Feral Corruption: Taming The Alpha Brothers

LOOK AT ME WHEN I’M TALKING TO YOU

GINA

I hated this. All of it. I wished I could master the art of not caring. I wish I was emotionless as Atticus. I wished I was empty and drained until I felt nothing. Maybe that was why his demeanor was icy, perhaps that was why he was unbreakable. He was guarding the pain himself from the pain. The kind of pain that consumes everything you have until you had nothing left to give, nothing left to offer.

Damon was an asshole. So it didn’t make any sense. I couldn’t pin point the reason why I felt broken, why the tears were running down my face and I felt like they were burning me. The emotions of my wolf made it more worse. She howled her distress, filled with the overwhelming urge to be violent. I wanted to march up to that girl and pummel my fists into her face until I was satisfied. I wanted to claim Damon as mine and my wolf urged me to do it. I didn’t.

I would never really have the upper hand. All it would lead to, was me facing the consequences of marching on Damon’s authority. She was his guest and I was his maid. End of story.

I inhaled deeply and tried to calm my breathing and then I continued to serve drinks to as many guests as I could.

“Hey Servant” Caden smirked at me from across the room and then he held his full glass in front of him and let go. The glass cup hit the floor, spilling the drink and shattering glass pieces all over. I was unable to pick my jaw from the ground. How dare he?

“Oops. Guess you’d have to clean that up” He leveled me with a satisfied grin, eliciting laughter from guests. My knuckles were white from how hard I clenched it. I wanted to scream. My wolf was desperately begging to released so that she could release chaos.

“Oh woopsie Gina. Another one” the brunette beside Thomas giggled as she poured the content of her cup on the floor. I silently prayed to the moon goddess for patience as I counted the pace of my breathing. The thud in my ear became heavy and my insides wanted to explode with rage. Yet, I didn’t let my wolf out. I didn’t allow her the pleasure of unleashing her rage.

“What are you waiting for moron? Go get a mop!” Thomas sneered and the brunette giggled, leaning into him and flirtatiously running her hands up in his chest. I wanted to chop of her fingers piece by piece. I wanted to do it slowly.

I finally managed to calm down my nerves and subdue my wolf under control. I caught Damon’s gaze across the room. His eyes darkened with something I couldn’t decipher and I finally turned my eyes away when the girl once again leaned into him, literally stuffing her boobs in his face.

When my legs could move again. I hurried towards the door and saw Rosa leaning against the doorway. She stared up at me with concern and then her eyes darkened with anger as she glared at the crowd.

“My brothers are a bunch of d***s and these people are a bunch of ass lickers who can find the guts to stand up to them because they don’t have an opinion of their own. They just want to mingle with royalty. Pathetic. Really” she said .

Then she placed a warm hand on my shoulder as she smiled at me.

“You intimidate them. My brothers that is” and then she turned and left. My tummy was swirling with butterflies and my lips lifted up into a big smile.

When I returned back with the mop to clean up the mess the guest created, even when the guests and the stone brothers made it an open point to create more, I no longer felt as angry as I should. Rosa words were my armor.

In the middle of being caught In-between cleaning the mess and attending to the guests, I remembered I hadn’t serve Atticus his dinner. My blood ran cold and hurried into kitchen to meet a nagging Roberto who dumped the tray into my hands. I speed walked towards Atticus chambers. My heart was caught in my throat. I worried what the consequences would be. I imagined that this time there’s a probability that he might strangle me to death. I’d die staring into his beautiful, cold, green eyes anyway. Ugh. Earth to Gina. Snap out of it.

I paused outside Atticus room. My hand paused mid knock as the door opened and I hesitantly stepped in. Atticus stood still, staring out the window. I dropped the tray in his usual spot and waited awkwardly to the side to tend to him.

The room was silent as none of us spoke a word. I wondered if he could hear my heart beating loudly. Finally he turned around and I swallowed hard. I would never be ready for the impact of him making me breathless with his eyes. It was empty and yet so strikingly beautiful.

