Hiding the Alpha’s Heir

Now that I was left alone in the manor having maidservants and butlers going around, I decided to tour myself around. I went to the south hall and west hall seeing that nothing had changed. Lastly, I decided to go to the east hall where Desmond’s chamber was located.

I felt nostalgic all of a sudden. I suddenly remembered how Desmond and I made love here in every corner of his manor. I castigated myself. Of all things, I could think of, why those freaking memories?

“Unbelievable, Seraphina…” I shook my head.

I halted when I came to see the chamber of Desmond and me which was now his own chamber. I approached it and halted in front of the closed door. I kept fluttering my eyes when my eyes were getting misty for some reason. I also felt a pang of pain as well because this place brought so many memories to me.

I exhaled sharply, wanting to open it to see what it looked like inside. I wonder if Desmond had renovated the chamber since the master’s bedroom was quite vast.

I wondered if this was locked, I thought. I twisted the doorknob and was surprised when I found out that the door wasn’t locked. I closed the door again and turned my head from side to side to see if someone was looking at me or not.

Sighing in relief, I looked at the doorknob again, tempting to open it somehow. I looked around and thought that it was safe to open since no one was coming here. I also knew that Desmond wouldn’t be back soon along with our son.

Probably, they would return before noon.

I attempted to open it again and immediately went inside so no one would suspect that I was there. But I silently cussed because I would only get caught because I would leave my scent here. I need some mint leaves if that happens to hide my scent.

“I should’ve used my bangle before coming here,” I murmured, half-annoyed at my stupidity.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

I turned around to roam my eyes around. I inhaled a sharp breath upon seeing that the chamber hadn’t changed.

I shivered when I went to the vanity mirror seeing all my things were still there. I even checked the wardrobe. My eyes widened because my clothes from seven years ago were still there. I blinked, not believing what I was seeing right now.

Though the sheets in the bed changed as well as the curtains, nothing particular was being moved or removed from here. It was still the same when I left the pack seven years ago.

“He never moved on…” I uttered when the realization hit me.

Here I thought that he forgot about me but I was wrong. I already expected that he had a lover but I was wrong again. I was expecting that all the things were being thrown away by Desmond but I kept having this wrong intuition.

Desmond was the one who couldn’t move. All the things I saw and witnessed here were the signs that he never moved on from me.

But the thing was… how about Hazel and him by that time?

I checked the drawers. My eyes widened upon seeing the citrine engagement ring when Desmond proposed to me. I got teary-eyed when I remembered how he proposed to me at that time.

I remembered that we were arguing about him being jealous when I was on heat at that time and he was being unreasonable by locking me inside his manor, not allowing any man to come in even if that was his youngest brother and his nephew.

***”You cannot keep locking me here, Desmond!” I said in an annoyed tone.

He was unbelievable because he just kicked Declan and Daniel out of the manor because I was in heat right now. Desmond was being possessive because it also affected him. His wolf and he were going insane about my state.

My heat stage hadn’t satiated yet even if Desmond and I had already performed the mating ritual two nights ago. Our mate bond became stronger as soon as we also marked each other.

Desmond scoffed. “I will do what I want. Your scent while in heat is too aromatic, Seraphina. Unmated men would want you!” He clutched his hair. “I also fucking want you more.”

I almost laughed and shivered in delight because he was too possessive right now and had been claiming me so many times. I felt sore already but it was already disenchanted when I had a lukewarm bath this noon.

I huffed and crossed my arms. I ignored him and read the book he taught me when I was learning to read.

“Seraphim… Please don’t ignore me like that,” he pleaded as he sat beside me in the bed.

“I wish to go out…” I frowned and went to the other side of the bed so I could ignore him.

“You can’t. I told you…” He sighed. In my peripheral vision, I could see that he was arguing with his wolf based on how he sighed for the nth time. “You are in heat that will last for five days. Just endure it,” he said after a moment of silence.

I didn’t say anything, still ignoring him. I wanted to torture him a little. I wanted to see him getting impatient because I knew that he wouldn’t like that I was ignoring him.

“Hey!” I growled at Desmond when he stole the book I was reading. “Desmond!” I slapped his arm.

“Is this more important than me sulking here in the corner?” he asked, frowning.

“Yes!” I said, arching my eyebrow. I handed out my hand. “Bestow it back before I will get angry with you, cinnamon.” I emphasized my endearment to him in a sweet but threatening tone.

He squinted his eyes at me. It was obvious that he didn’t like that I was using my endearment to him as a source of threat. But I knew that this was effective because he already returned the book I was reading.

I smiled sheepishly when he settled to the corner and ignored me. I giggled and set aside the book so I could hug him from behind. “Are you sulking for that book, cinnamon?”

He scoffed. “You can go with that book. Let’s see if that book will satisfy you.” I pursed my lips into a thin line because I could tell that he was rolling his eyes right now.

I made him lay on his back before I settled on top of him. Desmond inhaled sharply when I started rubbing my cunt to his bulging trousers. “Well… Would you allow that book to satiate what I felt?” I traced his jaw using my fingertips.

“No… Of course not.” He possessively wrapped his arm around my waist. I smiled after that.

“Then… There is your answer, cinnamon.” I smiled and kissed his forehead.

He purred and sighed. “You really know how to warm me up… I hate it,” he said which earned me a grin.

“You just love me as your mate. Don’t be like that, cinnamon.” I purred and rubbed my nose to his nose.

Desmond grinned and rubbed his nose back before he placed a kiss on my forehead. “I will always love you, Seraphina Beryl.”

