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Lycus's pov

"Here you go." I said handing the cashier my credit card. She collected it with a nod before swiping it in the machine, "Hurry up and pack it." I demanded and she quickly obeyed.

I was in a hurry. I couldn't wait to get home to Nyx. I couldn't wait to see the smile on her face when she sees what I have gotten for her. I missed her for she had really grown on me with all the time we spent together.

so you miss her now? Spyro snorted with a growl, i wonder what suddenly made you accept mate, it seems just more than breaking the spell to me.

Shut up spyro, I grumbled at him knowing he was right. It was more than just breaking the spell. It was more than me not wanting to be weak. It was more like me growing feelings for Nyx. I wanted her now, I wanted to hear her laughter often, I was always lost in how her eyes twinkled when she was excited and how she blushed when I gave her kisses.

Ever since the first day I kissed her, I couldn't get enough, I craved her in the most unimaginable ways and it took me a lot not to claim her. Seeing her broken and bleeding the other day I had rescued her from the elders sentence, something had snapped in me, I couldn't bear to see her hurt and now after spending time with her, seeing how beautiful she was both in and out, I began to feel things that I feared to feel again and i couldn't blame it on the mate bond. Anytime I saw her with that Andros, I could feel rage in my heart and the urge to rip his head off his body was strong, I had to control it all the time.

Nyx was slowly penetrating my heart and as much as I liked it, I also hated it. I feared that my thoughts of her being like the last one will come true.

"Here you go sir." The cashier said bringing me out of my thoughts. I collected the bags she stretched out in front of me before muttering a thank you and strolling out of the mall.

Thank yous, That was another thing that grew on me from Nyx. She always said thank you to the servants and helpers any time they attended to our meal needs. She was so polite and understanding unlike me. I got into the car and signalled for the driver to move.

A feeling of pain washed over me as we began the journey back to the castle and then it followed with sadness with a tug at my heart. She was sad. I knew. I could feel her emotions now since we had gotten closer and I got really angry knowing that she was hurt.

Mate is hurt, Spyro whined.

i will kill the fucker who dare hurt her, I growled, "Hurry up." I barked at the driver and he increased his speed.

We reached the castle in no time and I quickly got down from the car, grabbed the gifts I had gotten for her and teleported straight to her room.

She was sitting on the bed with her knees hugged to her chest and her head nestling on them, her pale blonde hair was scattered over her shoulders. I could hear her sniffs and worse still, she smelled like him, I was enraged.

"What the fuck happened Nyx?!" I growled startling her and she jumped off the bed looking really frightened, "What happened?!"

"How did you get in here?" She asked with her quaking voice. She was really scared by my demeanour. I wanted to draw her close and comfort her but I didn't. She was with him while I was away.

"Why the fuck do you smell like Andros?" I took quick steps towards her and pulled her closer to me, "Tell me!"

"I…i…i bumped into him and fell really hard on the ground." She sniffed and I saw the tears falling from her eyes, she was lying. I drew her into an embrace hugging her really tightly while sniffing at her neck to calm my senses.

"You are lying." I whispered in her ear while running my hands in her hair, "But I will overlook that for now." She didn't give me a response, "Why didn't you reply my text?"

"I forgot." She said and I pulled away from her. I walked back to where I had been when I teleported. I picked up the bags and went back to meet her.

"I got you something." I said placing the bags on the bed. I opened the first one and brought out a bouquet of silver colored roses.

She gasped as I gave them to her, "Are they real?"

"See for yourself." I smirked at her and she brought them to her noses sniffing at them. Her eyes widened seeing that they were real and that smile I loved seeing came to her lips.

"Tha…nk you." She stuttered, "How did you get silver colored roses?"

"I had a witch make them for you since silver is your favorite colour and there are no silver roses in existence." I said stuffing my hands in my pockets as she gazed at them in awe. I couldn't tear my eyes away from the look on her face, I was slowly becoming infatuated by her.

"What's in the other bag?" She asked and I tore away my gaze from her face and faced the bag on the bed. She would love this one the most.

"I picked it based on the color of your eyes." I said bringing the rectangular box out of the bag. I opened it and presented it to her. Her mouth fell wide open seeing it and her eyes glossed in tears, happy tears. She stared at the bracelet encrusted with green diamonds in it, the linings were made of pure gold with same green diamonds dangling from it.

"It's beautiful." She said, "I can't take it." I frowned out her words as she stepped back from me, "It must have cost a fortune and I…"

"Shh…" I silenced her before she could go any further. I dropped the box, took the flowers from her and placed it on the bed before taking her right hand and wearing the bracelet on it. It fit perfectly on her dainty hands just like I imagined.

"The bracelet is perfect." She sobbed, "It's beautiful and I do not deserve it."

"And why is that?" I asked her with a raised brow.

"It doesn't fit with my scarred hands." She sobbed louder wiping her tears with her free hands, "My scarred hand marred it's beauty, it makes the bracelet ugly and imperfect like the rest of me."

"I don't see your scars Nyx." I said drawing her close and wiping her tears with my hand, "I do not see your scars."

"But…they are…"

"Shhh." I placed a finger on her lips silencing her, if only she could see how beautiful she was and over look the facts that she had marks which I so desperately wanted to know who inflicted them, "You are beautiful."

I raised her face with my fingers, she looked up at me. Her green eyes peering into my soul, I bent my head lowly and placed my lips on hers.

She stilled a bit before moving hers synching with mine, I bit her lower lip lightly causing her to open up and I slid my tongue in. She didn't bother trying to take dominance as I took over caressing her mouth with my tongue.

My hands slid down to her waist pulling her closer and she moaned in my mouth. It was a beautiful sound that I loved hearing.

After the long heated kiss, she pulled away from me trying to catch her breath and I smirked at her, "I have a question." She said looking up at me.

"What is it?"

"That night, the night we first kissed." She said, "I know the beta came to you after I left." She continued and I knew where this was headed, "Did you sleep with her?"

And there was the question, "No I didn't." I said to her knowing fully well that she didn't believe me even though I was telling the truth, "I have never done anything sexual with her." I confessed and she stared at me wide eyed.

"I know you don't believe me." I said touching her lips with my finger tips, "But, I do want you to know that I am telling the truth."

"I believe you." She said looking up at me with those enchanting eyes of hers. I knew she believed me. She was pure and her emotions were easily read. As I looked back at those smiling doeful green eyes being lost in them I knew right there that I was getting into really deep feels with her.

That familiar feeling stirred in my guts, the feeling I had never wanted to have.

And then I realised that I was doomed if she was just like the last one.

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