Chapter-46
VALENCIA’S POV
I didn’t dare to turn around. I was afraid to do so.
Why? Because I could feel the anger coursing through him even when he sat just behind .
"Sold at $20000," the host said, and I gulped.
I didn’t want to stay here anymore, but how was I supposed to tell Aiden about it without alerting the man behind ?
Right. I should go with the washroom excuse and call Aiden out later. This seed to be the best-fitting solution.
Happy with my plans, I told Aiden I was going to the washroom, ensuring it was loud enough for a couple of chairs around us to hear before I left.
’I need to pee. Take us to the washroom,’ Aurora said as soon as I ca a little farther from the event hall, and I scowled.
’Aurora, you are literally a soul in my head space. Can you stop overreacting all the ti? You can’t feel the urge to pee. And if WE would need to pee, I would feel it too,’ I rolled my eyes at her.
’You know nothing about . I said I wanted to pee. Take to the washroom, I don’t care. If you don’t agree, I will turn you into a cat,’ Aurora threatened with the sa thing she always does to get things done her way.
I sighed.
What was wrong with her?
Sotis I really feel like I am tending to a kid all the ti. And that among the two of us, I am the only one who grew.
Not wanting her to create any more problems for when my predator was already out, ready to hunt down, I gave in to her request and walked inside the washroom even though I didn’t want to waste even a single second there.
After using the restroom, I walked out and was about to fish my phone out of my pocket to call Aiden out when soone held my elbow, and before I could scream, I was pulled into the corner as the person placed his hand over my mouth to stop from screaming.
"Running from , kitten?" He asked, looking at dead in the eyes, his eyes serious, but the smirk on his face gave him away.
"And here I thought that at this high rate, I was allowed to take the painting ho along with the artist," He whispered before pulling further into a corner away from the public eye, the dark surroundings making my breath hitch.
What was he seriously doing?
He pressed further into the wall before tucking my hair behind my ears, the smile on his face appearing a little too mischievous.
"Why did you run away from the hospital? Hmm? Why do you keep running away from ? Don’t you know we wolves are predators by nature, Kitten? The more you run, the more we want to hunt," He whispered, his low voice making my heart flip before I gulped to get hold of my emotions.
I looked at his face, motioning at his hand that was still blocking my lips.
He smiled before removing his hand from my face, making my eyes widen when he sniffed his hand and kissed his own palm, my heart skipping a beat again at what he was doing.
My mind was in a frenzy but I shook my head.
That wasn’t the important part here. The important part was that I needed to get out of here.
He wasn’t good for . His presence has started to affect in ways more than I would appreciate, and my wolf has started to go crazy for him.
And this was dangerous for .
Now that I look at the situation, it wasn’t hard for to decipher why Aurora forced to use the washroom.
It was clear she kind of knew and felt that Shadow would be following us, and that was why she was buying ti for him. This cunning wolf, I swear.
"I wasn’t running from you," I said.
He quirked his brows, clearly not believing and I sighed.
"Dylan, I an, the council’s head’s son told that it was Alpha Maverick who called him there. I was afraid if I stayed there any longer, your alpha would co to visit , and I don’t think I am ready to et him yet," I said honestly, looking down at my feet, a little ashad to admit that I was indeed scared of this alpha.
I an, he built a reputation for himself and it wasn’t built with good words shared from mouth to mouth. It was built with blood and battles.
Shadow didn’t say anything for so ti, his hands still blocking between his arms, and I raised my gaze to look at him to see what he was thinking when he smirked.
"You don’t know who he is, do you?" He asked.
I furrowed my brows.
Was I supposed to know him? I don’t think I ever interacted with him or saw him. I would’ve known if I had t with such a powerful alpha.
Honestly, Shadow was the most powerful person I have felt around so far, and though it doesn’t make any sense, it is what it is.
"Are you trying to threaten with his na? The only reason I don’t want to et him is because of this case going around.
At any other given chance, I wouldn’t have run away from him," I said, and seeing him smirking at as if he didn’t believe a word I said, I couldn’t help but add.
"What are you smirking about? At least I am not like you who saves soone and gives the credit to their alpha just so he could earn brownie points in front of the council mbers. What an opportunist Alpha," I rolled my eyes, looking away.
Look at him acting all high and mighty and just because he was so beta. Does he really think I am any less? I am also the queen of my own world.
I am sothing that he won’t even get to et so easily. A shapeshifter.
He should be considering himself lucky to even be associated with , with a psychotic, sympathetic, cute, and dangerous shapeshifter like . But a fool like him won’t know.
’Val, you were supposed to thank him, not mock him and his alpha,’ Aurora reminded , and I sighed.
Right. How could I forget that?
I shook my head at my own thoughts and raised my hands to push him away to create so distance between us when he held my hand mid-air and slamd it over my head, intertwining his fingers with mine, making gasp and look at him wide-eyed.
What the hell was wrong with this guy?
"You-"
"Has anyone ever told you that your sharp mouth is going to get you into serious trouble soday?" Shadow asked , and his serious expression told the joking season was over.
"I... I wanted to say thank you to you for saving my life," I said quickly, hoping to change the topic and have him soften his gaze.
When he didn’t say anything, I looked away from him, looking around to ensure no one saw us in this compromising position, and he imdiately grabbed my chin with his free hand, forcing to look back at him.
"Don’t look away when I am talking to you. It makes mad," He said.
And it was supposed to bother because?
I was about to give him a piece of my mind for telling what to do when he averted his gaze to my lips and rubbed my bottom lip with his thumb, the emotions swirling in them, making blush a little.
The sound of soone coming towards us intensified, and I looked at Shadow with wide eyes.
He didn’t look like he cared about being caught like this with , but it wasn’t the sa case for .
What would people think? That I was getting involved with my professor? No. I wasn’t into that kind of forbidden romance trope.
Geez. What the hell was I thinking? Where did that even co from? Romance? Forbidden? With this guy? I swear sothing was wrong with the way my brain processes things sotis.
"What are you doing? Soone is coming. Leave ," I hissed at him, and he smiled.
"Be my friend," he said.
"What?" I asked, confused.
Did I really hear him right? The predator wants to befriend the prey.
And just in case anyone confuses it, I am the predator here. I scoffed, still looking at him, confused.
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