Chapter 28|Careening Towards Heaven.

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ISABELLE.

Alexander took me to his penthouse, the same one we got to when we first left the Forest. He was still rigid, his body tense, but having my hand in his was slowly making the harsh feeling running through his veins subside. We left after a heated conversation ensued between The Alpha and his Beta who refused to back down on his words which I and Leah weren't audience to. It was clear that The Alpha used his superiority to make Francis do as he wished because the latter returned to us and with not so much as a glance in my way he took Leah's hand and ushered her out of the bar before Alexander strode towards me and offered his hand to me. I took it paying no heed to some of the bystanders who were looking at us from the corners of their eyes.

What surprises me still is how not one single person backed the other guy up or stood up against Alexander. It was as if they knew who he was.

But then, who was I kidding? Of course they knew 'cause he was literally a King in this part of the world.

Once we were within the confines of the penthouse he let go of my hand and plopped unto a sofa, Alexander took his head in his hands, lowered to the ground and deep in thoughts. I felt his anguish right there and then.

My legs took me to him, I crouched a bit and placed a kiss to the top of his head before doing the same to his raw bloodied knuckles holding his eyes in mine all through my actions.

His eyes were scorching my very soul with the expression in it.

"He fucking put his hands on you Belle." He whispered so lowly I almost couldn't hear him.

"But you were there in time to stop him. It was brief I swear it, I was about to tell him off when you did." I assured him.

Alexander did nothing but stare at me in a searching manner. When his eyes moved to the bottom of my shirt his hands followed right after and in a swift move he had the shirt out of my body. I shivered as the cold hit my bare skin before the reason behind my shiver turned from cold to scorching heat by the scrutiny of his gaze on my unclothed skin. I was only in a lacy bra and my chest was a few inches away from his eyes. His gaze darted from my belly, to the lacy fabric, my shoulder, then it stopped at the juncture between my neck and shoulder where his mark was stamped. The hickey left by his teeth there was close to invisible but we both knew it was that very spot he pierced the first time we made love. It was the spot where my pulse raced in gallops.

"I missed you more than any fucking thing." He swore and gently pulled me unto his lap like he did in the car until he was on eye-level with the spot. Alexander's tongue darted out and splayed on the barely existent love bite, he trailed it along the spot slowly and sensually before his whole lips came bearing down on it, he sucked, nibbled and pulled on it like his life depended on it before piercing through with a groan of pleasure.

My own moan slipped out right after his groan as I felt myself anticipating his next move. I pulled his head closer to my chest heaving with want.

"My Beautiful Belle." He whispered over my ear, making love to the ear lobe sensually and slowly.

I felt like I was on the verge of coming apart especially as his hands toyed lightly with the edge of my pantyhose. His fingers tightened on the waist area of the hose and pulled it down alongside my panties. His hands came into contact with my bare flesh and I felt like a bucket of water was splashed over my whole body.

"We can't do this. It's not right Alex, what about Arabella?" I asked attempting to take my panties from their position on the floor and searching for my dress with my free hand. Note the keyword, attempt.

"What about her?" He asked in annoyance, glints of lust were still glazing his eyes making me wish I could douse it in an instant. It didn't feel right with him touching me while responding to Arabella as his intended. I felt like a sham.

"The edict, Old Bea's insistence that you stay away from me until a solution was drawn up." I slipped my panties on and got up in my underwear only. My cheeks heated up as a blush spread around my neck and chest area like a wildfire.

Alex wordlessly stared at me, my reluctance to be with him did nothing to cool down his ardor, rather it made him move towards me like a predator stalking its prey. I walked backwards with my dress barely covering my front until my back hit the wall separating the living room to the study.

My chest heaved heavily as he plucked the dress of out my grasp, threw it over his shoulder. He held my gaze with his as he unbuttoned his shirt, the buttons going off one by one made my heart race faster than anything I'd ever felt before. Once done he shrugged the shirt off letting it fall over both our feet. His hand came up to mine holding my wrists captive over my head with my chest bared to him.

Alex dipped in and closed his mouth over my chest.

I thrashed on the wall pleading at him to do something about the ache that was building in me like a tornado bound to erupt.

"Alex.. Alex I.." I moaned as I felt like I was careening over the edge just from the feel of his mouth on my skin. He released me abruptly refusing to give me what I wished for most.

"You refused me." He growled in my ear tilting my head up with his hands fisted in my hair. I could only shake my head because at the moment words felt too strong for my tongue.

"Do you want me to give it to you?" He asked rubbing his nose over the column of my throat taking my scent in, his nostrils flaring.

I could only nod in response.

"Then I want you to forget about the Pack members, Old Bea, Arabella and most especially who I am here. I want you to only think of me as the man you found unconscious, the Alex you named in the forest, the one you surrendered your innocence to and the very one who proclaimed you his mate, who marked you because right now that's all I am Isabelle. Understood?" He muttered straight to my ears.

I could nod in response as my body quivered.

"Trust me?" He asked, tilting my head to the side and meeting my eyes with his smoldering expression.

"I trust you wholeheartedly." I muttered to his ears finding my voice again, it was husky from arousal but it managed to pass the message.

A grin covered his lips as he backed up from me, as if I weighed nothing Alex took me into his arms but then I basically weighed nothing to him in all honesty as he was all muscled and packed in a way that fit him perfectly and wasn't like he was on steroids.

Alex stopped by the door to his room pushing it open with his free hand, he splayed me over the bed and pushed my legs apart. I shyly attempted to shut them close but he was in a mood, he came down on me baring them apart with his before closing his lips over mine. He trailed his lips from mine to all trails below until I was fisting the sheets in my hand and holding his head in a tight grip.

"Let it go." He whispered, his hot breath fanning my exposed skin and his eyes focused on mine. The command came with a sharp desperation to oblige as I felt my body get strung instantly before careening into heaven.

When I was down from the high he took me to I smiled lazily and wrapped my hands around his naked top. I helped him out of his pants and let him have my way with him. Yes I mustered the courage up to take him and it was worth the ride.

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Sated and satisfied we laid on the bed wrapped in each other's arms stargazing. Earlier, we moved from his bedroom to the rooftop of the building. I'd never been there but the first time in it had me falling in love head first. We made love there too twice under the sheets before we began counting the stars.

A thought I'd never had before came into my head in a sudden, it felt like it was much more than a thought but deja vu. Must've been something from my bleak past. 

"I used to believe that we turn to stars when we die and we overlook the world from the distance."

He pressed a kiss to the top of my head with a slight frown. "I think I've heard something like that before but I can't remember where."

"Tell me about your family." I requested out of the blues.

"Existing family or?" He let the other part of the question hang in the air and trail into the silence looking straight into my eyes.