Cole's POV
I haven't been able to sleep a wink tonight. I'm pretty sure the whole house is sound asleep, but I have just spent my night pacing this bedroom.
My wolf was howling in my head, and I knew that if I didn't go see Lila, it wouldn't stop. But then again, Lila was probably sound asleep like everyone else. Her wolf wasn't out yet, so she wasn't going through it as badly as I was.
That was something that I had to find a way to solve though. The witch had said that for me to live, I had to find my mate, but she never told me what to do when I found out that my mate didn't have an active wolf yet.
I was already about to turn away at first when I found out that she didn't have a wolf, but the witch's words were what kept me at bay. I was just trying to save myself.
But now that I've spoken to her and found out a little bit more about her, I couldn't deny that I liked her. She was sweet, funny, and knew a lot for someone who doesn't have their wolf yet, and that was great.
I was going to have to figure out how to tell my beta and the rest of my pack that the person who turned out to be my Luna didn't have her wolf yet.
Fuck.
At this point, I was just trying to distract myself from the obvious fact that I was craving my mate so badly.
I couldn't get her off my mind, and I also couldn't pacify my wolf who seemed to be unable to rest tonight. It's been pacing, howling, roaring and it's literally taking all of me not to shift right now.
I knew what I had to do though — I couldn't deny that — but would she be willing to do it too?
I mean, with the way she looked at me, she probably would want it…right? I mean, who didn't want to have a night with the Alpha?
But then again, she was not like every other girl. She's the daughter of an Alpha, and being in my midst, she didn't even seem like she could give a flying fuck about who I was or what I had.
She was a very different type of person, and that was very clear to me. Also, she had never been with a man or woman in that way before, so that makes me think she'd be ready to do that now.
There's no way to know that she's not ready except you go and ask her, my wolf growled at me.
"But what if she says no? Or says that she doesn't want to do it right now?" I asked in a panic.
Then your ego will be bruised and we'll both wait for another time. You won't die because she said no, my wolf snapped at me.
"Why don't we just wait for another time?" I suggested, seeing as I was really wary about meeting her.
I can't fucking wait, my wolf roared in my head.
"Okay, okay." I lifted my hands in surrender. "You're never this grumpy. Now I see how you could be when horny."
Shut up and go down to her room. You talk too much for a male. You talk too much for an alpha.
"Fine. I'm going." I snapped and started making my way down to the maid's quarters.
I was told that that was where she slept. That alone was enough proof for me to know that my father wasn't sleeping with her. I knew that man, and I knew he wouldn't stoop so low as to sleep with someone who stayed in the maid's quarters.
Lila's POV
I had been tossing and turning all night with the widest smile on my face. I couldn't stop thinking about the Alps… Cole. If I closed my eyes, I would see his smile, his hands, his perfect jawline, and a wave of heat would wash over me, so to prevent myself from having the wettest dream known to mankind, I've kept my eyes open.
Is that helping though? No. Because now, as I picture his veiny hands, I'm imagining them doing…very questionable things to me.
Ughh. I've never been so battered by a man before, so what the heck was going on?
I was still being caressed by my thoughts when I heard a knock at the door.
"What the fuck?" I whispered to myself as I gathered my thin blanket around myself. It was almost 1am, so who would be knocking on my door at this ungodly hour?
It couldn't be Holly, because she didn't play with her sleep, and it couldn't be Jade either, because she was probably doing… whatever she did with Alpha Vance.
Could it be Nolan coming to try to rape me again just to get revenge on his brother? Fuck.
No. No, no , no.
A sob escaped my throat at the next knock which was a lot louder than the first.
"Lila, are you asleep?" I heard from the door.
That voice. That was Cole and not Nolan.
I jumped up and made my way to the door in a hurry, forgetting that I was only putting on a slightly oversized shirt.
"Hi." I greeted.
"Hey." He said with his hands jammed in his pockets. "May I come in?"
"Yeah, sure." I moved away so that he could come in.
"You look a bit…. shaken up. I hope I didn't scare you."
"Oh. No, I just thought it was your brother. I mean he's attempted to rape me before, so I thought it was him again."
"He's what?" Cole growled and turned to me.
"Don't worry, Cole. It's all in the past now, and you're here so come on. Tell me why you're here."
I led him to the bed and I couldn't help but notice the way his eyes roamed over my body and lingered a bit more on my legs as I moved to have a seat on the bed.