Louisa's POV
After the soldiers cleaned the tent, Alpha Lucas walked into the tent.
I looked at his bleeding forearm and frowned.
It looked pretty nasty.
Feeling intimidated, I asked in a low voice, "Do you need any treatment for that?"
He might be an asshole, but I couldn't see him bleeding to death.
Another thing was, I could feel the pain in my arm and it was extremely torturing.
I had to put it to a stop.
Alpha Lucas didn't say anything. He walked past me and lay on the bed.
I took out my baggage only to find out that I had run out of yarrow powder.
So, I took out the cayenne pepper potion and bit my lips.
"Are you going to stand there for the rest of the night?" he asked.
I turned back and saw him looking at me.
"Come here, she-wolf," He tapped on the empty space on the bed next to him and said. "It's getting cold and you're on your bare feet."
I didn't want to get closer to him, so I stood there and frowned.
Alpha Lucas looked a bit annoyed and said, "Come here now. I won't bite."
"You have to promise that you won't hurt me... Then I'll go there," I said.
He looked at me with a strange look on his face.
I wished I could understand what was on his mind.
It was so unfair that he could get into my mind whenever he felt like it, but I wasn't able to get into his mind.
But I didn't need to get into his evil mind to know what kind of evil agenda he had.
He must have been considering how he would kill me...
"OK. I promise. I won't hurt you. Come here already," he said.
I didn't think that he would carry out any kind of promise in his life, but anyway, it was better than nothing. At least I managed to make him do something that he didn't want to do.
I moved slowly towards him and eventually sat on his bed.
He looked at the potion in my hands and said, "What's that in your tiny hands? Are you going to poison me with that thing?"
"No. It's cayenne pepper. It'll stop the bleeding," I replied.
I shifted a bit to the side, trying to keep a distance from him.
My arm was so painful that it started to tremble.
Looking at the wound on his arm, I didn't know how he could stand that kind of pain without showing anything on his face.
He grabbed my waist and pulled me all the way to his chest.
I tried to struggle, but eventually, I gave up.
His body was... so warm.
"Feeling better now?" He asked behind my ear.
His deep voice sent tremors all over my body. I felt I was electrified and paralyzed in his arms.
"You're going to sprinkle pepper water on my wound. Does that make you happy?" he asked.
I tightened my lips.
He turned me back and made me face him.
"You really don't like talking to me, uh?" He looked at me and asked.
His chiseled face was perfect at any angle. His lips curled up with amusement, like a mischievous child.
"Why did you kill all those soldiers?" I lowered my head and asked.
He lifted my chin and looked into my eyes.
"Lucas doesn't need any reasons to kill anyone. They, on the other hand, have to look for a reason to convince him not to kill them," he said.
Finn?! I knew it was Finn who was talking to me!
I bit my lips.
"They showed up at the wrong place and the wrong time. That's why he had to kill them," Finn said.
"But they were his soldiers. They worked for him." I frowned and said.
"Trust me. When they signed up for this job, they saw it coming." He shrugged and said.
"But if he treats them like this, people won't want to work for him in the future," I said.
"Who cares what they want? They work for him because that's his order. They either obey it or die," Finn said.
I sighed silently.
"What? Why the unhappy face? As long as they work for Lucas, life's good. He keeps them very engaged with money, women, and booze. That's why everyone wants to work for Lucas. But every job has its catch. That's just what it is. You don't need to worry about them."
"I'm not worried about them," I said and wrapped up his wounds with a bandage.
"Are you worrying about Lucas?" He sat up a bit and held me in his arms.
I felt a bit cross and said, "Don't get too flattered. He's a very bad person, and he'll get what you deserve. But now I'm connected to him, so I feel whatever he feels. I don't want him to get hurt, not because I'm worried about him, but because I have to protect myself. At the same time, I need to protect you, Finn..."
He grinned ruthlessly and suddenly pressed me against the bed.
He looked down at me and said, "He'll go mad if you keep mentioning my name in his bed. I'm his wolf and you're his mate. Both you and me belong to me. No matter how much we hate him, we can't change that."
"You've promised that you wouldn't hurt me tonight." I tried to push him away.
"I'm not going to hurt you. I'm going to make love with you. There's a difference, Lisa." He said and pressed his loins against mine.
"Don't... I can't do it anymore..." I whispered and covered my face with my arms.
He moved my arms away and glared at me. Then, he lowered his head and pressed his mouth against mine.
A kiss.
I couldn't believe that he was actually kissing me.
I kissed him once. It was after he branded me the other day.
It was something violent, shameful, and twisted.
It was a mouthful of bitterness, fear, and blood.
It was so lethal and toxic that I passed out completely after kissing him.
But this one was something different.
He started it and it was a long and gentle kiss. First the upper lip. Then he moved lower until all of my lips were sucked into his mouth.
I closed my eyes.
I felt dazzled as if my whole world was turning upside down, as if a pair of powerful hands were penetrating through my chest, stroking and warming up my heart.
I couldn't resist him. I had nowhere to hide. I was out of breath, but I couldn't move a bit.
As his giant hands stroked through my hair gently, my whole body melted like a puddle of mud.
I knew that we were connected by the Moon Goddess, but at that very moment, I could feel something more powerful, more compelling than the mating call.
It was something more refined than pure sexual intercourse.
I couldn't recognize what it was.
Was it... love?
Alpha Lucas of the White Walkers, the most powerful man in the whole North Land, the ruthless killer, the murder machine, the tyrant, was in love with me?
I was overwhelmed and I got so dripping wet.
Then, he used his teeth to scratch my lips gently and whispered, "Do you want me to stop right now?"
I turned my head away from him and said in a trembling voice, "Do it..."
"Say please, Lisa." He squeezed my face and made me look at him. His fully erected genitalia was placed between my legs.
"Please, Finn..." I whispered and moaned as he pressed his whole chunk into my body.