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“Excuse me? I’m not in love with you!”
He laughs at me, but it’s a bitter kind.
“You are such a bad liar, Asher,” my name rolls from his lips like a parseltongue.
He looks at me with such intensity that I start to melt with fear under his navy-blue gaze.
Why is he even asking me all these questions about love? We’ve known each other for a week, and there is no way either of us—
“Are you… do you like me?” I ask sheepishly and turn my head to the right, not ready for an answer, no matter what it is.
“You can’t even ask if I love you back?!” He shouts, seething with anger at this point.
Back?I scowl. He does have a huge ego, being so sure I have fallen in love with him already.
I don’t fully get why he is so vexed right now! He seemed to have fun intimidating everyone at dinner. He even seemed to be at ease with me by his side, and he seemed to like observing everyone’s reaction to me with him. He wanted me so much that he didn’t even wait for Ella to leave before taking me. And now we are back to our too-vulnerable states from after the shower in the Gray Room.
We are both great at many things, royal alpha blood makes sure of that, but being vulnerable is not one of them.
“Why are you even mad at me?!” I shout back, standing up from the table and pushing my dress back down.
“Because you think you are too good to be with someone like me, and we both know it,” he growls at me.
I freeze in the spot, dumbfounded.
Chapter 26 – I Love You
We are standing on the balcony—I try to come back to my senses while Cain seethes with anger because apparently, he feels rejected.
“Cain—”
“It’s Alpha to you!”
“Cain, come on,” I grab his arm, “That’s not fair.”
“What’s not fair is you thinking you are so above me, that you can defyyour Alpha.”
I let go of his muscled arm and turn my head to the right again so he can’t see the tears that are coming down my face.
He is right. We are not equals. He is above me. I can’t tell him what I want to say right now. I can’t fight with him as a normal couple would fight. No, I have to stay quiet, bow my head, and pray to the Goddess to not be stabbed or get hit with his sword. Or knives rather.
And I do love him. A sob at that realization escapes my lips, and I cover my mouth with my hands. I feel like I can’t stop the full-on cry that is coming. So, I try to leave, head down, straight to the doors.
“You won’t leave your Alpha’s sight before he excuses you!” Cain stops me in my tracks with his authoritative, firm tone.
My lips quiver. I refuse to look at him because he does all of that to humiliate me, right?
He steps forward to me and grabs my chin with a lot of force. He moves my face up so I will look at him. But I refuse. I look down, almost closing my eyes.
He leansover and kisses my lips, but I don’t kiss him back, I refuse. He jerks my chin back up and scowls.
I slip out of his grip and fall to my knees. I want to ugly cry, but I refuse that too. Another sob escapes my lips, but I keep it together. Barely.
I look up at his angry state, our eyes suddenly meet when he looks down at me. Another quiet sob I can’t control.
He rolls his eyes, annoyed, and then does something he, as a Rogue Alpha Prince, would never do with anyone else present—hekneelsright before me.
He wraps his hands around my shoulders and hooks his fingers in my hair, pulling so I keep my head up to him.
