BOUND TO THE ALPHA KING

Chapter 9

We walked into the foyer taking the elevator up to the apartment. The boys trailing slowly behind me. I think they were upset that we had to leave and so was I. Abe took them into their room and I was grateful that he would keep them occupied. I made my way towards my room. I didn't bother locking the door, I knew Abe respected me enough to make his presence known.

I walked into my beautiful bathroom and decided a bath would be better. Throwing my clothes to the floor as I undressed and began to draw my bath. Looking through the cabinets I found bubble bath and scrub. Abe had neatly placed my shampoo and conditioner on the sink, I made a mental note to thank him later. I made sure the water was piping hot and that the bubbles were almost falling to the floor. I slid in, allowing the heat to kiss my skin. The burning sensation was brutal but I knew my skin would acclimatize. I washed and conditioned my hair, brushing it out with the comb I had retrieved from the cabinet earlier. I squeezed the scrub onto my scrunchy and lathered my body, washing my anxiety away. I just laid there, allowing the steam to rise up to the ceiling and moving what was left of the bubbles so that it covered my body.

A few minutes had passed and I was sure I had heard voices downstairs. Shaking my head at the thought, I sunk deeper into my bath. It could only be the boys causing absolute havoc with Marley. "Alpha, she is not expecting you. She's currently having a bath sir!" I heard Abe call out. Heavy footsteps were making their way up the stairs. You have to be kidding me! He decides to just rock up with no warning! What could I do?! I couldn't move or surely he'd see me naked. I was pretty sure I wasn't ready for that yet. I was soft, not toned like he was. I was actually planning on going to the gym in town to get that seen to. Mental note number two.

"Alpha Gabriel, I don't think it's appropriate..." Abe tried once more. "Abraham, I don't think it's appropriate for you to be telling me what to do with my own mate..." He stated, banging my bedroom door behind him. He slowly pushed my bathroom door open and my breathing hitched at the sight of him, messy hair and wild eyes. I tried to remain calm but under my bubbles I was clenching my fists, two inches away from a panic attack.

"Amelia..." He sighed, like a weight had lifted off his shoulders at the sight of me. His eyes had changed from green to midnight as his eyes trailed my feet along the bath to meet my face. "I know this is unacceptable of me, but I had to see you. I have to apologize for my actions toward you earlier." I shook my head at him in disbelief. "Why Gabriel? You made me feel insignificant. Like my presence was a burden..." I trailed off, anger laced in my words. He moved and knelt at the edge of the bathtub. Dipping his hands into the bubbles. "It was not that Amelia. What angered me is how much I want you there in the manor with me, yet it feels like you try to escape me at every turn. Do you not want me Mia?" He said, sadness dripping off his words.

I looked at him with utter shock. Was he serious right now? I literally began to laugh. His face changed from confusion to embarrassment and hurt. "Oh Gabriel you fool, all I wanted to do was come home and get the boys cleaned up and to calm down. Besides the fact that I needed to freshen up too. I would have returned as quickly as I could, had you just asked". Was I being entirely honest? That was part of why I wanted to come home, but another part of me wanted to be away from him. To think, to rationalize the situation I now found myself in.

Now it was his turn to be shocked. "Really Mia? That's it?" I nodded my head slowly. "Yes that's it Gabriel. You can't just go making up your mind on something without trying to test my feelings towards it. Have you never dated anyone before?" I asked curiously. "I have never had a serious relationship Mia. I have had... Flings". I wasn't shocked by his honesty, I expected it. Damnit it, look at him. How could I have ever thought that he was a virgin. He was a man, as well as a werewolf that has walked this earth before I was even a thought.