Teach you

Erik’s POV

That girl was driving me insane!

Her eyes, her fucking beautiful mesmerizing eyes were haunting me not only by bight, but making me daydream.

When I found out who the hell had wiped her, I gave him a beating he would take a while to heal. every second of his punishment I kept seeing her eyes and how sad they must have looked, how painful it must have been to her and how the bastard had the courage to defy me!

I was doing just great, until she appeared in the dining room, on the floor, looking down at me. She was terrified because she thought I was going to harm her, but if she knew what I had in mind, would she be more relaxed or fear me even more?

After that, I had the worst idea ever: accept Aaron’s invitation to have ice cream at downtown with them. I was going to refuse, until I saw that Aaron had his hands on her wrist. I have no idea what has gotten in me to be so furious. During our trip, I decided it happened because I was afraid my Beta would be deceived by that little thing, just like she tried to do with me. Ok, she didn’t. I don’t know! But she did something to me, that was certain.

I was going to act distant., just to observe what was going to happen, but then, she just walked ahead to cross the street and didn’t even look before a car honked. At that moment, I felt as if a catastrophe was about to happen, something dreadful I couldn’t bear. Why? No idea. I just moved instinctively and embraced her, preventing her from getting hurt.

Another mistake.

She was trembling in my arms, but in the first moment all I could feel was her warmth. Her scent entered my nostrils and clouded my mind. She molded perfectly in me. I had many females in my life, but I had never felt like that. It was right. That is it. Just… right. Her scent of roses and vanilla milkshake made me feel home.

I sensed her moving and I looked down. Her lilac eyes were staring at me, so innocent and pure. Her mouth opened slightly… I had to let go of her. And so I did.

It was all Aaron’s fault! He didn’t take care of her and I had to act. During the time we spent inside that store, I felt as if I could hardly breathe. She started to have her ice cream, putting her tongue out and licking. Fuck… And the worst and best part was that she had no idea of what she was doing! She looked at me and I could explode right there. For fuck’s sake, I had to get the hell away from her!

I was so mad that I ended up being an ass to her, even threatening Aaron. I had to do something about it.

After spending the whole night thinking of her, I woke up and gave Cassandra orders to send the girl to clean the rooms. That way, I could accidentally see and touch her. But that had nothing to do with me lusting after her. Of course not. It was simply that I had to know what was the deal with her and since Cassandra and Aaron were not showing any improvement, I decided to do it myself.

At the moment, the girl is looking at me, sitting in that chair in front of my desk, waiting for my words.

“Very well, you and I are going to have a little chat, rogue.”

I know, my words sounded so dreadful. She widened her eyes at me and then looked down. The fact that she wouldn’t talk, not to me, was driving me insane. She just spoke up to save Aaron. Was she in love with him? She was not from my pack, so I couldn’t have any access to her. Aaron liked her, but I didn’t know if I liked her. Well, at least she was not his mate. Even without a wolf, he would be able to sense the haze. I didn’t feel that coming from him.

Rae. That was how Aaron called her. Rae from Raelynn. Such a beautiful name. Just like her eyes, her name was not common for rogues. It meant ‘Princess of divine light’ or something of the sort. She was no princess, she was just a rogue. And a wolfless one. How unfortunate she was.

“Rae.” I called, but she didn’t move. “Raelynn, look at me.”

When she did, I held my breath. She gulped and I saw her mouth moving. Her lips were full, pink. Then, the little jinx bit it. I knew she was not trying to seduce me, deep inside my mind, but my wolf, Xanto, was dying to meet her.

‘Let me taste her…” he asked me.

‘No, she is not ours.” I reminded him. Yes, we would never find our mate, because I had it blocked, but Xanto was, for some reason, getting crazy with this little rogue. I was in the same situation. I could have any female in that pack (I am not counting the mated ones. I don’t do that), but since I had those eyes in my mind, the others became blunt. I was obsessed. Damn it!

“Do you know how to read and write, Raelynn?” I asked her. “Don’t just nod, please, I want to listen to you.”

I know I was being mean, but I wanted to listen to her voice. She was a whole mystery to me. A mystery I was willing to discover. All of it.

She took a deep breath.

“No.” She said. Her voice.. angelic, sensual, innocent. Everything at the same time. “I am learning. Cassandra is teaching me.”

“I can teach you.” I said automatically and wanted to kick myself for that. I was going to ask if she could help me here with some documents. I wanted to keep an eye on her. Not to tutor her. I didn’t even have the time for that, damn it!
Her eyes widened. She was surprised, of course. The poor thing was waiting for me to scold her, at least, but why would I do that? Was she so afraid of everything, just like Aaron said?

“You, the Alpha, are going to teach me?” She asked, astonished. I could almost taste her astonishment.

“If you want to.” I replied. Too late now to get back on my word.

She licked her lips. That girl didn’t know what was good for her…

“Yes.”