26.

Hours...



She'd been crying for hours now. Her head hurt, her cheeks felt so sticky and her throat so raw that she had no voice anymore. No tears left to cry and no breaths left, her throat closing down from time to time, making her choke and cough as she struggled over that same plushy seat as if she were upon her dying breath.



The food sitting right in front of her remained untouched despite her stomach's painful torment, outlining her stubborn protest against that heartless tyrant of an Alpha that had left her all alone in there right after their brief yet heated conversation.



She still couldn't believe what he'd told her...



She had to give herself to him, in order to be able to see Emerick again. She had to trade her body so that she could check if he was still alive and well.



He could be lying, for all she knew.



After all, his background didn't exactly represent him as an honest and righteous...creature. He was torturing his own kind -and hers as well- for the sake of his own selfish interests, so what was stopping him from lying and toying with her too?



Literally nothing.



Still, she could not help but wonder, worry and hope altogether.



If the Alpha was speaking the truth and Emerick was still alive, didn't she owe it to herself and him to at least try and do something?



Wasn't she supposed to perform this one sacrifice so they could find each other and escape?



Could she do it though?



She asked herself, fastly scaring herself out of it as she could not help but think about all the vile things he could do to her and how much he could hurt her and possibly scar her forever, not to mention that it could be also all in vain...



Another tear slipped from her reddened eyes as a strong sense of powerlessness enveloped her completely, her nails digging into the soft cushioned seat as she sat like that for a little while longer until a gust of cool air caressed her wet cheeks and bare shoulders, making her raise her tired and mildly blurred sight.



The Alpha gazed upon her as he approached with care, sensing that accentuated fatigue and severe lack of nourishment in her feeble body.

However, he did not express his unwanted opinion nor did he bother to physically force her to ingest some food. He knew humans generally didn't respond positively to violent treatments and he surely did not intend to hurt this one, for her physical health was essential for his plans.



And she was already linked to that beast as it was.



A wrathful sensation prickled at him at the mere thought of it, his core temperature raising as he looked at the small female before him with heat and determination.



He needed to create his connexion too and he needed to do it now.



"No! You stay away from me, you sick fuck!" She screamed the moment the Alpha came closer then bent forward, taking ahold of her bare hips and hoisting her up as if she were but a mere feather, wrapping her legs around his waist and forcing her so close against his inhumanly hot body as he firmly held one arm wrapped around her back while the other snuck under her bum.



"Put me down! No! Let me go!" She futilely struggled and cried for a few times, however rapidly tiring herself as she harshly breathed, raising her chin to look up into the eyes of her tormentor.



"Please! Let me go!" She pleaded yet again, this time a little more weakly as her hands tightly fisted at his robe rather for support than trying to emphasize her request.



The Alpha did not listen to her cries and coldly peered into her eyes as he carried her around until they entered that same room she'd woken up into, the girl's lips parting open into a frightened gasp as she felt herself falling, her bare back suddenly meeting the velvety softness of the mattress.



Her eyes widened the moment her gaze raised to look at the Alpha standing at the foot of the bed, shocked to notice him swiftly discarding his robe and shirt, his intimidating muscles flexing with every movement as he only left his pants on.



Her breathing quickened, desperately trying to move further away from him as she weakly pushed herself backwards with the help of her elbows whilst the Alpha climbed over the mattress with the grace of a panther, those galaxy eyes finding her own as his hand wrapped around her leg and quickly pulled her back.



"No!" She shrieked, deathly scared of whatever he was about to do to her, her heart pounding faster and faster as she watched this beast of a male hover above her as if preparing to devour her.



What was going on? Why was he doing this?



"Please don't!" She desperately begged between tears as she felt his hot palm trailing higher and higher over her skin until it stopped over her thigh, his long fingers digging into her flesh whilst his other hand moved over her other leg and pressed against it, firmly holding it in place.



Noticing him leaning closer towards her barely covered pussy she immediately tried to squirm away, only to feel herself held down just a little bit firmer, pushing out a trembling whimper as his hot breath caressed the inside of her right thigh, mere seconds before his sharp and thin fangs unexpectedly pierced her skin, making her loudly cry out in pain.



She audibly panted as her body tried to endure the initial pain, her head lolling back whilst her hands tightly balled into fists, barely holding herself when everything suddenly changed, feeling a some sort of wildly hot rush running right through her like a furious torrent and wreaking havoc as she uncontrollably started to mewl and cry with purely tormenting pleasure, her intimate folds fastly becoming soaking wet as gushes of liquid dripped out of her core.



Her body trembled as that wave of pleasure and want lasted for a few moments longer until it slowly died out, leaving her so tired and cold that she could barely keep her eyes open, despite the constant shivering.



“What…did you do to me?” She weakly croaked out as she tilted her head so that she could better see him within the slowly fading light, just in time to notice the way his tongue darted out to lick away that smidge of burgundy over his lower lip.



“I have created a connexion,” He criptically answered, wasting but a single moment to gaze over her shivering figure before leaning closer once again and making her tense.



“What? What is that supposed to mean?” She questioned as her hands instinctually moved upwards to try and push him away, feebly pressing against the broad expanse of his smooth and firm pectorals.



“It means that you will react stronger towards me,” He peered into eyes as their noses almost touched, those golden locks falling over his forehead almost looking blue now as the suns had completely faded away, making room for the light coming from the four moons that orbited Laxian.



She looked into those two starry galaxies for another moment, completely lost as she entirely failed to understand his answer.



But that creeping tiredness kept pressing at her body and mind so she chose to disregard him as she simply couldn’t keep herself awake for much longer, weakly pushing at his chest for a few times more in her lame attempt to gain some space before he moved aside and laid his body right next to hers, wrapping his long and muscled arms around her.



She tried to set herself free and lightly struggled in his embrace for a few moments, only to have herself restrained a little bit tighter, his arms pulling her closer towards half-naked and incredibly hot figure until her entire front was pressed against his, squishing her cheek against his taut pectoral.



"I have to protect you from the cold whilst you have your nightly rest. We do not have windows or artificial heating in the palace since we have no need for it,"



“I cannot risk losing you over something so…stupid,”



She could feel the grave vibration of his voice as he spoke, her nostrils taking lungfuls of that familiar and calming scent with every breath as she eventually stopped trying to evade him and finally let herself feel that pleasing warmth enveloping her like a cocoon as her eyelids fluttered closed, her muddled mind mistaking him as Emerick as her thin arms wrapped around his neck and pulled him even closer, burying her fingers through his short and soft hair like she’d oh so wished to for so many times whilst her lips brushed against that junction between his neck and shoulder, faintly feeling him shiver against her before she eventually fell asleep.