Chapter 4 Mate

DARIUS

"How dare you try to get away?" I growled through harsh breaths, glaring at her. The minute our eyes met, I froze.

A muscle feathered in my jaw, unfortunately at the sight of what was in front of me as I stared wide-eyed at her.

I shook my head, my shoulders trying to shake away my nerves as I got closer to her to get a better view of how she looked up close. I looked down only to instantly regret it.

She was truly breathtaking. With her long red hair wrapped around in long waves to her waist. Her now dark red eyes, the color of fresh dripping blood which for many would be terrifying gave me the opposite feeling of warmth and safeness.

For some reason, she stared back, her eyes glazed and unmovable. A sight. Sweat trickled into my brow, stinging my eyes. And with that, I backed away from her the minute I felt an inexplicable jolt in my head, my eyes never leaving hers.

The air surrounding us thickened, and my damn senses came alive. With that, I knew without a doubt that she was an omega.

My gaze lingered on her face, sipping in every detail. And I couldn't help but wonder why I felt the weight of the curse being lifted, replaced by a glimmer of hope.

"It can't be!" I mumbled, grabbing her by the wrist as she tried to wrench free from my hard grip.

Being wrongly accused of killing my first wife, chased and stripped of my powers was never a way I'd intended to leave my life. Even worse as a cursed rogue in the woods. But then here I was.

Fortunately, the one curse which had remained for years, spoke of an omega with the power to redeem me. And here she was, standing before me. Vulnerable and unaware.

A hint of excitement found its way up to my lips, as I couldn't help but let out a sardonic smile staring straight into her eyes. At the thought of finding the one cure for my lost powers.

"P-please, let me go!" Exasperation bled into her voice as she struggled to wrench free from my grip. But then I held on tighter than usual wondering why my excitement from earlier gave way to concern.

My other hand finds her waist, wrapping my arms around her back to pull her close.

Seeing that she looked fragile, her skin pale and clammy. Made it even worse in my head. Her eyelids suddenly fluttered and her head dropped forward as she collapsed in my arms. Even before the eyes of my other rogue men who just stood watching.

But when she crumpled, something inside of me cracked...

I took her up in my arms, her head sagged against my shoulder alongside her arms that hung lifelessly at her sides. My feet crunched on the vegetation and rough dirt beneath me as we trudged down the path leading to my rogue kingdom somewhere deep in the woods.

"Have the pack nurse sent in, immediately," I ordered, as I had her placed softly on the bed. The sight of her, so weak, so vulnerable, was for some reason enough to shatter a piece in my heart. And I couldn't understand why.

In the silence, I couldn't help my eyes from creeping down her delicate throat where a heart-shaped pendant was settled between her collarbone. A pulse point beating fast, then down her generous tits which were nearly spilling out of what she was wearing.

My eyes descended lower, wordlessly maneuvering down her stomach and finally reaching her curves and-.

"I'm here!" Elsa, the pack nurse, called out as she tapped softly on the door right before walking in. I perked up to my feet almost instantly, not wanting to put up the wrong impression of why I kept staring at the Omega girl.

"Make sure she's okay," I ordered, moving away from the bed with my hands shoved into the pockets of my pants.

The minute the nurse ripped her shirt off right in front of me, I was forced to look away. But then the sudden sweet scent of the so-called omega girl overwhelmed me as I breathed her in uncontrollably. And I could never put my finger on exactly what it was but for some reason, it felt different this time.

"I'll be by my chambers if you need anything!" I said to the nurse and then headed for the door. Knowing I was slowly getting affected by the Omega girl's presence.

Just as I'd gotten up to the door, I felt heat escape my body. It was like my veins contained ice rather than blood. Suddenly my body tensed. Her sweet scent from earlier filled my senses even more and I was forced to look in her direction.

"All in one day?" I thought to myself when the realization of what was happening sunk in. I held on tight to the silver handles of the bedroom door trying to gain composure from the pull I'd gotten earlier.

"I've never been so affected by a single girl, and it's absurd, absolutely annoying," I thought to myself.

"Is there a problem Master?" Elsa asked, cutting me off from the bothered random thoughts in my head. Snapping me back to the realms of reality.

"N-not at all, carry on," I responded, waving her off.

I ran a hand over my face, wanting to blame my dehydration for whatever the hell was suddenly happening. But then, the very minute I tore my gaze away from her my restless Wolf from earlier yelled.

"Mate!"

"Mate!" My Wolf howled repeatedly in my head.

"Fuck this can't be happening!" I grumbled through gritted teeth staring at her.

Suddenly, she stirred her eyes slowly fluttering open like she'd heard the thoughts in my head.

Or she'd probably felt the magnetic pull from earlier...because I could almost swear on the last drop of blood in my veins that I felt it too.