The Alphas Assassin (Complete)

The itinerary

*Gabriel*

“Gabe, what’s your issue?” Esen called through a mouthful of food as he burst through my office door.

“Nothing…” I muttered back as I peered at him over the top of my laptop.

“You’ve been sulking all morning.”

“It’s nothing.” I growled looking back down at an email chain from Alpha Roman Wilson.

“You’re still upset about blondie, huh?”

Esen got a real kick out of my interaction with Carter. He treated me like a common mut. If he was my pack member I’d have ripped his head off where he stood for disrespecting me. But he meant something to Ella, I didn’t understand what, but I couldn’t hurt her by fighting him…

“I’m not upset about Carter…” I responded.

“Yeah right.” He sneered, “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen someone get under your skin like he did.”

“Are you here to work or Gossip?” I asked, raising an eyebrow.

He shrugged, “Both.” He grinned. His cheek was packed like a chipmunk. “Oh c’mon, it was funny.”

“Esen, please.”

“Why have you been so serious lately. It’s irritating.”

“You’re irritating.” I retorted in a groveling voice and he rolled his eyes.

“If you’re so upset just talk to her…”

“No…” I responded.

“Why…”

“Because as long as she’s in heat the mate bond won’t even hit her. She won’t know until her heat is completely gone…”

“She has to have some pull to you Gabe… she probably wouldn’t let you even touch her if she didn’t… whatever suppressant she’s on has kept her barely detectable unless close by… and from what I’ve seen and heard you’re the only male she’s allowed to even get that close to her… she’s got to know there’s something up with that…”

“I don’t think she does… she hasn’t said anything…”

“Well neither have you…”

I rolled my eyes and shook my head. “Drop it Esen… I’m not in the mood to talk about this…”

He shrugged and bit into the sandwhich he held. “What’s up with Silver Falls? Got the itinerary done?” He asked

“Yeah… hotel rooms are booked, we leave in the morning… Gala is on Saturday night… we get back on the road Sunday morning so I can get back for my meeting Monday morning…”

“Not much time to relax…” Esen complained. I glared at him from over the top of my computer. “Just saying… the girls wanted to use the spa…”

“We should be there with plenty of time to relax Friday night…”

“Why not just bring your computer and stay an extra night…”

“Because I don’t want to be in an unknown territory…”

“Because of Ella?” Esen reasoned with a smirk.

He was right, but I didn’t want him to know that. Alpha Roman had smelled her at our Gala before I found her in my office. Had I not chased after her I worried that Roman may have been the one to find her… for some reason that infuriated me. I couldn’t imagine her being with anyone else but me since then. And the thought of Alpha Roman being the one to experience her that night made my blood boil.

“It is, huh?”

“Esen…” I growled in warning. He shrugged but his sly smirk showed me he definitely knew what I was thinking.

The next morning we were on the road to Silver Falls. A pack that sat about 10 hours to the East of us. We left early in the morning so the girls had enough time to go down to the spa on the first floor of the massive hotel and spend time getting pampered together. Beth had started becoming much closer to Ella as the days went on, after a week they seemed to be about the best of friends, which I was happy for. Beth was like a sister to me, and she had hardly had any female friends to hang out with in the years she had been with us. Esen and I were really the only ones she hung out with on a regular basis. And if it weren’t for it being her job, I doubt she’d have much contact with any of the other females in the house.

We had a 10 hour car ride to get to Silver Falls, she sat beside me in our limo paging through a giant book and giggling with Beth throughout the day.

We all chatted and shared little stories of ourselves. After we stopped for fuel and to get a meal from a drive through both Ella and Beth eventually dozed off toward the last piece of our drive; it was still earlier in the afternoon.

Esen had dimmed the lights in the darkly tinted cabin and moved Beth so her head laid in his lap. He leaned back in his seat and smiled, motioning to Ella who had fallen asleep as well. He motioned his eyes down to Beth and gave me a suggestive shrug.

I shook my head and looked back to Ella as she stirred, her eyes fluttering open for a moment and she looked at Beth and Esen then to me. A tired question in her eyes as she looked at me.

“C’mere Princess…” I whispered to her. whatever she wanted I wanted to give to her...

She let out a quiet groan as she nodded and leaned over the seat, curling beside me and laying her head in my lap with one hand beneath her cheek. Her fingers digging into my thigh causing my stomach to flip.

I couldn’t help but to look down at her… Anyone with eyes could tell I was incredibly fond of her…

I looked up for a moment and Esen winked at me and I sneered at him. Then he smirked and leaned his head back in the seat, closing his eyes.

I glanced back down to Ella and a small sigh fell from her lips as she settled into my lap. I found my hand reaching for her, my fingers caught a stray curl over her face and pulled it back behind her ear before I pressed my fingers over her scalp, gently petting her hair as she slept. I could feel her heart rate slowing, hear her breath lulling into a calm rhythm.

Ella and Beth disappeared as soon as they received their keys with us at the front desk. They bounced on their toes like children waiting for ice cream until Esen handed them the two keys. Beth slipped her fingers into Ella’s and they giggled as they moved down the hall toward the spa that the hotel had.

I grinned as I watched her.

Esen bumped my shoulder, nudging his arm against me with my key in his hand. I snatched it from him and a light growl escaped my chest.

“f**k off.” I ordered as I turned toward the elevator. He laughed as he followed me up to our suites which were a few doors apart from each other.

I ran the shower and soaped myself down. Ella’s scent was beginning to drive me wild. She’d avoided me the last few days, and the longer I was away from her the deeper the need for her became. Now she’d be sharing a room with me, and I wasn’t quite sure how easy it was going to be to control myself with her sleeping beside me…

I pulled on a pair of flannel pajama pants and turned the tv on, let it play as I tried to ignore my want for her. Soon the door clicked and I watched her walk in. Her hair was tied back in a high ponytail tail, a little towel wrapped around her neck, the smell of her sweat seeped into the room, making my c**k pulse painfully as it hit my nose. She had likely gone to the sauna. She smiled and set her bag on the chair near the door and her key on the side table. The smell of alcohol wafted through the air with her as she came to me. Her and Beth had likely been drinking judging by the stumble to her step.

“Look.” She ordered in a giddy tone. I sat up and hung my legs over the bed. She dropped her hands to me. She had a beautiful French manicure over shining nail beds. A tiny diamond on each ring finger.

“I like it.” I smiled up at her.

“Do you?” Her cheeks flushed red, a genuine look of excitement sparkling in her eyes.

“I do…” I whispered with a low voice as I placed my hands beneath hers, pulling her hands up to my lips. I kissed her knuckles gently, and she let out a small gasp as a tingling feeling radiated between my lips and her fingers. She paused and watched me peck her knuckles. I noticed little scars littering them, I wondered what in the world she had done to cause such scarring.

She swallowed as she pulled her hands away from me. I looked up to her and raised a brow, I smirked at her embarrassed face.

“I’m… gonna shower…” she stuttered out as she backed away.