CHAPTER 24: PLEASURED LESSONS I

My heart rate picked up.

What was he doing here?

He knocked again — this time it came as a bang. I flinched when he continued to pound.

"Bambi, open up."

I paced back and forth, unsure what to do. Then an idea clicked. I went to the drawer, grabbed a bottle of cologne and sprayed almost the entire thing in the bedroom as the banging continued.

Sable eyed me curiously. "What are you—?"

"Shh." I cut her off, guided her toward the closet and shoved her inside.

"Stay right here. Don’t make a sound. Try not to breathe hard, okay?"

She wanted to reply, but I shut the closet door in her face, adjusted my dress and moved to answer the door.

Alpha Dawn stood by the door, his hand frozen mid-air, ready to land another knock. He frowned and sauntered in, dressed in a cream-colored cardigan, T-shirt and cream-colored pants.

I gently shut the door, watching him assess the room.

He pinched his nose, turned and raised a brow at me. I swallowed.

"Why did you spray so much cologne?"

"Uhm. I—I was trying to get rid of a smell."

Shit. He probably sensed I was lying.

I picked at my nails anxiously.

"I saw Odessa today. She does not recall anything from the previous night."

I frowned.

Who is Odessa?

"My Luna."

"Oh. I’m sorry. Right. What—what did she say?"

He shifted. "That she’d like to see you."

My eyes widened.

He chuckled softly. "Just kidding."

I smiled, watching his beautiful grin spread across his face. "So, why have you come to see me?"

He looked around, wet his lower lip, then leaned closer and, jokingly, whispered, "This may sound ridiculous, but I missed you."

I slapped his shoulder playfully. "You are pulling my leg."

"I’m serious." His face went stone-serious. "I don’t think you understand the hold you have on me. I think of you when I walk, when I sit, when I eat, when I wash up." His palm cupped my cheek. "I’m obsessed with you."

I swallowed. "Alpha Dawn..."

He took my hand and slipped something into it.

I opened my palm and saw a key. "What is this?"

"A key to my room." He whispered. "Come over tonight."

"And do what?"

He raised a brow.

"I’m not having sex with you." This time it wasn’t a whisper.

"We didn’t have sex last night."

My face heated at the memory of what happened.

"I’m not letting you dry-hump me either."

Amusement spread across his face. "You did the dry-humping last night, remember?"

Heat rose again. "So, why give me a key to your room?"

He breathed, his thumb brushing his lower lip, his gaze lingering on my cleavage. "Have you tried blindfold sex?"

I frowned. "What is that?"

"We fuck while a blindfold covers your eyes... practically."

"That’s crazy. How did you come up with that idea? Have you done it with anyone?"

"No. You are going to be my first." He took my hand tenderly and pecked it.

Blindfold sex... that sounds fun.

"So, you want us to do it tonight?"

He nodded. "You’d enjoy it. It’s kind of a subdom vibe."

I frowned. "Subdom? What does that mean?"

Maybe I was wrong, but I noticed his lips twitch in amusement.

"I’ll lecture you when you come over."

I nodded. "I hope you are not initiating me into something bad."

He smirked. "So help me God, I’d be initiating you into something worse," he winked, "and dirty."

I frowned, confused.

He cupped my cheek. "10 p.m. Be at my doorstep."

That late?

I watched him turn and make for the door, sauntering out graciously.

Blindfold sex? Like, having sex while my world is dark?

Heat spread up my leg at the thought.

A rattling from behind startled me. I turned back swiftly, remembering I had kept Sable hidden in the closet and she had probably heard the conversation I just had with Alpha Dawn.

Shit...

I moved toward the closet and opened it slowly. She looked normal. In fact, she looked fine. She didn’t look upset.

She climbed out of the closet, adjusting the servant uniform she wore. "Who was that?"

Wait, she didn’t know who it was?

"Uhm. One of Alpha Dawn’s workers."

"I didn’t hear what both of you were saying, what was it?"

"Nothing much. Just the rules of a breeder." I lied.

"Okay," she sank back onto the bed. "Proceed with the plan you said you had."

"Uhm. How about we do that another day?"

She frowned.

"I’m—I’m not in the right state of mind at the moment."

"Are you okay?" She blinked. "Did the person that came earlier say anything wrong?"

"No. No. That’s not it. It’s something else but you don’t have to worry." I grabbed her hand and guided her up and toward the door.

"Are you sure everything is okay?"

"Yes. I’ll inform Gideon to return you tomorrow, by dusk."

She nodded and let me guide her out, shutting the door to her face.

If she knew that it was the Alpha that dropped by earlier, she’d feel betrayed and I wasn’t ready to see the look on her face.

I didn’t want to betray her but Alpha Dawn’s offer was so tempting that immediately the time on my phone ticked 9:55pm, I got on my feet and darted out of my room. At exactly 10:00pm on the dot, I was at the front of Alpha Dawn’s door.

I was nervous and unsure. Do I really want to do this? If I did this, there was no going back and whatever plan I was plotting with Sable would be null. I took out the key to unlock the door, my fingers trembling as I did.

Suddenly, the door jerked open, my heart flinching.

Alpha Dawn stood there in the attire he had worn to visit my room earlier, the door opened to me.

"How did you...?" I stuttered.

"I smelled your presence twelve minutes ago. Come in."

Anxiously, I walked in, letting him close the door behind us.

Being back in his cozy bedroom wasn’t what made my heart pound so fast. It was the activity we were set to do. The subdom-whatever thing.

I was nervous.

I sat on the bed, watching him stroll to his bedside table to fetch something.

A wine bottle and two glass cups.

He raised them to my gaze. "Do you mind?"

I nodded, my throat too tightened to speak.

He popped the wine bottle open and poured its contents halfway into both glass cups. He walked up to me and handed me a cup. I accepted it and took a small sip.

"How do you know I’d be coming?"

He raised a brow.

"I mean, you prepared the wine because you know I’d be coming, right?"

"Yes." He took a sip. "I sensed an approval when I made the request."

"How much do you know?"

"About what?"

"About my emotions. What I’m feeling now. Can you tell? I mean, your powers. Can it tell?"

He buried one hand in his pocket. "You are nervous right now because you want me to do those things I have in mind to you."

I swallowed. "Will you?"

"Whatever you wish, princess."

"What is it about?"

He took another sip. "Which one? The blindfold sex?"

"No."

"The subdom?"

"Yes." I swallowed again. Although I trusted him, something told me it was something darker than an affair.

He approached me, until he stepped into my space, his scent hitting like crack.

He tipped my chin up and slowly his hand wrapped around my neck. At first, I thought it would be a harmless caress but he tightened his grip, pressing even harder.

I tried slapping his hand away. I struggled with his strong grip.

"Hey, don’t fight it. Try to relax into it."

I frowned. How do I relax into strangling? This man is a psychopath.

"Relax," he whispered. "Close your eyes, feel it outside the pain it is bringing."

I obeyed. My eyes closed, my focus on the feel of his strong grip around my neck.

Then, something happened that didn’t make sense to me.

I moaned. Soundless at first but I let it out when I tried again.

Heat welled up between my thighs.

He let go. I opened my eyes slowly, seeing him smirking.

His thumb brushed my lips. "Now I can fuck you the dom style."