Strip!
1249 Words
LIANA
A panic that took over my mind when Kyran grabbed my wrist. His question Why do I feel like I know you? tightened my stomach.
My breathing suddenly became unstable.
He was not loosening his grip. His thumb was moving up and down my fast pulse, and I was hoping that he wouldn't sense the wild beating of my heart because of the lie.
“Lancaster?” The devil called me again.
“M-My face is just that of a very common person. I have been mistaken for other people. Maybe you have seen someone who looks like me, Alpha Kyran.”
How could he recognize me? I wasn't that chubby girl from school anymore. My appearance has changed. No one could recognize me. No one.
His grip stayed around my wrist through a few more difficult seconds. The silence was so tense it could almost be felt.
Finally, he moved his hand away from my wrist, the suspicious look slowly vanished from his eyes. “Finish the dressing.” He commanded.
I didn't waste any more time before I finished the bandaging of his arm with the last pieces of gauze and made the wrap tight. Once I was finished, I immediately moved two steps away from him, creating distance between us.
Despite being only half-dressed, Kyran nevertheless rose and looked incredibly tall and intimidating. With a sharp glance, he took in my appearance from head to toe.
”Come with me, Lancaster.” He ordered.
”Alpha, where are we headed?” I asked.
"Where do you suppose a man who is covered in dirt and blood would go? Obviously, to get rid of the dirt.” He narrowed his eyes.
The silver pool was the place I knew he was headed, and also the place I was almost caught not long ago.
The lake was now well lit by the moonlight. It was reflecting the dark, glossy surface brightly. Kyran halted and turned to face me.
Without a word, he removed the last piece of his clothing from his hips, and then on the grass, they landed. Long, lean, well-shaped and muscular, he was, and there was not a single inch of his body covered.
In disbelief, my mouth opened wide, and my eyes became as big as saucers. My hands quickly rescued my face, and closing my eyes, I pressed my palms hard against my eyelids.
My eyes didn't dare look, but the vivid image was seared into my brain. He stepped into the water, his bottom drowned under the lake.
“What is this, Lancaster?” The heavy voice snapped the silence again. “Never seen a man undressed before? You're a man yourself, trained with other men, showered with them.”
As loud as his words were inside my head, the opposite came out of my mouth, “ No! I don't shower with men.”
He twitched his brows.
You're stupid, Liana! Sia whispered.
“Alpha, I am sorry. My voice spoke nervously, summoning a convincing explanation. “I have…definitely been in the training areas. But still, as the Alpha, you know, I was a little overwhelmed by your power.”
“Intimidated, or maybe stunned to realize your Alpha is only a man?” He taunted, coming closer to the edge.
“Come here and clean my back, Lancaster.” He gave another order.
My breath was stuck in my throat. “Alpha, I… I am your aide, not your attendant.”
“Your job, Lancaster, is to see that the Alpha is well and ready for the pack. That also means taking care of his wounds and hygiene. Are you declining the Alpha's order?” His tone was threatening, a clear indication.
I could not refuse. A denial, on the other hand, would be a confirmation of his suspicions regarding my strange behavior.
“No, Alpha,” I felt like a defeated man.
Without taking off my clothes or the cap, I got into the extremely cold water. Moving closer to him, I could feel the heat of his skin. Inhaling a breath, I nervously put my hands on his broad, muscled back and started cleaning the blood.
The atmosphere shifted. The fear did not go away, but, besides that, there was also some hot tension, getting stronger in the cold air. My fingers gently traced down his big muscles, his shoulders, and the back of his neck. His blonde hair was shining under the moonlight, while his face was shrouded in the dimness of the night.
My eyes went over the flawless, wet body, and I could feel the power under my touch. He is gorgeous. The thought was brief, and it brought a sense of shame to me.
Then, our eyes locked for a brief second. They appeared to be swallowing me whole.
“Look at the little pig, she can barely walk!”
The memory came to me as a lightning bolt. It wasn’t the dagger, but years ago in school. Kyran and his friends had surrounded me. I was fat, I was crying. He had shoved me into the muddy ditch behind the sports field. I remembered the cold, dirty water soaking my dress, and the sound of the laughter echoing around me, but at the same time, he was mocking my appearance.
“Why are you crying, chubby?” He leaned closer, his eyes teasing me. Chubby was the nickname that he gave me.
My tears didn't stop.
“Stop crying, chubby. Your nose will turn red…like your hair.” He smirked.
“From now on, stay away from my friends.”
He did it because I talked to his best friend about a school project. He hated my presence, he wanted me to stay away from his friends.
The soft, heating tension in the pool disappeared, and an icy, burning anger took its place. The pity I had felt for the orphaned Alpha was completely overtaken by the bitter humiliation of the little girl he had destroyed.
Enraged, I began rubbing his back harder, almost revealing my claws. The fear that I had earlier abandoned me, and instead, there was a desire to hurt him, to take revenge on the one who had tormented me. I pressed down more forcefully, and at that point, his skin turned red.
Kyran made a short, sharp sound of pain.
“Stop, Lancaster!” He growled, his voice turning instantly sharp and threatening.
I stopped, coming back to my senses, to the reality. His blue eyes were angry and burning with cold fire.
“Are you trying to peel off my skin?”
Immediately, I came back to being Leon, the submissive aide. My shoulders fell, and I lowered my head.
“Sorry, Alpha. I was just too energetic. I promise to be more careful.”
He sighed, letting it slide.
“Fine. Now, strip. You cleaned my wound and the blood earlier, a bath is what you need the most right now. It's already weird you're wearing clothes in the water.”
I stood there, absolutely still, in the cold water.
If I took off my clothes, even in the dim moonlight, he would recognize my curves, the lack of muscle, and the absence of male body.
He would know.
“Alpha, I…”
Kyran’s eyes were more like a sharp dagger that was catching my panic. “Did you not hear me? Strip. Right now.”
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