Chapter 42: Chapter 42

LENORA'S POV

On getting to the pack house, I could hear my wolf sighing in relief as I took In more steps but it only made me angrier than I was but there was really nothing much I could do to her.

As a werewolf, we're bound to our wolves for life and have to work hand in hand but sometimes I feel like we're just the tools that the inner wolf controls in times of making decisions, but that was the way the moon goddess had created us, who am I to complain?

With the box of cookies in my hand, I walked down the hallway and was thankful there weren't too many students in the hall to mock me in my face.

It has been quite a while since I last attended classes and even though I hated those classes, I really want to attend them now and hope that in the future the lessons could turn out to be helpful.

I finally made it to my room and the moment I was about to close the door behind me , Jenny showed up with a broad smile on her face as she waved her hands at me in excitement. Something about her triggers my anger.

"What's up girl!" She squeaked and walked past me into my room.  I wasn't in for a visitor as I wanted to be alone but she was already sitting on my bed and I knew I would be stuck with her for some few minutes.

"Hello?" She dramatically waved her hands in my face, bringing me back from my thoughts.

"Oh hey, what did you say?" I asked as I walked towards the table in my room and laid the box of cookies on it.

"You seem lost, is everything okay?" She asked as her brows furrowed.

"Nothing much" I responded with an obvious forced smile.

"I saw you walking out the gates and you weren't really in a good mood, so you better tell me what's wrong with you" she ordered as she stood up from the bed and gently brought me to sit on the bed beside her.

I watched as she went to the box of cookies and dished some on a plate before placing it on the bed and I suddenly found myself eating more than I ever thought I could eat. My Grandma really had magic fingers.

"You still haven't told me what happened, Lenora" she groaned before shoving a cookie in her mouth irking me.

"Promise you won't tell anyone?" I sighed in defeat when I realized she wouldn't leave until I said what was up with me and I wanted to get rid of her immediately. Besides, there wasn't any harm in telling her about what I was feeling at the moment since she has been nothing but nice to me, even though I wasn't totally sure.

"You're like the only person I talk to here" she giggled and I heaved a deep breath before I would narrate my life predicaments.

"The prince, Alaric told me something and I think it's true" I said and on hearing Alaric's name, there was this curiosity In her eyes as she was more eager to know what I was talking about.

I didn't want to tell her about it because she had once told me she had a crush on Alaric and this might break her down but there was this part of me that became possessive of Alaric and wanted her to know he was mine. I hate the feeling but it was over clouding my feelings and I just had to tell her to let the weight off my chest.

"Alaric said he was mated to me and I guess my wolf knew all along but I didn't,  I was having confused emotions and decided to take a walk out of the pack house." I said with my eyes focused on the cookies but the instant I brought my head up to look at her, I could see her face and eyes turning red as she had a pale expression on her face.

Her fists were folding but she wasn't saying anything before she finally removed her gaze from mine and her face and eyes were back to being normal.

"That's so cool honey, I'm happy for you. It's hard for a mere werewolf to find another mate after being rejected. Especially not with a lycan " she said with a pained smug smile and I wasn't surprised because I had expected her to act the same way.

"No offense though but I think you should leave now!" I said as I returned the same smile she gave me and watched her walk out of my room, slamming the door really hard.

It felt good to see the expression on her face after I had told her that I was mated to Alaric,  perhaps this would make her stay away from my affairs or Alarics'. I knew she was pretending right from the start but I had thought I was just being paranoid.

Even though I hadn't accepted him yet, I still had the urge to protect him from malicious people like jenny. After all, he's eventually going to be my mate.

After finishing off the cookies on the plate, I reached for the box to take more before realizing I had almost finished it and I hadn't given Alaric his share yet.

I grabbed the box and walked out of my room, I could as well give him his share now before everything goes down my throat and I wouldn't want to offend my Grandma.

I knocked on his room door but got no response from him. I thought of going back to my room but I knew myself too well and the cookies won't make it for another five minutes in my hands.

On turning the knob, the door opened and was surprisingly not locked. I entered the room and could hear the sound of running water in the bathroom. He must be having his night bath.

I made myself comfortable on his bed with the cookies in my hands as I waited for him to come out of the bathroom while I occupied myself with some magazines on the small table beside the bed.

