Chapter 4

Chapter four: Emotions

Ariella

I slowly woke up in a ball of warmth, I felt strong arms around me, it even camped my arms to my body that I couldn't move at all.

I felt stuck and started kicking around to be let go, opening my eyes to see that I was still in the room I slept in. So I wasn't dreaming about being in the  kingdom at all, it's reality.

“Stay still." A deep, masculine voice said really close to my ears, the voice made shivers travel down my spine. His scent entered my nostrils and it  to me that I was in the arms of the alpha king.

I kicked around in his hold violently, wanting to be let go as soon as possible. My body was screaming at me to just relax in his hold but my mind was set on another thing.

He let me go almost immediately and I moved to the extreme edge of the bed with my back touching the wall, there was only a little space between us.

“What are you doing here?" I asked him, clutching my hand to myself as though I was protecting myself from him.

“Good morning to you too, sweetheart." His voice was so thick that I was kind of scared, his masculinity was on a very high level and one I've never seen before.

“What are you doing here? You weren't here when I fell asleep last night." I asked him again.

“That's because this is my room, it's ours now though."

I got off the bed completely the moment he said that, I mumbled something incoherent underneath my breath and walked towards the door.

“Where are you going?" I jumped upright when he suddenly appeared before me. Claire and Clara had said they could teleport but I'm no way used to it at all.

“Sh*t, I'm sorry I scared you.” He cussed out.

“You said this is your room, I'm leaving it for you." I answered, ignoring his apology.

"What? No, we stay here together, it's our room and not mine alone." He frowned.

"You don't even know whether or not I want to stay here, I don't plan on staying in your kingdom to begin with, I want to leave.”

My entire demeanor switched to one that anyone wound take as ‘I don't give a f*ck’, but I know him bringing my mate means that he'll know that's just a facade.

“You're the Queen, why would you want to leave the kingdom?" He frowned.

"I'm no Queen, you don't even know me, nor anything about me. I can't be a queen.” I declared.

I expected a reaction like yesterday's but this one is the opposite, he looked betrayed for a split second before a cold look came up on his face.

“I won't accept your rejection even if you do, I don't understand why you don't want to even try to be mates with me, I know there are issues surrounding it, but f*ck it, tell me you want space, just any other thing than rejection.” He growled.

I was so gobsmacked at everything he just said, his words went straight to my heart and I realized how unfair I've been to him.

It's not his fault that he got paired with me, but I'm doing this for us right? No one would want to be stuck with me.

“It's for your own good. If I reject you, I'm sure there are other strong females who would be more than happy to be the Queen."

He stepped closer to me, his intoxicating scent getting closer to me.

“But they’re not my mate and will never be, you are the one for me, the only one who's meant to be with me, we're meant to be together and not with anyone else, Ella.”

Ella. I kind of like how that sounds, especially from him.

“I'm not fit to be Queen, Ares. I can't be a Queen. I don't even know what being a queen means, what it entails and-" he cut me off with one of his fingers on my lips.

He was now dangerously close to me that our chests were almost touching.

"You don't have to worry about that, you don't even have to be the Queen. Heck, I'll step down my position as the king if it'll make you stay, just let me prove myself to you till you're comfortable around me enough to tell me what's making you not want to accept the mating bond.”

His voice sounded so soothing like he was talking to a little child who was crying.

“You can't understand, I can't even be the mate you'd want.” I chuckled dryly.

He ran his hands through his hair in frustration, stepping back from me a bit. His eyes were wide and glossy, not teary or anything, it was just kind of shiny like it wanted to glow but he was suppressing it.

“Even if you want to leave, you can't do that now, there's a war going on outside the kingdom currently.”

"I'll wait till it has subsided.” I countered and I saw him relax visibly.

The way he looks at me makes me feel kind of scared? But more like a prey. His eyes held a possessive sheen to it, one that anyone would use when they see their favorite toy.

“I'm not staying in the same room with you though, I want another place.” I declared.

"Okay, you'll get that.” He answered.

"I'll just step out now then.” I mumbled and turned the door handle.

Another hand grabbed mine just before I opened the door fully, sparks and electricity jolts shot through my whole body as his hand connected with mine.

“Do you need me to show you around here?" He asked, his hand still holding mine.

I absentmindedly nodded, the sparks made my head feel like jelly and I wasn't thinking straight at all.

This might just be the end of me, Ares Black. The kind of sizzling emotions that courses through my body each time we touch is so distracting and I just want to jump on him and hug him to my satisfaction.

I just can't wait till it's safe for me to leave, do I really?