32. His Lying Mouth
AURELIA
| was this close to forgetting how to breathe when | stared into the silver-gray eyes that | used to love... those
eyes that used to makecundone, shattering underneath him while he overpowered my fragile body like-
"Focus, Relia." Inara snapped at me, bringingback to my senses.
"What the hell was that?" | asked my wolf, breaking eye contact with Raiden.
There was something. Something seizedand took control of my mind for a moment. There has to be an
explanation because | didn't want to believe | was just admiring the sman who madeunderstand the
real meaning of emotional torture... | didn't just feel an intense sense of sexual hunger for him.
"Please tellthere was something, Ina." | pleaded with my wolf, staggering away from Raiden.
Inara replied, "He carries a bond you broke, Relia, and what you feel now is the effect of getting close to the
mate bond. You broke it but your body is designed to want it."
Fuck. I've to stay away from him.
He hadoverpowered and completely captivated just by standing close to me. I'd be in trouble if he found out
about how being in close proximity with him affects me. My kids would be at risk...
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"I've to go." | stuttered, mostly to myself but also to Raiden.
"You still haven't answered the question, Aurelia. You can't leave until you provide answers" He chided like he
was the boss of me.
"lI won't say this again, Raiden," | murmured sternly. "Get your lass off the path, Raiden."
"Just answer the question, Aurelia! Dammit!" He almost sounded like he was pleading with me.
Explaining how the assassins he sent afteralmost killedand the twins was stupid. Why should | be the
one to tell him what he did? It wasn't like he lost his memories due to an accident or battling with dementia at
his age.
Yet, | answered his question but | wanted nothing more than to return to my room. To my kids without having to
jump the bones of the man who had betrayed all three of us. "You seriously think | don't know you sent the
assassins after me? You asked them to killand bring my head back to you as evidence to claim a supposedly
hefty price."
"I did no such thing, Aurelia. I'd never!" Raiden denied the obvious truth.
"I don't need you to admit it, Raiden. It's in the past and look, | survived." | shrugged. "You and Larisa failed to
kill me. Let's all move on-"
"Larisa?" Raiden askedlike he
didn't orchestrate the whole thing
with her. For someone who was feared across the realm, he was an idiot. "We didn't try to kill you, Aurelija. In
fact, we were searching everywhere for you."
I chuckled, "Oh, please. You searched forto kill me."
"No. | searched for you to bring you back home. | sent my men out for a whole year and | didn't stop searching
for you even after that." Raiden uttered.
"We both know you were searching forto punishfor rejecting you and leaving your pack. You can't deny
that." I laid out facts.
"Yes, you're right. Punishing you was my initial-"
"I don't want to hear it, Raiden. I've answered your question so get off the path." I let out fiercely.
Raiden argued, "But you aren't listening to me. | never sent assains to kill you and | have been searching for you,
Aurelia. Let's make this work. Let's talk more to resolve the misunderstanding between us. | want you back." He
took a step forward, | took five steps backward.
"You'll never haveback, you lying son of a bitch." | snarled before | could stop myself from making insulting
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"Letprove to you that | didn't do any of those things. Letinvestigate and givea chance. It's all I'm
asking for." He stubbornly pushed his case, taking another step closer to me.
He was beginning to aggravate the anger | had tried so hard to bury. Inara was also snarling within me, making it
hard forto control my rising rage.
"I never stopped looking for you,
Aurelia. Believe me, please." | had
lost count of how many times he had tried to shove that lie down my throat. Even if he was telling the truth It
didn't make any difference because we were done.
Raiden failed to understand that reality because despite my efforts to keep distance between us, he kept moving
closer and the second my back hit the rough bark of one of the trees surrounding us, | chose to fight my way out
of here. "I've changed, Aurelia. I'll keep working-" Raiden began, standing right in front of me.
But | didn't want to hear any more of his lies. | balled my fist as tight as | could and drove it towards my target-
His lying mouth. | missed a little as my fist hit closer to his jaw. Pain shot through my knuckles but heck was it
satisfying to punch the famous Alpha Raiden of dark moon pack...
As a matter of fact, it was addicting and | could see myself doing it again and again... and again.