THE AWAKENING

Chapter-21-

Tieran appeared at her doorway, interrupting her thoughts. He carried a tray of food that might feed a room of people but he barely noted the strain.

She couldn’t help but appreciate the way his muscles bunched and bulged from the weight of the heavy load. Each time they were alone, her hormones reacted like unruly teenagers, heedless of caution or reason.

His eyes darkened as her scent washed over him, her pheromones melding with perfect precision into a heady aphrodisiac. “Your food,” he announced unnecessarily, placing the tray at the small table and turning to leave.

“Tieran…” she called out to him. “Can we talk?”

“I haven’t the time for idle chit-chat,” he answered curtly. “Is there anything else you require?”

“I require the father of my child to speak to me,” she said. “You treat me like a prisoner and a whore, neither of which I appreciate. If we are supposed to be parents together, shouldn’t we try to get along?”

He cast her a short look but gruffly acknowledged the logic in her request. “Your request is valid,” he said, taking a seat furthest from her in the oversized chair opposite the bed.

She withheld a sigh and tried not to feel bruised by his subtle rejection. He didn’t want to want her but like her, their hormones were causing them to dance to a different tune. She secretly admired how strong he was to deny his own feelings.

As much as she wanted to ignore the pull, she couldn’t help the drift she felt toward him. She craved his touch, his scent, the feel of him inside her. She slid her tongue lightly along the seam of her lip and he caught the subtle movement.

His eyes flashed and he growled low in his throat. “You wished to talk?”

“I…I don’t know anything about you,” she stammered, trying desperately to stay focused when all she really wanted to do was drop to her knees and take that lovely length of cock hiding behind his jeans into her hot and greedy mouth. “I have so many questions that I don’t know where to start.”

“Such as?”

“Well, where does the clan’s wealth come from? I mean, Clan Janus lives by a very different standard so I imagine there had to be some smart investments on someone’s part to help sustain the clan.”

One dark slash of an eyebrow rose incrementally. “You wish to talk finances? I assure you, Cassandra, we are well and securely funded. There is no need to worry where your next meal will come from.”

She frowned. “That’s not what I meant at all. Listen, in the normal world, people have to work for their money but as far as I can tell you, you don’t punch a clock so there must’ve been some wealth pocketed somewhere in order for you to sit on your Alpha chair all day.”

“I do not sit on a chair all day,” he said, affronted. “You imply laziness on my part.”

“No, not at all,” she said, rushing to clarify. “I’m just trying to understand and put things into place from the only perspective that I have.”

“Oh, I see,” he said, slightly mollified. He shifted in his chair and sighed. “To answer your question, yes, Clan Barrachius has always been smart with their investments. We’ve amassed a healthy sum of money over the centuries that is now handled by an investment firm. Clan Janus has been foolish in not taking a more active role in the health of their clan finances. However, according to Cristophe, Ulster has been amassing wealth through less than honorable means. He has far more than he shows.”

“I’ve seen the way they live. It’s shameful the way he treats his women. He tried to force the women to breed by getting a witch to cast some kind of spell.”

“Did it work?” Tieran asked, concerned.

And then he beat

the Janus clan members spoke well of the Alpha. “An Alpha’s job is to protect his clan, not rule

in class that day when they taught that

her quip, Tieran’s lips twitched in the subtle makings of a smile. “You are very witty,” he remarked, as if surprised by this

I was actually an honor student with a full ride to college. I like to

approved, though he

always so serious?” she asked, trying to picture the austere man as a carefree boy. “I mean,

pup. There wasn’t much time for foolishness.” At her disappointment, he clarified gruffly, saying,

more like

normal and relaxed a bit. “What did you do for schooling? I’m guessing

had to be able to keep up in order to protect the clan from outside forces. He said ignorance was never

duty and honor and tradition pounded into your

repeated stiffly, retreating

teased lightly. “There has

have time

she grumbled, sighing when she felt they’d

grouchy?” he

in sugarcoating it. “I don’t think I’ve

moon is full, I change and run with the night. It’s the only time

paws and how exhilarating it’d felt to

A moment passed between them that resembled the

he said. “I’m still wrapping my head around the fact that you are so

different,” she agreed. “I think the world my mother always used to describe me

human raising a werewolf, it’s a travesty,” he said

sounds like my parents

Maybe they were making

the juice dribbling down her chin before she could catch it. Tieran was on his feet in an instant,

temperature rose. She swallowed the bite of apple and he removed the fruit from her hand. She knew what would happen now. It was always

to be with her, that he was driven by some biological programming and not true desire. She forced herself to look away even as he pulled her into the rough shelter of his arms.

you leave now, we don’t have to do this,” she

in the heart. Closing her eyes, she gathered every

prize,” she said harshly as she backed away. “I know I am not Serra and I never will be. You’ve done your duty — I’m pregnant — so feel free to send someone else to

from the room, angry at her rejection or perhaps secretly relieved at her letting him off the hook, but he shocked her when he

towering above her. “You are my mate. We are bonded in flesh and blood. No one will bring you food but me and no one will be between those thighs but me.

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