Chapter 28: Chapter 28

[Tyler’s POV]

Since I could do so much as walk, I had always gotten anything I wanted. In any room I stood, I was the best. Whoever I wanted to crush and step on, I did. Whatever Pack I wanted to destroy, I did it. So, it wasn’t strange that I always expected things to go my way every single time, for me to be better than everyone else and for me to always bring my enemies to their knees.

However, I experienced a setback like no other after setting off to go and find Nivera in order to kill her and make sure I was free from her. For the first time, I had met someone who I would admit to only myself that was better than me in every way I could think of. Height? He stood at four inches taller. Wealth? He obviously had much more judging from his expensive taste, huge mansion and luxury cars. Strength? I hated to say it, but he was better. For the first time in my life, I was brought to my knees by an enemy and not just that, I was made into a joke and tortured mercilessly to the point where I had almost died.

Just thinking about that hardened my already heavy heart and I didn’t know when I crushed the glass of tequila I was holding with my bare hands. It didn’t even hurt and I just sat in the bar in my living room allowing my blood to drip all over the table.

As the days had gone by, my anger towards the vampire increased and kept on increasing. I couldn’t just accept that he was better, there was no way I could accept that I had almost died in his hands. I wanted to… no, I needed to get back at him for the torment he had subjected me to.

It wasn’t until I had heard the sound of the door creek in the early hours of the morning that an idea crossed my mind. I had opened my eyes as soon as Nivera stepped out of the room, and in the distance, I had heard the whistling of the song I had heard on the day I went to the vampire’s house. Had they been meeting secretly? Was that their signal?

Either way, I realised that irrespective of how they had met, the vampire couldn’t just be wanting to be around Nivera unless he had feelings for her, and judging by how the whole rejection thing didn’t affect her anymore, it was clear that she had also begun to catch feelings for him. That, to me, was the way to get back at him and I didn’t mind the fact that I would have to give in to the mate pull and make Nivera mine for that to happen.

“What did you do to yourself?” Nivera’s loud voice jolted me back to reality as she rushed towards where I sat.

“I… I applied too much pressure on the glass and it broke,” I replied.

She had a worried look on her face as she examined the injury on my left hand. “Come with me, I’ll treat it for you,” she said, and without any protest, I followed her to the bedroom where she sat me down on the bed and brought out a first-aid kit from the drawer, then fell on her knees and began treating the injury while I just stared at her, grinning from ear to ear about the fact that she really did like me.

“Why do you keep staring at me?” she asked, applying the ointment.

“You’re beautiful,” I responded.

She looked up at me and opened her mouth to say something, but decided against it and just placed the band-aid after disinfecting the injury.

“Why did you come to the bar to see me?” I inquired.

She shrugged. “We’ve not said anything to each other since the incident that happened in the stables,” she noted.

“What incident? You mean, how we kissed?” I asked.

She swallowed, then looked away shyly. “Yeah, that,” she replied.

From her blush and her reaction earlier that morning, I was pleased to know that she had had her first kiss with me. I would make her mine at all costs, then the vampire would be heartbroken and that is when I am going to strike and put an end to his so-called immortal life. That is exactly how I would achieve my victory.

“What about it?” I asked.

She stood up and went to put back the first-aid kit in its position, then turned back around to face me. “Are you still going through with the rejection process or have you truly changed your mind? Do you intend to accept me as your mate even if your people don’t want you to?” she inquired.

I stood up and walked towards her. “Who cares about my people? You’re all that I want,” I said.

Although she seemed quite touched by what I had said, she stepped backwards away from me and heaved a deep and thoughtful sigh.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

“Nothing. I just don’t know what to do,” she replied.

Of course, she was confused. She was probably considering who would be better to give her heart away to: the vampire who would stop at nothing to protect her, or me who helped her once as a child and has since been nothing but mean to her.

“Trust me, the Moon Goddess wouldn’t have made us mates if we weren’t supposed to be. It’s not a mistake that we were mated, it’s not a mistake that I have fallen head over heels in love with you,” I said, lifting my hand to her cheek and touching it softly.

I could hear the tingle in her heart. “You… you’ve fallen in love with me?” she asked.

