Break Me, Mate [Extended Sample]

{seventeen}

© 2015 by Nique Joaquin. All rights reserved.

GIF is what Elair would be doing. ;)

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It's been six days since the attack... And six days since I've woken up to Ari placing another sere into my neck, while Maddox had gripped the life out of my hand. Apparently, someone had slammed me against a tree and messed with the scal in my neck. I don't even remember why and how I ended up like that. I sighed as I ate my bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios in front of Maddox's desk. The confusion was killing me.

Maddox glances up at me from his paperwork and I raise my eyebrows.

"Problem?" I ask and Maddox shakes his head.

"It bothers me that you were speaking in Helari's mother tongue while you were knocked out." Maddox says and I sigh.

"I told you... I barely remember anything- and from what Ari says, I was talking about that Faustus guy again-"

"And the mating ceremony, which is a week from now." Maddox interrupts and I swallow a lump in my throat. That had totally bypassed my mind.

I have a week until we do the hoo-ha... Someone help me.

"Uh huh... speaking of which... is that non-postponable?" I ask, batting my eyelashes and I watch as the corners of Maddox's mouth slowly turn up into a smug grin.

"Of course not." Maddox says as he stands up and walks over to me. He takes my bowl of Cheerios away from me and places it on the corner of his desk before swooping down and taking my bottom lip in between his teeth and pulling it away slightly.

He pulls away quickly with a low growl.

"I can't wait to claim what's mine." He says, his gaze burning into mine before he abruptly turns to leave. "Shower." He says simply and I roll my eyes.

"Shower." I mock, scrunching my nose.

"I heard that!" Maddox's voice yells.

"Yeah well let's not forget that you're mine too!" I shout before I purse my lips, grab my bowl of Cheerios and angrily slurp down the milk left in my bowl.

I leave the bowl on his desk before I make my way to the bedroom and stretch my legs. I was wearing a pair of black leggings with sheer panels along the sides and I matched it with a highlighter yellow sports bra under a large loose black tank top that had long cut outs down the sides. I pull my body into a handstand with my forearms laid sturdily down on the cold wooden floor while I slowly lower my legs so that they now hover behind my head. I sigh and concentrate on my body movements as I slowly push the weight of my body back so that I'm now on my stomach and my hands push my upper body up so that my head and my toes touch.

I sigh in relief before I relax my legs and let them softly down on the floor and push myself up to a standing position. I stretch my arms and tighten the ponytail in my hair. Then make my way towards Maddox's desk to clean up my bowl when I hear his phone vibrate on his desk.

"Maddox! Phone!" I yell and I hear the showers stop, I look at the Caller ID and gawk at it before picking up the damned thing and answering it. "Mother." I greet.

"Hey Elair, can you ask Maddox where that boy Iain is? We got here 5 minutes ago and-"

"And she wasn't supposed to know yet." Maddox says as I feel his wet hands wrap around my waist as he kisses my neck and takes the phone from me. I purse my lips before Maddox winks at me and answers the phone. "Iain said he was only a few minutes away. He's the one with the red shirt on driving a black Ford Escape."