Scarlett:I woke up to Alexei getting up from bed.Sitting up, I rubbed my temple, slowly massaging it as I tried to soothe the pain in my head.“Good morning” Alexei said, not turning to face me. His toned back faced me, his muscles flexed and I couldn’t help but stare at him.“Can I take a shower?” I asked, not bothering to respond. “The bathroom is right here, you don’t need to ask permission to go” he said, pointing at the door.“Thank you” I said, lowering my gaze to the ground when he turned to face me. My heart raced against my ribcage as he approached me.He sat on the edge of the bed, and extending his hand, I couldn’t help but flinch “I won’t hurt you”I stayed still, watching as he removed my hair from my neck, touching the mark on my neck. The mark sent sparks running down my spine, and seeing my reaction, Alexei smiled at me.“You’re in a good mood” I stated. He chuckled, shaking his head at me.“You are one interesting woman, has anyone ever told you that” he said, maki
Alexei:“Madeline, you will be in charge of taking care of Scarlett. Teach her the rules of the estate and make sure that she doesn’t go around shifting and killing the other wolves” I said, looking Maddie in the eye. Her brown eyes met my blue ones and she shook her head at me, crossing her arms over her chest.“Something happened, and considering that you just called me Madeline, I have a feeling that you are more than just a little pissed off” she said, raising an eyebrow at me. Maddie, Ivan, and I grew up together and considering that, she was never treated like the other maids despite that being her job.“She’s just being a handful” I said, pinching the bridge of my nose. The fact that she was different made this a lot more exciting; however, I wasn’t sure whether it was in a good way or a bad one “I slapped her today”“You, Alpha Alexei, laid your hand on a woman?” Madeline asked, straightening up “that’s a first. She must have really annoyed you if you resolved to the one thing
Scarlett:I walked out of the bathroom to frown when I saw a woman sitting on Alexei’s bed. Her blonde hair was loose over her shoulders as she scrolled through the phone, and I couldn’t help but frown when I heard the bedroom’s door get locked. Her eyes met mine, and she raised an eyebrow, looking me up and down. Her brown eyes met my green ones, and regardless of the fact of having a towel wrapped around me, I couldn’t help but feel exposed as her eyes scanned me for a second too long.She twirled her finger around a lock of her straight, blonde hair before standing up, showing me a few clothes that were on the edge of the bed. I looked at the clothes, then at her, waiting for her to voice out what she wanted to say.“I wasn’t sure of your size, but if they’re too big, we can always tighten them, at least, until you’ve gotten your own clothes” she said, taking a step back. “Whose clothes are they?”“They’re mine, but don’t worry, the underwear are new. I figured that you could use
Alexei:I watched as Scarlett walked out of Maddie’s room, her eyes were fixed on the ground as she wiped her tears from her face. The shirt she wore was loose over her body, proving to me that she was a few pounds thinner than Madeline was, and seeing as she decided to leave her hair to dry naturally, her hair was now forming natural curls.I frowned at the sight of the bruise that formed on her cheek, and I couldn’t help the low growl that escaped my chest, catching her and Madeline’s attention. She wouldn’t look at me as she kept her head down, and watching as Maddie walked toward me, my chest rumbled with the low growl that had her tensing.“What happened here?” I asked, glaring at Maddie who bit her bottom lip. Her heart raced as she saw my anger through my eyes, lowering her gaze to the ground, and knowing her, I knew that Madeline only lowered her gaze when she knew that she had crossed her limits or when she knew that she did something wrong.“I reminded her of her place. She
Scarlett:“Why did you choose to bring me here?” I asked, looking at Alexei who put his glass of water down to look at me. The smell of flowers made me relax as I remembered the smell of my mother, her memory made my chest ache; however, I couldn’t help but picture her the second I smelled the orchids. She loved orchids.“Why do you try to find a reason behind literally everything? Can’t you just take something good into your heart? I don’t know, just accept it without asking too many questions?” He asked, glaring daggers at me. I looked down at my plate, taking a deep breath as Madeline’s words played in my head. I knew that I shouldn’t be playing with fire the way that I was, I was never allowed any freedom of speech back at the facility; however, regardless of being punished, I never seemed to learn.“I came to learn that nothing is done for no reason, there’s usually a price to pay…”“And you’re assuming that I would make you pay a price for being genuine with you?” He asked, sto
Alexei:I entered the bedroom to find Scarlett standing beside the window. Her hands hugging herself as she stared at the night’s sky.I knew that she had caught my scent; however, she didn’t bother turning to face me, not even when I walked toward her, my arm wrapping around her as I pulled her back before opening the window. She looked down at my hand for a second before looking up at the moon which was almost full. She smiled, shaking her head as tears formed in her eyes “when was the last time you shifted?”My question seemed to catch her off guard as she turned around to face me, her eyes dropping to the ground as she feared my anger, a few tears hit the ground as they fell from her eyes. I sighed and took a step toward her, frowning when she flinched. Gently putting my finger under her chin, making her look at me, I leaned in, gently connecting my lips with hers. Scarlett didn’t respond for a few seconds, her heart racing, and I could feel her body shaking as I cupped her chee
Scarlett:I watched as Madeline entered the bedroom, her eyes avoiding mine as she sat on the couch which was inside Alexei’s room. Pulling out her phone, she started scrolling through it, pretending that I didn’t exist.“What’s wrong with you?” I asked, frowning in confusion. Madeline raised an eyebrow, a smile forming on her lips when she looked up at me.“So, this is the sassy woman that Alexei told me about” Madeline said, making me laugh. I shook my head at her, sitting on the couch by her side, not caring that I was wearing nothing but Alexei’s shirt. The man having changed me in my sleep, I couldn’t believe that I was practically just noticing that now “you need your own clothes”“Alexei told me that the two of us would be buying them when he’s back from wherever he’s going” I said, resting my back against the armrest “but he said something about ordering them online. Clearly he doesn’t trust me out in public just yet”“Alexei, is he?” She asked, smiling when she saw that I was
Alexei:I frowned when I heard what Scarlett told Ivan, and seeing as Maddie was just as confused, I let her go and walked to the room, following Scarlett. I walked inside the room to find her sitting on the edge of the bed, gripping the sheets as she kept her eyes on the ground “what is your problem?”“You can ask your right hand what is HIS problem” Scarlett snapped “I was standing alone, watching as you tried getting Madeline to forgive you when…”“I fucking heard every word he told you, and that is why I will ask again, what the fuck is your problem?” I asked, watching as she stood up. Scarlett walked toward me, her eyes remaining fixed on mine for a second too long before she opened her mouth to speak.“You, Alpha Alexei, you are my bloody problem” she said, putting a finger on my chest. I stayed quiet, waiting for her to say what she wanted, wanting her to speak of what she had in mind “me being here is my problem, me being sold to the facility is my problem, you buying me agai