Her Reaction To Him
“But she is the only one whose name is Pearl and has an ulterior motive behind calling you here.” Ryder accused angrily once again and took a step forward towards her. The next second, Killian was standing in front of Pearl, growling at Ryder, making him almost stumble backward on his feet in fear.
Killian wrapped one hand around Pearl’s slim waist, and his other hand was around Ryder’s neck in a tight grip, making Ryder widened his eyes in horror.
“Dare to touch my bride in front of me? What do you take me as for?” Killian threatened him, and not only Ryder, but everyone, especially the alpha family including Jonah trembled hard in fear and shock where Pearl felt something churning inside her lower abdomen making her feel something that she never felt before, not even when she found Jonah as her mate.
The worse condition was of Emily. She was also scared, but she was shocked to death by Killian’s declaration. She thought that Killian would make a fuss about the whole situation, leading a brutal punishment for Pearl, instead he declared her as his bride, threatening everyone present in the hall right now.
Pearl felt hot all over her body in Killian’s embrace. She couldn't understand why she was reacting like a s*x deprived woman in his presence. She looked so petite and small in front of his large frame, but Killian felt as if she was a perfect fit to his body. Her hands were now resting at Killian’s chest, and the sparks erupting from her touch were making Killian wanting to mold her inside him.
Still his cold eyes were glued on Ryder who was now gagging while trying to get away from his tight grip. Unconsciously Pearl leaned on Killian’s body, inhaling sharply, filling her nostrils with Killian’s alluring scent mixed of cinnamon and damp soil, weird combination but the most alluring one.
Killian stiffened and slowly moved his gaze to the girl whose soft body he was holding now. At the same time, Pearl also looked up and gulped hard when he saw Killian’s eyes going one shade darker. Killian threw Ryder high in the air without showing any effort and leaned towards Pearl.
“You don’t want the whole hall filled with so many alphas, betas and other males smell your arousal, do you?” he asked her in a hushed but husky tone, sending a pleasurable shiver through Pearl’s body, and she immediately clutched her thighs while lowering her long eyelashes in embarrassment. Killian smirked, but tightened his grip on her waist, increasing the friction between their clothed bodies. He loved her reaction and was looking forward for this relationship with her.
Although she was a virgin and was never touched by a man, she knew what exactly Killian was talking about. “How could you be in such state?” she scolded herself in her mind while turning three dark shades of red.
Emily clutched her fists tightly, almost digging her nails deep inside her palms, watching the interaction between Pearl and Killian. From a distance, they appeared as a perfect loving couple. Emily was still glad that she is not betrothed to Killian, but the whole situation wasn’t supposed to be like this.
“Pearl… how could you do this to your brother? How could you be so cruel to him?” Emily screamed, feigning how devastated she was because of Ryder’s condition who was now lying in an awkward position, his body upside down, leaning on the wall. He had clenched his chest and was coughing hard.
Emily stopped screaming in fear immediately as soon as Killian snarled at her. She jumped on her feet in fear, and hid behind Jonah who was also shivering lightly in fear. Emily wanted to portray Pearl as an ungrateful daughter and sister to alpha couple, hoping that Killian would also listen to her, but Killian’s growled not only scared her to death but also poured a bucket full of cold water on her.
Lucifer sighed helplessly while looking at his king and his best friend. He came forward and cleared his throat, gaining the attention of everyone. “As everyone is aware about the marriage agreement between the royal packs of werewolves and lycans, I, hereby, announced that our King, King Killian Anderson, accepts Prince Pearl Thornbill, as her future wife, and we are taking her away tonight. You will all be notify about the ceremony and the dates of other functions soon.”
Pearl gasped in shock while widening her eyes, still looking straight into Killian’s eyes. Killian’s smirked devilishly by her reaction and slowly put her back on her feet, but didn’t remove his hand from her waist.
“Let’s go.” He said to Pearl, but she immediately composed her composure and tightened her grip on his suit, making him stop and looked at him with furrow brows. “I.. I have some personal items to collect…. J.. just give me five minutes.” She told him while stammering a little. She couldn’t deny that Killian was intimidating.
“You will have everything in my palace.” Killian replied to him coldly this time, refused to let her go. “Please… Those things are not valuable to anyone, but to me. I also have to take all my personal documents. This is nothing much, and it won’t take more than five minutes to collect them. Yo.. you can send someone from you side with me.” She pleaded her, while giving him a puppy look.
Killian’s heart immediately softened and he sighed internally. “I know I am doomed, but what to do.” I berated himself in his heart. Velan snickered aloud at him, but he was happy that his mate was willing to go with them.
“Hugh.” Killian called his gamma in a cold tone while reluctantly removing his hand from Pearl’s waist. For an unknown reason, she felt cold immediately, and missed the warmth of his embrace.
Hugh didn’t waste a second, and came forward. “Lead the way, my queen.” He urged to Pearl who blushed again because of the way he addressed to her. She glanced at Ryder and her family once before heading towards the exit of the hall.
She had moved out of the palace yesterday to give her space to Emily and Jonah. She didn’t regret it as she also didn’t want to see Emily and Jonah together. Tonight, she was glad that she moved out as it save her the hassle to go through the familiar corridors and floors of the palace.
Emily didn’t feel happy about the whole situation. She didn’t want to believe that Killian fancied Pearl and now was willing to take her as his wife. Killian was ugly, a fierce beast, but he was the king…. He was the king for both the world.
Above from her father’s position…. Above from everyone….
She was now fuming in anger as she felt that she shot the arrow on her own feet by calling him here. “I … I think I should go and help, Pearl.” She whispered to Jonah who looked at her with a baffled gaze. “She won’t hurt me.” She tried to comfort him, but her all excited about being his mate, and the princess had vanished by now.
She sneaked out of the hall right after Killian walked out with his warriors and Lucifer. They had announced their piece, and now he didn’t see any reason to stay here. “Make sure that no one approaches her.” He mind-linked Hugh while walking towards the lobby.
“Yes, my king.” Hugh immediately replied to his command. It was clear that this was a king’s command, not an order from his friend. He looked at Pearl with amusement. The girl was nothing like she-lycans. She appeared small, fragile, and delicate yet something in her indicated that she was not someone to mess with.
Still, she succeeded stirring a heart converting into a stone. It seemed that the palace wouldn’t not be dull like as it was always after this night.
“Ummm…. We need to take a cab.” Pearl said to Hugh in an awkward tone, making him furrowed his brows in confusion. “You… don’t have your own car here?” he asked her in a confused tone, but suppressed his anger. She just cleared her throat, refusing to answer his question.
He took a few deep breaths and looked at the almost deserted road outside the property. “Tell me where to go. I will take you there.” He instructed her calmly while removing his blazer. “And how we are supposed to that?” Pearl asked him in an amusing tone.
“You can hop on my back, and I can run to your place. I am sure that I am much faster than any other vehicle in this world…. Of course a plane is an exception.” He answered her casually. Pearl was stunned by his proposal and stared at him for a good few seconds.
Hugh got impatient under her gaze. “Hop on… we don’t have the full night. You don’t know our king patience level yet.” He urged in a bit impatient tone this time. Pearl wanted to refute but from the corner of her eyes, she was Emily coming out of the bushes at one side of the outer wall of the property.
She knew very well what Emily wanted to do but she had no strength left to listen to her blabbering. She immediately hopped on Hugh’s back after lifting the tail of her gown to her thigh. Hugh secured her on his back by grabbing her knees. She told him the direction and he immediately sped off, leaving infuriated and shocked Emily behind.