SIX

Val's pov

"You need to learn how to control your emotions,"Sebastian all but growled once we were alone in what I assumed was his bedroom. I didn't have time to look around before my glare was brought to his face. He made it hard to not be mad at him. "You can't go around and allow that to happen."

"I couldn't control it, I'm sorry I've never had magical powers before," I seethed through my teeth. "And you didn't help, you just kept testing my nerves." I huffed out, biting my tongue from saying anything more before I got into too much trouble. I mean, I would be Luna, so he couldn't really punish me. Right?

"Testing your nerve- you were testing me!" He let out a sarcastic chuckle that was cold and matched his angry stare. "You are going to learn a lot while you're here... and you better eat when he brings in the food."

"I'm not hungry!" I finally yell, letting my anger out at him. He tensed and his eyes darkened as he looked at me. I was breathing heavily and my wolf was showing as well. We both stood tall, standing our ground against each other. I wasn't hungry, and he didn't get that. I didn't want him to make me a plate, I didn't need him to get someone else to get me food, because I wasn't hungry.

"Valerie," his voice was deep and thick as he took a step closer. There was the sound of need in his voice, and I hadn't realized that I was taking a step closer to him until I stood in front of his chest. We were both still fuming, breathing heavily and glaring at each other.

However, being this close just surrounded me in his scent, and the anger felt like a different type of passion. I suddenly wanted to jump him, my anger turning to sexual tension and I could tell the same was said for him as he narrowed his eyes on my lips.

My body acted on instinct and fueled by my emotions, I brought my arms up and wrapped them around his neck slowly, running my fingers through his hair and pulling lightly. My wolf was pretty much clawing to get out, but I ignored her.

Sebastian tensed even more as my hands touched him and although I could feel the sparks coursing through my veins at the littlest touch of him, he seemed as if I were burning him. His eyes had a dangerous look in them and he was scowling again at me. He slowly brought his head down and I closed my eyes, expecting to feel his lips on mine. But it never came.

"Eat your food," he said in an almost throaty growl before he pulled himself from my grasp. My eyes flung open and I watched his back as he stalked over to the door and flung it open, exposing Ozzie. He didn't even stop to say anything else, just kept walking.

"Asshole!" I growled out behind him, and I kind of expected him to come back, but he just stomped off. He made me so mad.

"Val," I blinked and looked to Ozzie, who was closing the door and walking over to me, looking cautious. "Are you... are you okay?"

I took a moment to reel in my anger before I turned to him with a nod. "I'm sorry," I mumbled to him and once again took a seat on the bed. "He just...makes me so aggravated."

He took a seat beside me on the bed, placing the plate in between us. "Val," he grabbed one of my hands and I brought my complete attention to him, letting his calm scent and presence overwhelm me. "You can't test his wolf like that... he was going to mark you if he hadn't stopped himself."

His eyes flashed as he said that and I could tell he was trying his best to hide his emotions, but the jealousy was spewing through his voice. Along with a bit of desperation.

"Fine," I huffed out with a nod and gave his hand a squeeze. At this point, all I wanted to do was to cuddle into him and fall asleep, but knew that was impossible. If Sebastian smelt him all over me... I didn't even want to think about what he would do. "What are we going to do, Ozzie? Run away?"

I said it was a joke, but also not. It might be our only chance, but then again on the likely chance we get caught he would be killed and I would still be with Sebastian.

"We can worry about all of that later, for now you need to eat and then rest," he said softly, nodding over to the plate that he made me. I looked down at it and my heart warmed a little at the sight. He had been preparing my meals for me since the day I met him and he had put a lot of my favorites on it. I gave him a smile and with my free hand began to take a few bites at a time. He grabbed a piece of some of the ham and took a bite.

"Hey, I thought this was my food," I said to him with a joking scowl.

He gave me a daring look before taking another bite. "I'm sorry, Luna, what are you going to do about it?"

I raised an eyebrow at him before leaning over and taking a bite of the food from his hand. "I'll have to punish you next time," I say as a mock warning, smiling playfully at him.

His eyes flashed red and I noticed how closed I had leaned over to him. "I think I'd like to be punished by you," he mumbled to me, although his eyes were locked on my lips. As much as I wanted to taste his lips again, I slowly leaned back before either of us acted on these feelings. I was suddenly feeling hot and flustered.

"Um, Val, can I trust you to eat this food?" He asked me and he stared at me with want, but seemed to be inching away from me. I tightened my grip on his hand, a whimper escaping my mouth at the thought of him leaving. "I don't know if I can control myself being this close to you right now, Val." He brought his other hand to place it gently on my face.

I leaned into his touch and felt so content in this moment. My wolf was at peace, reaching out and connecting with his wolf at this moment as well. I really didn't want him to leave, but understood it was for the best.

