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“What!?”
Curtis immediately glanced down over his neck and found a dagger, he figured it out from her actions that Leita was angry. Even though the woman was enraged she kept the dagger close to his neck and carefully ensured that the blade would not touch his skin. However, the hybrid beta could potentially feel the burning sensation coming from the dagger. Somehow Leita did have some tactics under her gown for her own safety.

“What are you doing, Leita? Are you out of your mind?”
The beta was taken aback by her swift movement as he had no clue what she was doing. Whereas Leita slipped her right knee in between his legs and placed her palm over his sturdy chest. She pushed him while keeping the dagger close to his neck, the whole room was quiet and a grim atmosphere reigned in the room.

“Don’t even try to make any reckless move, the blade is dipped in silver. And it can burn you into ashes easily.”
Leita threatened him as the woman pushed him back towards the wall which was right behind him. She slipped her one knee in between his legs and carefully held the knife just an inch closer to his neck. Curtis was forced to stay back and oblige to whatever the woman was doing or desired from him.

“Why? What are you trying to do with this?”
Curtis was unsure why she was acting up suddenly when he had just saved her life. His crimson eyes looked at her with confusion and passion. The beta tried to grab her hand to push the dagger away from himself but Leita immediately acted and brought it near to his neck. Curtis had no other option but to look up at her so she could know he was paying attention.

“What do you mean by what I am doing? How dare you talk to me like that?”
Leita sounded angry as she gritted her teeth and confronted Curtis about his behaviour. The woman did not lose the only chance she had at that moment. After all, he was a powerful hybrid and when she moved the dagger away Curtis could potentially kill her. That was why she used to keep that dagger with herself because silver was a weakness to these beasts.

The beta shook his head and lifted his right hand to touch her cheek. The way Curtis smiled his fangs got exposed and made him appear even scarier. But it appeared that for some reason Leita was not afraid of him at all, since the woman seemed to have known how to tame him. Curtis spoke in a polite tone when she shrugged his hand off indicating that his sweet talk was not going to help.

“My dear, what else do you expect me to do?”
The beta again dared to lift his hand in order to touch her cheek and this time Leita let Curtis. The man traced his knuckles over her cheek gently, the actions were totally contradictory to what had happened outside. Curtis looked in her eyes with his bright red eyes as his expressions turned softer this time.

“I had to treat you that way or else he would have known we are intimate with each other.”
Curtis did have a point for saying that since he had been by Sahan’ side ever since. Now he had also witnessed how he treated Lana despite acknowledging the fact she was his mate. Leita was indeed hurt with the way Curtis treated her in front of the alpha. Even though she was just a mere and worthless person, the woman deserved the basic respect and that was one of the things she needed from Curtis.

“You know much the alpha despises humans after that incident. If I hadn’t stepped in he might have forced you to take your own life.”
He was right in his speculations and exactly that might have happened if Curtis would have been absent from the whole damned scene. The beta’s presence diverted the things from Leita’s safety to the dress. The way Curtis just simply barged into the room and ragged Leita out was the most outrageous thing she had never faced.

“Oh really now? And what if he had just told you to snap my head then?”
She gritted her teeth and looked at him with an angry expression making it clear she did not believe his ridiculous explanation. Leita was not in the mood of messing around because out of all the people in the castle she trusted Curtis. And now that he was acting up like a jerk she could not bear the pain of her lover changing his attitude.

“How would you have refused him then, huh? You acted recklessly and made the situation even more worse by your antics!”
Leita burst out on him not knowing if she should have just slashed his neck or not. There were tears now in her eyes as the woman had no clue if she should even listen to him or not. Whereas this time Curtis grabbed her hand with which she had been holding that dagger. The beta did not want to appear forceful thus he kept his gaze gentle and tried to converse.

“I am really sorry, my love. I had no other choice but to do that, when the alpha sent me to call you I had no time to tell you all that. And even if I had, your reaction would not have been as natural as it was.”
Curtis tried to reason out which made Leita even angrier because she was not an actress. And the way she was treated like nothing back there the woman had no other option but to burst out.

“Hah!? So, you did not even bother to tell me about my own death beforehand!”
Leita’s lips quivered in rage as she was not sure what to conclude from all those words. The woman released his neck and stepped back while whimpering.