The underworld 3: THE ALPHAS

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER FOUR

I glanced at my body in the red print three-piece bikini swimming suit, not sure if Lucian was going to like it. In a way, coming to Woodcave had changed me a great deal. There was no trace of the shy, timid girl who only cared about studies. Now I had boy that had my mind believing that love was real and that him and may just be a forever thing, my whole life turning over and I was not sure if anything I believed in growing up mattered now. I was floating into the unknown, everything normal changing into completely unpredictable mode. All I knew was that I needed to live the moment now before everything tipped over.

Taking a deep breath, I pulled on a smile before walking out with a light piece of white fabric tied loosely around my waist. Lucian was sitting shirtless by the pool, chatting off with Lara rather animatedly. For a minute, I let myself get entranced by his enticing visuals and that smile was just a cherry on top but what about his father? Was I supposed to just ruin this perfect day by coming clean to him? I wanted to believe so bad that this was not my tale to tell but then he was my boyfriend; my mate. How was I supposed to look him in the eye and act like I knew nothing of that sort?

“Red,” Lucian’s voice distracted me from my straying thoughts.

“Coming,” I smiled, walking over to where the two sat at the edge of the pool, their legs in the water. The pool was Mediterranean style to match the Mediterranean styled hotel. The blue tiles the pool some sort of cascading waterfall look right into the rectangle pool surrounded by colorful gardens. The blue patio was fabulous and made me to just sit here with a novel or something.

“Alright. I’ll leave the two of you to have fun but just don’t get too cozy. I’m too young to be an aunt,” she flipped her hair dramatically before walking off, already humming something under her breath. Why couldn’t I just have an aunt as cool as that? I’d guarantee if I had one like her, we’d be best friend especially now when I was letting myself cross the boundaries my conserved self had unknowingly set up.

“She is so nice,” I commented joining Lucian by the edge of the pool, our legs swinging on the water.

“And you look extremely gorgeous. Are we going to take that off?” he gestured with his eyes at the white cloth hanging around my waist.

“Maybe,” I teased.

“How about I make it easier for you?” he stood up, taking his shirt off and damn! his workouts were really paying off. It reminded me of that first night I’d seen him in just a towel. The well-defined abs were layered on his naturally tanned skin, adding to his already Adonis -like looks.

“How does that make it any easy for me?” I asked slightly confused by where exactly he was going with this. Was that a move to distract me because it sure was the perfect one. Katia purred excitedly inside me, reminding me how badly I was attracted to this boy in front of me.

 “Do you want this off too?” his voice grew sly as he gestured at his black swimming trunks and that was when I realized what exactly he was trying to do.

“I’m not uncomfortable, Bub,” I laughed,” Its just that, I’ve never really worn a bikini before and I’m pretty anxious about it,”

“You are kidding right?”

“Nope. I was not really the outgoing type before I moved into Woodcave. I was always at home, studying my ass off and dreaming of being that doctor, you know?”

“Yeah?”

“I guess I never really found someone or just something that would make me be like, hey today I want to try something I’ve never done before but this town, although its so f****d up, it has had its positive impacts on me too,”

“Yeah, our town is really f****d up but at least we are here, living this moment right now. We get to have some time alone unlike some of our friends. Wait, you know how to swim, right?” his eyebrows knitted together in a slight frown.

“Definitely but it’s been while. Mum had me and Roman enrolled in swimming classes when we were like seven, I think. It’s when I puberty hit and realized that I had to wear a bikini or some revealing swimming suit to the beach that I recoiled back to my safe space,” I shrugged.

“Well, I feel honored to be the first man to see you in a bikini and my wolf is just as completely whipped for you as I’m,” his hand suddenly went the left side of my neck as he jerked my face closer to his until we were just a few breathing paces away from each other,” I want to kiss you. I want to mark you and I sure as hell have no idea on how to keep my hands off you, Red,”