The Alpha

Chapter 52

Ethan's POV

She moves so that she is sitting properly in her seat again before her gaze meets mine. "I unfroze

them. And honestly, I have no idea how I'm doing that or where my newfound gifts came from," she

replies with a shrug.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

She clasps her hands in her lap and fidgets with them nervously as she looks down at them. I reach out

and place my hand over hers and her gaze moves back up to me. Her violet eyes shine like amethysts

as they search my face, though I have no idea what she is looking for. She lets out a sigh before

answering, "I uh... I just didn't really know what to say. A couple of weird things happened, but I didn't

know what it was or if I'd imagined it. I wouldn't have even known where to start if I had wanted to tell

anyone. And really, what happened at the castle is the first time I was able to use my abilities on

purpose."

"When did you start thinking that you might have some unknown powers?"

She looks down and clears her throat as she starts twisting her hands in her lap again. When her gaze

returns to me her lip quivers and her eyes glisten. "When Ray... when he was on top of me... when I

realized that he... what he wanted to do..." she struggles to explain. I instantly know what she is trying

to say and a low growl rumbles through my chest. I reach out and pull her into an embrace as I wrap

my arms around her. Just the thought of that bastard and what he had done to her, what he had wanted

to do, makes my blood boil. I can only imagine what she is feeling right now, how hard it is for her to

talk about him. At least he is now burning in the depths of hell. Now I need to send Lucien there for his

sins against her.

That sick fuck is completely obsessed with my gorgeous mate. I can't say I blame him. She is

magnificent, but that certainly doesn't excuse his behavior. He has violated her in so many ways now.

He had her kidnapped and had planned to make her his own. Clearly that witch was trying to do

something with our mating bond. My mark on Scarlet looks fresh as though she had been reversing

time to make it disappear. The mating bond has always been cherished and respected by all

werewolves. It is sacred, a gift from the Moon Goddess herself. And Lucien has just spat on it.

We continue our way in silence as my hands soothingly rub up and down her back. I kiss her temple

and gently caress her cheek as she looks up at me with her mesmerizing gaze. "I love you Ethan," she

murmurs to me.

"I love you too my angel. More than anything. You are mine. And I am yours. Forever and always," I Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

reply back without hesitation. No matter what I will not lose her, even if I have to burn Silver City to the

ground.

*****

We arrive at Kane Enterprises in the late evening and immediately retreat to the privacy of our room. I

open the door for her, allowing her to enter first before following. I instantly reach out, wrapping my

arms around her waist as I pull her towards me so that her body is flushed with mine. Bending my head

down, I bury my face in the nook of her neck and breathe deeply as I inhale her scent. The effect

soothes and calms me and my wolf. Ever since we found Scarlet, our anger, anxiety, and jealousy has

us feeling restless. Just the thought of Lucien and what he had done makes my wolf growl ferociously

in my head. We both hated that Lucien had touched and kissed our mate, that he had seen her bare

body, sprawled out to him like a gift. I can't wait to get my hands on him. He can't be allowed to live

after everything he has done.

Images of Scarlet begin to fill my head, making me tighten my grip on her. There had been so many

portraits of MY mate in that room, all of them erotic and completely indecent for anyone else to look at.

And that gown that she was wearing, if you can even call it that, showed everything. I could see the

silver and leather straps that hung from the bedposts. It wasn't hard to put the pieces together and it

made my blood feel like molten lava. My wolf started raging and snarling once more as I struggled to

control my thoughts. "MINE," I growl lowly into Scarlet's ear before biting her now fresh mark, causing

her to gasp.