The Royal Alpha

Chapter 52: The Allegiance (Part 1)

SIERRA

I snuggle deep in my mate's arms, sighing at how strong and protective his hold feels around me. The past week has been so enlightening for both of us. We got to know each other better than I would have imagined.

I like the house, it has a sense of belonging, like it's mine. The earlier one had a very old feeling to it. It felt lived in and had memories of his parents. I felt like an intruder where there are memories of two people who often sought the much need solace from their busy Princely duties but this one feels completely opposite from that house.

It's sad that it's just a temporary living arrangement.

We finally christened the bedroom and every time we make love I fall deeper under his spell. I don't know if he feels the same way about me. He's been nothing but patient with me but what if it is all because I went into heat. Now that the last of my heat is waning off, I feel quite insecure about our relationship. What if he isn't ready to claim me in front of everyone?

I stiffen at the thought and immediately Fenris shifts behind me, roaming his hands over my stomach, sides, from my neck to hip and then cups my breast fingering my nipple.

"What's wrong?" he asks in that husky sleepy voice which makes me shiver in delight at the pleasure.

"Nothing. It's just that I am a little worried about the rogues," I say which is partially true.

"You don't need to worry about anything. I won't let anything happen to you." His words soothe me more than he can imagine. It gives me hope that he too has deep feelings about me. Can he forgive me for my mistakes and accept me completely?

"Why is this Xavier so motivated to kill us?" I ask shaking off my insecurities. I feel him shaking his head.

"I don't know, neither do any of the elders know. It's like he just appeared out of nowhere with a need to destroy my family line," he speaks tonelessly but I feel that he's just trying to hide his emotions from me, so that I don't panic.

"Your parents might be coming with their Alphas," he says stroking my hair now and that easily I let go of the topic. I turn to look in his dark blue eyes. They are always a darker shade of blue whenever we are in bed.

"How do you know? Did you call them?"

"No baby. The elders advised me to invite all the Alphas here so that I can announce my royal status and that we are now ready to go to war with Xavier," he whispers all the while stroking my back. It makes me feel cocooned in him. I don't know how I slept till now, without him in the bed with me.

"The meeting is tomorrow night. You need to dress up formally," he informs and I nod.

"Will you dress up in a suit?" I ask perking up at the idea of seeing him in that delicious suit he wore at Aztec's mating ceremony. Remembering the day brings back the memories of his drugging me. I don't know the reason yet.

"No baby. But I will be wearing formal dress shirt and pants. A suit suffocates me," he chuckles but I frown at the memory of him drugging me. He's sensing my emotions and I am busted when he looks at me with one eye brow raised.

"Why did you drug me?" I ask.

He sighs and then stops moving his hands over my back. He shifts a little and then moves to lay on his back. I don't let him go farther from me and rest my chin on his chest, wrapping myself around him. He plays with the tips of my hair, curling them around his fingers and then sighs but I wait patiently knowing that he will answer me.

"I felt your sadness during the entire ceremony. I knew that moving on from Aztec would be difficult for you so I thought of giving you time and didn't plan on talking to you but then you disappeared after sometime and I panicked. When I found you with the dead rogue on the side, I couldn't actually think of anything else but your safety and then you kissed me. I knew you would ask me about my disappearance. I wasn't quite ready to deal with you because of our past encounter and you definitely had lot of questions which I couldn't answer at that moment, so I drugged you."