Adonis POV
Days had passed since my last breakdown.
I hadn’t suffered a single health scare, not even a common cold, since Caspian did what he did that night.
I moved faster, sharper, and felt healthier and more comfortable in my own skin.
He had actually succeeded in putting Thalia’s wolf inside of me to sleep, and the most amazing part was that my own wolf abilities stayed completely intact.
He really was an extraordinary healer.
Under normal circumstances, that night would have been something worth remembering, but anytime I thought about the details and how he forced that bitter potion into my mouth by kissing me, I always felt incredibly uncomfortable.
Since then, I’ve avoided Caspian like the plague.
It was fucking ridiculous; I was the Alpha.
If anyone was supposed to feel intimidated or unsettled, it should have been him.
Instead, he moved around as free and careless as the wind.
It infuriated me.
It made me wonder if I was the only one drowning in the aftershocks of what happened.
I threw my head back and groaned as I slid deep into Eris.
At least one area of my life had returned to normal, and that was the sex.
Unlike before, when I couldn’t last long, now I was moving like I had the energy of a hundred men.
I had been thrusting into her for a while now, and Eris hadn’t voiced a single complaint about my performance since the night of my recovery.
I changed positions, flipping her onto her back to take her in missionary style.
She wrapped her legs around my waist and pulled me deeper into her.
“Harder, Adonis,” she moaned.
“I’m close.”
I obeyed her and increased my pace.
I could feel her walls clench tightly around my cock with every hard stroke.
She felt amazing.
Her moans were all I heard, coupled with the slapping of skin against skin.
It felt just like old times.
So why… Why couldn’t I cum?
I tried everything.
I shifted our angles, changed positions countless times, went slow, went deep, went fast, but I just couldn’t cum.
“What’s wrong?” Eris panted, completely out of breath, as she was already close to her orgasm.
“Nothing.
Just take me…” I gritted my teeth, concentrating with everything I had.
I focused on how warm her insides felt, focused on her soft skin and her familiar scent, but nothing took me there.
Failing to reach climax wasn’t the annoying part.
The infuriating part was knowing exactly what I needed to picture to get there.
I tried to resist it.
I growled as Caspian’s face forced its way into my thoughts.
I began to play back that night like a broken record.
The way his tongue had parted my lips, the way his hands grabbed the back of my head, and the way he sighed when our lips met.
My cock finally went rock hard, and a sharp hiss escaped my teeth.
Eris let out a gasped moan as she felt me swell significantly larger inside her.
I took it a step further and imagined the kiss from a different approach; with him on my bed instead of Eris.
I pictured our hands tracing every part of each other’s bodies, and how he would take my throbbing cock inside his mouth.
“OH, FUCK, ADONIS!” Eris cried out as I slammed deep into her.
“Just like that…
yes!”
In my mind, Caspian stared up at me with those piercing blue eyes that infuriated me in ways I couldn’t understand.
I watched as his tongue traced the head of my cock, taking me in like he’d been craving it for years.
His hands held it softly and massaged it along with his tongue.
“Fuck…” I hissed when I felt myself getting closer than I’ve ever been.
“I’m so close, baby…
I’m so close!” Eris sobbed, her nails digging into the skin of my back, and I imagined it was Caspian’s claws digging into me as I slammed into him.
“Yes, fuck me like you hate me, Adonis…” I imagined his sultry voice in my ears.
And almost like a command, I came hard, releasing inside Caspian.
Then, I came back to my senses and blinked once, only to find Eris under me, breathing heavily with a satisfied grin.
“That was unbelievable.
So…
you’ve been holding out on me?” she giggled happily.
What the fuck?
I had finally cum, but instead of feeling satisfied, I was completely confused.
Did I seriously just cum to the thought of that bastard healer?
Did I really picture him lying under me instead of my own woman?
I rolled out of bed, avoiding eye contact with Eris.
“I need fresh air…” I muttered, throwing on my clothes before practically fleeing the room.
I couldn’t believe what had just happened.
I refused to accept it.
This couldn’t be happening to me.
I needed to fucking pull myself together before I completely lost my mind.
As I made my way down to the courtyard, a bunch of greetings were thrown my way by pack members, but I ignored every single one.
Or rather, I refused to.
It had to be a spell, or some sort of black magic.
Because I had never, ever felt any kind of way towards Caspian.
The only emotion I ever had for that man was hate—pure, unadulterated hate.
And hatred didn’t magically turn into lust.
The only reasonable answer behind it was magic.
He had fucking bewitched me!
He had poisoned me, and I needed to get it out of my system now.
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Everyone was engrossed in the beat of the drums as they danced under the full moon.
The moment I finally saw an opportunity to leave Eris’s side, I took it immediately.
My eyes scoured the crowd, desperately searching for silver-white hair and blue eyes among the crowd of pack members who were totally oblivious of the internal battle I was struggling with.
After a while, I sighted a familiar figure beside a tree conversing with one of the palace guards.
I waited impatiently for their conversation to end before trailing him into the shadows.
When he got to an enclosure, I walked faster and pulled him inside it.
He struggled against me at first, but once I revealed myself, his expression shifted into a deep scowl.
“What do you think you’re doing”?
He hissed.
“Have you no respect for your Alpha?”
”Not when he’s trying to kidnap me,” he shot back.
I hadn’t even realized my hands were still wrapped around his waist until he looked down at them.
Clearing my throat, I released him and took a quick step back.
“I needed to speak with you…” My gaze immediately dropped to his mouth against my will.
“…I needed to confirm something.”
Caspian rolled his eyes, and for some absurd reason, that simple gesture sent a sudden spike of heat straight to my groin.
What the hell was wrong with me?
“I thought you had everything perfectly figured out when you kicked me out of your chambers that night?” he grumbled, leaning back against the wall.
“In fact, your performance in bed has obviously gotten better from the looks of it.
The whole pack can hear you and Eris.
She’s always so loud.”
”That wasn’t what I wanted to confirm…” I replied, suddenly feeling breathless.
“Then what is it?
If it’s about the potion, I already told you there aren’t any side effects.
Is that it?”
I didn’t answer, because if I did, I’d lose my nerve.
So instead, I closed the distance between us, and in a reckless and unplanned impulse, I kissed him.
I felt him freeze instantly, and honestly, so did I.
The kiss only lasted for a few seconds before I pulled away, my pulse hammering against my ribs.
“I… I was…”
Before I could finish, Caspian suddenly reached out, pulled me hard by my collar, and smashed his lips back on mine.
“Shut up,” he growled against my mouth, “and kiss me.”