I glower up at Reagan as he takes the cuffs off my wrist while smugly smirking at me. I had tried pulling but only ended up bruising my poor wrist. My wolf's strength couldn't help me due to the damn wolf's bane, and since I am not good at picking locks I only ended up jingling my hairpin in vain.
Reagan leads me to the bathroom, and I proceed to brush my teeth while he checks the water in the bathtub one more time. Then he tries to take off my nightgown, making me step back in question.
I frown at him, "I can bath myself, thank you very much."
He smiles at my retreating form. "Okay, we can do this the easy way, my sweet Ellie, or the hard way." He takes a step closer to me. "The hard way involving you being tied up while I do whatever I want to that nice body of yours. Your choice." He shrugs with a stupid smirk on that I want to smack off of his face.
I gape at him in disbelief and want to spew curses at him while damning him to hell, but his sharp eyes had given me a warning not to push it. And I do have to find a way to please him so he could reduce my 'sentence.'
I look away like a shy virgin while he undresses, but he only chuckles at my flushed expression. Then he leads me to the bathtub and gets in first before settling me in between his legs. I try to ignore his raging boner pushing against my ass and just enjoy the refreshing bath. I'm used to regular showers so It's been quite long since I could soak in a tub.
Not all rooms have a bathroom in the college dormitory, there are co-ed bathrooms for those that don't have one in their dorm rooms. The ones with bathrooms are more expensive than regular ones. My parents weren't too comfortable with me showering in close proximity with the opposite sex and decided then to rent one with a bathroom. And that's how I found Lana...Lana!
Oh gosh, I forgot all about her. With all that happened with Brad almost marking me and now Reagan tormenting me, I hadn't thought about her. Was she still at Red Moon? Man, she's going to be pissed when she finds out I left without her.
"What's wrong?" Reagan asks as he squirts shampoo into my hair that smells like lavender. He must have noticed my tense form.
"I think I forgot someone back at Red Moon," I explain as he begins to massage my scalp. Oh, that feels good.
"You mean the she-wolf that encouraged you to run away." I can hear the irritation in his tone, but I shake my head at him.
"No, I told her to follow me. Running away was my idea. She was even against it when I first mentioned it." I quickly explained, not wanting Lana to be in trouble 'cause of me. "Anyway, can I have my phone so I can call and confirm she's okay?" I hopefully ask, smiling up at him brightly.
"She's fine. Brought her back with us." He grumbles, making me breathe out a sigh of relief. She would have never forgiven me if I had left her alone at Red Moon. But I still wasn't so relieved yet. Alpha Jace was her mate, and she'd left him...
I let out a sigh at how relaxing Reagan's magical fingers worked on my scalp. Then when he's done with mine, he washes his before draining the water from the bath so we could rinse our hair and body off. I try to act nonchalant even though this is my first time having a bath with the opposite sex. I can't say it was weird having to be in the same bathtub as him, but I still felt uncomfortable under his penetrating gaze that didn't seem to leave my body.
He wraps me up in a towel and one around his hips before taking me back out to the bedroom. We're both surprised, however, to see Joanna setting up a tray of food on the nightstand. The smell of bacon and eggs wafts up to my nose, and I begin to salivate. I hadn't realized how hungry I was considering yesterday's afternoon was when I ate last.
She stands up with a bright smile when we walk in, but her face turns crestfallen when her eyes lock with mine. The last time I'd seen her, she was on the verge of losing her job, only for Reagan to bail her out.
She's openly glaring at me right now, watching Reagan and me walk out of the bathroom, barely dressed. She probably is surprised to see me here since I've been gone for a few days. Maybe she thought I was gone for good and she could make a move on Reagan
"What are you doing here?" Reagan's chilly tone makes her snap her eyes back to him. Her confident stance falters when she sees the irritated expression on Reagan's face.
"I...you weren't downstairs for breakfast. So I thought I should bring something up for you." She flashes her set of white teeth at him in a manner I think seductive. I glare at her boldness, wanting to rip her throat out.
"How nice of you." Reagan nods at her, making me glare at him instead. She turns gleeful at his words, having a smirk of triumph on.
"Dear, you're hungry, right?" Reagan turns to me and ask. I hesitantly nod in answer. "Good. Come, let me feed you." I can't express the joy of seeing the triumphant look on Joanna's face crumble as all his attention turns to me. She seems to want to object but keeps her mouth shut instead.
Reagan leads me back to the bed and helps me sit before taking the tray to sit beside me. Joanna is still gritting her teeth as her eyes flare in anger. I'm not exactly happy she's able to see my mate, who has only a towel on, riding dangerously low on his hips. Her eyes divert a few times to his exposed abs and muscular chest, and I grit my teeth at her. What's she even still doing here?
