Chapter-41. The ride(18+)
[Xanthea]
My eyelids fluttered to his eyes, trying to decipher his gaze.
"T-thank you..." I said.
He cocked a brow, tilting his head.
I lowered my gaze and continued.
"... for bringing me here."
"Mostly canary serenades the vocal cord. Seems like a cat did that job this time," he chuckled slightly, teasing me.
"I saw a canary too..." I said, keeping my gaze fixed on the grass. "... as a healing partner of a shape shifting serpent." God knows why I was telling him that.
"Now, did you? Hmm. Their voices have healing abilities," he said, and I looked at him.
"Do you... did you... have a healing partner?" I asked.
"Why this sudden interest in me?"
"I-I am not-"
"You're not interested in me? I never was an interesting person to start with. Nyssa says I am the most boring man she has met."
A knot tightened in my stomach at the mention of Nyssa's name.
"No, Alpha. That's not-"
Before I could say a word more, Raven placed his finger on my lips.
"Butterflies..." he whispered, leaning closer to my face.
"B-butterflies?" I lifted my gaze to his eyes that lingered on my lips.
He lifted the corner of his lips.
"Those creatures are too graceful for me, aren't they?"
"N-no-"
"Who were you expecting to be my healing partner?" His voice darkened. "A rhinoceros?" He said with utmost seriousness. Pffft!
I leaned back instantly, covered my mouth with my hand, suppressing my laughter as I shook my head.
"I am sorry. I-I didn't mean to..."
He held my hand and my body tensed up slightly.
"Apologizing for no reason is a very bad habit of yours. It ruins... good moments..." he grunted, lowering my hand from my mouth. "I intended that to be funny, so I could find out if I could make you laugh. But you stole that laughter from me. I need compensation." He said in an impassive tone.
Unconsciously staying in an eye lock with him for a while, I averted my gaze. A fluttering discomfort erupted in my belly. Almost like a heated jitter that coursed through my body.
My heart was racing, my chest heaving faster, and I didn't know what to say.
Was he... flirting?
He placed his slightly icy fingers on my heated face. I shuddered as tantalizing goosebumps ran through my body. I shut my eyes, relishing on his cold touch as he caressed my cheeks. I must be out of my mind.
What am I doing? It seems as though I am losing control over my own body.
I preferred the Raven, who always had a scowl on his face, who was always angry. At least, I could know for sure that I had to stay on guard around him.
But right now, I don't know if I should be on guard. If yes, then... how?
He was walking right through all the emotional walls I had created and I felt so helpless.
I really had no idea how to handle him or the certain things he made me feel or these awkward conversations.
Lately, I couldn't tell what he was thinking or how he would react, and that scared me more than his rage because I knew he had some ulterior motive. But what?
My heart pounded violently against my ribs. A lump threatened to build in my throat.
I had so many 'whys' to ask him, but when he leaned closed, I shut my eyes with a quick gulp and waited to feel his lips on mine.
Feeling his breaths brush against my lips, a sudden rush of heat shot between my legs as I reimagined the moments we kissed before and... his bite on my lips.
I felt him inhale my scent, probably my arousal, and then he withdrew himself from me.
"Let's get you checked up for other internal harms your body might have sustained because of your kitty catty," he said, taking off his jacket.
Flustered, I swiftly opened my eyes. Pressing my sensitive lips in a tight line, I gave a small nod.
He proffered his jacket to me.Exclusive content from NôvelDrama.Org.
"Wear it," his tone was stiff, but it didn't sound like a command like usual.
I took his jacket.
Even though I was already wearing a jacket; I gathered my torn crop top, hiding my breasts. My jacket wouldn't cover my breasts, so I put his jacket on, almost drowning in it. He chained up his jacket on me and corrected the collars. Just like he had brought me here, he picked me up in his arms and before I knew it; I was in the hospital wing of Helxton.
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And another hour I spent getting myself checked for abnormal cell growths and other skin problems.
They used magical symbols and circles like we used machines in our earthly realm to diagnose. I was curious and wished to know more about these fascinating ways, but...
I anxiously looked at the time. It was 9:01 already. I had to be in the Aile castle before 9:09.
I had no idea how Ezra and Asher might react when they wouldn't find me there. But I was sure of one thing: I would have to face the backlash.
The only way to reach there on time would be teleportation.
Raven walked into the room with the reports, and I got down from the bed in a hurry.
"Aren't you a lucky omega? No more suspicious cell growth in your body. And those dead skin cells will shed in a few days," he said, entering the room with the reports.
I was hurt only as much as he anticipated, and he had already healed those wounds. Raven was a remarkable healer and there was no doubt in it.
"But look where your little adventure has led us... we're late," Raven showed me his watch. "We won't make it back to Aile castle by 9:09."
"I-if we teleport..."
Raven stretched. His muscles flexed as he cracked his shoulder and arm joints.
"Just because I use teleportation more often because of you doesn't mean I'll use it to make things easy for you all the time. I won't teleport us. You decided to help that cat. Now we're late for the sex night and that's your problem, not mine. Any other brilliant ideas?" He said sharply.
I nibbled at my lower lip.
"But you allowed me to help her..."
He widened his eyes. "Now you'll gaslight me? Wow! I am impressed."
"No. It's... it's just... Alpha Ezra and Alpha Asher. If they don't find me in the castle-"
Something in Raven's eyes flickered and changed.
"I can guarantee they'll be pissed," he said with a dry chuckle as he pulled out his phone.
I lowered my head, fidgeting with my clammy palms. I glanced at the clock and the restlessness grew in my chest.
"S-should I... inform them?" I asked, trying to hold back my tears.