"Okay," I say simply, but don't lift my head from his hand. He stared at me with a sad look before he leaned over and placed a light kiss on my forehead. He lingered for a moment before pulling away from me completely, taking the feeling of burning heat with him.

He walked over to the door, but before he exited he turned to me. "No matter what happens, I will fight for you. I want you to be mine- I need you to be mine." He mumbled, meeting my gaze for a moment before he left and closed the door. I could sense him just outside of the room and I assumed he was on guard duty for me.

As I moved the food around on my plate, I sighed out. I don't know how much of this I could handle.

*

"Valerie," I heard a deep voice lulling me out of my sleep. I was too tired and it felt too early, so I simply grumbled and snuggled more into the warmth that I was laying on. After a moment, I felt the warmth being yanked from underneath me and I rolled into the blankets. "Wake up."

The voice brought shivers up and down my spine and even as tired as I was, my body and wolf were reacting to this voice and wanted to get up. I leaned up in the oh-so comfortable bed and looked around the room I was in. This was definitely not my bedroom. Where was... my thoughts cut off as I stared up at the god-like creature that stood above me.

Memories from last night flooded my brain as I stared up at his cold figure. Sebastian. He already had his eyes lowered on me and I tried to hold my glare on his face, although my eyes kept glancing at his bare chest. I had a feeling that was the warmth that I had been laying on last night.

"Sebastian," I said in a low voice and I saw him tense and his eyes darkened. I remember falling asleep in bed last night, but he wasn't there. I was kind of surprised that he was here now. "When did you come back?"

He didn't reply, instead simply tugging the blankets away from me. "Get up, we have to make the bed."

"Sheesh," I mumbled and slowly crawled my way out of bed. This was not how I was expecting to be greeted. At least he's not trying to mate and mark with me. "I've never made my bed before."

"Like I said last night, there are certain things you will learn..." his voice trailed off as I stood on the ground and began stretching. I looked over at him and saw he was eyeing me with a certain hungry look. "What are you wearing?"

I looked down at my outfit, seeing that I was wearing one of his white buttoned-up shirts and a pair of his boxers. I looked through all of his drawers and this was the best I could find. "I needed something to sleep in. It looked the most comfortable." I said with a shrug and gave him a look. "Is there an issue-" my eyes trailed down his chest and as I glanced lower I saw something poking up in his sweatpants. "Oh."

"Valerie," my eyes shot up to his gaze and he had a warning look in his eyes, "I suggest you get changed before I take you on the bed right now."

Part of me wanted to test him; that was the bond part talking. Instead, I gave him a nod and grabbed my dress that I had worn yesterday and went to go get changed in the bathroom. When I came back out, he had already made the bed and was sitting on the side of it when I came back. He didn't even look at me, simply staring at the ground.

I walked over to him with his clothes in my hand and placed them on the bed beside him. "Sorry for-" I started to say but suddenly he had pulled me by the waist and had me straddling his lap. My breath caught in my throat as I stared at him, feeling like fire was igniting in my body wherever he touched. I could feel the want that he had for me, and I felt it welling up in me as well. My wolf pushed to get out, but I held her back. I knew she would mate with him immediately.

He didn't say anything, just simply stared at me, looking at me with such an emotion that I couldn't decipher it. "You make me crazy," he finally murmured. I blinked at him, not sure how to take it.

"I can say the same about you," I pointed out, thinking back to last night.

"That's not what I meant," he grumbled at me, giving me a glare before he moved his face closer to mine. I could feel my heart beat quicken and thought he was going to kiss me, but instead he ducked his head and placed it on my neck. "Your voice, your scent, your body... Goddess it's driving me insane. You have no clue how hard it is to control myself around you." As he spoke, his lips graced my skin, making me feel tingly.

I was surprised at his words, not having expected to come out of him. This might be his wolf talking, but I still liked it. I was close to telling him he didn't have to hold back, but caught myself. What about Ozzie?

As if to break the moment between Sebastian and I, a muffled sound came from outside the door. Him and I both looked over to it, as the sound happened again, then again a few moments later. "What is-"

Sebastian had already moved from underneath me, moving me behind him as he walked over to the door. The sound was kind of loud and kind of... familiar? I tried to think about where I had heard this sound before.

As Sebastian opened the door I was hit in the face with Ozzie's rainy scent. As I peaked out from behind Sebastian, I could see that Ozzie was sitting leaned against the wall next to the door, sleeping peacefully. He let out another snore and it almost made me smile at the familiar sound, but I stopped myself.

"Oswald," Sebastian said as he leaned down and shook Ozzie's shoulder. Ozzie's eyes shot open and he jumped up, looking around as if in panic before his eyes settled on Sebastian then I. It hurt my heart when I looked at him and just wanted to curl into his arms, but I knew that would never be possible again. "Did you stay there all night?"