Claimed By My Husband's Enemy novel Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

(Eli)

“Welcome to shifter territory, Elianna,” Dale said in a chirpy voice, breaking the silence in the car, as soon as we were done passing through several pine trees that I thought would never end until I finally caught a glimpse of buildings, houses, and establishments, similar to the world I grew up in.

Until they showed up.

And no, I didn’t feel welcome at all.

The sun was about to rise when I got to see them, staring at our car through the tinted mirrors, as if they somehow knew that there was a human here. That’s why they all chose to be in their wolf forms. I caught some people casually passing by in their human forms only to pause and sniff into the air, their eyes suddenly turning into gold, as they shifted in front of my

very eyes.

Dale slowed down. It was like he was deliberately giving them a chance to approach our car as dread leaked into my stomach for the hundredth time since meeting them. I nearly screamed when some of them quickly ran towards us, their enormous paws on the windows, their fangs on full display, like they all wanted the same thing.

To take me out of this car and have their way with me with their claws.

Creed’s hand on my knee seemed to be steadying me when my whole body shook. “W-what are they doing?”

“Greeting you.”

I swallowed. “I’m not sure that’s how greeting works.”

“They need to know you are not a threat.”

“Threat?” I repeated incredulously as I whirled my head to his direction. “I’m just one person, Mr. Black. One human. How can I be a threat? Look at me. Do I look like I have a weapon that I could use against all of you?”

Creed finally took his attention off his phone as he indulged me. He turned to me. Slowly, his eyes roamed from my head down to my toe. His gaze was like a physical touch, the longer he stared, the more I shuddered. There was something about his eyes that seemed to consume me, drowning out the noise outside until all I could hear was the sound of my racing heart.

Creed’s eyes lingered on my lips, my throat, on my chest… down to the parts of me hidden through my gown.

His voice was pure sin when he spoke again. “Yes, Elianna. Unfortunately, you do possess a weapon. And that makes you a very, very dangerous human.”

My sleepy and frazzled mind could not understand what he meant by that. He didn’t say another word until our car swayed a little when one wolf bumped its body against the bumper. I laid down my pride and grabbed onto his arm tightly. Creed’s expression darkened in an instant. He reached out and covered my eyes with his hand and then I heard a roar so close to me that made me assume it was the wolf inside him, the sound was commanding, demanding full attention.

Suddenly, there was silence. The scratches against the windows stopped at once.

Even I was no exception. The roar reverberated throughout my body. If I was standing, I was sure I would have dropped on my knees by now from the impact. The wolves’ reaction outside just showed who was the boss around here.

Creed.

What did he do that he had to cover my eyes? What did they see that made them quiet? Just how influential was he to the wolves?

Now that I thought about it, I heard Dale mentioning His Majesty. Was there some sort of a king here? If Creed was this intense, this powerful, how much more was their king?

Creed didn’t remove his hand on my eyes. With them covered, my senses were sharper and more sensitive. I could feel them staring at me. Creed and all the wolves we passed by.

It wasn’t the right time to sleep. It was dangerous with my eyes’ open, much more with them closed. I needed to be alert if I wanted to somehow make it through the month. I knew that and yet, my body had a different idea.

“Just do it. Sleep, little rabbit,” Creed said, his breath skimming my ear.

I gulped at the helplessness that engulfed me as I clenched my hands Damn him. He just had to emphasize it. That was exactly what I felt. A little rabbit surrounded by Successfully unlocked! prey in the land of predators. And right now,

one of the biggest predators in this place wasnting lubide e

“I can’t. What if the wolves out there attack and devour me?”

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At least I knew Dale, especially Creed, would not do anything to me. Yet. But the others? If these two men were to leave my side or if I were to let my guard down for a split second, I felt like I would have my body parts ripped out. My hands trembled at the thought.

“I don’t share my prey. The only wolf here who is going to devour you is me, Elianna. No one else. Rest assured, I have no plans of doing it today.”

“How very generous of you, Mr. Black,” I replied sarcastically. The sudden burst of anger must have helped distract my body a bit. The shaking stopped. “Thank you so much?”

Somebody laughed. And even without looking, I was sure it was Dale again. Creed didn’t seem to be the type to laugh so easily.

I felt something nipping at my lower lip. It was Creed. The beast bit me. Again.

“Careful. This sassy mouth of yours will land you in trouble one day. Don’t fight it, Elianna. Sleep. Disobey me again and I will bite in places where no one else can see.”

It must be the fatigue followed by those words that did the trick. Somehow, I just knew that Creed would do it right here, right now, if triggered. In the end, the exhaustion and stress knocked me down no matter how badly I tried to stay awake.

When I woke up, I was lying in the softest mattress I’d ever had inside a room that was two times bigger than the master bedroom in Landon’s mansion. Everything was bigger. Even their version of a king-sized bed. The decorations and furniture looked very expensive and pure with white as the dominant color. The crystal chandelier screamed money and so were the paintings on the side of the wall. There were two doors, one which I assumed was the ensuite bathroom.

I rose from the bed even if my sleep-deprived body was against it. My feet sank onto the wool carpet; it was so soft it tickled my skin with every step. I strode towards the floor to ceiling windows and parted the curtains only to be stunned at the sight of the beach that greeted me that made it impossible for me not to smile.

How many times did I dream of walking so close to the beach barefoot to feel the white sand against my feet? The only time I’d been to the beach was for a modeling gig. Under the sun, the crystal-clear water sparkled in shades of turquoise and blue, as if inviting me to swim.

This felt like heaven.

If only I didn’t remember where I was and who was with me.

My smile faltered when I saw two gray wolves running along the shore, making me realize that people were not the only ones that looked deceiving. Even places could look deceiving too.

Because right now, heaven looked like hell to me.

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