Page 59 of Mate to the Alpha Predator

And yet, he did not give those doctors what they want.

A child. His child.

Alphose shot down the horrible memories and tried to concentrate on the present. "But, something has to be done. Apart from her dying state, you need her too."

"You are not healing, Wolfariane, and I can feel the wolf's agitation from here." Even the man's lust for the female. But, he swallowed those words, knowing that the leader will not appreciate it at the moment, "You need her."

Turning away from the window, the Alpha King faced him, "You can feel the wolf, but can you feel the cougar?"

Alphose...couldn't.

He closed his eyes and allowed his own cougar to reach out…

And still came out with nothing.

"That's weird." His brows knitted in confusion, "No, I can't feel him. That part of you is being... too quiet."

Wolfariane looked him straight in the eyes, "That is because he wants to kill her. My human mate."

"Oh...hell." It dawned on him.

"Yes. That part of me wants to rip her apart so badly, Alphose, I can practically taste it. I feel the urge...fiercely, whenever I get too close to her. It is a struggle. What makes it worse is that I want her. I want her with an intensity that is frightening." Anger laced his voice, directed at himself as if he was blaming himself for wanting her.

Automatically, Alphose looked down and winced audibly. Indeed, he is spotting a huge boner for the small beautiful woman lying unconscious on his bed.

The Alpha King is denying himself of the female, but he hungers for her...badly. How long will his resistance last?

Most importantly, will she be able to handle a man like him when he loses the battle and gives in to his basic instincts?

The Alpha King continued, "If I touch her, it'll be just like those days in the lab, whenever they throw a human female into my cage. A part of me is drugged and goes right ahead to ravish her to relieve the overriding ache in my body, while another part of me lies in wait...," He stated in curt words, his expression blank but his eyes were a blue river of banked fury. "...waiting for me to lose control in the climax, then the rest is history. I wake up to blood and bones of the female I took sexual pleasures from."

He walked past Alphose to the bathroom and stopped at the door. "I have no liking for humans, but no one deserves to die like that. Not even my dying human mate."

With that, he entered the bathroom and closed the door.

An hour later, the healer Alphose called to check on Ismena has left, letting them know that Ismena will be fine for now, but he does not know how long his treatment will last since he has never come across a deadly illness like hers.

The Alpha King had refused treatment. Instead, he sat behind his desk sorting out documents and signing a few of them.

Alphose was about to take his leave, he got to the door and stopped. "If the urge becomes irresistible, you can have intercourse with her without mating her, you know."

His scribbling hand paused. He looked up at the cougar Alpha who was the only person close enough to him to be called a friend.

"Please, let me explain." He rushed on at the scowl on his face, "You both need each other. I know you want her, and she wants you too. A male changeling's body cannot go for too long without sexual intimacies from females to keep us sane. And feeling the wolf's agitation, I know that part of you is not keen on the thought of being with another female."

"So, you can share intimacies together; your body will be fed, and hers will be fed too. She will live longer then, return to her world healthier when the ring is retrieved. And, you can go on with your life here, the wolf might let go with the hunger satisfied...maybe." He finished.

"The cougar in me—" he began.

"That part of you lures behind waiting for you to reach climax inside a human female to take over control because that is the only time you are vulnerable...less in charge. So, you can try NOT being inside her when you are about to...uhm...to release."

His cheeks went faintly ruby, but he pressed ahead anyway, determined to help the Alpha King if he could be able to. "I don't know for sure, but I think that will do it...if you can be able to resist the strong pull to release inside her body."

Wolfariane kept quiet. For long. For too long.

"I have not cum inside any female in the last eighteen years, Alphose." He revealed finally.

The sentinel's eyes went wide. "Never? Not for once? Not even during the full moon?"

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