As I slowly regained consciousness, the world around me felt hazy, like emerging from a deep and turbulent dream. My whole body ached, and my senses gradually returned to me. The pain from being in heat had been so intense that It overwhelmed me, causing me to lose consciousness, and now, as awareness returned, I felt disoriented.
I felt the soft bed beneath me, a comforting contrast to the torment I had experienced earlier, the air was thick with the scent of Asher, which made me wonder where I was. There was no sense of familiarity here so I looked around the room slowly.
I wondered where I was and why Asher's scent was everywhere, but I was more curious about what happened to Liam, Kia, and Chester. I searched for my phone and found it beside the drawer, I picked it up and dialed Liam's number. He answered after a few minutes.
"Hey man, what's up?" My voice croaked out.
I cleared my throat.
"We're still in school, how are you feeling man?" He sounded strange.
"I feel fine, did something happen after I passed out?" I queried.
"Uhm-uh-we-well….." he stammered, which was strange.
"Talk to me Liam, what happened." I asked nervous.
"Well after we found you, we couldn't resist your scent and fought each other over you, Chester overpowered us and was about to bite you to claim you when the Alpha showed up and beat him till he passed out, then he carried you away and ordered us to stay away from you for the next 5 days. Chester is still in a coma, but he should be fine after drinking the blood of his mate, she's just not ready yet." My mind raced.
"I'm sorry man, it's all my fault." I sighed heavily.
"Don't apologize Ryo, you still need to worry about your heat. You still have 4 more days before the end of your heat, you should worry about that." Then he hung up.
He's right, I still have my heat to worry about, I wonder what's next, my boobies growing out? Or finally getting a kitty. Cause at this point I am basically living a woman's life.
I felt pressure build up in my bladder and figured I needed to use the toilet, I jumped down from the bed, big mistake cause my wobbly legs gave up and as I anticipated the hard impact, I felt tingles shoot through my body, almost instantly a sense of relief washed over me.
Asher.
I vehemently refused to looked into his eyes cause I was mad, I knew I'd fold if I looked into his eyes. I just can't let this anger go, I was really angry and irritated. I regained my footing and pushed him away from me, almost immediately he grabbed my arm tightly and I hissed in pain.
"What do you think you're doing, it hurts." I hit his hand in a bid to make him release my arm.
"You deliberately disobeyed me." He lashed out.
"The hell are you talking about? I didn't go out, I stayed in the room. Now let me go, you're hurting me."
"I asked you to stay away from everyone for a reason you fool, what makes you think your friends are an exception? Are you always this stupid?" He barked.
I immediately felt tears sting my eyes.
"How dare you scold me for seeking help from people who truly care about me, and treat me like a human, when I begged you for help and you left me alone in there to rot? The nerve you have to think that I would never reject you is glaring. You bastard!" I spat.
In a sudden, impulsive burst of anger, Asher's clenched fist collided with my face and I stumbled a few steps before being roughly shoved into the wall. Pain shot through my body and I covered my face with my hands as angry sobs broke through me. I cried bitterly as I waited to feel more pain from the fist of my supposed mate. As if suddenly regaining his senses, he finally called my name with mixed emotions for the first time since we met.
"Ryo." An overwhelming feeling of satisfaction washed over me, and that made me cry hysterically.
This made me realize how much I have wanted Asher to acknowledge me as a human being, and not even his mate, how much I yearned for his love, his care. But instead, I got the opposite of all that.
"Ryo." He reached out and touched my jaw but I hit his hand away. "I didn't mean to, I lost control."
"There's no need for you to act like you're sorry, at this point I'm used to you hitting me, I'm used to you abusing me both physically, emotionally and mentally. It's nothing new, after all I'll be fine in a few minutes. It's nothing new." I cried into my hands as pain shot through my face.
He suddenly pulled me into his solid chest and I struggled to get away from him, hatred was all I felt and didn't want him touching me, I just wanted him out of my sight. I had enough of his rejection, I just wanted nothing to do with him, I wanted my freedom. I realized I was more happy before I met him, I missed that feeling.
"I Ryo Jackson reject Alpha Asher as my m-"
Without further hesitation, he crashed his lips on mine roughly, he kissed me with enough passion that I immediately folded, and I kissed him back.
Our lips moved in sync, and he circled his hands around my waist, pulling me closer to his body. I circled my hands around his neck and pulled his face closer. After a heated moment of exchanging emotions through our lips, he pulled out of the kiss and stared at me, as if seeking for permission.
And like the idiot that I am, I pulled his face closer and kissed him hungrily.