ALPHA SIN

ARTEMISIA

“You need to obey me for once and stay out of trouble.” Sin rasped.

“But I did nothing wrong,” I mumbled, eyeing him.

I bit my lower lip to stop myself from laughing as he glared at me. He didn’t look angry to me, rather he was cute.

His lashes were ridiculously long for a man. Most women I knew had falsies on, whereas Sin had them in abundance.

I was among the women that had scanty lashes, but I don’t like using artificial ones. I’d rather use mascara than burden myself with it.

“You did.” He gritted his teeth, then clutched my hand that was wandering to the pen, which was beside a large piece of paper that looked like a map.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

I shrugged, jerking my hand away from his. Then concentrated on a brunette that cleared her throat.

She stood from the chair and glanced around the hall before speaking.

“In the group I was in, nothing out of the ordinary happened during the watch.” She said.

Sin nodded his head, and she sat before glancing at another brunette that raised her hand.

“Yes, Daisy?”

“We heard several howls which were different from ours. But we couldn’t confirm the exact location it came from, as we didn’t have a tracker in our group.”

“A tracker,” I mumbled.

The world of the werewolves might not be as different as I thought from the human world. They had everything we had, and they even looked like humans.

I read from a book that there were werewolves that didn’t take the form of humans whilst some looked like half-wolf and half-human.

I doubt if they were real. But then, Sin had confirmed that they weren’t mythical beings and were very much real.

To me, the people I was sitting with at the moment seemed very human and nothing like the beast that had attacked me, but Jamie was a human at first glance. So maybe if I provoked one of them seated here, they might change to that.

But, I hadn’t provoked Jamie, which was annoying and confusing.

I had asked Sin why anyone would want to kill me. He was confused as well, and he did not give me the answer I wanted. Instead, he had made me look at the positive side and promised to guard me with his life.

The promise had made my feelings for him heightened.

“I told you we have a lot of werewolves with unique abilities.” Sin mumbled.

I nodded, glanced at everyone sitting around the table, then at him.

I scrutinized his face for a brief second, then blushed as he caught my eyes on him.

He tilted his brows, and a small smile appeared on his lips. “What are you staring at?”

I rolled my eyes, shrugging. There was no way I was going to tell him, the way he leads them fascinates me. Also, he was attractive and made me have naughty thoughts.

“Fine, don’t say it. But I know I look amazing.”

Was he reading my thoughts again? Maybe after the meeting, if we were alone, I would tell him to stop doing that.

I doubt if it was possible. What I was sure of was, that he would either get me mad and make me leave the room or he would try to seduce me, which would make us end up without items of clothing.

I let out a sigh, and wrung the golden band on my finger out of habit.

I hadn’t taken it off after the wedding. Even though I didn’t like the idea of being married to him, it made me feel safe.

It made me feel like he was near all the time.

“Anyway, we need to begin another watch tonight as a letter from an unknown source came in.”

I snapped out of my thoughts, glancing at Laurent. He stuck his hand into the black leather jacket he donned and pulled out a neat envelope.

“Another letter?” Sin grimaced. He gripped the envelope Laurent pushed towards him and tore it open without hesitation.

Despite the reluctance in his voice, he didn’t seem hesitant to open it.

Sin growled and scrunched up the paper in his hand. Everyone’s eyes were on him, including mine. But he didn’t say a word.

I clutched his hand, which was balled into a fist, caressing it.

Sin’s eyes narrowed at me. Briefly, I thought he was going to scold me for touching him, but he didn’t, nor did he pull away.

I wanted to ask him what the letter was about. But, I couldn’t. I wonder if he would tell me if I did. But I saw him and Laurent staring at each other before he spoke up again.

“Although we haven’t seen anything out of the ordinary here yet, we have confirmed that there was some in Coastal Oak, a neighbouring town.” Sin said.

“So, we need to be alert, as we don’t want to be caught off guard like the last time.” He added.

Everyone grimaced, nodding their heads. What happened the last time? I wanted to ask, but I nodded instead, even though I didn’t know what was going on.

At least, I would get some answers to my question in private.

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I gasped as soon as I entered the room. My eyes went wide, and a shriek escaped from my lips as I slammed into a hard body.

The person’s hand covered my mouth, and I struggled in his grasp.

“It’s me.”

I let out a relieved sigh as I heard Sin’s voice. “What is that for?!”

I punched his chest whilst moving away from his grasp.

Light from the moon penetrated the room from the opened curtains, and I saw him shrug. I walked to the switch and pressed it down. Light filled the room, and I glanced at Sin, who was still by the door.

My cheeks reddened as I took in his appearance. He wasn’t on a shirt, as usual. I guess he enjoyed stripping, as I didn’t see him in clothes most of the time, except when he was in an important gathering.

Right now, he was only in a boxer’s brief and his hair was in disarray. His dark eyes glinted, and I noticed it was swirling in the weird golden colour.

“Why do your eyes do that all the time? I mean, change from Black to Gold?”

“That’s because,” Sin said, then paused. He pushed himself away from the door and walked toward me.

One of his hands clutched my hand, tugging me to him. Whilst the other grabbed my backside, kneading them.

“Sin…” I moaned.

My brows creased as he halted what he was doing. But he didn’t release me.

“Because darling,” He continued. “You bring out a new side of me. My eyes change because of you.”

“Could it be the desire they talked about?” He mulled, furrowing his brows. He shook his head, scowling.

“My innermost desire can’t be sex, can it?”

“No, it can’t,” I mumbled.

I was aware he had been with a lot of women. The ones he lusted after and the ones that lusted after him. I was sure when the seer mentioned innermost desire; it wasn’t about bedding women.

I believe Sin was just reacting to me because I was his true mate.

“That’s right, you are my true mate.” He muttered, then covered my lips with his.

“Do you read my thoughts all the time? It’s kind of creepy.” I said into his mouth.

“Stop talking.” He groaned.

I nodded and concentrated on the kiss rather than the question I had asked.