Chapter 2 Two

Kaelith's POV.

Her eyes were the most beautiful I've ever beheld. Brownish pupil and edged brows. Her lips were so pink. She was light-skinned and most of all, blonde. All I ever desired in a mate was on the floor staring at me.

'How do I tell her I was in love with her?' I muttered before Rodrigo, one of my men tapped me behind.

"My prince, she's obstructing our movement, we have to keep moving."

I signaled with my right hand and he understood. He needed to be silent while I had a one-on-one talk with the damsel. She shivered upon my touch as I bent to her on the ground.

"I'm, I'm.... Sorry, my..." she stammered and had her eyes off mine. Perhaps she was a shy little one, but I couldn't get mine off her, her cheeks and lips needed to feel the touch of mine. I held her and felt her soft warm hands. "What a beauty,"

"Please I need to go right now," she said as I helped her back to her feet.

"Are you scared of me? You don't have to, I'm a human just like you," I sniffed her hair and rounded her in circles while the men watched. I knew for certain Rodri wasn't okay with it but he had no choice, I was the prince, I was stronger than he was, smarter than he was, and they all gave me my way. No one dares interrupt, especially when I'm with a guest, a female guest.

I gave her a lustful wink and took her by the hand. "Come on, let's have a stroll."

Rodri stood out to me as a challenge right away.

"My prince, with due respect, you're going nowhere with her, she's just a maiden in the pack and her dad is a common blacksmith, she's got to be attended to later on, right now we've got a very important mission to attend to."

I felt embarrassed. My hands left the young girl now and I walked slowly to where he was with my hands dipped into my pockets. I poured out a comb of saliva which got stuck In my mouth seconds ago and cleared my throat. "You were saying?"

"Kaelith, we'll have to..." The sound of the heavy punch from me threw him off balance and he fell to the ground. I'd broken his nose already and felt sorry for him though, but challenging the Alpha prince is an offence and must be dealt with. I chuckled and turned around as the rest of the men there watched. They were terrified and turned, one to another.

"Anyone else?" There was no response, "Good, now take this bastard out of my site, you all should wait for me in the vehicle, and not a single word should get to the Alpha, or his Beta, am I understood?!"

"Yes, my prince!"

I felt glorified and adored as she watched me exercise such power. She had her hands clipped together and her gaze fixed as she turned to take her leave but I was faster than she thought, she needed to try harder some other time.

"Not so fast, pretty one, I'm not a monster, as you saw he challenged me and I had to show discipline, just like my father, the Alpha would have done, I hate to tell this wolf, but I think you'll be spending the rest of the morning with me."

"But, but, you've got an obligation with your men, you don't have to keep them waiting."

"Of course, I don't have to keep them waiting, that's why they'll have to carry on with their activities till I'm done, and when I'm done, we could head out to our proposed destination, so tell me, what's your name? You know I've been monitoring you for some time now, since I came back from Paris, it's been an amazing time there though."

If there was something I needed to do, it was getting her attention. I didn't need her to see me as a monster though because deep down I wasn't one either. We both walked side-by-side before I noticed her smile, she was getting eased gradually, perhaps she had this fear in her that had faded away but that wasn't the case because she made the conversation look even more lively.

"I love the pendant." She admired and touched it.

"What?"

"Yeah, it's beautiful." She smiled at me and most especially, at the necklace I wore, it was a customized one made by her father. She needed to at least praise her old man for a while.

"Your dad made it for me, wolf."

"Hmm, are you serious?!"

"Yeah, he did, I gave him a specific drawing and he worked on it tirelessly, he had it delivered to me two weeks ago, I think he's got ample time for you because he's going to be very busy at his job, lately he's got a very massive order from the Alpha king himself, you should plane proud of him you know."

"Wow, he never told me any of these, he's just too busy for me, barely has time for me, but it's fine, at least now he knows the reason behind his busy and tight schedules."

We walked down to my room. I felt her halt and didn't want to walk in even after I entered. I had no intention of having sex with her though, just needed us to talk and chill but she had all that misunderstood, perhaps she'd never had much time with any man before in her life, and maybe I'd be her first. I loved the way she stared at me, who could ever imagine such beauty in all circumstances? She felt tense in her stormy gaze yet looked even more beautiful. I'm never letting her go, I know what I'm feeling, it's a bond, a bond between mates, maybe she's my fated mate.

"Come on in,"

"I, I... don't think it's a good idea, My prince, maybe I'll have to..." I walked up to her held her arm so fast and drew her to myself. Our posture looked so intentional like we were actual lovers as she leaned on me and stared passionately into my eyes. Kissing her now was inevitable because I felt the world would crumble into pieces if I didn't take this chance. My head moved closer to hers and almost touched her lips before I heard her name beside me.

"Nymera?!"

We both turned to see Lady Astra watching in surprise with her hands on her waist. It was a stare of disapproval and disappointment.