"You don’t have to do this," Ava said.
"Do what?"
"Giving me a bath Matthew. I can do it myself." She turned her head away as water cascaded down her body. Matthew insisted they use the tub but she prefers the shower. It was quick and easy.
But Matthew had other things in mind. She tried her best not to look at his naked body just as a cool breeze from out of nowhere skimmed her skin. Her nipples pebbled. She shivered.
Despite her three year relationship with her ex, she never bathed with him. Or let him give her a bath before sex, during sex or after sex.
She found it weird. Washing other people’s bodies is definitely weird.
But here she was.
With Matthew.
In the bathroom.
With him washing her.
He used a loofah and gently rubbed it on top of her breasts, accidentally hitting her already hardened nipples. She bit her lower lip, trying her best not to give him some sort of reaction.
She couldn’t moan. Nope. Not in the shower when he wasn’t even doing anything to her.
That would be embarrassing.
"I always take care of what’s mine."
Blood hummed inside her. She knew she was blushing.
Who blushes in the shower?
She faced the water and tried to unsee what she just saw from her periphery.
Goddess, the man was a sight to behold.
At six foot five, Matthew looked perfect. The droplets of water emphasized his broad shoulders, accentuating his incredible physique. She lifted her head and was surprised to see the smirk hanging on Matthew’s face.
Damnit.
She frowned.
"You are always good with your mouth," she said.
He smiled. "Thank you. I am taking that as a compliment."
She pouted, her face turning redder as images of a while ago flashed in her mind.
She didn’t mean her words that way though.
"So... how does it really work?" Ava immediately tried to get her mind off his large naked body which was hovering just a few inches away from her.
"Marking someone?"
She nodded. She had spent the past few days reading books about it and she had some sort of idea about it. But hearing it from a Lycan would be different.
"I mark you... as our bodies become one."
"You mean..."
"Yes. I will do it as I fuck you into submission."
He dragged the loofah below her breast, slowly and gently rubbing her tender skin, giving her ripples of sensations that made her curse inwardly.
She didn’t want to moan but she was almost certain she just did. She lifted her gaze and almost immediately, he captured her lips, giving her a quick kiss that left her wanting for more.
"Let’s get you cleaned up. We need to visit Silver Flames and get that man."
Despite the arousal, she could sense the ruthlessness in his voice. She nodded in response. Despite the fact that her body was screaming for more, she couldn’t deny the fact that they had more pressing matters to attend to.
Like... dealing with the man who kidnapped her.
....
It was still five in the afternoon yet the darkness had already started to swallow Anchorage.
"So Romeo Mclary lost his wife three years ago." Ava stated. She was sitting next to Matthew, holding a tablet with the information that they had so far. "It’s believed that... he was the same person who attacked me when I visited Amelia’s cabin?"
Staring at the man’s picture, Ava tried to place the man in her memory. It wasn’t long before it clicked and she realized something.
This man... was the same man who delivered her pizza, when the fake Phil was at her house. The possibility that he was related to whoever it was that’s imitating her brother just increased. She frowned at the information about the man’s past.
He had a degree in chemistry. He even pursued his masters and got his PhD before he turned thirty. He stayed away from his mother’s business and wasn’t involved in any witchcraft. It has also been confirmed that he wasn’t interested in anything wiccan.
However, this all changed when his wife died.
Without kids, Romeo went back home to his mother to try and build a new life. Then the killings started.
"And her mother has been hiding all of his crimes... we believe she is involved in other covens too. This is why we hadn’t seen any traces of his deeds... Until a year ago."
She could feel his eyes on her.
"Do you think he took Amelia too?" Ava asked. Just like her when she was captured, Amelia was inside an iron cage. What are the odds that it was actually the same person who kidnapped them?
"We didn’t find any traces of Amelia... and again you already mentioned it. The MO is different. Amelia is married and pregnant. The women that he took in the past... were not."
She nodded. Everything was already in the file.
"Amore’s influence in the government is huge..." Ava said when she started reading about the Coven Of the Silver Flame. The coven is not just the largest in North America, they also sponsor a few schools and even established a secret school for witches.
When Ava was still a teenager, Gabriella asked her to join one of those schools too. But she declined. At that time, she didn’t want to use her abilities. So, she enrolled in a normal school and missed a lot of training. Flashbacks of how Gabriella really loved her coven filled her head. It only made her more irritated.
"From now on... you will be working as my associate."
"Not a secretary or something?"
Matthew’s face turned serious.
"You are my witch..."
"I didn’t swear anything to serve you." Ava was quick to answer. "But I get the point." She nodded and turned her head back to the tablet.
She heard Matthew growl before she felt his hand close on top of hers.
"If witches come to know that you are my mate..." Matthew said in a low voice.
"I know Matthew. I know." People were scared of the things that they didn’t know. The uncertainty about their current condition was enough to frighten a few witches— especially the ones who knew about the first Lycan and Witch.
Their conversation was interrupted when their car came to a screeching halt.
The momentum threw her forward but Matthew was quick to catch her in his arms.
"What the hell was that?" she asked.
"Witches..." Marko Calida answered. He sounded angry, serious. "They are blocking our way."
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