Academy Of Mates novel Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

We stayed in that hug for a long time, his arms securing me to him. The warmth that comes from him is relaxing and I never want to leave it.

I know that whatever this is won’t last.

I know it is foolish.

But for now, I didn’t care.

I let myself enjoy it.

“I’m sorry I was late.” He whispered in my ear. “I came as soon as I could but you weren’ t in the garden anymore, so I thought to just go to my room and call it a night.”

I smile, feeling much better. “It’s okay. What kept you?”

Benedict hesitated, his breathing still. “Our Alpha came to the School of Love. He had us do a few things.”

“He’s here? I thought he didn’t want to come to these things.” His Alpha’s reputation is darker than the night, his sins painting the ground red with the people he has killed. Benedict said there are some truths to the rumors but doesn’t confirm which.

“I’m really not sure. The Alpha said he wanted to look into something.” He says evasively and points to his room. “Do you want to come in?”

I don’t push him for answers. Anyway, what did I care about an Alpha that I didn’t know? “Okay.”

My heart fluttered as he took my hand and brought me into his room. He pushes open the door and I see a very similar room to mine. His was maybe a little bigger with more windows and darker tones. Instead of a princess look, this was made for a Prince.

If I stared at him long enough, he certainly looked like one.

He leads the way, sitting down on his bed and pats the spot beside him. “So are you going to tell me why you smell like someone that I hate to know?”

I smiled at his mention of Andrew and sat down beside him on the bed. In other circumstances, this would be very inappropriate, being alone in bed with him. I just couldn’t find it in me to care. “He sent someone to my room and had me dressed up. At dinner, I ate with them… his pack.”

His expression turns cold. “Did they do anything? Did he do anything? Andrew… he can’ t be trusted. I have known him a long time and no woman is safe with him. He likes to collect women and parade them around like they’re his toys.”

“No, he didn’t do anything, but I was reminded of my place.” I played with my hands, my hard calloused hands making me flinch.

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He reaches for me. “Vareesa,”

I force a smile. “It’s true, Benedict. I need to remember it.”

He stands up, angry and tight lipped. “They need to remember that they’re not invincible and that their wealth doesn’t make them better than everyone else.” “Benedict,” I started, but he whirls around and presses his lips against mine. I exhaled in surprise but the familiarity of his lips… of his touch quickly made me give in.

His lips are desperate and hungry as his weight pushes down on me heavily. He was on top of me, his arms keeping me in place and his lips doing things that made me whisper his name.

Benedict tasted better than any food served to me and I couldn’t get enough.

He presses against me, eliminating all space between us. I felt this manhood stiffen and could feel the tightness of his pants as it did.

“Fuck, you taste good.” He hoarsely whispers into the kiss. His hand goes between us and I feel him slip under my dress, caressing my thigh. “You don’t need this.”

I was breathing hard, his hands on my skin left a trail of fire as his hands explored. He tugs at the dress given by Andrew and, with an expert hand, easily undos the strings that kept everything in place. I was completely naked underneath and Benedict made sure to appreciate this by giving feather light kisses to the exposed skin.

My body was shaking by the end of it, as was he. His baby blue eyes showed both hesitation and lust.

“I didn’t invite you here to do this…” He says, sounding very guilty while his lips slowly come back to mine. “I’m sorry. We shouldn’t. I said we should wait.”

But he was panting like he didn’t want to follow his own words.

In all honesty, it was okay.

I’ve never really done anything like this before and though Benedict is the perfect man to do it with, the School of Love didn’t seem like the right place to do this- even if this is what the School of Love is for. And I know there probably won’t be another chance with him… but this was enough.

Being with him, like this, is enough.

I don’t know why but it was. It felt fulfilling.. satisfying beyond measure.

At least, I’ll have this memory when I go back to our lands.

Benedict started to pull away, albeit looking pained to do so. Before he fully extricated

himself, he paused just before my mouth and whispered a quiet:

“Soon.” He took his shirt off next, revealing a body was packed with muscle and helped me into said shirt. “Wear this instead.”

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The cotton shirt is soft on me and fell an inch above my knees, covering everything that needed to be covered.

“Let’s go to your room and get a change of clothes.” He says, running his hands through the ends of the shirt I’m wearing. “I wanna take you somewhere.”

“Where?” I asked, breathless from his touch.

His touch goes higher, under the shirt and touching my thigh. “I want you to experience the Academy the right way. No more ‘reminding’ of your place.”

If we continued, we would find ourselves back where we started and he knows this as he reluctantly pulls away, slowly taking away each point of contact.

Still, without his shirt on, it was very hard to keep my attention away from his muscular chest.

He smiles softly. “Do you want that? Do you want to go down again and give this Academy one more shot?”

‘As long as I’m with you.’ is what I wanted to say, but it was too forward so I just said: ” Okay.”

Benedict’s smile widens and he takes my hand, pulling me up to stand from his bed. We left quite an indent on the pillows which made me smile, that is, until I realized the hand holding mine was missing something.

“Where’s my-” I trail off staring at his wrist where my identifier used to be.

Did he remove it?

Did he throw it away?

s he ashamed?

Benedict touched his wrist, a look of genuine surprise on his face. “It was here before I .. It must have fallen off. I’m so sorry, Vareesa. I didn’t remove it, I promise.”

couldn’t really speak, doubt clouding my thoughts.

He grabs my face, cupping my chin and stares into my eyes. “Vareesa. I’m sorry. Please believe me. It must have fallen when I went to the woods earlier. I would never purposely lose it. Okay?”

still couldn’t find the words.

He pulls me close. “I swear on my Alpha, I didn’t lose it on purpose.”

Knowing his absolute devotion towards his Alpha, I believe him. “It’s okay. It’s just an dentifier.”

But it’s your identifier.” Benedict says possessively, hand still on my chin and bringing ne closer to him. “I’ll have a few of my guys find it. I’m sure it’s still there.”

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I nodded, giving his hand a little squeeze. “To my room then?”

He wraps an arm around my shoulders. “Lead the way.”

Quietly, we make our way out his room, through the halls and up a few staircases. We didn’t see a single soul with everyone down in the gardens having dinner. It was nice to have the mansion all to ourselves.

Benedict kept his arms around me, his chin resting on the top of my head. It was intimate and dream like but better because it was real. This was happening.

We were near my room when someone called me from behind and the magic was broken. Unbothered by this, Benedict turns, which makes me turn to find Kelcey staring at us with wide eyes.

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