Chapter 9


    09 Kiss of Guilt


    Tia.


    I woke up in the morning and did not know how to face Luke. I knew he saw me; although he did not say


    a word about it, the look of amusement in his eyes proved he saw me. As long as he did not bring it up I


    could pretend he did not see anything. I had honestly thought he was with his girlfriend.


    “We are going hunting,” Like said gently, and I nodded. I hadn’t shifted to wolf form in a while. I wanted to


    hunt.


    “Maybe we should eat something, so we do not hunt like wild animals,” Luke said. I was surprised by his


    sentence because I felt the same way about hunting on an empty stomach. “I know you can’t stand


    Stacy, so I asked Bart to bring our breakfast to this wing. We will be eating in the breakfast lounge of this


    wing,” he said, and I was surprised at him. “How did you pull it off? I know eating together ispulsory


    in this family.” I asked, and he smiled. His looks were to die for. Luke was handsome.


    “We are newlyweds; we need time alone together.” He said, and I figured that was reason enough, but


    the truth was we weren’t screwing. We ate breakfast in silence. There was an air of awkwardness


    between us, and I had had it.


    “So, you saw mest night,” I said. Lying in bed and pleasuring myself wasn’t a crime. Amidst all this


    madness and heartache, I deserved to experience some pleasure. “I liked what I saw and heard,” he


    confessed, and I frowned at him. “Feel free to do as you like, Tia. You deserve some fun. If you ever


    need me, you link me. I will not touch you against your will,” He said, and I arched an eyebrow at him.


    “You mean at all. You will not touch me at all.” I corrected him, and he smiled and bowed his head.


    “You looked beautifulst night,” that was all he said. His words gave me a tingling effect, but I knew he


    was just being nice.


    We finally went hunting, and I shifted into my grey wolf form. As I ran through the forest, I loved how the


    breeze blew through my fur and the feel and scent of nature. I wasn’t out there to hunt but tomune


    with nature. Luke’s ck wolf form was giant and domineering. We soon teamed up in the woods and


    caught a deer. Instead of killing it, we let it go. I was shocked; Caleb and Kirk always killed it and ate the


    prey in wolf form. Luke had done precisely what I always fought for them to do, let the animal go. I did


    not want to jump to conclusions yet, but I had not seen Luke drink since I came, and he had been


    nothing but gentle. Could it be possible that all we had heard were fabricated stories?


    We raced back to the mansion and collected robes to wear from the butler at the door before entering.


    We took turns showering, and Luke left to do something. Maybe he went to see his


    girlfriend, Elisabeth. I had to admire his loyalty and determination. Even though he was with me, he still


    made the time to be with her. He was devoted to her. Too bad no one will ever be devoted to me. Not


    wanting to sit idly by, I decided to go to the right wings library to read some books. The Library in Luke’s


    wing was empty. It wasn’t long before I entered the Library when Caleb came to me. I became


    ufortable immediately. I remembered what transpired, and I did not think it was wise to be alone


    with him in the Library. So I got up to leave, and he stopped me “Please, Tia let us talk,” Caleb begged


    me. “We have nothing to talk about,” I said to him, and he held me back and gently pinned me against


    the wall trapping me between his arms. “Please, Tia,” he said with teary eyes, ” Please,” He pleaded.


    “You have nothing to say to me.” I said I was a bit angry. “Let me exin,” he pleaded. I knew he would


    not let me go, so I stayed there and waited for him to speak “I love you, Tia. I care about you a lot. I only


    said no because I sensed my mother wanted to hurt you. What I told my father was true. I honestly


    thought we had time and that I could name you Luna when I take over the Alpha position. I had it all


    nned out, but my mother had to..” He said, and I shook my head. “Your mother did not force you to get


    Kimberly and all those other poor girls pregnant,” I said, disgusted that he had caused a lot of abortions.


    “Who are you, Caleb? I feel I didn’t know you,” I said, and he bowed his head but kept me caged


    between his arms.


    “I am still me, Tia. Everything went out of control. These girls kepting at me. I just wanted to have


    some fun, but I guess they nned to trap me with a baby. It..“I said, and I got short.


    “No one asked you to fuck them without protection Caleb; that is on you,” I told him, and he shook his


    head.


    “I used protection, I swear. There was no time I did not use protection. Those pregnancies were not


    mine. They just wanted to trap me, and my parents knew that was why they...” he said, but I shut him up.