I bit my lower lip at the words he uttered. “I love you, too, Desmond Verlice.” I lowered my head so I could kiss him passionately.

But Desmond didn’t kiss me back and distanced my head a little. I frowned, growling angrily at him. He grinned at my response.

“Well, do you wish to be sore more or do you wish for your pussy to rest for the whole day?”

I felt like my cheeks went red right now before I looked away. “Damn you…” I buried my face in the crook of his neck which earned him a chuckle and rubbed my back.

“You know that I cannot halt myself once I kiss you back, seraphim.” He breathed out. He kissed my forehead one more time. “Go and rest for a while, seraphim. I shall wake you up for dinner.”

“But I wish to go out.” He covered me with sheets, arching his eyebrow. “Desmond…” I crossed my arms over my chest. “I swear that if you said another word you would lock me up here, I am going to run away,” I threatened.

“You can’t.” He chuckled. “I will do something if you go out. But for now, rest please?” he said in a soft tone.

I snorted. “Fine…” I twitched my lips to the corner before I opened my arms. “I want to sleep in your arms. Please?”

Desmond’s expression softened. I settled beside me and spooned me from behind. “Rest now before I change my mind that I would fuck you here and now. I might try not to be considerate of your condition,” he said meaningfully.

I chuckled but somehow, I felt hot with that. I slowly succumbed to sleep when he combed my hair. I only woke up when Desmond was waking me up.

“Huh?” He helped me to get up. “What’s the fuss, cinnamon?” I asked, yawning.

“You need to take a bath and change your clothes.”

My heart halted when I sensed panic in his tone. My senses woke up as I glanced at him. “A-Are there any rogues?” I asked when he was leading me to the lavatory. I instantly smelled the apple scent when he was undressing me.

“What? No.” Desmond chuckled.

“Then what?” I looked at him, perplexed.

He smiled and gently pinched my cheek. “Just take a bath and I shall summon the maidservants to help you get dressed. Alright? Then go downstairs. We will do something.”

I blinked when he scooped me up into his arms after undressing me and gently putting me in the tub with lukewarm water.

“Are we going out?” I asked before he was going to leave.

He bestowed me a meaningful stare. “What do you think?” he said in a sing-song voice and left me alone.

I gasped from the realization. We were going out?! I got excited all of a sudden. I finished taking a bath and had Desmond’s maidservants dress me up in a fancy dress. Though it was quite annoying wearing a corset I thought that I was going to use it.

Desmond did nothing but spoiled me even though I was not accepting him as my mate before. We had been through ups and downs before I finally accepted our mate bond.

As I finished dressing up, I went downstairs to see Desmond already dressed up in his fancy suit. He offered his hand to me.

“Shall we, Lady Seraphina?”

I couldn’t help the smile plastered on my lips. “Of course, Marquis Verlice,” I said politely and curtsied before him. I even accepted his hand. “So, why are we heading to Luna’s Garden?” I asked, perplexed.

“Going out,” he answered shortly. My shoulders slumped at his answer. Desmond chuckled seeing my state right now. “I actually prepared something for tonight as you are still not allowed to go out.” He winked.

“What is it?” I asked, frowning.

“You’ll see.”

I only sighed and smiled. “Alright.” I trusted Desmond so I knew that he wouldn’t bore me here out. He had been nothing but a great lover and mate to me so I knew that he wouldn’t do anything that would displease me.

As we arrived in Luna’s Garden, my jaw dropped upon seeing a set of tables and chairs settled in it. There was even food prepared on the table and scented candles all over the garden that reached my nostrils.

“Desmond…” I turned at him to see him pulling out a chair for me.

“Come.” He gestured his head which I only nodded mindlessly.

I smiled from ear to ear when I sat and he was sitting across from me. “So, this is a surprising evening supper?” I asked. “Did you prepare this for me?”

Desmond nodded. “Yes. As you know that you cannot go out, I might as well do something that would somehow entertain you. Did you like it?” he asked nervously.

“Yes,” I answered, smiling. “I love it!” I exclaimed happily.

He released a sigh, feeling relieved. “I’m pleased to hear that, seraphim. Shall we eat?”

I enjoyed having supper with him. After we had our desserts, we talked more and more as we were standing up and looking in the night sky, not until Desmond said something that made my jaw drop.

“C-Come again?” Did I hear him right? Or I heard it wrong…

Desmond nervously sighed before he showed me a ring that had the yellow crystal on it. I gasped when he knelt on one knee before me. “Will you marry me and be my Luna of my pack, Seraphina?” he asked.

“Desmond…” I covered my mouth in shock as he was really proposing to me right now.

His expression softened. “Please spend the rest of your life with me, Seraphina.” His amber eyes were glistening with delighted tears. “I promise that I will be a good husband to you and will be a good father to our future pups.”

I bit my lower lip as I was already crying in happiness. “Yes…” I nodded my head. “Yes, Desmond. I would like to be your wife and the Luna of your pack…” I answered, sniffing.

Desmond gasped before he inserted the ring into the ring finger of my left hand. “Yes! I am finally marrying you!” He held my face and looked at me with so much tenderness. “You will never regret this, Seraphina. You make me the happiest man in the world!”

“Me, too, Desmond.” I held his face as well. “I am lucky that I am marrying you soon.”

He rubbed his nose on mine. “You cannot back down now. You are going to marry me.” I chuckled and nodded.

“Yes. As if I am going to do that.” I grinned.

Desmond also grinned before he lowered his head to meet my lips and claimed it with his possession. I slowly closed my eyes and kissed him back, wanting to let him know what I was feeling for him was the same as his.

I love you so much, Desmond Verlice.***