CHAPTER 29: DESIRE AND TENSION

Andria’s POV

Last night’s events were like a foggy memory: the stray wolves, Zade, Aven, Tristan and Damon. I woke up to distorted sound, and their collective scents filling my senses, trying to regain my bearings as everything was blurry and the room was spinning.

When my eyes finally cleared, I could see them, Zade, Tristan and Damon. They seemed to be in a heated discussion that they had overlooked when I woke up.

"You shouldn’t have let her leave, knowing her scent was that obvious, and it was late," Damon shot at Tristan.

Wait, were they talking about me?, I looked at myself properly to check if I was still intact, judging that they were my mates and the bond was there to make them lose themselves.

"Let’s hope she is ok, she doesn’t seem like one to be a damsel in distress," Tristan said, in between his teeth; he looked visibly angry.

Zade seemed to be putting up with them well, and I felt a cold shiver run down my spine.

I don’t ever want Zade to find out about my real identity because his thoughts about Andria haven’t changed at all; finding out that I’m Andria will be very detrimental, seeing that he is cozying up to the successors.

Something within me wants to know if he cared about Andria enough to know and believe the truth. I guess I still cared about him.

Zade turned from listening to their heated discussion, his eyes met mine, and instantly he announced with an Icy tone, "She is awake."

Tristan and Damon instantly turned in unison to face me. And I could see relief written all over their faces.

"What happened last night?" I asked them just to be sure something I wasn’t ready for didn’t happen.

"Oh, you were screaming our names last night as we marked you," Damon joked, with his usual raised eyebrow and a playful squint.

I looked around the room for Aven. This is strange. knowing that they always walked together, and now Zade?

"So what happened last night?" I was curious to know how I came to this point—one time I was in the woods, and now I’m on my bed, circled by them.

"Well, let’s say you became a damsel in distress and fell into our arms." The look on Damon’s face when Tristan remarked made me want to wipe it off with a smirk.

Little by little, the memories of what happened before the blackout began to resurface in my mind.

I had hurried out of Aven’s hand because I couldn’t control my scent from circling the whole stadium. I needed to go back to the dorm, and I regretted not applying the ointment.

I remember leaving the stadium just to be snuck upon by six stray wolves, and before I could tell what was going on, I was already being dragged out of the school through the secret back gate into the woods.

I remember wrestling with those perverts as they kept sniffing me around, promising to defy and mark me, ew, just recalling that scene made me cringe badly. I had sent one flying after I turned into my wolf.

Athena was a warrior, so of course, she fought them bravely until she smelled them, the scent of her mates, which overwhelmed her senses, and she couldn’t control the lust till I lost her and shortly after, everything went black.

Before everything went black, I can remember Zade coming towards me, while Aven and the others fought those monstrous strays.

Something in me became warm towards Zade, knowing he still had it in him to care, but no, I can remember how cold his back was when he turned it towards me, not letting me explain, choosing their sides and allowing me to wallow in disgrace and shame.

I looked around the room for Aven. This is strange. Knowing that they always walked together, and now Zade?

Zade followed my scanning eyes, "Looking for Aven? Well, sorry to disappoint"

Well, I was kind of disappointed, but who told Zade that I needed any of them in my room now?

Just then, Aven walked in, looking troubled. "You are finally awake, huh?" A sigh of relief escaped his lips as he drew closer to where I lay.

My heartbeat was so loud, and my scent was beginning to come out again, and I didn’t want any of them now. "Now that I’m awake, can you all leave my room?"

"Well, that’s an interesting way to say thank you to daddy," Damon scoffed, "And what if I decide to stay, so I can torment you a little more to keep perceiving your desirable scent of how you crave me, you little naughty wolf."

His mouth was curled up in a mischievous smirk as he eyed me from head to toes. My face flushed, and I could feel my body tense up and my heartbeat accelerate.

Their gazes collectively were on me. Aven’s expression changed when Damon spoke about me in a personal way, and I could see Tristan’s hand ball into a fist, Zade gritted his teeth as they shifted their gazes towards Damon, shooting him a glare, before turning back to me.

The tension in the room was skyrocketing, fueled by desire, jealousy, and heat.

"Now if you all will excuse me, I need my me time," I managed to squeeze out the words from my mouth.

It was the weekend, and I needed to spend it wisely. Here I am entertaining this.

"Hmm, I find it interesting that you keep putting up this act like you don’t desire us, the way we do."

The sound of ’us’ coming out of Aven’s mouth made my feet tremble, and they were so close, I could give. A crawling, electric-like sensation crawled from my feet to my mound.

Athena was getting all so excited already, did I want this, no!, I didn’t want this now, the exams are just around the corner and if anything, I needed to read, bearing in mind that getting good grades means ascending to a high ranking wolf. I needed as much power as possible to deal with my family.

But their scent, their words were licking my ears and fanning my insides that I could feel my insides erupt into flames and sparks.

Zade drew closer to me in a whisper, "You may not know it, but I like me some feisty little wolf; it makes the ride even more interesting."

Why were they tormenting me like this? I can see that they all wanted me, and my heat scent wasn’t helping the situation at all.

"Yes, fill our nostrils with your delicious scent, that shows how much you want us," Aven’s eyes glowed with a dark intensity, and if I don’t act quickly, they may take me now.