Page 194 of Her Destined Alpha
“How about I show you?” he suggested.
Before I could even reply, his lips crashed against mine. His hands slipped under my top, and sparks rushed through me as his fingers grazed my skin, making me sigh softly against him. He grabbed my breasts, making my core throb.
We made out like there was no tomorrow, but despite his hard-on that was pressed against my stomach, he didn’t go further, knowing we had been through a lot. Finally, when he forced himself back, breathing hard. He lifted me up by the back of my ass and carried me to the bed.
“Rayhan…” I said, kissing his sore-looking lips as he dropped onto the bed.
“Yeah, Kitten?”
“How come you weren’t part of that battle three years ago?” I asked. It was something that had never really been discussed thoroughly. He sighed deeply, his brows furrowed, adjusting his position against the headboard.
“We didn’t know what the outcome would be. Dad, Uncle, and Marcel were all ready to face Endora… we weren’t sure about the survival rate. Dad and Uncle didn’t want me there just in case both of them didn’t make it…” he said quietly. My eyes widened in shock, my heart thumping.
“You mean they weren’t sure they would win?”
“More like if they’d survive. They were hell-bent on winning, but the cost could have been anything. If anything were to happen to them, I was to take their place as the King of Alphas and the Alpha of both packs,” he said quietly.
I hadn’t known that… and I had a feeling no one did…
“No one knew Uncle and Dad had put me as the heir to everything if shit went down.”
“But wasn’t Kiara pregnant with Dante?”
“Yeah, but if I was a stand-in, he would still be a target. So, I would have taken the title completely, and I would have given it to Dante in the future. Marcel’s son was only nine. If all three died, it would have fallen on me, although Kiara is an Alpha female. The dangers of being king are huge. Uncle is the only Lycan in existence; even abroad, there’s no other. The fact that he had gotten every pack in this country under his reign makes thoseabroad fear him.”
I simply listened, thinking how far the Rossi brothers had been willing to go for their people. That was the ultimate difference between our species.
“The Rossis really are something else,” I said, kissing his neck, right over his mark softly, satisfied when he groaned gently.
“Fuck, Kitten…” I laughed lightly.
“Come on, my big, sexy wolf, let’s get ready for dinner. I don’t want to disappoint your mom.”
“You won’t because you are fucking perfect.”
I smiled, kissing him softly before I climbed off of him and walked off to the bathroom first.
An hour anda half later, I was dressed in the powder blue sequined dress that his mother had gotten for me. It had long sleeves and a very daring neckline. Maria definitely knew her stuff. Raihana had come and done my makeup, and I didn’t really get why it had to be so much. I looked like I was about to go to a party! The only jewellery I wore was the bracelet Rayhan had gifted me on our first date, one that I hadn’t removed at all, although the long sleeves covered it, along with a pair of dangly earrings that Raihana had forced me to put on.
I had dried my hair using a spell that I found after skimming through one of the four grimoires that we had been given by the Coven on the journey back. Although most of their books were buried under the rubble, these were from Magdalene’s home. Raihana had said my natural hair looked good enough before thrusting a pair of glittering silver heels in my hands and leaving to get ready herself.
I was admiring my nails that she had painted a glittering silver when the bathroom door opened and Rayhan stepped out, looking sexy in black jeans and a white top. His wet hair was pulled back into a tie. His eyes trailed over me, the intensity making my stomach knot. He smelt incredible, his usual intoxicating scent mixed with designer fragrance.
“Goddess… my fiery snowflake looks so damn good,” he said as I stood up and did a slow turn, running my fingers through my hair.
“Good enough?”
“That’s an understatement,” he said quietly, pulling me against him and kissing me once again.
Ten minutes later, we had finally made it downstairs, only to see Raihana waiting at the bottom of the stairs, clearly having just come down.
“Oh, it’s outside,” she said, fixing her long hair.
She looked stunning in a fitted silk dress. Her make-up was full too, the highlighter and contour just like mine, and I felt relieved. Her expensive fragrance filled my nose.
“You look gorgeous,” I told her.
“You look sexy as hell as well, hun!” she said excitedly.
