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?”

me, mostly. I

what… what you’re

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

like this

arms were raised with a chill, and he shivered involuntarily as he rested his elbows on the seat rest

“No, just you.”

him, standing before him for a moment before dropping to my

whispered, curling my hands

to this, but allowed me to touch him and be close to

to stay away

“I’m not going to do that. We’re husband

are you doing this to

think it wants to hurt me. I

were to hurt you, I’d

I said in a breath tinged with annoyance. “You

veins. I’d heard the rumors of course, the talk

had been able to, uh, be together for the

by a drop of my great aunt Rosalie’s blood. My mother’s life had been

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

have told him,

something on your knuckles before the wounds get infected, please?”

and cup his cheek, to comfort him. I was doing everything I could to

grabbed a box of bandages off the desk

alcohol on the dresser,” he said, leaning back in

some color in his cheeks again, and he was slowly flexing his hands out of the tight fists

breathed deeply as I knelt between his knees

flinch as I

yourself on a regular basis?” I

knees,” he teased, bringing his

with a little more pressure and he winced,

“Feeling better?”

I… I did

didn’t have to

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 send

“Did I shock you?”

up at him just as his eyes drifted back to my face. I slowly released my hold on his injured hand to reach back for

palm of my hand. Maybe I said his name, I wasn’t sure, because

at the gentleness of it because I knew how hard he

he

scent of leather and fresh parchment consumed me. I breathed deeply, tilting my head back as he

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

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