His Forbidden Mate

Devil in disguise

~Aliyah’s POV~

He was once again my predator and there's no way I could escape him. Again.

Running for my life here seems a waste of time. There was no way I could outsmart him and reach beyond his territory.

He is the vampire prince… He owns this place… Finding my way out of his place when he was chasing me with his speed, which could beat the wind, was not worth every step that I was taking to save my life. Especially when I don’t have the energy to run.

I remembered my way out of his dark castle, but just like the last time, I was greeted by the dark giant lake in front of me.

I might have escaped last time if they hadn’t reached me, but today, my body will be buried in the depths of their lake.

Even after being a hybrid, I wouldn’t be able to cross the lake. I haven’t eaten anything for days. The blood I tasted gave me strength but Michelle bled me so much. I don’t even know how I'm surviving till now.

“You should try crossing the lake. And even if we die, at least we know that we weren’t ruined more,” Lizzy said.

“I don’t think he would kill us,” Ellen interrupted.

This was the first time in three years that I heard Ellen’s normal and soft voice. What changed in her?

“Yeah, not us. But Damien,” Lizzy growled.

I felt my chest tightening.

Damien…

I can’t let him suffer for being the best brother. He did what any sane brother would do to save and protect his sister.

I have to try. I can’t let him decide my fate.

But… How would I swim in this dress?

I was still wearing the bodycon dress I had worn on the worst day of my life. How was I supposed to swim in this?

My claws appeared, and I quickly ripped the dress from my knees, making it accessible to swim.

Suddenly, my heartbeat rose, and the thought of his presence around me clouded my head. I quickly jumped into the lake, praying to the moon goddess to do the right thing for me.

I swam as fast as I could, but I was losing my breath. I didn’t eat or drink anything for the past seven days. I don’t know how long I would be able to fight back in this water.

I jumped in the lake just a minute or two before, but it felt like ages. My eyes started to itch, and my breath became heavy.

I stopped in the middle of nowhere to catch my breath, but suddenly, someone grabbed my hand and covered my mouth.

By touch, I knew it was him. I didn’t need to see him.

I felt him. All of him.

The tingles, warmth, his touch... All of it could be my death soon.

Goddess…

What will I do now?

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My eyes were wide, and my breath became stagnant. His hands were holding me against a wall by my shoulder, and his blood-red eyes were piercing my soul.

I… I don’t know what to say. His deadly glares were scaring the s**t out of me but his touch… It was making me feel the opposite.

Warm and wanting more of him...

His grip on my shoulder was hard and rough, but still, the feel of his hand against my bare skin gave me tingles.

We both were wet.

The sound of dripping water was easily heard in the utmost silence between us. I could see a droplet making its way down from his forehead to his jaw, which made me press my lips against each other.

His wet hair, tightly clenched jaw, and shining skin, even in the depths of the darkness around me, made me feel butterflies in my stomach. He looked deadly yet handsome.

For me, He was no one but a devil in disguise.

“He kissed you by force?”

His deep and dominating voice made me shiver, and a teardrop fell out of my left eye.

I knew he was authoritative and dominating, but feeling his harshness towards me made me want to cry my heart out.

But what do I tell him?

He would bury me alive if I told him that I asked him to kiss me. But that’s the truth.

I did it.

“No…” I whispered.

His glare became intense, and along with his thick furrowed brows, I saw his fangs coming out. But before he could do something, I shut my eyes hard and blurted out all that I had in me.

“I asked him because I wanted you to feel the same pain that I felt when you were f*****g Michelle!”

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~Louis’s POV~

What? How did she know that?

She kept her eyes closed, but the tears kept falling, rolling down her face without a sound. Watching them fall gave me a sharp, painful twist in my chest I wasn’t prepared for.

For almost a century, I lived with a heart that never beat, but ever since I met her, I have been feeling a lot of emotions in my chest that never existed before.

I was losing my s**t and wanted to tear Samuel from limb to limb if he forced himself on her. But if it was her, I wanted to make her beg me to stop wiping out her whole clan, but her face… Her face filled with terror and pain was forcing me to calm the f**k out of me.

I don’t like seeing her cry. She pushed me to this point, but the moment those tears fell, everything inside me twisted.

I should’ve been furious. I should’ve stayed angry. But I couldn’t. I couldn’t bring myself to hurt her.

The rage drained out of me slowly, like someone pulled the fire straight out of my veins. My chest tightened, my breath softened, and before I even noticed, my fangs slid back on their own… as if my body refused to fight her anymore.

Her tears brought something in my chest that made a lump sit in my throat.

Guilt… I never felt guilty.

Even after draining more than a thousand people till now, or burning a whole mansion filled with fifty people, including women and kids. Never...

What the heck was she doing to me?

I found my hand making its way to her wet cheek and unconsciously, I wiped tears from her left cheek.

She gasped and slowly opened her eyes. Her honey eyes looked dull but were filled with tears. Her chest, which seemed to pause its movements again, started to move up and down, and I finally felt her breath filled with the fresh scent of roses hitting my face.

“You know what we are, right?” She weakly asked.

What the f**k was wrong with me?

How could I be hard just by her voice?

Her soft voice made my length throb and I cursed myself internally. I couldn’t be this much affected by her. I can’t let her take control of my body.

I don’t want to accept the truth but I don’t have any other option. That was the truth. We were mates.

I barely nodded my head and she took a deep breath, “Do you know what happens when mates touch each other? Even if it was just a mere touch?”

I shook my head. I never had one before her and never was interested in listening to mate stories. I have no idea about mates and their bond.

A small chuckle slipped out of her mouth, but it was impossible to miss the bitterness hiding underneath. It wasn’t laughter… it was pain trying to disguise itself.

“And you didn’t even bother to find out why I was out the whole time you were having heavenly pleasure with Michelle.”

“How do you know about that?” I asked.

We were behind soundproof walls... No way she could hear us.

Her eyes met mine; the fear of losing her or her brother’s life was gone from them, and she looked like she could kill someone to tame the blazing fire inside her.

“Mate bond. And you.. You felt the same pain that I felt when I was… Kissing your brother…”