Chapter 19: NINETEEN

Soiled Ava stared at him; she’d never seen so much anger in his eyes before. It didn’t even take long for him to notice Ray’s scent on her. Oh, this was bad. Touching another man’s claim, especially an Alpha’s was a death wish for any wolf, she didn’t think of the consequences when she let Ray sleep with her, and if things weren’t handled properly, Lucas had the right to go to the moonlight pack and challenge Ray there and then, all of her secrets would be out for the world to see. With the wild anger that burned in his eyes like a flame, she didn’t need anyone to tell her that Lucas would destroy Ray if he came in contact with him. Why did she keep getting herself into one trouble after another?

“I’ll have you know that I don’t repeat myself Ava,” Lucas’s words rang loud in her ears, removing her from her thoughts.

“I-it was my betrothed, Ray Devlin, but I-it wasn’t his f-f-fault,” she trembled shakily. “I w-was the one who told him I w-wanted it.”

“Did you truly want it?”

She contemplated on the answer to give him. If she told him yes, Lucas would think that she preferred another man’s touch to his. If she told him no, he’d think that Ray raped her. She went for the former.

“Yes,” she mumbled.

“Well, I’ll make sure to tell your lover that you covered well for him before I rip his heart out,” Lucas began to storm out of the room, battle ready. But Ava quickly ran in front of him before he reached the door, tears flooding her eyes.

“Get out of my way Ava,” he commanded, his face void of any form of emotion.

“Please, I’ll do anything you want, I’ll give you my body, I’ll stay here with you forever, just please, don’t kill him,” she cried.

“Why do you beg for his life?”

Ava didn’t know the answer to that, maybe the thought of losing the only family she had didn’t sit well with her, or that she was dead terrified of what Lucas would do to Ray.

“Please!” She begged instead, getting on her knees and dropping her head, she submitted herself once more before him.

“You have me now, I’ll be yours, only yours forever.”

Lucas groaned then let out a hoarse laugh.

“Do you think I’d still want you after soiling yourself so? You dirty, you’re trash, and you’re nothing to me now Ava, not after what you did,” pain radiated every word as he spoke. “Now get out of my way so I can go and kill that bastard for daring to step foot in my territory. I won’t warn you again Ava.”

The things he said did different things to her, it made her body tremble, it made her heart ache, it brought unending tears to her eyes.

“It wasn’t his fault, he didn’t know.”

“But you did, and you didn’t tell him.”

“Yes, I did. I am the one who caused it, it’s my fault. Punish me instead.”

“Are you truly willing to take his place? To give your life instead for his?”

A moment of silence.

“Yes,” she breathed as she closed her eyes, nothing could stop those tears as she let them out.

Now she was about to die, she was about to lose her life because of all that had happened.

“Get out of my way Ava, now.”

When he saw her hesitation, then he reached and yanked her hair hard, pulling her out of the way in one swift movement. She fell beside the door, almost hitting her head on the wall but thankfully for her hands that helped her balance just in time, before she could turn to stop him again, he’d already left the room.

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“Kiron!” Lucas called out his wolf guard as soon as he entered into his bedroom, his face reddened and his voice laced with anger.

“Yes, master,” Kiron answered as he entered, bowing his head.

“Call Vivian and Ria,” he ordered, and the guard wasted no time in going to carry out the instruction. Everyone knew Lucas when he was in this state, any slight push to him could end up in dozens getting killed, so it was not best to say or ask anything irrelevant. As he left, he could do nothing but feel pity for the two poor girls he was going to send to his master’s bedroom now.

She’d slept with someone else! His mate, his precious. Oh! The agony he felt in his heart was like a sharp stake in his chest. He didn’t know what pained him more; hearing about her extra-matal affair, or seeing the way she begged for his life to be spared, giving herself instead. Would Ava offer her life for him if he were the one? He didn’t know the answers, the only thing he knew was that he needed somewhere to unleash all his anger on, and it definitely wouldn’t be on her. Not because he didn’t want to, don’t get him wrong the thought of making her feel the pain and anguish she caused him might honestly sound good to him, but he thought of the fact that she was still tender despite being soiled, he might kill her if he did. He’d never been violent with her, the only two girls he knew could take him well enough were on their way. He’d decide what to do with her later. For now, he just wanted to forget about everything, he wanted to forget this pain he was feeling in his heart. He wanted to throw it all away, he wanted to make it all disappear.

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Ava could do nothing but cry her eyes out; she’d never felt such pain before, and she didn’t know what pained her more; hearing that Ray was about to be killed, or seeing the way Lucas looked at her like she was a piece of garbage after seeing what she did. That look of disgust he gave her hurt her so bad. He called her dirty, trash, soiled, oh it hurt! It hurt so much.

But why did it hurt? Lucas wasn’t the man she’s supposed to be with so it shouldn’t hurt right? But it does, it do-e-e-e-es!!! She cried.