"Anything else?" Reagan throws the question at Joanna, who has been caught staring. She blushes like a modest virgin before shaking her head to scamper away.
What a hussy.
"Now that she's gone," I hear the clinking sounds of cuffs, and before I know it, my wrist is being cuffed back to the bed.
"B...but how am I going to eat?" I whine like a little girl being grounded. I couldn't help it.
"I'll help you with that." He states as he picks up a piece of bacon and raises it up to my mouth.
I glare at the piece of meat, not liking to be treated as a kid, but I am too hungry to reject any food right now. So I open my mouth and accept it, letting out a moan as the taste explodes in my mouth in delicious flavor. Okay, now I see why they'd hired Joanna in the first place. If she wasn't much of a bitch and trying to get my ma...I mean Reagan, in bed, I would have liked her.
I see Reagan's eyes instinctively darken a few shades as his eyes settle on my lips. He moves in closer, and before I knew it, his lips lean on against mine. His teeth go to sink into my bottom lip, making me moan as he licks and sucks it, trying to soothe the pain he'd caused. I can already feel heat pooling below in my belly, and I squeeze my thighs to try and relieve the sensation I'm already feeling there.
His tongue delves past my lips into my mouth, tasting every inch as he groans in satisfaction. He sighs in frustration before pulling back to continue feeding me. After a while of wolfing down the delicious breakfast, I decided to voice my thoughts.
"You can't possibly be thinking about keeping me cuffed to this bed all day. I would die of boredom and lack of movement." He rolls his eyes at my exaggeration as he brings the glass of juice up for me to drink from.
"I will be here to keep you company, and as for movement, the bed's all yours. Feel free to do whatever you like. You could even put up more of the little show you did earlier for me." He winks, making my cheeks flush pink. God, I had acted like a bitch in heat and screaming Reagan's name while at it.
I shake my head to rid myself of the erotic images already popping up in my mind. "I'm serious, Reagan. I need to get out of here, see and talk to anyone else who isn't you!"
His eyebrows draw down in displeasure at my words, but I don't take them back. "Besides, I doubt you'll be here all the time," I add with a shrug.
He contemplates over it for a while before sighing in defeat. "Fine. I'll have Lexi come visit you from time to time."
"I want Lana too." I raise my chin high in determination.
"You mean the she-wolf you ran away with." He cocks his head at me.
I frown at his words, "I already told you, I had been the one to plan my run away." I huff, feeling exasperated at his attitude.
"Since you're under punishment, you can't make demands, at least not without giving something in return." He grins devilishly at the end, making me stare cautiously at him.
I pause, contemplating if I should sell my soul to the devil.
"What do you want?" I eye him warily.
His smile widens before he purses his lips and looks up, acting to be contemplating his next words.
"Hmmm, let's see. How about a date." He finally says, making me arch my eyebrows at him.
"A date?"
He nods, "Yes, a date at a location and time of my choice." He adds with a devilish grin. I don't know if I should accept a deal with the devil, but how much can a date hurt. Plus, I'll get to see Lana and know what's up. If anything, I'm the only one winning.
"Sure." I shrug in answer. "Where do you plan on taking me?"
His sly grin is back on, "It's a secret. Plus, you'll have to do everything I say." I furrow my eyebrows then at him, my senses tingling and telling me something is up and that I should back out. But I ignore them all as me overthinking again.
"Alright," I slowly nod. "As long as I get what I asked for."
"Oh, you'll get to see your friend, alright. I'll tell Danny to invite her over. So, do we have a deal?" He asks one last time for confirmation. And I nod right away.
"Yeah... about my college..." I begin.
"I already told you. It'll be taken care of." He shrugs as he stands up from the bed before setting down the tray back on the nightstand and walk into the closet.
"Yeah, but I don't want it to be, 'taken care of.'" I yell after him using air quotations. He doesn't answer until he's back out, already dressed in grey sweat pants and a tank top, while holding a dress of mine to me. He looks yummy in that.
"I'm not stopping your education, Ellie. I'm only making a few changes to fit our schedule."
"No, you're making changes to fit your schedule." I refute his statement with a snarl. This results in him pinching his nose in frustration.
"We're not discussing this anymore. Soon you'll come to understand that every decision I make for you is the best." He leans down to tell me, staring into my eyes and daring me to defy him. "So far, I've been more than patient with you. So don't push it, Ellie. It won't take more than a few seconds to let my beast out and do whatever he wants to do with you." He then leans further to whisper beside my ear, "And trust me, they're very bad things."