Chapter 0157


    “He rejected me.” I splutter.


    m aware. A good job too.” He takes the seat next to the bed, watching me. “It would have made it harder for me to find you.


    “Is he dead?” I sigh, why did this man make me feel so irrational so easily?


    “No. He is in the dungeons though. Alpha Neah is trying to get more information out of him or break him. I''m not really sure. I just know she has


    banned me fram going down there.


    “She shouldn''t be alone with him and she doesn''t like to be called Alpha.” I mutter


    He cocks a brow at me. “She is more than capable of handling herself. She took a chunk out of his leg in payment for what he did to you.”Content protected by N?v/el(D)rama.Org.


    That made me feel a little better.


    “You can''t kill him, can you? You want to, you really want to. I can see it in your eyes, but you can''t bring yourself to do it because he is your brother.”


    Damien doesn''t answer me, he just snorts and shakes his head.


    “You talked.” I mutter, remembering hearing him speak as a Lycan


    “Yes.”


    “How? You are not like him.”


    “I was once.” My hands clench the nkets and his eyes move down to them. “I won''t hurt you.”


    “I''m not scared. I''m frustrated.” I sigh "I don’t..... Dane said you told him that there was noing back from being like that.”


    “I found a way.” He doesn’t exin any further


    “You don’t want to tell me, do you?” I screw up my face as another wave of pain shoots through my thigh. This was going to be a long healing


    process.


    “You tried to warn me.” I sigh. He had told me I should be scared of him. That I should fear him.


    “I did.”


    I slowly nod my head. “I give you permission to reject me.”


    He scowls at me


    “You clearly couldn''t make up your mind before, but now, I’m damaged. I’m giving you a free pass. I won''t fight it. I won''t refuse your rejection like


    Jess refused Jensons.”


    “Aren''t we all damaged in some


    way?" He statds up and moves


    closer to me, cupping my face. '' Tes


    been waiting days to taste you ~


    again.~I “He leans down and presses


    als lips to mine. Softer and gentler


    thatst time, like he was savouring


    thé moment.


    y arms loop around my neck,


    pulling hier in closer and I feel him


    smile against my lips. Little sparks


    ofe ectr icity burn through mecas his


    kiss-deepens. But he is carefil not to


    press himself against me this time.


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    He pulls away when there is a knock on the door. “There will be more than enough time.” He mutters, taking in my frustrations. "But I am not rejecting


    you, mate."


    My heart skips a beat again


    Neah opens the door. She shoots Damien a look of disgust and then smiles at me. I notice how she is rubbing her small bump. Something she didn’t


    have thest time I saw her. How long had I been out for?


    “She thinks I put you in danger.” Damien makes sure Neah hears him before stepping outside of the room. I see that he doesn''t leave though,


    standing guard as Neah closes the door.


    “He didn’t know.” I mutter. I wasn’t even sure what I was trying to defend. “He didn’t know it woulde for me. I didn''t know that Salem was a... a


    Lycan!”


    “He should have told us. He should have exined to you what he is.”


    “Was.” I mutter. “But that’s not what’s annoying you, is it?”


    Neah sits in the chair. “Eric wasn''t


    going to telkine. “She looks at my


    confusedface. “When the Rogue =


    too yous Eric was guarding me.


    Dane wanted me to stay put. [fl


    hadnt gone, you could be dead right


    now.


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    “But I’m alive.”