Under the Devil's Claws

Chapter 2

RASMUS:

The ragged breathing of the maiden next to me on the bed is the constant sound that goes through the room at the moment. But I find it rather infuriating because I really want her to stop.

I hold firmly the sheet that I put over me immediately after the intense activity I underwent. The aftereffect was all over the room right now as everywhere smelled like the sweet scent of ecstasy.

I do not find it much pleasurable because hardly anything felt that way to me. Especially since I have not been able to lay my hands on my real maiden.

“That...” my partner in bed starts to say, sounding like she was about to force the most annoying words out of her mouth, “That was intense,”

Hearing her say that got me more infuriated than I already am. It even worsens when I feel her hand on my chest.

“Didn’t you enjoy it as much as I did, my sweet alpha?” she says, her voice coming out sultry.

I close my eyes as I try to conceal the inner monster in me from coming out. So I calmly tell her, “Get your hand off me, Michelle,”

Instead of her adhering to my instruction, she proceeds to draw a line on my chest with her finger. I’m sure that would have awoken me but the thought of something more overwhelming cannot allow me to.

“Why are you being like this? I’m sure you enjoyed every bit of what we just did,”

I turn my head in her direction to look directly at her. Her tanned face comes in sight with her slightly rough black hair which was a result of the activity we just went through.

“Would it make you happy if I told you that I enjoyed it?” I ask her.

She nods, a happy expression making its way to her face instantly.

“Okay, I did,” I say, and then grab her hand on me with a bit of force, “Now get the f**k off me!” I throw her hand away from me and it makes her wince in pain from how much force I put into doing it.

I do not even bother to look at her again as my thoughts go back to the innocent face of my real woman. The one that ran away from me some few years back. How did she even manage to slip away from my reach? How? I thought I had the whole plan active to keep her from leaving me but I guess it was not perfect.

That didn’t spare those that I left in charge of looking after her. The moment I found out she escaped, I killed every one of those fuckers. They didn’t deserve to live after being unable to do a simple job like that.

“This is about her, isn’t it?” I hear the lady speak, drawing my attention to her. Still, I refuse to look in her direction.

“Not now, Michelle,” I hiss when I tell her that because I know what stunt she is about to pull. And she did it.

“There’s nothing even special about her yet you keep on keeping her in mind like she’s the best thing that has ever happened in your life,”

My head snaps in her direction after her words that felt foul to my ears. “I dare you to say that one more time...” I grit my teeth when I speak. The terror that appears on her face shows that she is s**t scared of what I might do to her if she dares to repeat her unwelcomed statement.

“I’m sorry, Alpha Rasmus,” she apologizes, looking sober when she does so. “But I’ve got feelings too. It hurts me when you choose to treat her like she is the best thing ever while I am treated like s**t that can you dispose of any time you’re tired of me.”

“Because that’s what you are. You can never be anything special to me and I made that clear to you the first instance you chose to bring yourself to me,”

“But I’ll never leave you as she did. Do you know why? Because I respect you. I respect that you are my Alpha and I want to be by your side for the rest of my life,”

For a moment I keep on staring at her. She does too and is probably getting the wrong impression of what I’m doing because I notice that she starts to shift her face toward me. But before she could even inch forward more than expected, I flick my fingers on her forehead.

“Ow,”

“And what do you think you were trying to do?”

“Nothing,” she shakes her head.

“It better be, because you would have regretted it if you did what I think you wanted to do,”

She looks away, adjusting her position on the bed. I also look away too because I have better things to think about and not the b***h beside me that has no idea how to respect boundaries when she needs to. Can’t count the number of times I have warned her not to get too close to me but she wouldn’t listen due to her bugging attitude.

“You know what? I need you to get out,” I announce as the need to be alone overwhelms me.

“But why? Did I do anything wrong?”

“I said, get out!” I growl which causes a vibration in the whole room. At least that was enough to make her know that I was damn serious about her leaving.

Her movement as she proceeds to leave the room is what I can hear for a while before I hear the door close.

Now that I am left alone, I take in a deep breath. I don’t know what to feel. Every emotion in me differed. But I was mostly angry and worried.

I need to figure out a way to get her back or I might just lose my mind. She’s mine and mine alone. There is no way I will let her be away from me for too long. No way at all. I have to find a means of getting her back to me.

Suddenly I hear the door opening and I snap my head in the direction of the entrance.

“What the hell are you doing back here, Michelle? Didn’t I just tell you to leave?” I was almost starting to growl again at the intruder.

“Hear me out first.”

“Speak before I lose my cool!”

“I have a way to get her back for you. And if you will approve, I can tell you the plan I have in mind.”

That sounded like something that would interest me in this distressing period of mine. So I say, “Let me hear what you have to say. And it had better be worth my time,”