Her Broken Alpha Prince (Book 18 of The Regal Eclipse Pack Series)

Chapter 16

The door to the bedroom opened, and Knox's eyes snapped open. His head still hurt, but not like it had been. The pain had let up some. He suddenly had a new respect for people that suffered with headaches, and it made him appreciate his immortality and health even more.

He could smell Caelan before he saw her, and it gave him a small sense of relief. She was okay. He lifted his head, turning it towards her. He might have drifted off again and dozed for a while. He wasn't quite sure. But he still felt weaker than he'd like. He wasn't thrilled by that. He'd feel much better if he had access to his wolf.

Caelan walked inside, and Knox breathed a small sigh of relief at the sight of her, happy to see she was safe. But then he noticed the IV bag in her hands, and felt his heart drop. Was she behind this? Why the heck would she take him prisoner? "Caelan?"

She walked up to him and smiled, lightly brushing his hair back out of his face. "Hello, Knox. I'm glad to see you're awake." 

"Caelan, what's going on?" he asked hoarsely. He really wanted some water. His mouth felt like a dessert.

"Well, things got overly complicated when I realized you were my mate. I know you're going to want me to move to Regal Eclipse with you, and I can't. I have too many important things to do here. I have a business to run. But this bond is distracting me, and it's rather irritating. I don't like it. Don't get me wrong; you are cute and all that, but I don't need you." She reached out and ran a finger up his arm, the tingles dancing across his skin in the wake of her touch. 

She might as well have stuck a dagger in his heart with her words; the pain was so intense. She didn't need him. That really hurt. He realized at this point, that at best, he was going to go through a rejection. But he had a feeling it was going to be a whole lot worse. "So, we can just reject each other then." It broke his heart to say it, but he would do that if he needed to. He would never tie himself to a woman who didn't want him.

"Well, that would have been the plan, except that the Princess overheard something she wasn't supposed to hear, which complicated things. I'm not sure how my father is going to handle that problem, but he's letting me do what I want with you. He wasn't happy that you were my mate, and neither was I," she murmured as she walked around to the IV pole, and began to switch out the bags. 

That didn't sound good. He wondered what Zara had heard, and if she was okay. He has to trust she was. Zara was less vulnerable than he was. The wolfsbane would affect her and separate her from her wolf, but not her cat. She'd still have that going for her. Hopefully she could get herself out of whatever mess she was in and then come rescue him. "This isn't going to end well, Caelan," he murmured. 

She shrugged. "We know we're going to have to let Zara go at some point. She's a Princess after all. But you? I highly doubt anyone will miss you."

Well that hurt too. She had dismissed him so easily like she considered him beneath her. She was just like her father. He lifted a brow at her. "You think I don't have a family?"

Caelan smiled as she started the IV bag going again, pumping wolfsbane, among who knew what else into him. "Probably. I'm sure they didn't find you under a toadstool."

Knox rolled his eyes. If only she cared enough to ask. But she didn't and he was glad now that she had no idea who he was. He could see who she was though. An unfeeling, shallow bitch. One that he was suddenly glad he wouldn't be mated to. He was just relieved he was disconnected from Romeo for now. It would make what needed to happen easier.

Caelan turned back to him and lifted his shirt, running her hand across his washboard abs. "I almost wish things could be different between us. You are hot. I wouldn't have minded fucking you." She unbuckled his belt and undid his jeans, then yanked them off of his hips, along with his boxers, freeing his cock. 

"What are you doing, Caelan?" A surge of desire ran through him hard, making blood surge straight to his groin as he suddenly became overwhelmed with desire. The strength of it had his mind blown. Here he was, being held in captivity, feeling the weakest he'd ever felt in his entire life, and now he was so aroused he could barely think straight? 

Caelan closed her hand around his cock, a smile on her face as she leisurely stroked him. His lids fluttered at how good it felt. He could already feel his orgasm building and she'd barely touched him. He didn't like this. Something was off. He knew his mate's touch would affect him more so than any other woman's but not like this. Not when he was stressed and on edge because his own mate was manipulating him and holding him captive. And yet he was incredibly turned on. Was this what he was into and he'd never been aware of it? Probably not.

"It really is a shame. You have the nicest dick I've ever seen. Bigger than Robert's; that's for sure. Too bad I can't keep you and see if you'd really know how to pleasure me. Somehow I think you would be able to with this beautiful cock of yours." She continued to stroke him, becoming a bit more aggressive like she wanted to make him cum. She wanted to jerk him off. 

He didn't want her to. In fact, part of him wanted to tell her to let go and leave him alone. But the horny part of him that was at the forefront of his mind wanted to tell her to keep going. To get him off. To let him cum. There was even some sick twisted part of him that wanted her to crawl on top of him and slide her wet pussy down on his cock. To ride him until they both came. He had problems.

Knox groaned, unable to fight it. Pleasure and sex were the only things on his mind right now. The need to seek his own release, and the feel of her hands on his dick. Those tingles felt so good. Her hands felt so good. She cupped his balls, and his eyes rolled back in ecstasy. Some dark, twisted part of him wanted her to wrap her lips around him. He supposed there were worse ways to go out.

"I gave you an aphrodisiac, you know. That's why you're so horny right now. It's strong too. It'll keep you rock hard for hours." She smirked as she squeezed him gently. "So, I'm going to play before Robert shows up. He's insanely jealous of you. He's the one I'm supposed to take as my mate. My father decided that as soon as he was born. And I was perfectly fine with that until you showed up and ruined my fun." She sighed softly. "Robert's the one who took my virginity. He loves fucking me, and I love it."

She was rather cruel with her words, Knox thought. Like he wanted to lay here and listen to his mate tell him about her fucking another man. He wasn't under the illusion she was a virgin. He wasn't either. But he didn't need to know how much she loved being fucked by another man. "I told you I'd reject you," he gritted out as she squeezed his dick a little harder this time. There was a small part of him that was afraid she might castrate him. Not that the thought of it made him any less aroused. He was still so hard he thought she might break his dick

She giggled and let go of him, then, to his surprise, she began to slip off her own clothes. Knox unabashedly watched her. By this point, it didn't matter and if nothing else, he was curious about what she looked like naked. He wasn't disappointed.