Every moment that Lucas wanted to step out of the room, some unknown feeling stopped him. It had been almost an hour and all he could do was to stare at the girl who lay unconsciously next to him.
The side of him that had been hidden throughout his whole life was starting to come out and his eyes switched from red to green but in an instant, they turned red. The high tension that had been building up inside of him was now doubling up. His werewolf side that had always been asleep was awakening and there was nothing that he could do to curb his desire to mate with her.
There were only three days left before the full moon and with what he knew, he would not be able to control his desires. Being a half breed, he was very powerful but with this powers, there were drawbacks.
When he lightly touched her earlobe, her hand slightly moved and his eyes trailed from her hand back to her face.
"You are up." He stated in a low voice and Rose who heard him from afar opened her eyes. "What happened to me?" She asked with shaky voice and at the same time her stomach growled.
For once, their eyes met and she was unable to look away. His usual dark red eyes looked different. They almost looked hazel and she wondered how it was possible for someone to change their eye colour. As if she was free to stare at him, her eyes lowered to his perfectly shaped nose and then to his pale pink lips which pulled up into a smug which made her realize what she was doing and she quickly averted her gaze.
"Seems like you will fall quicker than expected." He remarked and those words were enough for Rose to activate her defence mode. "No I will not!" She exclaimed and when she remembered that it was the king who she was talking to, she quickly schooled her expressions and apologized.
"I will be the judge of that." Came his words and this time, his voice was much deeper and his eyes that were on hers darkened. They were behind closed doors and all he could think of was to make her one with him. Her presence was enough to make his manhood throb with need. No woman had this much power over him such that she could turn him on without even doing anything.
"Why were you taken to the cooler?" When he saw that she was a little hesitant, he took her hand and squeezed her inner wrist which gave him a reaction that he expected but that did not last because Rose tried to free her hand from his hold. "I don't remember.".
Though she tried to free herself, he was stronger than her in anyway and unluckily for her, she was hungry. With several unwielding attempts, she gave up and all she could do was to glare at him. "There are other methods that I usually use to make people speak, but I think that this time I can use different approach."
He loosened his hold on her wrist without letting it go and when Rose saw that the crooked smile on his face, she drew her hand away from him and Lucas who had been sitting on the edge of the bed got up and instead of him moving away from her as Rose had expected, he removed his sandals and climbed on the bed.
Alarmed, Rose reflexively moved to the other side so that she could get down but Lucas who could not let that happen held her ankle which was thin and delicate under his touch and some not so innocent ideas came up on his head when he pushed her towards him.
Mortified, rose slapped his hand away from her ankle. "I want to go back to my family." She said with controlled anger but that did not help her current predicament and instead, his hand that was on her ankle moved upwards and he ran his thumb on her soft skin.
"I asked a question Rose."
"I told you. I don't know. Lady Victoria called for me and then she told the guard to take me to the..._ cooler." She said truthfully and in as much strong as she paused to be, she was not. Her body was weak due to freezing and hunger combined with fear. "And why do I feel like there is more to that."
Lucas said while narrowing his eyes on her. He had met all types of people, as a prince and also as a king and he could easily tell when someone was trying to keep something from him. "I wouldn't do that." She replied and Lucas did not bother to ask her again. The day had just began and by the time that night would approach, he would have all the answers he needed.
"Okay. Let us go, I need you to prepare my bath."
Rose who wanted to speak swallowed her words and followed the king who was already heading towards the door.
As they continued to walk towards the king's quarters, her stomach growled again and Lucas who was two steps ahead of her smiled.
Once the guard opened the door and they got in, Rose's eyes widened at the sight in front of her. In all her years of existence, she never even imagined of such a thing and she took steps backwards with her hands covering her mouth and her eyes wide opened. She wanted to run but she couldn't because her knees were getting weaker by the minute. She was about to fall on her back when a hand securely held her waist and out of fright, Rose held the front of his shirt with her eyes tightly shut.
"So, you are finally tired of playing this game Helena. But I can say that you were good at your work and...on...bed." Lucas stated in amusement while his hand that was on Rose's waist pushed her towards him more closely and Rose opened her eyes but she did not let go of his silk shirt.