Ava’s POV
I decide to take a long, hot shower when I get back to Cameron’s room with my bags.
When I get out, I wrap a large white fluffy towel around my hair and my body and go lie down on the bed and stare at the ceiling, feeling slightly restless.
I drum my fingers on the bed beside me before reaching for my phone on the end table and flopping back onto the bed and text Lily.
Are you ready for me to come to your room?
I stare at my phone for a moment, waiting for her usual lightening speed response, but no text bubbles.
I sigh and let my arm fall to my side.
I feel the need to be doing something, not be stuck inside Cameron’s bedroom. Something is going on, and I want to know what. The Lycan had survived the attack, surely that means he has information on who his attacker was? If he does, what will that even mean? Which Lycans would start a war with Cameron’s territory?
I remember Cameron telling me he was thinking about sending me to his home so I could be safe. I hope he doesn’t actually think I would leave my pack and my sister while the pack is under attack.
I may not be the best fighter, but I was brought up better then to run away from the fight.
Maybe Caleb will fill me in more than Cameron did.
I lift my phone back up.
Hey, what’s happening? Any new updates?
Almost instantly Caleb’s voice is in my head.
Where are you?
In Cameron’s room.
Good, stay there. I am going to call a meeting in the dining hall shortly to fill everyone in.
So, you do have new updates?
No. I am adding more security precautions. Everyone has to move into the safety circle.
Oh, really? We’ve never had to do that before.
I know.
There’s a long pause while we both think about this, but I can feel he is still there, and I don’t want him to break the connection.
I hear footsteps outside my room and the door swings open. I quickly push the connection closed as I sit up as Cameron walks into the room.
He stops and looks at me. I stare back.
“I’m glad to see you listened and stayed in my room.”
His words irritate me and I feel a fresh wave of anger at the way he spoke to me earlier in the dining hall and I cross my arms across my chest.
“Well, I didn’t want you to have to send Chris in to keep me here again.”
I instantly regret saying it, especially at the shocked look on Cameron’s face.
He recovers quickly and it’s like a visible wall goes up around him.
“I just care about your safety and don’t want you to…”
“Yeah yeah, be a distraction.”
His lips go tight.
“That’s not what I was going to say.”
“It is what you said.”
I jerk my chin up and I feel the towel on my head tilt to the side and start to unravel.
Ah, I forgot I even had the towel in my hair.
I jut my chin out further and try to nonchalantly pull the towel out of my hair. My long, tangled hair falls in a clump in front of my face.
I quickly go to push it back and I feel my body towel start to slip and I grasp at it, barely catching it before it reveals my entire chest.
Oh god.
My face flaming, I force myself to look back up at Cameron.
His lips are a very thin line, his eyes looking at my chest. I look down and realize that I’m pushing up my breast in my efforts to hold my towel up.
I feel a shift in the atmosphere, no longer tense from arguing, it is now tense from desire.
I chew on my lip. I can’t just let this go, we need to talk. Even as I think this, I feel my body betraying me and reacting to his lustful stare as his eyes move up to mine.
Stay strong Ava. Resist…for now.
My mouth feels dry as I go to speak.
“I don’t like how you scolded me in front of so many people.”
He takes a slow step towards me.
I swallow.
“I don’t like how you consistently disregard my instructions that I give you and put your safety, my mate’s safety, at risk. I like having you around, I don’t want anything to happen to you.”
Ah…I lick my now dry lips as he closes the gap between us. I look up at him as his eyes drift lower and he reaches out a hand to tug the towel loose from my grip so it falls down around my waist.
He places both hands on my breasts and meets my eyes.
“I would like your perfect body to stay unharmed.”
I inhale sharply at his touch.
Oh god, it’s useless.
I should have known that I couldn’t win this conversation while only wearing a towel.
I throw my head back in a soft moan as Cameron starts to massage my breasts gently, rubbing his thumb in circles around my nipples.
He drops onto his knees and replaces one of his hands with his mouth.
I slide my fingers through his hair and grasp the back of his head as he sucks.
He pulls away and I want to protest, but he gently pushes me onto my back and unfolds the towel from around my waist.
He spreads my legs wide and my skin prickles in anticipation as his head lowers between my legs.
Yes! I have no idea why I wanted to fight with this man, this is so much better!
I moan with delight as his tongue flicks and his mouth sucks in-between my legs until I climax, which doesn’t take long.
My eyes are closed when I feel something harder against my wetness and I open them to look at Cameron, eyes fixed on mine, as he positions himself between my legs.
I wrap my legs around his waist and press his back with my heels to pull him closer.
He moans softly as he pushes inside of me.
I gasp as he pushes deeper, still not use to his size.
There’s nothing slow or sweet about our love-making.
It’s all about urgency and being one.
He grasped onto my hips and thrust quickly, hard, my entire body jerking each time his hips push into mine.
I feel the build up inside of me again and his hands squeeze even tighter on my hips as he pulls me against him faster, harder…
I’m lost in the waves of pleasure right before his final jerk. He calls out my name as he holds me firmly against him.
We look at each other as we breathe heavily.
Cameron slowly pulls out and lifts his pants back up.
He sits on the bed beside me and pulls me against his chest.
“I’m sorry for saying what I did in front of other people, Ava. I just worry for you and it would go a long way if you would practice the safety precautions that I have asked of you.”
I breathe deeply of his sexy scent and nod against his chest.
“I will.”
He strokes my wet hair.
“I don’t know what I would do if something happened to you.”
I feel my stomach clench at the thought of Cameron being the one wounded, bleeding, on the dining hall floor.
I wrap my arms tight around his waist and squeeze.
I hear Caleb’s voice in my head again, but it’s not a private link, it’s to all pack members, calling us to the dining hall in the next ten minutes.
I pull away slightly and look at Cameron.
“Alpha Caleb wants us in the dining hall in ten minutes.”
He nods and leans over to touch his lips on mine.
I can’t help another small, satisfied sigh escaping.
“We just need to make it through this, then things will settle down and we can spend more time together.”
I nod.
We just need to make it through this…I think of the Lycan on the floor again.
We just need to make it through this…alive.