Chapter Twenty
Claire beamed as she drove farther and farther away from the resort, the high gates that marked the exit evident in the distance.
The little old car drove like a dream and it had a lot of gas, she just might be able to far away enough with it.
Anxiety built up in her middle though as she approached the tall black gates, she had stolen a car after all. She had a good reason to do so but she had also committed a crime, that was a big deal for someone like Claire who had always lived her life on the right side of the law.
What if the guards found out that she had stolen the car? Would she be arrested? Spending the night in jail was not only unsavory, it also meant that Lukas could get her.
Claire pulled up at the gates at last, trying to keep a straight face as one of the guards walked up to her. She could see his nose wrinkle as he did, his eyes widening as he no doubt realized that she was human.
"Good evening, ma'am." He nodded politely, his right hand casually resting on the weapon strapped to his hip.
Claire had to fight the urge to hyperventilate. "Good evening." She muttered stiffly, her palms sticky from anxiety.
She should have probably added more to that but she was wary of saying anything that even remotely sounded suspicious.
Another guard walked up beside the first one and they shared a couple knowing looks, it was clear that they didn't know what to do because humans weren’t supposed to be allowed in, in the first place.
"Ma'am, may I see some ID?" The first guard spoke up, a guarded look on his face.
Claire felt her heart sink, she should have predicted that something like this would happen but she had gotten too reckless. If she was a werewolf, it would be easy to just say that she was going on a drive.
Claire didn't have any identification on her but saying that out loud was enough to ruin her chances at escape. She thought fast, could she use Lukas influence here? She was pretty sure that the entire resort already knew that Alpha King Lukas had a human guest.
That would probably work but then they would most likely inform Lukas about her leaving which would give away her position.
Claire was taking too long to respond and the guards were starting to become wary, the second one pulling out a taser.
"Let her by, we're just going on an evening drive." Lukas' voice came from the back seat.
The guards startled at this, looking in the direction that the authoritative voice had come from.
"Cer-Certainly, Alpha Lukas!" The guards saluted stiffly, immediately giving orders for the gate to be open. They couldn't believe that they had heckled their Alpha King’s important guest.
Claire went rigid in her seat, slowly driving out when the gates were opened for her. Lukas… Lukas had been in the back seat this entire time.
When they were clear of the gates, Lukas effortlessly slipped into the passenger seat, grinning at Claire when she glanced at him. "So where are we going?"
Claire had to slow down to catch her breath when they were a sufficient distance from the resort. She placed her head on the steering wheel, just trying to breathe.
After a few minutes of this, Claire finally didn't feel like exploding again, she sat up calmly and stared at Lukas. "How did you get in?"
Lukas stared straight at her, genuine amusement in his eyes this time as he pulled down the covering and disconnected the cords she had used to hotwire the car. "The back door was open."
Claire closed her eyes slowly when the rumbling car went silent, she was fucked.
“You surprise me every single time, little human.” Lukas went right on, laughter in his voice. “Who knew you could hotwire a car?”
Claire sucked in a deep breath, at least he didn’t sound mad at her considering that she kicked him in the nuts before escaping. “What can I say?” She murmured, slightly breathless from nerves. “It’s an important life skill.”
Lukas smile fell off his face and he leaned closer to Claire, her eyes avoiding his as he did so. “I caught you.” He whispered, his voice sinister.
Claire’s blood ran cold at this, screaming her head off when Lukas effortlessly pulled her onto him. What kind of awful game was this? She was sick of playing it.
In a few swift moves, Lukas had Claire’s knees on the passenger seat on either sides of his legs, her wrists caught in a punishing hold behind her which forced her to arch backwards.
“Shut it, Claire.” Lukas calmly cut off her screaming, grabbing her bare waist in a punishing hold. “You’re rather feisty…” Very feisty as a matter of fact; Lukas hadn’t been expecting her to straight up attack him, he had to giver her props for that.
The moon was a silver crescent and let off very little light but Claire had driven far enough from the resort for the artificial lights to be hidden. It made the moonlight shine brighter, the silver rays beaming in through the open window.
Teardrops gathered at the edges of Claire’s eyes, she felt very frustrated. Lukas always seemed to be one step ahead of her no matter what she did, it was very infuriating to feel this helpless.
Lukas felt his heartbeat slow down when Claire stared at him with wide tragic eyes. The guilt started slow, it burned at the edges of his heart slowly consuming him.
Without thinking, he leaned forward and claimed her lips. He needed an outlet for the guilt eating his heart out.
Humans were the cruel ones, they were the ones who treated shifters like they were no better than wild animals, they were the ones who took the love of his life away. So why did he feel like a burning spear was embedded in his heart when Claire looked at him like that?
*‘It had to be the fucking mate bond.’*
Curse it because he couldn’t stop himself, he could only pull Claire even closer and deepen the kiss. To his surprise, Claire kissed him back. It wasn’t a gentle kiss, it was wild and turbulent like the feelings they both held inside each other.
Anger and frustration, guilt and pain. Dark emotions mixed with burning lust which created a sensual potion that they both drank from each other’s lips.
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