Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 822

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 822

Chapter 33 : I Want You

I reached behind me and turned the lock into place, narrowing my eyes at Jared, who was baring his teeth at me.

“I said get out!” he repeated.

“What is that thing?” I asked, ignoring the urgency in his tone.

I’d just told him I wasn’t afraid. I hadn’t been afraid of him the night after the ball, but this was a little different. I suddenly wondered if the intensity of our coupling had more to do with this power of his, this curse, than his own desires.

He was standing with his legs apart, his body firmly rooted as he tried to reign that shadow of power back in. I could see the desperation in his eyes, maybe even a flicker of pain as his jaw clenched, his eyes still fixed firmly on mine.

“My powers,” he said after a moment. “My… dark powers. I’m losing control of them because of the curse.”

“What does it feel like?” I asked, running my fingertips over the footboard of the bed as I walked toward him. He backed away from me, shaking his head.

“Eliza, stop,” he commanded.

“What does it want right now?” I asked, coming to a stop a few feet away from him.

Jared ran his tongue along the inside of his lower lip, narrowing his eyes at me in a way that sent a burst of heat down my spine.

“You,” he said, almost casually.

I pursed my lips, trying to look unaffected even though my blood was hammering in my ears. I thought of Lena and Xander for a moment, wondering if Xander’s power, his shadow, or whatever they called this thing, made Xander behave like this.

The Xander I’d known was poised and polite, not a rough-and-tumble outlaw like Jared. But Xander also wasn’t cursed.

“I’m flattered,” I said lightly, blinking up at him.

“Take this seriously, please,” he said through gritted teeth. “I can’t control this thing like I used to be able to–”

“What is it, exactly?”

“Just a… pulse, something within me that should be in balance with my wolf, but it’s not… not anymore, not since you showed up.”

“Me? How is this my fault? I thought you said–”

“The curse,” he panted, running his fingers through his hair, “is taking my wolf powers from me. Every day they get less and less. That shadow? It’s stronger than ever and it’s tearing at my soul with each passing day. But when I’m with you? It wants… out. It wants you. I don’t know what that means–”

“So, it likes me?” I teased, but Jared wasn’t in the mood, not at all.

“It’s not some entity–Eliza, listen to me, please. That night in my study when I pushed you against the desk? These powers just… took control. It took every ounce of my willpower to reign it in.”

“After the ball?”

was me,

what you’re doing when

shadow gave up and turned to fine mist before disappearing completely. “I wouldn’t let it

it like this

on the fire before sitting down. I could see the hair on his arms were raised with a chill, and he

“No, just you.”

gingerly walked up to him, standing before him for a moment before dropping to my knees, taking

freezing,” I whispered, curling my hands around just

allowed me to touch him and be close to him for a moment, which

want you to stay away from

going to do that. We’re husband and

why are you doing this

shadow demon or whatever the hell it’s called. I don’t think it wants to hurt

I were to hurt you, I’d never

you,” I said in a breath

veins. I’d heard the rumors of course, the talk that circulated during the weeks after Xander

uh, be together for the

My mother’s life had been spared by the same life-giving

one of the blessed few who carried a piece of the White Queens with me, even if

have told

your knuckles before the wounds get infected, please?”

with tension. I resisted the urge to reach out and cup his cheek, to comfort him. I was doing

bandages off the desk on

on the dresser,” he said, leaning back

He had some color in his cheeks again, and he was slowly flexing

rag with alcohol and walked back over to him. He breathed deeply as I

didn’t even flinch as I dabbed at

hell out of yourself on a regular basis?” I quipped, giving him a narrow-eyed

when I have someone between my knees,” he teased, bringing his legs together and squeezing

his skin with a little more pressure and

“Feeling better?”

Liza. I… I did want

didn’t have to

vulnerable, and we both knew it. He reached out with his free hand to brush a curl from my shoulder, his fingers lingering on my blouse long enough for his touch to

“Did I shock you?”

I slowly released my hold on his injured hand to reach back for the bandages, but

a kiss on the palm of my hand. Maybe I said his name, I

it because I knew how hard he was trying to keep it that

and smell of him as he wrapped his arms around me and lifted me into

fresh parchment consumed me. I breathed deeply, tilting my head back as he brushed a kiss

can’t promise I won’t hurt you,” he breathed, one hand splayed wide over my

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