Caught
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*Cali POV*
I am woken up by a knock on my door. Argh, who could that be now? It’s ten pm for heaven’s sake!
I ignore it but it continues until it’s clear that the person is not going anywhere. I grumpily get out of my bed and swing the door open.
My frustration’s mate walks right past me.
“Phoebe?”
She looks flustered but I am pissed that she’s waking me up at this hour. She better not be coming to give me her usual lecture on Leroy.
“Leroy is acting weird. I think he is ill,” she blurts out and really looks shaken.
A part inside me twists. Alpha wolves hardly get sick. Injured yes but sick, hardly. No, I can’t fall for this. I have been avoiding him. This must be a ploy to get me to see him. I fold my arms across my chest and look at her.
“Why do you think so?”
“I don’t know Cali. You know him better than me. You go see him.”
I frantically shake my head. How can she out of all people suggest this?
“No. I am staying away from him.”
“He is just laying there not moving and refusing to see a physician. I don’t know what to do.”
Phoebe does not look like she’s acting. I can hear the desperation in her voice, but I can’t. I have been pretty much happy not interacting with him.
“Call Linda. He is his friend and a doctor.”
“I did. She said I should leave him alone for a few days but I am worried. Please just check on him,”she pleads and stupid me can’t turn her down.
“Fine. I will go check on him.”
She runs into my arms and hugs me. “Thank you, Cali. Please call me if he gets worse.”
“Wait! What? Aren’t you staying?”
Something is off with this girl. I would never leave my mate with another woman, especially one his wolf wants a pup with. Then again I would never ask that woman to check on my mate.
“Leroy and I have not marked each other yet. My customs prevents me from sleeping over.”
Seriously? She’s f*****g him, a sleep over can’t be worse than that.
“Call me,” she urges and leaves me dreading my next move.
Leroy is stretched out on the bed when I arrive. He looks really tense and dripping in sweat.
“Leroy?”
“You are ovulating.” He announces without looking at me.
“What?”
“Sky is going crazy again. Keeping him locked in is exhausting all my energy. I can’t tell Phoebe that. I will be fine when you are no longer in that cycle.”
Doctor Grey’s response to Phoebe now makes perfect sense. I could leave but Leroy is in a bad shape. I sigh and walk towards the bed and sit next to him.
“Set him loose.”
He shakes his head, sweat dripping from his brow.
“Let him loose and let me deal with him.”
I insist. I hope I still have the same influence on Sky as I think I have.
In a split second I am pulled to the bed with Leroy’s body pressing over me. Big hands move all over my body, dark possessive eyes look back at me. Sky.
I move my head away when he tries to kiss me. He is really hard, I can feel him pressing over my thigh. Is he so disgusting that he would really try to do this without my consent? He is a wolf driven by beastly desires and lord knows what else. So, yes, he would.
I move my head back and lock my eyes with him.
“Whatever you do, know that you are signing off my death. There will never be a pup but my grave.”
His heart pounds like a drum against my chest. Every part of his body tenses up.
“No!”he roars and the windows shake like being hit by an earthquake.
I shudder under him but continue.
“Leroy will never forgive you for killing me and Phoebe will never get over your betrayal.”
He growls before warm eyes look back at me. Leroy is back. He stares back at me with a defeated look before rolling off me.
“Thank you.”
I nod my head, sit up and sigh.
“I don’t think it’s all his will. Alloy and Neptune claimed that I summoned them. I thought…”
Something about my ovulation affects these powerful men. I thought Neptune was being cocky about having a pup but clearly not.
Leroy’s body tenses, not like earlier but he is pissed.
“They what? Did they touch you? I swear I am going to kill them.”
He is already on his feet advancing towards the door. I run after him. He dominates other Alphas but those two would definitely hurt him if he challenged them. One is a mixture of everything indestructible and the other a Lycan.
“Leroy! They did not do anything, okay?”
He exhales before turning around and cupping my face in his hands.
“Cali.”
There’s that husky voice. Butterflies spread across my stomach. Why am I so mesmerised by it?
“Mmh?”
His lips slightly brush over mine and my heart leaps. Deep unimaginable joy washes over me.
“I am sorry about what you saw the other day,” he whispers his breath caressing my face.
I raise my eyebrow, not certain what he is referring to.
“When you walked in on Phoebe and I. I..”
I shake my head and back away, not willing to discuss his s*x life with his mate. Hearing Phoebe’s name slices through my conscience. Annoying at times but she’s a good person.
“Don’t worry about it. She is your mate and…”
“I had to get you out of my system, Cali or I would go crazy,”his confession gets me uncomfortable. I start fidgeting with my sweater. I don’t even want to know what he means but I don’t want to find out. I head towards the door.
“It’s late. I will check on you in the morning.”
“Don’t go. Please.”
“Leroy.”
He must know that this is not normal. I am the single one here but feel guilty about how close we were earlier.
“Please. I won’t touch you that way.”
I let out a sigh. There was a time I was terrified of sleeping alone and he was there. I guess it’s my turn to be there for him now.
I wake up in the morning to find Phoebe staring at us. I gulp, quickly getting off Leroy’s chest and sitting up. This is bad, like my whole future bad. If this comes out, I am done. If my mate is from our pack, he will never go against his Alpha. He will reject me and I will spend the rest of my life alone!
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