THE ALPHA’S ADDICTION

A smile touched Derek’s lips as he watched his friend, Leo, struggle to keep his eyes off Maya. He was sure that the potion’s effects were wearing thin already. Just a little more time. He thought. A little more time before Leo would be able to feel the strong mate pull, and mark his cousin for himself; whilst discarding the bimbo standing beside him. Zoe disgusted him.

“Well, you have to blame Maya for that…” He stated with a wry smile, looking down at Maya whose arms were still locked on in his. Someone who didn’t know of them, or who didn’t notice the alike deep blue shade of their eyes might have thought that they were couples. They looked and acted like it, well, except for the vivid absence of intimate touches.

“What? How am I to blame for that?” Maya queried, pretending to be aghast and shocked, pretending to find the accusation incorrigible and uncalled for. She already knew what he was going to refer to, any second from then.

“Well…Let’s see…You dressed up for like two hours…while I stood waiting at the door like your guard man. Isn’t that so wicked of you?” He interrogated, unable to hide a smile, as he beheld the pretense-shock on her face.

But before Maya could throw out her own reply, Leo cut in sharply, making her bite back her words and bid her time.

“It’s good then. If it made her look this beautiful and lovely.” He muttered, his gaze slithering over her, as if he could see the whole skin which laid untouched behind her blue ball gown; not for once taking cognizance of Zoe’s agape mouth and fuming eyes.

Maya felt hot under his gaze. She tightened her grip on Derek’s arm to stop herself from performing a foolish acrobatic now, and to maintain her composure.

“Thank you.” She stated calmly, glowing under his adoration. Butterflies were flying round in her belly, and her stomach tightened in anticipation. She could also feel the waves of envy and jealousy rolling over Zoe, and it pleased her no small deal. The latter deserved it for thinking that she could steal her mate.

“But to clear the atmosphere, and also to clear my name which my cousin here want to taint with mud…” She was saying, digging her fingernails into Derek’s arm which caused the latter to wince a little. “I wasn’t at fault. Rather he was, totally.” She said.

“And why do you say so?” Derek asked, while looking around the hall. He could see that the hall was filled now to the brim. It seemed to him that the occasion, would soon begin any moment from then. He couldn’t wait. He wanted to see if there was any clue he could pick from tonight’s gathering which he could use against his uncle, before going away to meet with Leo and his other pack members who had stared here this past weeks training with his uncle’s pack warriors.

“You took time in preparing. And so, I waited for you. I just returned the favour. And besides, if you would have stayed in your own room, we would have been here, much more earlier than this.” She said, daring him as he turned to look at her, with her eyes to deny what she had just said. She would make sure that he wouldn’t sleep with her that night, in her room.Content © NôvelDrama.Org.

“Okay. Okay. You win.” Derek muttered, reading off the warning in her eyes. She didn’t want anything to make her look bad or less attractive in front pf Leo. But he thought that she didn’t know that Leo cared less about these things. The boy was already all drawn to her, and no matter what happens, he didn’t think anything would change that.

“So, you are fault then…eh?” Leo asked, chuckling as he watched his friend shrug and shake his head. He had found the cousins’ banter funny. Besides him, he could feel that Zoe was uncomfortable staying at the spot, listening to Maya and Derek talk, but he didn’t care much about it. She had insisted that he should be her date for the night. He had obliged out of a sense of duty and obligation, not because he wanted to. The only girl he wanted to accompany to a party was Maya.

Taking his eyes to her figure which was driving him insanely crazy again, he wondered how she was able to remain calm and unbothered, when she could feel the mate pull between them. He knew that if he had been in her shoes, he would have done all it took, including following her around and stealing small kisses from her plump pink lips which even at now invited him in, until she would have had no choice but to accept that they were mates.

Like now, she was looking around the hall, observing the new faces, and perhaps listening in to their conversations. He thought a bit sadly, that she hadn’t even looked at him for even a short while, perhaps a second even, to admire him, except when she had offered an appreciation to him for complimenting her.

Was she really feeling it? He thought, biting his lips and staring at her heatedly, when like out of the blues, he heard Derek chuckling. Averting his eyes towards the his direction, he found out that the latter had caught him again, staring unashamedly at Maya.

And when, suddenly. Zoe unentangled her arms from his, he knew that she had noticed it. Oh well. Damn it. He thought. He couldn’t help it. He couldn’t help staring at the blonde beauty in front of her. And he couldn’t also help but hurt Zoe. It was inevitable now. Things were no longer the same again.

“I’m going to get a drink.” He heard her say, and nodded his head.

“Aren’t you coming with me?” She asked, looking at him with those big brown eyes which at one time, he had been unable to refuse.

“No, he won’t.” Derek replied in his stead to his relief. “You can go along. We have something to discuss.” He said.

“Suit yourselves then.” She muttered angrily before walking out, when she saw that he wasn’t saying anything to refute Derek’s statement.

“With pleasure…” Derek said, his signature smirk touching his lips as usual.