Ash's POV
"Oh, my God!..." I gasp and the half-naked man whirl around on hearing my voice, but not before I had a glimpse of the monstrous-looking wolf with blood-red eyes tattoo that covered the whole of his back
He looks surprised to see me and slowly lower the pho ne he was speaking into when he had his back to me. Gauging me like a predator, he makes his way to where I'm standing, rooted to the floor.
He looks so fearsome, exactly like the wild-looking wolf with red eyes drawn on his back and I want to bolt for the door but I don't. I'm mesmerized as if I am captured with magic by the easy and calculating gait with which he walks toward me.
His head is cocked aside in a wondering manner while his green eyes that are drilling into mine flicker between their natural color and blood red.
"Who are you?" He asks, his tone cold and deadly to my ears, still, I'm entranced by him and can't get my mouth to reply to his question.
By God, he looks fierce but damn good-looking! I'm scared by how fierce he looks and at the same time captivated by his devilish good look, from the way his long undercut hairstyle is packed in a messy ponytail to his sexy stubble beard. I'm not short but he still looks so tall to me.
His body is hard and sinewy and my eyes can't help but travel downwards from his face to his broad chest which has another tattoo of two double-edged axes crossed over each other drawn on it. My eyes move further down to his muscled abs and narrow waist with a V shape that disappear into low-slung jeans that already had the button opened
His aura radiates so much authority one wouldn't be able to help but bow before him, and I'm tempted to but remember my wolf's warning before she stops talking to me. We bow for no man, except our mate.
"Like what you see?" His cold voice asked mockingly with a raised brow, bringing me out of my reverie and I immediately averts my eyes, heat rushes up to my face in embarrassment when he made me realize I'd been gawking shamelessly at his hot body.
I swallow down the lump-like feeling in my throat and finally get my leg to start working, attempting to move past him but he also moves in time to block my way
"Excuse me, I - I need to get going!" I say in a small voice.
"I asked you a question and can't remember you answering me!"
"Huh?..." I reply stupidly since I can no longer recall the question he asked me. "What question is that?" I shamefully ask. I must look dumb to him right now.
"I was told no one would be in here! So who the fuck are you and what were you doing inside my bedroom!?" He growled, making me jump like a scared mouse.
I can't hide the fact that he scares me to death.
"Uhmm... I-I'm your personal Omega for the night..." I stupidly reply to his question and watch in embarrassment as he raises his eyebrows at me in surprise
"No, no, no..." I say with dismay when I realize what just came out of my mouth. "Not like your personal, personal like that, if you know what I mean. I'm just the Omega that will serve you throughout your stay here..."
'Omg! What the fuck did I just say! That certainly came out wrong!' I thought to myself in alarm. I wanted to do damage control by trying to explain my shameful sexually suggestive words but I only made the situation worse
"Serve me?..." He mockingly asks like he's really enjoying my discomfort
"Yes!... No!... I mean no! Not the kind of service you're thinking in your mind..."
"The kind of service I'm thinking? How did you know what I was thinking? How can you tell?" He asks, his voice has surprisingly gone soft. He move another step closer to me and prop his arm up against the wall he backed me to.
"I-I don't know!... Look, I'm sorry! I don't know what you're thinking and I certainly can't read minds. I'm your maid and... Oh, fucking hell!"
My words obviously aren't getting any better. Instead of saying another word, I clamp my traitorous mouth shut, combing my fingers through my short hair and nearly tearing them out of their roots in frustration.
His eyes continue to drill into mine like he's looking into my soul, searching, and making me squirm so uncomfortably. I can't just keep quiet while we look into each other's eyes. I should say something. I took a deep breath in and let it out slowly to calm my nerves...
"What I've been trying to say is, I'm a maid. I was told to clean the place and leave. I'm sorry, I - I didn't mean for you to meet me here a-and I'll just leave.'' I stammered but finally get my words right. Now it seems my legs stop working since I'm not making any attempt to leave.
He is too close for comfort. I suddenly realized there was no space left between us when I feel his dick poking my belly.
"Please move back!... Your uhmm... You're poking me with your uhmm..." I stutter in embarrassment.
"You mean my cock?..." He filled in the word that I was finding difficult to get out of my mouth. Even though his choice of words is vulgar, the way he said it makes me feel indescribable sensations in-between my legs
"Why? Does my cock bother you? Not like you've never seen a naked one before right?" His voice turns cold again, his grip on my arm tightening painfully
"No, I have not!..." I firmly reply, trying to wrench my arm away from him.
"And If I have seen a naked one I really don't see how it's any of your business!." I snapped as an afterthought, angry with myself for replying to him in the first place. How could I allow a total stranger intimidates me in such a manner
"Please let go of my arm, you're hurting me!" I angrily say.
I don't know why I bother defending myself to him, especially when I don't know him from Adam and don't owe him any explanation. He can fucking believe whatever he wants to believe! Not my business.
"How old are you?" He ask out of the blue, his eyes narrowed at me
"Certainly not old enough for what you're trying to do to me!" I reply tersely
"What do you think I'm trying to do to you?..." He asked absentmindedly, bending his head to sniff the crook of my neck. He inhaled deeply.
"Damn, you smell sooo good..." He drawls against my neck and my eyes drift shut out of their own volition. "Earthy, sweet, like a floral garden that I want to..." He suddenly stop mid-sentence and straightened, sniffing the air around me.
"There's another smell... Another wolf was indeed on you before! Who the fuck is he!?" He coldly asks.
"Who is who?... What are you talking about? I don't even know you and..."
He grabs my neck and pins me to the wall with it, cutting me off mid-sentence
"Don't act stupid with me because you reek of him!" He says roughly. "Who the fuck was the guy you were with previously before me!? Answer me right now!"
"I don't know what you're talking about and I don't fucking know you so why the fuck should who I was with be any of your fucking business!? You..." I didn't get to finish my words.
"Shut your fucking mouth!" He roars and I scream when his fist smashes into the wall beside my face, causing dirt from the wall to rain down on the floor.
The back of his hand starts bleeding. It must have hurt really bad but he doesn't even flinch as if smashing his fist into a brick wall is nothing to him.
"I now know his smell and I'm going to fucking kill him for touching what's mine!" He says furiously
I know he's talking about Ethan because he's the first and only man I ever kissed. What I don't understand is how he could refer to me as his when I don't smell him as my mate. He said I smell like a floral garden but how could he tell if he isn't my mate? Why doesn't he call me mate then if he smells me as his mate?
I wish I had a Shifter I could talk to about how to recognize my mate. Celine who called herself my mother and her husband couldn't be bothered about letting me know about such stuff. I obviously can't talk to Ethan about it since he has feelings for me and I'm not sure if Martha, who is a human, knows.
"Let go of me, what do you think you're doing!?" I ask and struggle against his grip when he starts to pull me toward the bedroom.
I begin to panic when we arrive in front of the huge bed
"Let go of me right now!" My voice shrills out but he ignores my cry and pushes me onto it.
"Since you don't know, I want to show you what I taste and smell like. I want to erase his smell and I want my essence all over you so every wolf will know you've been taken by me.
He dipped his head and softly kiss the side of my lips before delving into my mouth.
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