My Alpha Biker Mate

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 19

CASSIAN'S POV

This time, Nova doesn't argue as I take her hand, getting her back on my bike and riding the both of us back to the pack. Her arms are wrapped around me, and I can feel something in me suddenly come alive.

“Not the time,” I warn my wolf, but it's almost like he barely listens.

During the ride, Nova rests her head against my back, and I can suddenly feel her tiredness. How much all that blasting must have drained from her.

Was I being inconsiderate earlier?

I can't even think about it for long, as I ride into the compound.

“We're here,” I say, and I feel her take in air. She grabs a fistful of my shirt before getting off the bike. She stands to the side, like she's waiting for me to come and take her back to her room.

“Do you need something else?” I ask, and she c***s an eyebrow at me.

“You won't be seeing me off to my room?” She asks, before tipping her chin and heading back to her room. I quickly grab her wrist, making her stop. Then I take off my own helmet.

She watches me as I do it, and I don't miss the way she bites her lower lip.

She… likes this.

I hold her close, and I can tell that the people in the pack have heard everything that happened.

“She was abducted,” they are saying.

“Yes, I even heard that they offered to give the Alpha the cure to his curse. He refused because of her.”

“Is the Alpha even making the right choices?”

“Of course not. He has been making the wrong ones ever since she came here.”

I don't miss the sound of disdain as they talk about Nova. The expression on her face doesn't show that she notices, but the way she moves closer to me says everything.

“Are you feeling bad?” I ask, and she tips her chin just the way she usually does. But this time, I can feel the hesitance.

Fuck, she has barely even stayed at the pack with me for up to two weeks. It's been drama after drama.

But that does nothing to convince me to let go of her. She is my mate. I'm never going to forget that.

Some of the other pack members look at her with fear, and the others bow more than they are supposed to.

Hell, I didn't even know that they were already bowing at her.

I guide her back to her room, and the moment she gets in, she shuts the door behind her. I still manage to push it open. There is no way I'm not giving her the treatment she deserves.

“What do you want?” She asks, and I can tell that she is more than willing to fight me.

“What do you want?” She says, but I don't even answer her, as I wrap my arms around her waist and pull her towards me.

I feel her gasp for air, and I can barely hold the smile that threatens to spill from my lips.

“I have an effect on you, don't I?” I ask, and she licks her lips, barely able to take her eyes off me.

“What. Do. You. Want. Cassian?” She asks this time, almost gritting her teeth. I'm getting on her nerves, and a part of me likes it.

“To give you a proper bath, and send you off to bed.”

I watch her shoulders sag. She wants it as well.

“Then get to work,” she suddenly says, making me get to work.

I slip my legs out of my boots before heading to the bathroom and filling the bathtub with water.

I quickly put in all the essential oils, and she walks into the bathroom, her fingers on the hem of her shirt. I watch her as she slowly peels it off her body.

She goes for her bra next, and I watch her perky boobs bounce out of them. Her eyes are on me. She likes me watching her.

Nova suddenly clears her throat. Are you going to give me a bath or not?

That's my cue to give her my hand and pull her into the bathtub. I watch her feet get into the water, and then her whole body disappears into it.

She looks up at me expectantly, and I immediately grab her loofah, gently rubbing against her skin. She bites her lower lip, looking over at me.

“What do you want, Nova?” I ask, and she flutters her lashes to look at me.

“I want a lot,” she starts. “But we can't. Not now. Not when the people of the pack are worried about you.”

I lean down, placing a kiss on her lips. “I don't remember telling you that I care about what the pack members have to say.”

She looks like she is about to tell me to actually worry about them, so I go back to rubbing her skin, and she finally keeps quiet.

By the time I rinse the lather off her skin, I gently carry her, wiping her body clean and putting one of my shirts on her.

By the time I'm done, she is already asleep, with her lips slightly parted. I find myself leaning down to place a kiss on her lips.

It takes a lot for me not to do more. I end up swiping my thumb against her n****e, and she whimpers in her sleep.

I can barely stop the smirk that escapes my lips as I head out of the house.

Goddess, the amount of things that I want to do to her is out of this world.

But she's mine. And there's no running away from that. She will always be mine.

A few of the important members are going to demand answers, and I'm more than willing to give them.

Even if a part of me is looking for answers as well.