“Why the f**k are you late?” he said coldly. I opened my mouth but yet couldn’t form a single coherent sentence. I was positive that I looked like an i***t. He stepped closer and yet I was unable to move even when my brain was screaming at me to run.

I gasped when he slammed my body against his. His scent engulfed my senses. Strong, woodsy, spicy. My wolf purred her desire. It was all too much. It was almost impossible to breathe. With the way my core throbbed, it took everything to lead his hand to it, not to run my hands down his chest and explore him there and then.

His hand wrapped around my neck. I could swear that his gaze flickered down to my lips. Closing my eyes, I sighed. I hoped he would kiss me. I want him to kiss me. I was shameless.

“Look at me when I’m talking to you” he growled. My eyes sprang back open. I stared up at him and I was unable to look away. His eyes darkened as he took his time to run his eyes over me. He released my neck and gently traced his finger down my neck. I inhaled deeply from the contact. I was burning. Oh moon goddess. Help me.

“I can hear your heartbeat” he leaned in and whispered. I said nothing. Even if my wolf was yelling at me to do something, anything. I didn’t.

“Serve my dinner and dont dare be late again. I hate late dinners” He abruptly pulled away. My body burned more intensely from the lack of contact. I released a deep breath.

I served him and refilled his glass when I noticed it was empty. I stood to the side, watching him because that was what he wanted me to do and when he was finally done, he walked away from me like I didn’t exist and I hurried out of his room, I convinced myself for the one hundred and one time that it didn’t hurt but oh it did. It did hurt.

I noticed that the music had stopped. It was past midnight already. I attended to the pile of dishes ln the kitchen and then proceeded to clean up the rest of the mess from the party. My body was heavy with exhaustion.

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I had only managed to get an hour of sleep and my body was screaming in protest as I went about performing my chores. My head was pounding and my body was degrees hotter than usual. I was burning up. Yet, when Roberto fired orders from her and there, I obeyed. And when the Stone brothers came at me as usual in the dining room during breakfast. I didn’t have it in me to bother. All I wanted was for the pounding in my head to stop.

As I struggled to walk on the pavement, as usual, I watched as the brother zoomed by past me without stopping, even Damon.

“ I told you not to get used to it” I said to my whining wolf. I finally arrived at school. I felt the pounding in my head become worse. It was even exhausting to breathe.

And as usual when Irina threw her usual taunts at me, I didn’t have it in me to care or to do anything about it. I just wanted to close my eyes. Even though it was for a short moment. Everywhere was spinning.

As always, Atticus casually strolled in late and again he settled down beside me. The girls around me grumbled and called me names. They made sure I heard it.

Keeping up with the lecture was a struggle. My hands trembled as I struggled to jot Into my note book and I could feel Atticus gaze on me. I could swear that I was seeing dots in my vision but yet I kept my eyes open. The ringing in my ears wouldn’t stop. I wanted it to stop. I wanted it to go away.

I blinked and kept my eyes open. Finally class was over and I packed my jotter into my bag pack. I needed to head to the bathroom. I needed to close my eyes. Even if it was just for a minute. Suddenly everything and everyone became so loud and then became distant as the thudding in my ears became louder. I winced.

I quickly hurried out of class. I leaned against the wall for a moment, closing my eyes. My breathing came out in short halted breaths. I had to make it to the infirmary.

Yet my legs were unable to move. I just stood, struggling with the pounding in my head and then I managed to walk slowly. Head against the wall for support and then I stopped.

“What did I tell you about staying away from the Stone brothers, all of them” Irina sneered into my ear. If only she knew that now wasn’t the time. I didn’t reply. My body was weak with exhaustion.

“I am talking to you Stewart” she pushed me into the wall. My vision began to darken and all I could remember was someone catching me before my body hit the ground.