Inferno & Steeled Alpha

Titan magic

*Omario POV*

It takes a few seconds for me to regain my strength after that electric jolt. Abi’s face is still flushed with embarrassment but her eyes are a raging inferno. She clearly has no idea what she possesses and I plan to keep it that way. I lift her out of the bathtub and carry her to my bed. She is about the lightest woman I have carried to my bed.

“The list you can do is feed her” Titan says, as if I am the one starving her.

I don’t bother responding to him, my eyes are shamelessly glued to her nakedness again. I should get other maids to dry and dress her, but I can’t help myself. She looks away, clearly uncomfortable with this, maybe I do possess my dad’s disgusting traits after all.

Madness is insisting on touching a woman who just sent a current through my body. Who is to say the next one won’t stop my heart permanently? Still, I can’t stop and Titan is behaving very strange.

I pick up her clothes from the floor but they wont do. The hand-sewn poor quality material that use to be her robe and undergarments are torn into shreds. They probably got caught up by tree branches when she was running or torn by dad and his psycho friends when they caught up to her. I throw them in the trash bin without taking a second look at them. They are reminder what what she’s been through just this night alone. Just thinking about it gets my stomach twisting into knots. I am part and the biggest benefiter of the institution that is torturing and sucking the life out of her. Theo is my dad, I get to inherit everything he stole. Maybe that’s why her beast hates me too.

“Get her out of here” Titan links with me again.

I ignore my stupid wolf and swiftly put on my favourite shirt on her before taking off my wet clothes.

“That fancy shirt won’t make anything better. She will be like this again next Friday. Exhausted, bleeding and broken. Is that what you want?” Titan is not impressed with me.

Him and I used to be so much in sync. He was me and I was him. Now we don’t agree on anything, he even abandons me. I wonder if other people experience this dissociation with their wolfs or if it’s part of my mutation. I still can’t ask anyone here without exposing my vulnerability. An future Alpha who can’t control his wolf will struggle commanding respect from his subjects. I definitely can’t ask Rufus, he might just look into my soul and expose the resentment I have towards my dad.

“Shut the f**k up, Titan”

I am losing my patience and snapping at him but he surprisingly does not sulk and retreat back as usual.

Abi’s heart is pounding, another thing I don’t think I should be able to feel. I turn around to check what’s exacerbating her and curse at the realisation that she completely misread my actions.

She is basically n***d under my shirt, unable to move and here I am taking off my clothes when I have just publicly claimed her. Women usually melt at my n***d body but she is terrified. I do my best to reassure her that I mean her no harm but I don’t think it’s is enough because her heart is still racing. It slows right down when Mother walks in to preach to me as usual. I can’t believe that she thinks I am like that evil creep she calls a husband. I can’t prove her wrong just yet, though. I hope that one day she will be proud of me.

Abi’s heart rate picks right up again as soon as Mother is out of the door. She does not trust me and I don’t blame her.

The chef brings my supper just after Mother leaves.

I push the tray towards her. She just stares at it but makes no attempt to eat.

“Eat.”

She shakes her head and I narrow my eyes at her. She’s literally skin and bones and has no business turning away food.

“Eating from your plate is a punishable offence and I don’t eat…,”

I grab a spoon, scoop the shepherd’s pie and bring it to her mouth.

“Eat, it’s a command.”

She reluctantly opens her mouth, chews and gags before swallowing. I don’t know what and how much Brenda let’s her eat but it can’t be enough if she looks like this. You would think she would grab this opportunity with both hands but here I am having to feed and command her to eat.

The plate is empty when I give her the juice to drink but she rushes out of bed to the bathroom and starts throwing up.

Shit! Maybe I feed her too much.

I follow her to the bathroom and pass her a glass of water. “I am sorry. Are you okay?”

“I don’t eat cheese, You Majesty. It makes me…” She gags and starts throwing up again. f**k! I thought I was doing her a favour but poisoned her instead.

“Next time let her finish talking before you command. She might be a slave but it does not mean she does not know what’s good for her” my stupid critical wolf links.

“You could have said something, you idiot.”

“As if you ever listen to me.”

“I would listen to you if you stop acting like a spoiled little brat!”

That shuts Titan up and I get to focus on Abi, who is now rinsing her mouth on the sink but she gags again and rushes to throw up on the toilet.

“I am sorry. I should have listened to you. What can I do?”

She looks surprised at me. The fact that my apology comes as a shock to her says a lot about what she thinks of me.

“Ipecac is the only thing that makes it better, Your Majesty.”

I wish she can stop being so polite when this is all my fault.

“Where can I find it?”

“It grows by the stables. I will ask my friends to get it for me.”

“On it”

I don’t pay attention to her last statement and dash out. Titan is only thrilled to take over when I shift. The wind blows through his snowy white fur as he splint, using all his speed to get there. The stables are just over fifty kilometres away but it takes a few minutes for him to get there and rush back. He blocks my attempt to shift back into my human form. Stupid Titan rushes right into the bathroom with the ipecac leaves on his mouth and rest his head on her lap.

“You are back, so fast!”

She is more surprised and impressed by Titan’s speed than the fact that I am in my wolf form. Titan’s head on her lap does not seem to bother her at all. In fact she seem more comfortable with Titan than my human form.

She takes a few ipecac leaves, chews them and make a cute face before swallowing them.

“That should do, thank you, Titan.”

Her thin fingers gently stroke the fur behind Titans ears. So good, Titan can’t help but whine and wiggle his tail.

“What? No, Your Majesty? How the hell does she even know your name?”

As far as I know, Titan had never interacted with Abi before this. I hope this wolf is not doing some weird s**t behind my back. It should not happen because we are basically the same person but can’t be sure of anything these days.

“I am obviously the cool one and she likes me.”

I don’t have time to entertain Titan’s ego. I need to know how her beast reacts to him.

“Look into her eyes.”

“Why?”

“Do it, you i***t!”

“Fine!”

Titan unbelievably licks her face before gazing into her mysterious brown eyes. I have never seen her eyes like this before. There’s no fire behind them, no rage and no fear. She giggles when Titan licks her face again and strokes the furs on his back.

“You are just the cutest wolf around, aren’t you?”

Her voice is honeyed and alluring. I guess I should be happy that she likes another half of me, but why should I even care?