Kael’s POV
The next morning, when I opened my eyes, I didn’t leave the bed before she woke, unlike that night when she had slept in my room. Instead, I lay still, watching her. Her frail face had lost everything it once carried—her innocence, her charm—yet to me she was still beautiful.
Lying on my side, I studied her as if I could memorize every detail, not even wanting to blink. Her small body was curled toward me, close enough that I could almost feel her warmth. I wondered what she would do if she woke now and saw me like this. How would she react?
Would she react like before, as though I were a monster she needed to escape?
And, I didn’t know I was going to get the answer just in a few moments.
She stirred, her brows knitting faintly before her eyes fluttered open. I didn’t move. I wanted her to see me here, to face the reality that I wasn’t leaving. Running was no longer an option for her. She was mine, whether she liked it or not.
Her gaze cleared, settling on me. And what I expected never came. There was no fear.
Instead, she stared back at me with an expression flat and cold, her voice hoarse and unfeeling as she said, "If you’re waiting to fuck me, do it already and get lost."
Damn! This hurt more than if she had reacted the other way. Scared of me, angry at me, or anything but this...
My expression hardened, my voice cold. "If I truly wanted to fuck you, I wouldn’t wait for you to wake up, nor would I bother asking for your permission. So don’t give me that shit you give to others." I rose from the bed, my patience fraying.
I didn’t want to say it this way, but she was checking my patience. And what infuriated me most was how she was so good with Roman, while I was the one looking after her here and didn’t hurt her even once like Lucian and Jason, who tortured her a few days back.
Couldn’t she see I meant her no harm? That I wasn’t the monster she painted me to be? Was being a black wolf truly such a sin?
Instead, being a black wolf was what made me the strongest, and I could protect her from the council and other treacherous Alphas who might hurt her in ways she wouldn’t begin to imagine. I wanted to protect her even when I didn’t know she was innocent, but all she saw was a monster in me.
I called for the nurse to take care of her and went to the bathroom. I didn’t want to hear anything more from her that might anger me more.
Getting ready, leaving her to the nurse, I busied myself in my work in the side room, while keeping watch on her through the glass partition.
After an hour, Liam came to see her for a routine check-up. I went there as well.
She didn’t look at Liam either. Since the day she blamed Liam for telling us about her child, she seemed to have hated him more. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
"You are recovering really well," Liam said to her, "Seems like your wolf got the comforting sleep throughout the night."
She didn’t respond or react as if Liam was talking to the wall.
But I knew why her wolf was comforted. I was the reason. And I am glad it helped her just the way I thought.
Liam didn’t mind her and turned to me, "You can take her home in the noon."
I hummed, and Liam added, "The doctor I was talking about, we can take her to now."
We had decided to show Eira to the psychiatrist to treat her mental condition.
After half an hour, the nurse took her in the wheelchair to Liam’s office. The lady doctor, Isla, was sitting in Liam’s chair as she welcomed Eira with a smile.
"Good to see you, Eira," Isla said as the nurse stopped the wheelchair in front of the desk and left.
Liam and I watched her from the other room, beyond the glass window.
Eira didn’t respond to the doctor. She would let us move her around anywhere without any protest, but her mind was hers to control.

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