Chapter 7
1482 Words
Nari
I find myself being so confused but seriously turned on by Kurat’s behaviour. The fact I have spent all morning training in his top that comes down past my knees has me smiling. I could feel holes being burnt in the back of my head from the other females.
My body is screaming out in protest at the training. I am sweating all over and breathing hard. I lift the bottom of the t-shirt to wipe my face and notice him staring at my body with a frown. I feel extremely self-conscious and drop the top back down. We were just finishing when his brother appeared. I felt myself wanting to submit and bow to him. Kurat was not happy about the fact I had bowed, this man seriously confuses me.
His brother seemed nice enough. He smiled and was pleasant to me, he was tall and handsome but not as striking as Kurat. I am lost in thought admiring the sharp edges to his jaw and dark and moody look he has. It's only when she opens her mouth to talk that I snap out of it, it feels like someone has thrown a bucket of cold water over me.
I can't help but feel jealous when she asks him to spar with her. The thought of him touching her has a growl coming from within me. Was that my wolf? Is she finally coming to the surface? My mind is lost in my inner turmoil, when he grabs my arm I am so confused. What have I done? Did I upset him? The pain shoots through my wrist and I have to stop the whimper from escaping. I will never show others my pain.
“Prince Kurat, you're hurting me.” He stops, spins and looks down at me.
“What did I tell you about calling me Kurat?” I find myself just staring at him, he turns and this time he takes my hand gently and we continue to walk through the castle.
“Is everything ok? Have I done something wrong?” Once we enter the private wing where our rooms are he stops and completely confuses me more.
“Have a shower and get dressed, would you like to join me for breakfast on my balcony?” I blink a couple of times and just nod. “Good, I'll have it ready in thirty minutes.” I smile and enter my room.
Exactly half an hour later a maid comes to my door to let me know the prince is waiting for me. I am a mix of emotions, excitement, nervousness and a touch of dread. I seem to lose all sense of self-awareness when I am around him. I take a deep breath and lift my hand to knock but he opens the door before I have the chance.
Standing before me is a god-like figure of a man. Kurat is tall and broad, his hair is hanging loose around his shoulders, and it is still damp. The white shirt he wears is still open; his jeans hang low on his perfectly sculpted waist. My eyes lazily make their way up his washboard abs and over his tattooed chest. By the time I reach his face there is a knowing smirk on his stupidly handsome face. I instantly drop my eyes as a blush creeps up my face.
“Hey, are you hungry?” he asks with a smile that actually reaches his eyes, his stunning silver eyes.
“Yes, I am actually starving. Must have been the training.” I reply, feeling relaxed in his company for the first time since I met him. I walk in his room; I am instantly surrounded by his scent. I hear a purring in my head, I freeze. Is that my wolf? Is she really waking up? This is the second time today. I almost jump when Kurat places hand on my arm. It's like small electric shocks. He pulls his hand back and clears his throat.
“You ok? You looked lost for a moment.” I am stuck in a debate with myself; do I tell him or not? I just smile.
“Sorry.” The Prince leads me through his room to the balcony, it is set beautifully, and I just stare for a moment. He bounces from foot to foot nervously.
“Is everything ok? I can order you anything you want if you don't like this.” I spin to look at him.
“No, it's great. No one has ever done anything like this for me.” He just clears his throat.
“It's just breakfast, let's eat.” He pulls out my seat for me, for a moment I find myself closing my eyes and inhaling his scent. What the hell is with me and this man? At first I feel a bit nervous, unsure of what to have when he serves me first, I get an explosion of butterflies in my stomach. We sit in comfortable silence while we eat. It's nice and I feel relaxed. I sit back and feel like a pig; I have eaten that much. He just sits staring at me with a smile on his face.
“What?” He shakes his head.
“It's the first time I have seen you look relaxed.” For a split second I feel shy, but if I am honest with myself he is the closest thing I have to a friend. He has been nothing but nice to me, well since I slapped him.
“Can I ask you something?” He takes a sip of his coffee.
“Sure, shoot.” I know what I'm about to ask makes me sound stupid.
“When your Lycan first surfaced did you hear him? I don't really know anyone to ask, and I have never had anything explained to me.” He thinks about it for a moment.
“Our Lycans are with us from birth. I don't really know any wolves to ask but we could look in the library. Why?” I think for a moment.
“I might sound crazy.” He smirks but keeps quiet, allowing me to continue. “ Earlier I thought I heard a growl, then a purr.” Goddess I sound pathetic.
“When?” I just look at him, I can feel my cheeks heating up.
“ W…well, when that Frah girl touched you, and…” He's just staring at me, I feel mortified now that I am saying this out loud. “And when I entered your room.” I place my hands over my face, I feel so embarrassed.
“Interesting!” He says while nodding with a smile.
“What is interesting?” I snap, feeling like I want to run away. He puts his hands up in a surrender gesture.
“Calm down little wolf. I only meant your wolf seems to like me, my Lycan reacts to you differently than to any other female.” I sit up now confused.
“Your Lycan doesn't like me?” I almost feel like I've been slapped. He erupts into a full belly laugh, I feel so irritated. “Why are you laughing at me?” I almost shout as I slam my hand on the table.
“I am not laughing at you. You look cute when you pout.” I feel a fresh round of irritation coming but before I can snap at him he says. “Why do you always assume the worst in me little wolf? My Lycan Likes you. He relaxes when in your presence.” He leans over the table and uses his index finger to close my mouth before he returns to laughing at me. For the first time in quite some time I actually laugh. “Now little wolf, shall we look into your wolf?” Nodding my head we leave his room.
After spending the entire afternoon together in the library looking for anything that could explain what was happening to me. Kurat and I chatted and worked side-by-side, in a comfortable silence at times. On a couple of occasions, I caught Kurat looking at me, I would just smile shyly not wanting to ask him what he was looking at. I was startled when a growl ripped from the prince, he slammed the book that he was reading shut and stood up.
“Sorry, I need to go. There is a disturbance down in the games room and one of the other females is involved.” If I am honest I felt a bit gutted he was leaving.
“Will I come with you?” For a split second he looked torn.
“ Probably best not to. I'll see you later.” He smiled and left. For the first time since I arrived I felt lonely.
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