Athena Crimson ✓

CHAPTER 31

(Victor's POV)

"Wake up love"

It is 6 in the morning and I have been trying to wake Athena, for nearly 15mins. God she is so not a morning person. On the other hand, I have already finished showering and dressing up.

"Go away Victor. It is too early" Athena mumbles.

I keep booping her nose and she finally gives in.

"WHAT?" she glares at me. I may have woken up a monster. I put my hands up in surrender.

"Love, I didn't want you to wake up without me by your side. I just thought you may get worried. You know like yesterday... in your dreams... I have to go get some work done. So, my Queen please get ready and we shall go meet our subjects" I tell her.

She is annoyed a little less than before. Keyword 'Little'

"Well, I am glad that you didn't want me to worry, but I would really appreciate it if you will just write a note for me and leave it on the bedside table, from tomorrow. Now let me sleep and don't you dare wake me up before 7:30. Thank you" she tells me and goes back to sleep.

"Okay, I will be in my office if you need me. I'll pick you up at 8 for breakfast" I say as I close the door.

I have been ignoring work for some time now, so it is time to catch up. After sometime, I get a call from the neighboring pack saying that, Craig escaped.

The last time I saw him was the day I met Athena. We were transporting him to the Brave Pack for his sentencing for the crimes he committed, but he escaped from the van and entered my resort, and even ended up threatening me with Athena. I ensured that he was put in his place and sent him to the Brave pack with added security. He was in prison till yesterday, somehow, he has managed to escape and now I have an added headache. I should tighten border security and ensure he doesn't enter the pack. Or find him if he had already entered. I should protect Athena. If he learns that she is my mate, he can try to harm her to seek revenge. I should speak to Athena. We need to move...

.

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We are in the kitchen, having breakfast. My parents went to their house which is a little away from the packhouse. Athena's parents haven't come down yet. So, it is just us.

"You know, under normal circumstances we would have moved to the top floor by now?" I ask her.

"You have another room?" she asks me.

"Not a room darling, a whole floor for the Alpha family. The top floor has a master bedroom, a small kitchen and some guestrooms just like my penthouse in the resort. After retirement or if we feel that we need more space we can always build a house nearby. My parents chose to move out after they retired. If things were normal, then I would have marked you by now and we would have moved to the top floor" I tell her.

"Oh! But you promised that we will take it..." she begins.

"Slow" I finish for her.

"I love you Athena, I really do. You are the one for me. No one else can take your place. I will never rush you into something that you don't want to do. But I just want to keep you informed and I want you to know that, I will be ready, whenever you feel ready. Just say the word and we can move to the top floor. I won't mark you without your consent, but that doesn't mean that we can't move to a more spacious place, with a much bigger and prettier walk-in closet designed specially, for you" I say winking at her.

"Custom designed closet you say?" Athena says thinking and swirling the fork in her hand.

I might have just lured her into accepting to move to the upper floor by telling her about the closet. The Alpha floor has very good security functions which will keep her safe. I don't want to tell her about Craig and that she may need extra protection, it will just make her worry more. Ofcourse telling her about the protection she will need, may make her agree quicker. But moving there is like asking her to move in with me. So, I shouldn't cloud her judgement by telling her about the safety aspects. But, Athena agreeing to move to the top floor will help keep my wolf appeased and delay the marking process hopefully, only because she won't want to be marked now. Will she take the bait?

"I want to see the floor" she says.

Yes! I can't stop grinning.

"Victor, I didn't agree to move there, I just wanted to see it" she tells me.

"Yes, my love- I know"

I feel a bit nervous. Will she like it? I know she didn't say yes, but I have a feeling she will agree after seeing the closet. If she doesn't then I need to bar people from coming to the floor we are staying now, which is not very easy. Fingers crossed!

I take her hand and press a kiss on her knuckles and drag her with me to the top floor.

"Victor, we have to check the chair after we see this, Thoughts about that chair keep bugging me" she tells me as we walk.

"Okay love."

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