Page 70 of The Unwanted Mate of the Lycan Kings
Regan scoffs, then laughs, making me more embarrassed at myword vomit, but if I’m allowed a choice, I’d rather touch him than Zeke first.
“Wait, you’re serious?”he asks.I chew my lip.This is so embarrassing, and I sounded so desperate.
“I can’t sleep with you,” Regan states.
“I didn’t ask to sleep with you!”My face heats even more, but it makes me wonder if he wants to.Why else would his mind instantly go there?I meant to touch him, not fuck him.
Regan sits up, leaning on one elbow.
“What are you asking for then?”he questions, looking at me rather confused.
Oh no, don’t make me say it!
“I...”Since when did I find myself so nervous about speaking?
“Zirah?”Regan snarls.I cover my face with my hands, too embarrassed to ask him with him staring at me like I’ve lost my mind.
“You said you can’t sleep with me, but you can do other stuff?”I ask him.
“You want me to touch you?”he laughs.
A gasp leaves my lips, and I shoot up, looking at him.“What?No!I wanted to touch you,” I blurt out.He watches me for a second like I’m some alien he can’t figure out, and falls back on the bed witha heavy sigh.
“Is that a no?”I ask him, and he averts his gaze back to glare at the roof.
“No!”
“So I can?”I ask him.
“No!”So which is it, yes or no?I huff out a breath and drop back down on my pillow, also staring at the ceiling.
Well, this just got awkward!
“I don’t think it is a good idea, Zirah.I’m not human.”I can feel his stare on the side of my face, but I refuse to make eye contact.
“Neither is Zeke, and you and I both know he’ll do something horrid to me,” I tell him, feeling a little rejected, which is stupid because I can’t stand the man.But it feels a lot like I’m picking the lesser of two evils here.
“I’m not like Zeke!”he states.
“Exactly, you’re not the same kind of monster,” I tell him, and he rolls on his side quickly to face me, pulling my attention to him.
“No, I’m worse.Do you think this is a joke?If I let you touch me, I might lose control and mark you.Yesterday, I nearly did,” he snaps, looking away.
“What?”I squeak.
“That’s how they die.If I fuck them or mark them, it’s like poison.I can’t help it.I have no control over it!And the more I am around you, the stronger your scent gets.It’s driving me nuts.Being this close to you, I don’t know if I want to kill you or fucking mate you!And you want to take that chance?”he growls angrily.He sneers at me and shakes his head.“You are not worth losing my kingdom over.”
His words sting as if he slapped me, and my face burns as all the blood rushes to it.I nod, and shame slithers through me.I feel like throwing up.Never have I felt so humiliated before, and I now see why Granny kept everyone away from us, why we kept to ourselves.She is right.People will only upset you or get you killed.And I can’t believe that of all the people who have upset me since being here, Regan’s rejection hurts the worst.
“Crap!Zirah, I didn’t mean for it to come out—” I roll over.
“Just forget it, Regan,” I retort.
“You’re being a brat!”
I scoff at his words, my embarrassment turning to anger.Not only did he humiliate me, but he is also calling me names.“How am I being a brat?I asked a question.You didn’t need to throw it back in my fucking face.”I snap.
“Who even asks that?You don’t just ask to touch someone!”he screams at me.
