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I could feel the air sizzle as the two of us stood there with our eyes locked. I felt my wolf stir anxiously inside me while a strange fire burned into his eyes. The more I look at him, the more my heart threatened to dig its way out of my chest.

Just being in the same room with him charged the air with so much tension, I could hardly breathe it.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him grimly. Something flickered in his eyes before he stalked towards me. I wanted to turn around and instantly run but I didn't. Although it took me all the self-control not to run and keep my eyes locked with his.

"This is my wing," He finally answered. Suddenly, everything made sense to me. I felt stupid all of a sudden for not having noticed the royal emblem on his door. "So, I ought to ask you what you are doing here,"

"I..." I trailed off, looking behind him to see if that man was still there. He was the one who led me here but who was he? As far as I could tell from the way he was dressed, he seemed like someone important because his clothing matched that of Ezekiel and I was certain that he wanted me to follow him but where was he now?

While I had been searching for that man, Ezekiel stole the opportunity to get closer to me. His intense burning eyes left my face momentarily before they traveled all over my body. I felt a shiver run down my spine when his eyes darkened even more and a guttural look climbed on his face.

I wanted to step away from him but it was too late because he had already cornered me. My back was pressed against the wall while he stood in front of me, towering over me.

"You came here because?" He pressed as he closed the remaining distance between us while I stood there, gawking like a fish that has been left outside of water. "You wanted to see me?"

"Don't be ridiculous Ezekiel. You know I want to do nothing with yo—"

"Then why are you here?" He snapped and in the next second, he had me pinned against the wall with his body. His hot breath was teasing my lips and my neck.

"Because I saw someone sneaking in here, now get off my face!" I growled in his face, finding it hard to fight the sparks that were already teasing my self-control. I was sure that if I spent more time here with him alone then I might end up doing something stupid but it seemed like he wanted me to do something stupid.

"You're lying," he gritted in my face but he didn't move an inch.

"Get off me, Ezekiel," I gritted back at him, glaring him in the eyes but oh, he took it as a challenge.

"Why are you doing this, Celeste? After all this time! I thought we were making progress. What's the problem?"

"The problem?" I snapped, "It's the fact that you live in delusion. If you think that I would still want to be with you then that's the problem. If you think that I will just become one of the girls in your harem then that's the problem—"

"When did I say that I want to make you like one of them?" He snapped back. At this, I was caught off guard but before I could think of something to say back, his lips were already so close to mine, almost brushing.

"I just want you like a mate. How hard is that to understand?" He muttered against my lips before a firework of sparks exploded as he pressed his lips against mine and kissed me so possessively.

My heart stopped beating for once and my stomach twisted. It felt as if we were kissing for the first time because my body and my wolf were reacting to him in such a way. I wanted to fight him but I found myself just melting into his arms like ice.

He parted my lips and his tongue speared into my mouth before colliding with mine, pulling a moan out of my lips. I didn't realize that I was shaking as I kissed him back with the same possessiveness. Even though I was trying to push him back, my whole being wanted him and this was what was making me afraid. What if I just gave in to this and he reverted back to his old ways?

Though no matter what, I couldn't stop kissing him even though I wanted to. He was holding the back of my head firmly anyway while his other hand rested on my ass, his fingers digging into my flesh.

My arms were wrapped around his neck while our chests were pressed together. The kiss deepened as the moments passed, the air thickened with tension. I could feel it running through my body and for a moment, it felt like I was going to explode.

At first, I felt this pressure in my chest but soon, it evolved into something else. In the next moment, Ezekiel's mouth left mine before he was being thrown off onto the opposite wall like a rag doll.

I didn't know what happened but all of a sudden the blood flowing through my veins felt like lava instead. I stood there with wide eyes watching him struggling to get up at first. Bewilderment and hurt hung on his face as he stood up and looked at me.

"What was that, Celeste?" He asked me grimly.

"I... I don't know," I whispered, still feeling all that power charging through my veins. What was happening to me? What was it? I couldn't tell. I had never felt like this before and this was scaring me.

"What do you mean by you don't you?" He pressed, "You threw me off. What has taken over you, Celeste?" As he said that, I felt another surge of power wash over me and it was making me feel at the edge. I was afraid all of a sudden of doing something that I might regret later so without answering him, I turned on my heels and ran away from there.

I heard him shout something behind me but I didn't give heed to it. My main focus was to somehow run away from him because I was scared. I wasn't scared of him. I was scared of myself all of a sudden.

Tears were streaming down my face as I struggled to find my way back to the harem. After some struggling, I finally managed to find my way back with the help of a eunuch who had been sent to look for me.

As soon as I was back in the harem, I saw that man again. It made my heart stop beating. I blinked several times to make sure that I was actually seeing him. The more I looked at him the more it felt like I was losing my mind.

I decided to just ignore him and go back into my room and sleep it off. Though I was not sure if I would be able to sleep with my heart pounding in my chest.

Meanwhile, that man followed me.

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