Page 126 of Rogue Alpha Prince
“What are we, Hogwarts?” he mumbles under his breath, but leads me between countless rows of bookshelves—so there must be some special section after all.
I seek the connection with Cain and try to mind-link him—not knowing if the mate bond allows me to do that, or if I am simply unblocking his alpha-based link.
‘Cain? Sorry, I tried to block just my thoughts, I swear.’
‘I know,’ his deep sexy voice resounds in my head. ‘Well, will you lead the training?’
‘Yes—’
‘Great, see you at dinner then.’ He seems to be in a rush.
‘Why? I mean… won’t you come to the training?’ I don’t even know why I sound so disappointed at this.
I mean, of course he won’t, that’s why he asked me. Plus, he wounded me during that thing yesterday, for fuck’s sake! Oh, and the choking?! I shouldn’t care if he’ll be there at all!
‘If you’ll help me with the warrior training, I’ll be able to visit and help more people in the city,’ he admits, as if he’s some golden hands-on-approach Alpha, not a dark Rogue Prince.
‘Oh, okay, see you—’ I feel Cain disconnecting me from his mind before I can even finish saying that.
“How much time do we have before the fighting pit?” I ask Atlas, who just stopped at the far end of the library—near the shelves filled with thick, leather-bound, promisingly old-looking books.
It’s early evening. I go to the dining hall after the gruesome training, because Atlas insists we have to meet with my husband before going to the city.
I stand behind Claudia, with Atlas on my right, and put my hands on her chair. She smiles up at me, and I smile back.
“What do you mean, not staying?” Cain looks at me with an arched brow.
He is very handsome. I could stare at his sharp jaw for ages, but it doesn’t change the fact that I don’t want to actually spend that much time with him. That’s why I asked Atlas out. For drinks and fun in the city.
Far away fromhim.
“I’m going out with your gamma,” I say,knowing full well that if I called Atlas by his name out loud, I would not be going anywhere with him or near him ever again. “It's evening, I am allowed to have some fun, right? Alpha?”
“Okay, I’ll go with you.” He reaches for his sword resting beside his throne, as always, and I’m suddenly very close to getting a full-blown panic attack.
I really don’t want to be near him and this whole confusing mate bond—that made me come back here, instead of staying safely with my family that I actually love.
Again, what was I thinking?
“No, thank you, Alpha.”
“No?” He looks at me with lifted brows and a very unamused expression—I feel Atlas shift beside me to a more defensive position.
“I’m sorry, Alpha, but I don’t want to spend my free time with someone who choked me to the point of brain damage.”
Somehow, I manage to say it with all the politeness in my voice, but the words themselves make Claudia choke on her food, so I gently pat her back.
Cain growls angrily, but doesn’t move.
“I’ll go with them,” his Beta stands up with a bored look on his sharp face.
Oh! I’m sure he offers only because he knows Cain is jealous of Atlas, whose sweatshirt I still shamelessly have on me, because why the fuck not. It’s cold.
“I don’t want to spend my free time with someone who attacks me for fun, either, thank you,” I say, looking straight into Beta Lucifer's eyes. “And I don’t care how gay you are, itwasa sexual assault.”
I grab Atlas's hand and lead him with long quick strides to the exit. He tries to discreetly pull his hand away, probably not wanting to anger his Alpha any further—but I use all my alpha strength to hold it so they all have to deal with it. Atlas doesn’t stand a chance with his beta blood and gamma position.
I am furious, and my blood is boiling after telling them what I think.
