Alpha Alone

Chapter Five

I jump up and run inside to find Lanie and Marsha, leaving the front door wide open.

I peek through their bedroom door and find them laying on the bed.

I blow a sigh of relief and say, "stay in here."

"Okay Mama." They reply, without so much as a glance in my direction.

Closing the door, I turn and head into the main room.

"Alecia?"

Darius was standing in the doorway.

"Remove her, please." I request, turning to look at him.

He walks over and stops in front of me, close enough that I can feel the heat coming off his body.

"Darius, please get rid of her now!" I raise my voice more than needed.

"Okay, I will." He pauses, "but why?"

I look up at the puzzled look on his face. Willing myself not to cry in front of him.

"That is Michael's bitch." I choke, "now she knows where we are. Michael will soon follow."

Darius whistles, loudly.

Alex and Marcus come waltzing inside, with Lexxii in tow.

Darius glances at the boys, then tips his head towards Lexxii.

They grab her and hold her from behind.

Darius smirks at her, as he walks over to her.

"What are you doing here, Lexxii?" He asks, towering over her.

"I see your little bitch told you who I am." She responds, words dripping with cruelty, "Michael will kill all of you."

She starts laughing, an evil grin spreading across her face, ringing from ear to ear.

"Wish him good luck," Darius pauses, "because if he doesn't, he will wish he was dead."

He turns to look at me, and sees the shock on my face.

Turning back around, he signals for the boys to free one of her arms.

She looks at him, "You can try, you're all nothing but feral mutts."

Darius walks towards her, swings his arm out and it connects harshly with her arm, with a deafening crack.

Lexxii drops to the floor, writhing and screeching in pain.

"You fucking cunt!" She gasps, "now you're all dead!"

She runs out the door, shifts and begins limping away into the woods.

Darius smirks as she leaves.

I stand there in shock, wondering what exactly just happened.

I don't know, but I must admit, Darius and his smirk looked damn sexy. I glance over his direction and lock eyes with him, and I begin to feel heat between my thighs.

Oh no, I can't be doing this right now. I haven't had this feeling in a long time, and now is really not the right time.

I hold my legs together as tight as I could, without making it noticeable.

Darius looks over to Alex and Marcus and dismisses them, and says goodnight.

He then walks over to me, looking real fine, like God himself chiseled him from stone. Those abs, they look solid. Oh fuck, and those gorgeous brown eyes.

Staring right into my eyes I watch them go from a warm and friendly look, to a predatory look.

I gasp, as he leans over and reaches around behind me.

To grab the TV remote.

I silently sigh, and avert my eyes as I maneuver myself out of his way, and walk to the kitchen.

I start putting the dishes away, in their allocated places, in the corner of the bench, next to the coffee cups. Having a small cabin doesn't leave much room for anything.

After doing that, I begin organising dinner, I was thinking maybe potato bake, it's simple and easy.

An hour later, we all sit down at the table and eat. The girls gobbled down their food, making me wonder if they even needed to breathe. Darius, on the other hand, was only picking at his plate.

Once dinner was finished, Lanie and Marsha said their goodnights and went to bed.

I packed up the table and proceeded to do the dishes once again. The house was silent, Darius was sitting on the lounge chair, watching a static TV station.

Wrapping the leftover potato bake, I turn to put it in the fridge behind me. Opening the door, I lean down to try and fit the dish on the bottom shelf, moving other various fruits and vegetables. I managed to fit it between a bunch of carrots and a few tomatoes.

Feeling a light weight land on my lower back, I jolt upright, and spin on my heel, facing Darius who is now so close that my sling is sitting just under his pecks.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." He exclaims.

"Don't do that!" I groan.

He chuckles at me.

"Why did you do what you did earlier? To Lexxii?" I ask.

"Let's just say, I got even with Michael." He pauses, "He hurt my woman, so I hurt his."

There it is again, that heat. God, he could make anything sound sexy.

"Your woman, huh?" I poke fun, blushing.

"Well," he stops, "to some extent, I guess you are. You live with me, you cook and clean for me."

I never thought of it that way before.

"I guess I am." I reply, with an idiotic grin spreading across my face.

"You're blushing," he smiles, "That's cute."

"I am not!" I argue.

"I haven't seen you smile like that before. You are so beautiful." He states.

"If you say so." I reply, slapping his arm with my good hand.

He stares right into my eyes, as I look at his. I slowly and deliberately move my hand up his arm, feeling his muscles.

He steps closer, and wraps his arm around me gently. My hand reaches his shoulder and rests.

I can feel his chest moving in and out with every breath he takes.

As I'm looking at him, focusing on his eyes, Darius holds me tighter, leans down and gently kisses my forehead, feeling his short facial hair tickling me.

The heat between my thighs is getting pretty damn hot now.

I let out an involuntary moan, then slap my hand across my mouth, feeling my cheeks get red, I walk away.