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    “No, Caleb, It is all on you. You did not have to sleep with them at all. Why wasn’t your brother getting


    people pregnant?” I asked him, and he got angry. “Luke is a scumbag. He is only pretending. Everyone


    knows he is still with Elisabeth. He is a murderer, Tia and a drunk. He is irresponsible. Don‘t let him fool


    you,” He tried to say, and I smiled.


    “I guess it runs in the family then,” I said, and Caleb looked defeated and bowed his head.


    “Please, Tia,” He pleaded.


    “What do you want me to do?” I asked him, and he crashed his lips against mine. I had wanted him to


    kiss me for so long, but there was no more room for that kind of behaviour. I pushed him off me and


    pped him. “I am your brother‘s wife now; you do not get to do that, Caleb,” I said, and he bowed his


    head. “I am sorry, Tia. I am just desperate. He is only using you to get to me for taking the Alpha position


    from him. He doesn’t like you. He has a girlfriend. I bet he goes to her every time he leaves the house.


    Please, Tia, give me a chance. Let me prove myself. If I im you, Luke will have no choice but to annul


    the marriage.” He said, and I was surprised at his words. “What about my reputation?” I asked him, and


    he was silent. “Help me out here, Tia. I cannot let you go. I cannot bear to see you with him. You were


    not supposed to be his mate. You were meant for me, Tia. Please. Please help me. I can’t let you go, ”


    he said and hugged me. He was sobbing seriously. “Please think about it.” he pleaded.


    “I think it is best you spend your energy on Kimberly,” I said to him, and he shook his head.


    “That baby can’t be mine because I used protection with her. All of them lie. They im the condom


    broke and so on. She probably got pregnant by someone else and wants to pin it on me. She did


    everything to sleep with me that night, and now I know why,” he said with so much anger, and I could


    almost believe him, but whatever I thought did not matter anymore; I was Luke’s wife now. N It was


    usible that thedies would want to pin a baby on him. It was possible, but he put himself in that


    situation. “If you truly loved me, Caleb, you would have waited for me. When your father asked you if you


    wanted me, you would have damned the consequences and stood up for me,” I said; tears were welling


    up in my eyes, too because he was saying all the words I wanted him to say a littlete. I was his


    brother’s now. Having an affair with him was out of the question even though I knew Luke was seeing his


    girlfriend, even though Luke had told me I could see anyone I liked. I still could not do it. I knew it meant I


    would be miserable all my life.


    “Okay, okay,” He said, drying his tears. Let us resurrect our friendship. Before all this, we were best


    friends, and you are still my Gamma. Let us at least be friends,” he said. “I do not think that would be


    wise with the way things are and how you feel,” I said, and he paused.


    “Let me kiss you, please,” He said. I could hear low growls. I had never seen Caleb lose his cool before.


    This was a new side of him, I sighed and stood still for him to kiss me. We kissed. His kiss was deep and


    sorrowful. I was giving him a goodbye kiss while he was pleading his case. Soon I broke it off and left


    him in the Library. I walked out of the Library aroused, briskly, I walked to the left-wing. Luke was in the


    room when I entered. There were some shopping bags on my bed. “Since you did not write your toiletries


    list, I had to seek your mother‘s help. I haven‘t received my sry yet, so I bought what I could, and I


    managed to buy some casual clothes I feel you might befortable in, He said and walked into my


    room, then sniffed the air.


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    “Were you with Caleb?” he asked, and I felt guilty. “We bumped into each other in the Library. I went to


    use the Library on the right–wing because the one here has no books.” I said, and he nodded. “And you


    used that opportunity to kiss,” he said and gave me a half-smile with a tinge of hurt in his eyes.


    “Your swollen lips gave it away,” he said and walked back to his side of the room before I could speak.


    He picked up his car keys and left the room. I knew he was angry, and i knew he was going to Elisabeth


    Barnes. I touched my lips, and I felt guilty. I should have exined to him it meant nothing, and I only


    kissed him goodbye so I could leave the Library. I knew it wouldn‘t sound right. I knew I should not feel


    bad. It was just a kiss, and it wasn’t like I was fucking Caleb. He was sleeping with someone. It was


    unfair for him to make me feel guilty about a kiss when he was going all the way.