The Lycan Kingpin's Captive: A Baby For The Beast novel Chapter 63

“He’s home, please tell Alpha Nikolaos not to worry. I’ve tended to his wounds, cleaned him up, and made sure he’s okay,” I tell Luna Mia over the cell phone she lent me to keep in touch with her. “He didn’t want the Alpha seeing how hurt he was.”

“Oh, thank Goddess! Niko has been trying to contact him through the mind link, but the silver might have blocked it,” she says, relieved and breathing out a long sigh. “Thank you, Xiomara; is it okay if we come by later?”

“Please do! We’re having something to eat right now, but I think he’d appreciate it,” I say, turning my gaze to Maxim who nods at me. “See you later, Luna Mia.”

I kill the call and put the cell phone down on the counter before walking over to Maxim laying down on the couch. This morning with him was torture; being naked with him in the shower did all sorts to me, but luckily I reined my lust in.

He trusted me enough to be naked with me, trusted me enough to let me wash him down then embraced me afterward. I don’t know what’s happening between us right now, but the silence is growing so loud and my stomach is in knots.

My eyes flit to where he’s laying deep in thought, his one arm behind his head while the other rests on his stomach. He hasn’t really spoken to me, either, not after we embraced in the shower. Things just feel awkward now.

Do I mention how he makes me feel or leave it be?

“I don’t require a babysitter, Xiomara,” he suddenly says, his eyes still glued to the black TV screen. “You don’t need to sit here and keep me company if you’d much rather be someplace else.”

I bite back a retort but respond anyway. “What makes you think I don’t want to be here with you?” I only realize after I said those words that it has a double meaning because he looks back up at me with narrowed eyes.

“You’re fidgeting in your seat and won’t even look my way or attempt a conversation. If I bore you-”

“But you’re not doing any of that either,” I shrug. “Or are you expecting me to keep this conversation going while you lay there?”

Whatever I just said seems to be amusing to him because he chuckles and shakes his head. “Touche, Bambi,” he says, calling me that stupid nickname again.

“Why do you call me that? I’m in no way timid like a deer, nor am I fragile like one,” I ask, genuinely curious as to why he would liken me to that character.

Maxim smiles at my question. “Because of your eyes,” is all he says, and doesn’t elaborate further. Even if I wanted to ask him what he meant, I am unable to because there’s a knock on the front door, and the massive presence that is Alpha Nikolaos stalks inside.

I don’t want to show how much he terrifies me, so I simply get to my feet and offer both him and Luna Mia a smile. Alpha Nikolaos frowns at me before turning to his Beta who is now sitting up.

“You fucking scared me, asshole,” he says, surprising me by embracing his Beta, then he drops into a conversation in another language.

I think it might be Greek, but all it tells me is that the Alpha wanted privacy. Luna Mia comes over to me and wraps her arms around me. “Hey, are you okay?” she asks.

“I am. Would you like something to drink?” I say, hoping she gets my double meaning and thankfully she does. We walk to the kitchen and she joins me next to the coffee machine.

“What happened?” she asks in a low voice. “From what Ghost and Descry told us, Maxim was badly wounded but refused medical attention; he just wanted to be home.”

This is news to me; I just assumed he didn’t want Alpha Nikolaos to know he was badly hurt. Did he want to come home even while seriously wounded? What exactly does that mean?

“I’m the one who tended to him after finding him downstairs. What he went through… the damage, it was terrible,” I say, shaking my head as I recall how badly he was hurt when I found him.

Luna Mia’s eyes grow slightly. “You cleaned up Maxim and tended to his wounds?” she asks and when I nod, she beams at me. “Wow, Xiomara, that’s amazing! Thank you for saving him!”

I cringe under her appreciation, but that doesn’t stop the smile creeping onto my lips. “I was just doing what… anyone else in the pack would have done,” I say and if Luna Mia didn’t believe my words, she said nothing.

After finishing up our coffees, we head back into the living room where the two men are still in deep discussion but it seems to be wrapping up. Alpha Nikolaos claps Maxim on the back and gets to his feet before turning to me.

My heart leaps into my throat when he walks towards me, but I remember Maxim’s words the last time Alpha Nikolaos terrified me.

“You’re mine, he won’t touch you.”

I hear those words whispered to me in Maxim’s voice and don’t allow myself to feel scared in the presence of this Alpha… even if I am literally shaking.

“Xiomara, I don’t believe we’ve been formally acquainted. I’m Nikolaos,” he starts. “Maxim tells me you saved his life last night, and for saving one of the most important people to me, I am eternally grateful to you.”

My mouth opens and closes like a fish and I can feel my eyes widening to dinner plate size. Did this Alpha just thank me?!

“I… I was just doing what anyone else in this pack would have done,” I repeat my lie and hope he doesn’t catch on. “Maxim saved my life before, so…”

“Be that as it may, you’re not even part of the pack and yet you saved the life of the Alpha’s second in command. Again, thank you,” Alpha Nikolaos says and offers me a semblance of a smile. Then he turned to Maxim. “We’ll be off, but remember what I’ve said.”

Maxim nods curtly, a serious look crossing his face and the Alpha and Luna Mia make their way toward the door. Luna looks back and gives me an encouraging smile before walking out of the front door.