The Alpha novel Chapter 52

Ethan's POV

She moves so that she is sitting properly in her seat again before her gaze meets mine. "I unfroze them. And honestly, I have no idea how I'm doing that or where my newfound gifts came from," she replies with a shrug.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

She clasps her hands in her lap and fidgets with them nervously as she looks down at them. I reach out and place my hand over hers and her gaze moves back up to me. Her violet eyes shine like amethysts as they search my face, though I have no idea what she is looking for. She lets out a sigh before answering, "I uh... I just didn't really know what to say. A couple of weird things happened, but I didn't know what it was or if I'd imagined it. I wouldn't have even known where to start if I had wanted to tell anyone. And really, what happened at the castle is the first time I was able to use my abilities on purpose."

"When did you start thinking that you might have some unknown powers?"

She looks down and clears her throat as she starts twisting her hands in her lap again. When her gaze returns to me her lip quivers and her eyes glisten. "When Ray... when he was on top of me... when I realized that he... what he wanted to do..." she struggles to explain. I instantly know what she is trying to say and a low growl rumbles through my chest. I reach out and pull her into an embrace as I wrap my arms around her. Just the thought of that bastard and what he had done to her, what he had wanted to do, makes my blood boil. I can only imagine what she is feeling right now, how hard it is for her to talk about him. At least he is now burning in the depths of hell. Now I need to send Lucien there for his sins against her.

That sick fuck is completely obsessed with my gorgeous mate. I can't say I blame him. She is magnificent, but that certainly doesn't excuse his behavior. He has violated her in so many ways now. He had her kidnapped and had planned to make her his own. Clearly that witch was trying to do something with our mating bond. My mark on Scarlet looks fresh as though she had been reversing time to make it disappear. The mating bond has always been cherished and respected by all werewolves. It is sacred, a gift from the Moon Goddess herself. And Lucien has just spat on it.

We continue our way in silence as my hands soothingly rub up and down her back. I kiss her temple and gently caress her cheek as she looks up at me with her mesmerizing gaze. "I love you Ethan," she murmurs to me.

"I love you too my angel. More than anything. You are mine. And I am yours. Forever and always," I reply back without hesitation. No matter what I will not lose her, even if I have to burn Silver City to the ground.

*****

We arrive at Kane Enterprises in the late evening and immediately retreat to the privacy of our room. I open the door for her, allowing her to enter first before following. I instantly reach out, wrapping my arms around her waist as I pull her towards me so that her body is flushed with mine. Bending my head down, I bury my face in the nook of her neck and breathe deeply as I inhale her scent. The effect soothes and calms me and my wolf. Ever since we found Scarlet, our anger, anxiety, and jealousy has us feeling restless. Just the thought of Lucien and what he had done makes my wolf growl ferociously in my head. We both hated that Lucien had touched and kissed our mate, that he had seen her bare body, sprawled out to him like a gift. I can't wait to get my hands on him. He can't be allowed to live after everything he has done.

Images of Scarlet begin to fill my head, making me tighten my grip on her. There had been so many portraits of MY mate in that room, all of them erotic and completely indecent for anyone else to look at. And that gown that she was wearing, if you can even call it that, showed everything. I could see the silver and leather straps that hung from the bedposts. It wasn't hard to put the pieces together and it made my blood feel like molten lava. My wolf started raging and snarling once more as I struggled to control my thoughts. "MINE," I growl lowly into Scarlet's ear before biting her now fresh mark, causing her to gasp.