"Wrapped in gold, bound in silver. A foolish smirk with dangerous eyes."
{Alpha Cain Pierce's Point of View "
For fifteen damn minutes I couldn't get her to answer me. I finally had to go get Malena to open the door. Once she was in and into the bathroom talking to Aislinn. I heard everything she has been holding in. Of course she would know about my reputation. It's not like it's a huge secret. Im not proud of my past and I'm not proud of what I have done but oh well it happened and I'm over it. Yes I'm a player, yes im a heartbreaker and yes I am a womanizer but Asilinn already has me falling for her and I don't know how.
Aislinn soon walks into the room and her eyes locked with mine. She had no emotion what so ever. Her eyes told me everything. I sighed and said "look I don't care if you know about my reputation, it's in the past and that's it. Your my mate and I'm not going to hurt you" Her eyes looking down and shaking her head "your just like every guy. You will hurt me" My heart shattering as she talks. How could someone ever hurt this beautiful flower? For once I was left speechless as Asilinn stares up at me before she turned her face. I sighed softly "I will leave you to be, I'm sorry Asilinn for whatever I did to hurt you"
Before she could say another word I walked out of her bedroom and closed the door. A wave of emotions crashed over me. I couldn't describe what I was feeling as it all hit me at once. Why was Aislinn affecting me this much? Why can't I stop wanting to protect her? Why does she not see that I don't want to hurt her? I slowly walked down the hallway towards my room. The walk felt like forever as I kept questioning and wondering why she reacted the way she did. I'm not a bad guy, yes I have a complicated past but that doesn't make me a monster... Or does it in her eyes.
Once my feet planted at the outside of my room I slowly grabbed the knob twisting it. The door swings opened and I made my way inside. I slowly pulled off my shirt and walked into the bathroom that was attached. As I looked at myself in the reflection the voice of my wolf began to echo inside my head "she has been done wrong by someone else, someone has broken her to the point where she is terrified to be loved. "
Those words tore at my heart even more, could it be true? Did someone hurt Asilinn so much she fears to be loved? More questions without answers just filled my head. I couldn't silence the millions of questions. I stripped fully and turned on the shower to its hottest setting. Maybe this would help drown out the answer less questions. Man was I dead wrong.
As I stood under the water, more and more questions filled my head. They were about driving me mad. I started to become frustrated with my mind, I couldn't get it to shut up. I just wanted it to go blank and get some peace. Maybe some a hard glass of whiskey could do the trick. Anything at this point to stop these questions filling my head.
I finished my shower and wrapped a warm towel around my waist and grabbed another for my hair. I made my way out of my bathroom and into my walk-in closet. I grabbed a pair of Calvin Klein Boxer briefs and a pair of gray sweatpants. When I was dressed I made my way out and closed the bedroom door behind me. I walked silently down the hallway looking down as I passed my mates bedroom. Her beautiful scent filling my nostrils and calming the questions that flooded my mind.
Of course the girl who doesn't want shit to do with me is the one that can calm me. What a cruel twist of fate. I mentally cursed out the moon goddess for this. Only she would mate me with someone who hates me. I didn't realize I was standing outside Aislinn's door until Ashton was standing in front of me giving me the weirdest of looks. I blinked away my rant and looked at him "what? " I said to him as he continued to give me a weird look.
Ashton raised his brow more at my sudden raise in tone and he said "dude you been standing outside her room for 10 minutes. I been trying to get your attention but you haven't answered. Everything okay? " Holy hell was it really 10 minutes that I have been standing outside her door. It didn't feel like it was that long. I looked at Ashton and than down before saying "no everything isn't okay, Aislinn wants nothing to do with me, when she was talking to Malena I overheard everything she had to say."
Ashton's facial expression changed from a look of confusion to a look of sadness for me. He gently wrapped his arm around my neck and we began to walk as he said "yea we all practically heard what she had to say. It seems like someone really did a number on her heart. But she is your mate and the moon goddess chose her to be your mate for a reason. Maybe that reason is so you can mend her heart and show her true love. Love she deserves to have and maybe this will also help you. " I raised my brow at his last words. We soon made it to the kitchen where I sat down at the island and Ashton grabs two glasses.
I looked at him and said "what do you mean by maybe this will also help me? " He pours the whiskey over the ice that filled the bottom of the glass before he passed it to me and said "Cain your my best friend and I don't mean this to be disrespectful but you have been a major dick. You have this aura around you that just screams coldness. You don't let people in and you are extremely hot headed. You snap at the smallest of things and everyone in the pack is terrified of you. Maybe being mated to someone that has a broken past like Aislinn it will help you soften up a bit and stop having such high walls. "
Ashton was right.