"Lenora" His thick voice echoed In the room as I lowered the magazine to look at his face.

He had some mixed emotions on his face, he was half happy and half sad but overall I could see some evident worries on his face.

My eyes slowly drifted away from his face as it trailed down his half naked body with only a small white towel wrapped below his body. I couldn't get my eyes off his perfect abs that I bet to be rock hard.

His exposed v-line was making it impossible for my thoughts to go wild as I imagined if the towel had to fall from his body.

I immediately shove the nasty thoughts away from  my mind but my body wasn't ready to shove them away as I felt some wetness in between my legs and was instantly ashamed of myself.

"What brings you here?" He asked as he ran his hand through his wet hair that was falling on his forehead.

"My grandma gave these to you" I stretched the box of cookies to him and a smile appeared on  his face before he walked towards me to reach for the box and I could swear that it almost felt like my heart was beating out of my body.

"Thank you" He collected the box from me and opened it but the expression on his face fell immediately when he opened it.

"What?" I curiously asked as I stated at his perplexed face.

"There's only one cookie left in this box" He said and raised his head back to look at me.

I couldn't stop myself from eating the cookies, even though I made it to his room with at least five cookies, he took too long to come out of the bathroom and my mouth had to be kept busy while waiting.

"It's not my fault, you took too long to come out of the bathroom" I defended myself and the room was suddenly filled with a beautiful laughter coming from him that I found a smile tucking at the corner of my lips.

It's rare to see him smile or laugh but he had the most beautiful laughter I have ever heard.

"Well thanks " He chuckled and took a bite out of the cookie before handing over the rest of the half eaten cookie.

I wanted to behave and let him finish it but they tasted so good that I had to let my guard down and collect the half eaten cookie from him but he didn't release it from his hands. Rather,  he bent closer to me and fed me with his hands while his eyes focused on my lips.

I was nervous but I wouldn't say I wasn't enjoying this, my whole body started to crave for him so bad.

His heavy body was now almost on me as I breathed in air from him and inhaled his every scent. I could feel his dick poking my laps through the towel.

His lips were about to touch mine before I suddenly gathered the urge to push him away from me, I couldn't just let him have his way with me after everything he had done to me. My wolf might have chosen him as a mate and would spread her legs in one contact but I had to stand my ground even though it was hard to resist.

I knew my push had no effect on him but he had willingly left me. Perhaps my grandma was right about him wanting to give me some time but that still won't make me forget all the bad things he had done to me.

"Fuck" He groaned as he shut his eyes closed like he was trying to calm his boner.

"I should leave now" I said and stood up from the bed as I made my way to the door but a strong arm stopped me and pulled me back as I found my body pressed against his body. He was still rock hard down there.

"Let me go" I protested, already getting ready for a fight.

"I'm sorry, I can't let you go until I clear some doubts about me. I know I've wronged you in a lot of ways but I'm willing to apologize so you're free to list all of my offensive acts" He said with his hands still holding mine really tight, there was no way to break free from his grip.

"First, leave my hands!" I growled with threatening eyes as he immediately let my hands go.

"I don't think we can talk like this, please put some clothes on"

"Okay" He responded and immediately went into the closet to change into some clothes. I had thought his towel would fall off all this while but they surprisingly had a strong grip around his waist.

In no time, he came out of the bathroom with some sweat pants and sweat shirts that fitted him perfectly.  Even though they would look so big on me, they were tight on him and one could easily trace his abs through the sweat shirt.

I didn't think I was In my right state of mind to talk to him about most of what he does to me and to clear my doubts but he's giving me an opportunity now and I can't really turn it down since I don't know If he would give me this same opportunity some other times.

But since I've been wanting to ask him a particularly important question that had maybe traumatized me and made me hate him for a long time,I might as well ask him now since I have the chance.

"Sit" he gestured towards the couch beside me and I scoffed. Even though he's trying to be nice, he still hasn't given up on his commanding tone.

"No, I'm good. '' I responded but he didn't respond. Neither did he have any emotion on his face but it seemed like he was more eager about answering my questions.

"Why did you kill Jika!" I finally decided to let the question off my chest as the incident from that day flashed through my mind, making me angry and sad at the same time.

He seemed to be triggered by my question as his jaws clenched while his fists tightened and In a matter of some seconds, the atmosphere In the room became choking.