bChapter /bb68 /b

Nyssa pov

I had no idea what bwas /bgoing on. One moment, he was touching me like he wanted me, and the next, he was ring at me with that familiar anger and hatred in his beyes/b.

But this time, it felt different. Usually, he would look at me with indifference, as if my existence was something he wanted nothing more than to ignore. But now… now he looked like he wanted to kill me. His eyes burned with a fury so intense it sent a shiver down my spine.

Fuck, what was happening? Had I done something wrong? Was it the way I kissed him? Was he angry because I wasn’t good enough?

Honestly, I didn’t even know if I was a good kisser. Kieran had been the only person I’d ever kissed, and he used to say he loved kissing me but if the man could lie about loving me just to climb his way into the Alpha’s position, then I seriously doubted he’d ever told the truth about that either.

So as Darius red at me, I couldn’t help but wonder if it was because I was a terrible kisser…. or maybe because I had identally bitten his lip. Oh Goddess, this was embarrassing.

“M–my king,” I stammered, watching as Darius staggered slightly, one hand reaching up to his head like he was in pain. That worried me but after how he had screamed at me earlier for touching him, I didn’t dare reach out.

Instead, I asked again, my voice soft and cautious.

“My king… are you okay? Is something wrong?”

I slowly closed my legs and looked up at the man standing in front of me.

Darius groaned and shut his eyes for a moment, then opened them again, his gaze narrowed on me as his eyes terrifying shade of silver, and he took another step back as he panted heavily.

“Don’t ever touch me again.”

shed a

He hissed the words like venom, making me frown as I watched him walk to the door, unlock it, and leave the bathroom without sparing me a second nce.

I stared at the door for a moment, confused and trying to wrap my head around what had just happened. After what felt like an eternity, my eye twitched, and the corner of my lips curled into a snarl as I cursed out loud.

“What the fuck?! Don’t touch him? Don’t touch him? As if I want to touch him!” I screamed in frustration, jumping down from the sink and stomping my foot on the floor.

“Ugh, I mean, yeah, I was the one who pulled him in and touched him first, but that was only because I didn’t want Serena to find him in my room! I didn’t want to cause a misunderstanding! So why is he acting like I was desperate ito /itouch him?” bI /bscoffed, rolling my eyes and cing my hands on my hips as I kept ranting to no one in particr.

“And he was the one who kissed me first! He held me, he kissed me, so why the hell did he act like that? Especially—”

I stopped and gestured at my body, remembering the way he’d sucked on my nipples, rubbed my clit… and how good it felt, how close he was to sliding his fingers in me.

“Especially after doing all that to me and still–ugh! Still not even finishing!”

bAs /bsoon as the words left my mouth, I froze, eyes widening in horror as I processed what I’d just blurted out.

bWait/bb… /b

b“/bbHa/b! bSo /byou’re telling me you’re more bupset /bbabout /bbthe /bbfact /bthat he didn’t finishb?/b” bShe /bteased, her bvoice /bdripping bwith /bsarcasm. b“/bIs that bit/b? bThat /byou actually wanted him to bkeep /bgoingb?/bb” /b

bI scoffed/b, rolling my beyes /bbat /bbher /bwords, trying to hide the blush creeping up my cheeksb. /b

“O–of course not! That’s not what I bwas /btrying to say! Stop twisting my words. I meant something elseb. /bI’m bmore /bupset about bthe /bway he spoke to me. And how dare he btouch /bmeb!/bb” /b

She chuckled in amusementb, /bclearly not buying bit, /bbut I wasn’t in the mood to listen to herb. /bBefore she could bsay /banything else, I huffed, turned around, picked up my clothesb, /band walked out of the bathroom with a frown.

What was really happening here? Why did I want a man like Darius to touch me? And why… why did it bfeel /bso good?

But most of all…

Why on earth did he call out that name?

Liana.

The next day went as usual. Serena came to wake me up and dress me, but by the time she arrived, I had already taken my bath and slipped into a bright yellow dress with pretty ribbons tied at the center. I was already seated on the bed, waiting for her.

Serena had been shocked when she walked in. Her eyes had nearly popped out of their sockets bas /bshe stared at me like she was seeing a ghost.

“Miss… Miss, what happened? How are you awake at this time? Are you okay?” she asked, clearly stunned.

But honestly, I hadn’t slept at all so there was no way I could have woken upte like usual.

Every time I closed my eyes, all I could think about was what had happened yesterday in the bathroom with Darius.

His touch… and how good his lips had felt against mine.

Afterwards, we stepped out of the room and made our way to the dining table.

“Miss, bI /bwas really worried about youst night–I could barely sleep. But I guess I shouldn’t have been, since you were just in the bathroom,” Serena said, and immediately my face heated up. I cleared my throat and smoothed down my dress with my handsb. /b

“Y–byes/bb, /bof course. I was fine,” I replied, forcing a smile, though my heart began to pound faster with each step I took toward the dining roomb, /balready dreading who I might see.

Soon enough, I reached the top of the staircase, and as I lowered my gaze, I spotted my father, his beta and gamma, along with bCassian /band Drake.

And him.

Dariusb. /b

The very person I didn’t want to bsee/bb. /b

And the moment his eyes flicked up and met mine, it felt like all the air in my lungs had been knocked out of me,