard an almost m**n.

When a being inside her stirred.

For a moment she thought she was insane, but no. Something inside her demanded that she claim the man as her own.

Her eyes filled with tears, and panic swept through her. On one side her neck throbbed. Not from pain, the itching had vanished for a sensation that ignited every fibre of her skin and she feared he would smell the arousal building inside her body. And on the other hand, the entity that moved inside her, under her skin and that was imposing itself wanting to get out.

Cristián stopped when he felt her sobbing and pulled away worried, he was not expecting this reaction. What he saw terrified him too. His partner’s cheeks were wet with tears. Her eyes and fangs had changed and from the twinges in her hand, her nails had changed too. The panicked expression was what worried him most.

-Christian,” his voice came out choked, “what’s happening to me. There’s something inside me, I feel it moving.

The beta took her face and wiped one of her cheeks.

-That, Alisha,” he cleared his throat, softening the tone of his voice, looking for the best way to tell her, “That’s your wolf.