DON'T REJECT ME, ALPHA!

CHAPTER 14: MYSTERY LOVER

Maya’s POV

I tiredly bathed my cubs and wrapped them in small, baby blue towels. Nurse Valerie chuckled when she saw the three baby burritos lying on the bed.

“If you want, I can look after them while you catch up on sleep. Tomorrow is an important day for you, Maya. It will be the first day of the Luna Trials. You need to shirk off the driver’s fatigue from travelling the whole day, not to mention the exhausting game of ‘prison break’ we played earlier to free me from the lycans’ prison. Speaking of which, I am really indebted to you for securing my freedom. I apologize for thinking the worst about you and trying to hurt you. You are a good friend, Maya,” Nurse Valerie softly said while holding my hands.

I gave a small smile as I lightly squeezed her hands and nodded my head.

“You need to sleep and rest. I will manage the kids,” I wrote on a paper and showed it to the nurse.

“You don’t think that I will harm them, do you?” Nurse Valerie asked and frowned.

I looked at her in shock and my eyes surely reflected my aghast horror at the mere suggestion because Nurse Valerie quickly added, “I am sorry, I just needed to confirm. I assure you that I offered to look after the kids with their best interests in my heart.”

I wrote on the paper again, “You should spend some time with Carl. He looked peachy after I took his car, freed you and brought you guys to this place without his consent. You spend some time alone with your mate. Don’t worry about me and the babies. We are used to sleeping together through the night. I am lucky that they don’t trouble their mother at night. It’s only during day time that they monkey around,” I giggled and handed the note to Nurse Valerie and she chuckled as well on reading it.

“Very well then. I will head back to the guest house. Here is my pager that I use in the hospital. If there is an emergency or any kind of trouble, hell if you just need me, page me for help. Do not hesitate. You hear me, Maya? I am here to help you,” she stressed.

“Yes, yes, I know. Now stop worrying about me and go to your mate. He must be beyond stressed in this unknown land. I hope he has recovered from watching a human shift into a lycan,” I signed with my hands while walking her out of my quarters.

Nurse Valerie laughed and replied, “He passed out in my arms. He will live. See you tomorrow, sweetie. Have a good night’s sleep,” she wished and walked across the corridor before disappearing around the corner.

I closed the door and sighed when I turned around. My babies had fallen asleep without eating.

My body screamed to join them in blissful sleep, but I shook away that desire and lifted my top to feed the pups. I cradled their tiny bodies in my arms and nudged their lips towards my breasts one by one.

By the time the third pup was fed and burped, I was ready to drop dead, but unlike my other two sleeping beauties, my third one cried the whole house down.

Not wanting the other guests to get disturbed, I bounced the crying baby in my arms while singing lullabies and wishing half of my sleep to transfer to him. At times like these, I wished that I had someone who would help me in such dire situations. Someone who supported me at the toughest of times and unconditionally loved my cubs, even when they were acting as mini-monsters. Aragon surely did not have the patience to manage a pup in the middle of the night, leave alone three of them. That man was a selfish man who would not hesitate to sacrifice his flesh for his self-serving needs.

I wanted to cry. Was I destined to such a deplorable state with no support system, despite working so hard all my life? How long could I go on like this?

Suddenly, the bathroom window cracked open and a dark figure suddenly wrapped me in his embrace from behind. Pushing my hair out of the way, he kissed my neck and playfully bit on it. Ah!

“You shouldn’t be awake at this hour. Let me take care of him,” he whispered and effortlessly took the baby from my hands while keeping me caged against his chest. Surprisingly, the pup went quiet as if he hadn’t woken the dead with his cries and slept peacefully against my chest and in his arms.

The sense of relief I felt, matched nothing else in this big, wide world, but then horror dawned on me when I realized that I had woken up the king of kings!

I tried to take my baby back, but he caged me tighter and closer to himself, locking my arms under his.

“No, you won’t.” He declared, firmly, not letting me take the baby or get away from him. And that firm tone had my heart beating rapidly. “You – need – to – rest.” He kissed me along my bare shoulders after every word.

His voice. I was hearing it for the first time after ages. It was so deep. So rich. It instantly soothed my scattered nerves.

Only a small cloth wrapped across my breasts to contain the leaking milk while keeping my shoulders and stomach bare. That seemed to excite His Highness’ hands as he brushed his fingers across my mid riff and played me like an instrument.

Sparks ignited with every brush of his hands. Goosebumps raced through my body in the middle of the chilly night, causing every part of my body to quiver under his touch.

He was not holding himself back this time. He was usually so reserved and thoughtful about his actions. But not this time.

This was his turf. And he was the lord here. He owned everything here. He owned me.

My heart thundered as his fingers traced slow, sensual lines across my stomach while his lips couldn’t stop forcing their way along my neck.

“You taste so sweet. I can’t seem to get enough. Ah, s**t!” He lowly cursed and before I knew it, a pair of fangs pierced my neck and latched on it before disappearing back in their wet cavern.

An ugly cry escaped my throat. Embarrassment spilled out in the form of tears in the corner of my eyes. However, the King of Kings seemed unfazed just like the sleeping baby in our arms before he tenderly licked the punctured spot and gingerly lapped the oozing blood. He savoured every drop and kissed the closed wound before speaking.

“You are driving me crazy,” he murmured more to himself than me while he swayed us to the tune of a non-existent music. He gently deposited the sleeping cub from our arms and slipped his palms over my hands before guiding my open palms across my breasts as a gentle breeze laden with light rain blew across my face at the same time.

“Hear your heart? It is the best music to my ears,” he whispered in my ear before nipping the lobe and tickling behind my ear with his tongue. “Hear your breath? It makes feel alive,” he kissed the corner of my mouth lightly.

“And this silent beauty right here,” he thrust my hands over my valleyed chest and along my neck before tapping on my voice box. “Every sound it makes is worth savouring. It is rare to hear you. And every small noise you make is a personal achievement. You hear me? You are my victory. Allow me to be a part of you. A part of every small sound of the beautiful melody you are,” he rasped and I could only nod like a dumb fool, before the unshed tears swam down my cheeks.

It was not in my control! At the end of the day, I was damaged goods, after all.

Ah!

Suddenly, a weird whooshing feeling attacked my stomach as if it was sinking in empty space as I suddenly felt myself lifted in the air.

My arms fell across his broad, muscled shoulders while his chest provided refuge to my face as I buried it between his bare, defined pecs.

“Don’t worry any more. I will take care of you.”

He walked towards a wall at the far end of the room which suddenly opened up to reveal a secret passage and Zayn!

The men might have exchanged looks and silent conversation over my head as they stopped shoulder to shoulder by each other’s side for a good three seconds before I fell unconscious by the snap of His Highness’ fingers.

“You deserve to rest and sleep only in MY bed…My Queen.”

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