The Alpha’s Desire 2(37)

 

 

 

The light went out with a squeaky hiss, but the tingly sense of energy stayed. I grabbed at the comforter on the bed in order not to hop up and down like a hyperactive child.

 

 

 

“I have so much energy inside me right now that I feel like I may start bouncing off of the walls if I don’t find an outlet for it,” I exclaimed.

 

 

 

“Oh, well then, let me give you an outlet,” he offered.

 

 

 

Just as he began to move toward me, lunge more like it, his phone rang.

 

 

 

“It’s them,” he said, looking at the lit-up face of the phone.

 

 

 

“Where should I go?” I asked, looking around like hiding in the closet was a viable option.

 

 

 

“Nowhere. Just stay quiet,” he said as he stood.

 

 

 

Walking to the window, he tapped the phone with his thumb and lifted it slowly to his ear as he let out a big breath.

 

 

 

“Hello,” Lex said. and then waited.

 

 

 

I could see every muscle in his body tighten. He wore a quite sexy pair of jeans with a dark green shirt that the cleaners had brought him. I’d gotten dressed, thankfully, when he’d gone to get food. Not that these Royals could see through the phone, but I felt better somehow, in the situation, being dressed. Ready for anything. Knowing this group, they could ram down my door at any moment and take him away from me. Don’t worry. Wait, I chided myself with Lex’s advice.

 

 

 

“Yes,” he said in a flat tone, one devoid of emotion, I was sure on purpose.

 

 

 

His head made a move as if to nod a few times, and then he confirmed whatever they’d asked again.

 

 

 

“I can’t explain it exactly. It just happened. And, once I saw her, purely by accident, in a bar one night, something between us just clicked. It really felt like fate the way it happened. I’d left her in another’s care for a night, giving myself the luxury of performing, or, truth be told, maybe I needed a break from my emotions, and there she appeared where I was. She watched me so intensely.... We just connected. After that, mistake or not, I told her the truth. I told her I loved her. I’d kept it inside for so long, not wanting to put her at risk by breaking a rule, sure you knew better than I. Only now, I don’t think I can live without her. She says the same.”

 

 

 

I sat there, unable to move as he listened to whoever was on the other end of the phone. His free hand coiled and released into a fist, and then the fingers stretched far out, repeatedly. His chest moved up and down faster than usual.

 

 

 

“Yes, I was already here when the attack happened. He blamed me. He said, and I quote, that I screwed up royally when I screwed her, pardon the quote. I think he was just baiting me. I honestly don’t think I had anything to do with their latest attack, not if they attacked globally. And, I’m thankful I was already here. But, there is something else that I should tell you. The magic of her bloodline, it is active inside of her, since we met. We can feel it when we hold our hands together. And, it is growing in strength even in this short amount of time. She just formed a ball of light in her palm without really meaning to.”

 

 

 

After he listened a few minutes, he said, “Yes, that is all. You know everything. I will wait to hear from you again.”

 

 

 

A tap of his thumb hung up the phone as he turned to me. His face pale, my breaths came in rapid gasps as I waited to hear what they’d had to say.

 

 

 

“What! What! Tell me what they said,” I begged.

 

 

 

“Nothing really. They just asked a lot of questions,” he answered, staying put at the window, the fading sunlight closing another day radiated around him. “I knew they would question the cleaners about the situation, but apparently they sent someone to talk to me, too. Only, I was in the bathroom for a very long time with the girl I was to protect. Then I guided her into the bedroom in only a towel.”

 

 

 

He laughed then. The short, abrupt sound I couldn’t read. Amusement? Disgust? I didn’t know, so I waited for him to continue.

 

 

 

“Anyway, they let me explain. Then, all they said was that they would discuss the situation and us, and then get back to me. I couldn’t read anything in her voice except for when I told her about your magic. I would swear to the fact that it raised in pitch afterward. I think she may have been excited about that. Maybe that could work in our favor. Who knows? Seems all we can do now is wait it out. She did say that the cleaners are gone. We can leave the bedroom. Maybe order a pizza or something.”