The Alpha's princess mate

21-i'm not going to hurt you

-Anya-

Thirty seconds passed. The longest thirty seconds in her entire life, at least this was how she had felt. Thirty exhausting seconds until her mysterious mate finally removed the blade from her neck and ever so slowly let her go from his deadly grip. It took her a second to find her balance and calm herself as much as it was possible for someone that had almost just died. Then she turned furiously towards the tall man.

He looked a bit younger than Seth. He was quite tall and was dressed in all black, with a black balaklava covering evetything but his piercing blue eyes, looking like someone that intended to sneak in to a place for no good. He also had the aura of someone that was anything but good. Perfect! Her mate was some kind of criminal. And he was almost about to hurt her as if her life or death wouldn't affect him in the slightest! Well, the moon goddess seemed to have a very wicked sense of humour for giving her a sociopath criminal for a mate!

"Who are you?" she asked angrily. Mate or not, this guy had somehow find his way into the palace and was lurking in the dark. Seth might think that she was reckless and carefree, but she was perfectly capable of judging when something was not okay. And everything about this, including the guy in front of her, screamed of error.

The unknown guy seemed to relax a bit. He took a small step closer to her, that made her heart jump in its place a little. Then, he slowly took off the balaklava he was wearing and ran his fingers through his blonde straight hair. There was still something dangerous about him, but she felt her whole body relaxing at his presence. He had a gorgeous face, with his ice blue eyes really standing out in the dark, almost glowing like a cat's. And standing there in front of him made her feel exactly like that. An innocent pray that's been watched by a cat, seconds before its final breath.

"I'm your mate, apparently.." the stranger said finally with a playful smirk on his face. His voice was cold, yet it made her shiver lightly. She could somehow tell that he was trying his best to intimidate her. But he wouldn't hurt her, she was sure about that.

"Stop being a smartass. You know what I mean". She was trying her best to maintain a cold and unbothered image when all she really wanted to do was explore how good of a kisser he was. Even Ariel, her wolf, was purring in her head at his sight.

He took another step closer to her. Out of instict, she took one back. Her back was now touching the balcony railling. She grabed it as if it was her last hope against him.

And he noticed. He took his sweet time looking at her, top to bottom. And his smile was suddenly back, a predator's smile, a promise and a warning at the same time.

"I'm Matthias Rossi. I believe our brothers are acquainted." Oh s**t! Rossi? As in Rubien Rossi? That guy whose beach party she had went to with Naysha? That guy that her brother hated to death?

"That guy that your brother almost killed in cold blood a few weeks ago? It's so easy to read you, mate- yes, that's my brother." he completed her trail of thought. He was no longer smilling. And his tone while calling her his mate? Yes, there was definitely something wrong about that. There was no way he had sneaked into her birthday party just to make peace and have cake.

"Why are you...?" she began to ask, as a bad feeling had started to creep into her heart.

"...why am I here? I told you, you're so easy to read, babe. Well, as you have probably guessed, I'm here for revence". Once again, there was a warning tone in his voice. Everything screamed danger, including the wicked smile on his face.

He took another step closer. She was now stuck between him and the balcony railling.

"But, for Seth Noblano to find out that his baby sister is my mate? That's the greatest revence of all time" he added as he traced her cheek with one finger. It was all too much for her. Finding her mate, realising that he was no other than her brother's most hated enemy, him admitting to her that his only intention was to harm Seth? No, this was way too much. A tear rolled through her face.

He wipped it. His look was almost soft. "Don't worry, baby, I'm not going to hurt you" he whispered seductively, his lips almost touching hers.

"I'm simply going to kiss you" he added before crushing his lips onto hers.