Page 51 of The Bodyguard and the Alpha
And how is that going to hold up when we’re on trial for bonding her without telling her first? I warned you but you didn’t listen.
My growl was deep and fierce. I wished I could punch him, hold him down and beat him bloody, but there was nothing to fight. He was inside me. He was me.
And, fuck him, he was right.
I broke the law. No matter that I knew she was my mate.Hehad never explained it to her. And neither did I. Carried away by my own feral desires, I took what I wanted without giving her the choice.
What do I do? I don’t want to let her go. I won’t let her go. I didn’t wait five years just to mate her and let her go. She is mine.
You have to let me out. I already told you.
How will that fix it?
First, we’ll never be allowed to go free if you don’t let me out. We’ll be locked up for the rest of our life and that won’t give you much opportunity for anything. They could send her away and you won’t have any power to stop it.
The thought was like ice in my heart.Send her away? I’ll order them not to.
Dude. We’ll be removed as President. As soon as word gets out that you are a feral Shifter, they’ll boot us out, no questions asked.
I’m not feral.
His laugh was pained.You’re the very definition of feral Shifter. But, whatever. That’s not the worst of it dude. If the Council finds out what you did, you’ll be put on trial for a forced mating. You’ll get us both killed.
I paused my pacing mid-stride. Killed? Dead. Unable to protect my mate. Unable to love her. To spoil her. No, it must not happen.That’s unacceptable. Give me a solution.
Only if you let me out.
No. She is MY mate. Not yours.
She’s my mate too. You are me. I am you.
The back of the dining table chair splintered under my grip. He was right and I hated it. I was strong. I was powerful, but he was smart. Strategic. And I needed him.
His voice was quiet.Can you forgive me?
Chapter 51
Electra
For the first few minutes, I barely noticed my surroundings as the guards led me down long corridors. My mind was stuck on what Bastien had said, the words on repeat in my brain.
We have wanted you since the first moment your scent filled our nostrils. From the first moment we took your small hand in ours. From the first glare you gave us when we underestimated you.
Not I, butwe. He had saidwe. Did that mean that both his human side and Beast side had wanted me? But if so, why hadn’t he said anything? I’d worked for him for five years and after that first dinner invitation, he’d backed off completely.
He never slept with anyone else, said a small, hopeful voice in my brain.
He called me the Ice Queen, I fired back.
He said he was sorry.
I chewed on my lower lip, thinking on the puzzle that was Bastien Bowden as I followed the women escorting me.
I wished I was wearing my uniform. In my uniform I knew who I was. Electra the Witch. Powerful and confident. But in civilian clothes, I didn’t feel like myself. Sure, I had my power, but I felt different inside. Inside I was full of doubt. Did Bastien really want me? Truly? Had he known I was his mate this whole time?
My heart filled with hope, making me giddy. Could this be a real bond? One that he’d wanted as much as I did?
When I got back to Bastien, I was going to get some answers. I couldn’t continue with this uncertainty.