"You're too late even for that," Raven said casually.
Tears stung into my eyes. I sniffled.
He snickered. "Are you crying now, seriously?"
"It's 9: 05 already. I really don't know what to do..." I said, puckering my face.
He ran his fingers through his hair.
"Fine! Let's go..." Raven handed me the reports, pulled out his phone and began texting someone on his phone. "Are... are we... going back to the Aile castle?" I asked, blinking away my tears.
Lifting his eyes off the phone screen, he looked at me with a sly smirk.
"You'll see," he chuckled, peering at his phone screen.
We entered the elevator.
I glanced at Raven, whose eyes were fixed on his phone screen, something mischievous playing across his lips. This can't be good. Were we really going to Aile castle?
He put his phone back into his pocket.
The elevator opened into the parking lot.
We put on our helmets.
"Climb up, omega. You're gonna sit in the front," he said, pulling down the visor of his helmet in his face.
I widened my eyes.
"F-front seat? Alpha, I don't know how to ride a bike..."
He stepped closer to me. The black visor of his helmet bumped against mine.
"Don't worry, little omega, you'll be riding something far better on this bike tonight..."
His words did something funny to my heart.
"Wait... we'll stay on the bike tonight? Wah-!"
He sat on the bike and then, grabbing my waist, he lifted me off my feet effortlessly. I grabbed his biceps and his shoulder as he placed me astride the bike so that I sat face to face with him.
He ran his palms from my knees to my thighs under my skirt as he pulled me roughly against himself. My back arched as my breasts pressed against his sturdy frame as I grabbed his shoulders to support myself.
"Alpha... this isn't safe..." I said, looking at the ground.
His fingers fondled my inner thighs.
"Riding like this... might cause an accident..." I mumbled, suppressing back a moan.
"I'll keep you safe," he said.
I hadn't even processed the effect of his words on my heart when he parted my legs farther.
"Now spread your legs and straddle the bike like a good girl and let me feel that aroused pussy while I ride my bike..."
He leaned in, inserting the key in the ignition and I leaned back, closer to the gas tank, wrapping my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. His one knee curled up while his shoe rested on the leg peg of the bike. His other leg supported the bike.
"Closer, omega. Bring that cunt closer. Your pussy shouldn't lose contact with my dick tonight..." he said, and my heart skipped a beat.
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He started the bike, and I hugged him tightly. Heat of his body raced into mine as he rode the bike out of the parking lot and I shut my eyes.
Even though it was night, still people could see us like this in the lamppost lights that brightened the driveway of Helxton campus. And one thing was confirmed - we weren't going to the Aile castle.
Our bodies grinded. All the ups and downs on the road led to soft thrusts of the bulge in his pants against my slit.
I bit my lips. The friction and the heat between our torsos were in complete contradiction to my icy hands and legs.
The engine of his bike revved, roaring as it zoomed faster on the empty roads.
My nerves sizzled under my skin as the bike met a bump.
"Ah!"
I clutched onto his shirt, but ended up tearing it. The buttons flew off as I scratched his chest with my nails.
The winds rushed past us, fluttering his shirt off his chest.
The howling winds swallowed my apology. Just as I contemplated pulling my hands away from his warm chest, his free hand intercepted, clasping mine firmly against his heart.
My breaths turned heavier as I hesitated initially, but then trailed my fingers from his chest to his collarbone and then his neck.
A low growl reverberated in his chest.
He braced his palm around my waist, grinding himself against my throbbing clitoris, slowing down the bike a little.
I bit my lips, shutting my eyes.
Goddess! This is getting dangerous, but....
"Fuck!" I heard him curse through his gritted teeth.
Handling the bike with one hand, he slid his other hand under my skirt, lifting it off as he ripped off my panties.
The bike swayed. I yelped, my nails dug into his skin. He handled the bike with both hands again.
He accelerated the bike. We had been on the road for a while and far and wide... all I could see were dark woods.
The pressure of the winds against me, the fear of an accident. I don't know what it was. Thrill, madness or something else. But I was burning in those chilly winds, igniting at his touch, fueled by his warmth.
I know I should be scared. But... I knew if something indeed went wrong... he wouldn't let me fall.
The moments he saved me from falling off the hoverboard and when he rescued me away from Zosha flashed before my eyes.
No, Xanthea. I told myself.
Fear churned into my stomach and it wasn't the fear of falling, but the fear of trusting. I didn't even realize when I began trusting him.
I shook those scary thoughts off my mind. I don't trust him. It's nothing.
Trust and expectations always break, and when they do, they leave permanent scars. They do a kind of damage that no healer or doctor can heal. No matter how scarred I already was, trust was a wound I couldn't afford to have. Raven was just enjoying himself. He was doing all of this for his own pleasure. He was just playing with me. Like Ezra says, I was only a toy for them they could discard whenever they wanted.
I kept reminding myself that a year from now, he would stand in front of me, look me in my eyes before he kills me. And when that happens, I want to have the courage to look back into his eyes and if there's any pain; I want it to be completely physical.
"Don't..." Raven's voice brought me out of my mind. "Don't withdraw from me. Don't hold back your arousal, my sweet omega. I want you dripping wet for me. Smother my hand, ruin my bike seat. Just let go." His voice had a hint of impatience and desperation, as if he were trying to save something.
I gritted my teeth as my chest tightened at his words.
"They are almost here. I didn't expect them to catch up so soon. Show them how turned on you are for me..." Raven slid his fingers across my slit, gathering my wetness.
I moaned as I felt a current charge through me, numbing my every thought as he pinched my clitoris.
Hugging him tighter, I knit my brows, confused.
Who were almost here? Don't tell me...