Alpha Salvatore (by Crystal L) novel Chapter 4

Aria:

His scent reached me before he did.

Smoke. Cedar. Danger. And despite myself, I couldn’t help but find myself being intrigued…

I’d been pacing his chamber for almost an hour, telling myself I wasn’t afraid. I should’ve run. I didn’t.

When the door opened, the air shifted, predatory, electric. Dominic stepped in, shirt half-unbuttoned, sleeves rolled to his elbows, eyes darker than I’d ever seen them.

“What are you doing here?”

The words came out rough, almost a growl.

“I was told to stay where you could watch me,” I said angrily. “You didn’t say where. And I believe that it is your guards who brought me here. Trust me when I say, the last thing that I want is to be in your presence, Alpha.”

His jaw flexed. “You’re testing me.”

“Maybe.” I leaned against the edge of his desk, crossing my legs slowly. “Maybe I just don’t like being paraded like a slave. Even worse, being treated like one. I hope that you enjoyed the show. I take that your Luna was furious about it.”

His eyes followed the motion, deliberate, hungry. “The fact that you dared raise a hand on me should have put your head on a stake.”

“What are we? The seventh century? Because as far as I am concerned, this is the twenty-first.” I said, taking a step towards him. “Slaves is something, but having heads on stakes is an old school game, which I believe died a long time ago.”

“You have a mouth on you.” He said, making me scoff. “And it amazes me that you have the guts to be as angry as you are when it is your father who sold you to pay the debt he had. Otherwise, you know, along with your family, you have been dead.”

His word stung, but I held my ground as I looked at him.

“Then tell me to leave or kill me.” I said, crossing my arms over my chest. “Even better, reject me. It would a lot better than having to deal with this shit. And I believe that your Luna is going to be happy seeing as you have caused a scene earlier by defending me against her.”

Silence. Only the sound of his breathing.

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