I nodded my head in the affirmative. “Yes. I didn’t realise it before, but the mere thought of letting go of you this night and imagining you with someone else made me aware of my feelings,” I told her.

She looked into my eyes as though she was trying to see if I was being sincere as I went closer and closer to her. In the end, her shoulders drooped and she looked down. “I… I’m not just sure if you really mean what you’re saying,” she said.

I lifted her chin up with the hand that was on her cheek and gazed deeply into her soulful green eyes. “Well, then, let me make you sure,” I said, then proceeded to place a kiss on her lips.

She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me back, melting into me like the spring rain. It felt so good. Her tongue stroked mine slowly, and it had the desired effect of making my heart race wildly inside my ribcage. I pressed myself closer to her, deepening the embrace and feeling more confident and secure than ever before. My hands wandered over her body in a very provocative manner as I took her in, and she gasped at the contact, then her fingers dug into my hair and pulled at it.

I pulled away from her slightly. “Is this okay?” I asked, trying not to sound too desperate or breathless, even though this was exactly what I wanted and at the right time, too. If she wasn't ready yet... Well, I couldn't think about that right now. Not when I was almost this close to claiming her.

“Yes, yes it is,” she said, her voice sounding strained and husky. I smirked to myself as I watched her blush, but that quickly changed to something more natural. “It's just, you know…” I nodded, encouraging her to continue, knowing full well what she was talking about. She swallowed hard. “I haven’t done this before,” she said.

“I’ll teach you, then,” I said, and without further ado, I placed my lips back on hers and my hands found their way to her ass and groping it, a moan escaped from her mouth. My lips went down to her neck and I kissed her so softly there, and while she was high on ecstasy, I bit her softly at first, then deeper and harder to leave an everlasting mark that she was mine and mine alone. I had claimed her and she hadn’t even noticed it yet.

To seal the deal, I lifted her and carried her to the bed. I peeled the clothes gently off her skin, and lowered myself above her. She was completely naked, so I could see how beautiful she really was especially when aroused. I took off my own shirt and started tugging at my pants. When they finally came off, it was like coming home. The moment I lay on top of her, she wrapped her legs tightly around my waist. As we kissed hungrily and passionately, I ran my hands through her long blonde hair, causing it to fall all around her face. Her breasts were perfectly formed, her nipples already hardening and erect.

As if sensing what she knew in my mind, she moaned softly as I touched her one by one, teasingly kissing each nipple as I circled them with my tongue. I then proceeded to kiss her everywhere on her body, from her navel to the centre of her chest. She let out little gasps, then a groan. Finally, she parted her legs slightly for me and spread her folds wider.

I could see how wet she was, and I made love to her first with my mouth, then slowly began to thrust in my dick into her. She cried out in pain, but she kept yearning for more which I gave to her. It was the most intense sex I had ever had and I didn’t want to stop making love to her, not until she came with a loud, guttural cry and grabbed onto my hair.

Once she finished, I kissed her softly on the mouth, then on her forehead. I caressed her cheeks gently with my thumbs and stared deep into those beautiful green eyes that were so full of desire and adoration for me. At long last, I finally had her under my control.

“How was it?” I asked her.

She smiled and snuggled closer to me. “It was the best thing I’ve ever had in my entire life,” she said.

Just then, I heard something crash by the window. Someone had seen us, but as I tried to stand up to find out who it was, Nivera pulled me back in and placed her head on my chest.

“I guess I don’t have to worry about the full moon emerging in a few hours. I’m all yours now, and you’d stop at nothing to protect me,” she said.

It was at that moment I realised the gravity of what I had done. I would have to go against all the members of my Pack and become hated because of her, I had betrayed Malia even though I had promised not to do so, and worst still, I had gone against myself after stating I would never have anything to do with someone like her.

I wouldn’t say it was the Moon Goddess that had tricked me this time around. My own stupid pride had been the cause of my actions, and I had successfully completed the mating ritual on the day I had been so sure I would reject her.

What the future held for us, I didn’t know, but one thing I was sure of in that moment was that from here on, things were going to take a different turn and it would all be because I was too blinded by my pride to accept defeat.