The Alpha's Omega Mate-Chapter 148: My fault.

~Dahlia’s POV~

At first, the kiss was soft, gentle. Alpha Kai kissed me with a tenderness that made my stomach twist into a knot, his fingers trailing along my face, brushing over my hair... caressing me like I was a piece of fragile porcelain.

But then suddenly, it became fierce. Violent.

Suddenly, the word ’kiss’ became too tame a word to use in describing what he did to me. Alpha Kai devoured my mouth like owned me, completely possessing me in ways that made my knees turn to jello.

He kissed me with just as much intensity as I always imagined he would— rough, wild and with unbridled passion. He kissed like a man starving, his tongue claiming every inch of my mouth while I could do nothing but try to match his pace— though he didn’t make that easy for me as well.

His grip on my chin slackened long enough for his hand to trail down to my throat and then his fingers stopped and his grip tightened... and... heavens! I couldn’t help the moan that left my lips.

"Fuck it, Dahlia!" He groaned just as he pulled back and I watched every heave of his chest, and every conflicting emotion fleeting across his eyes as he ran his fingers over his now swollen lips.

"I know I shouldn’t have done that," he murmured mostly to himself, "But bloody Tartarus be damned, I want to do it again."

His words made a tremor run up my spine and I ducked my head— mostly because I wanted to hide the blush now creeping along my cheeks. My body hummed with a strange electric current, every inch of me pulsing with the need to have him pressed against me again... to have his tongue buried deep into my mouth again.

I gave a flirty smile— or so I thought— as I dropped my voice and whispered; "If you want to, so why don’t you do it already?"

It took a moment for my words to sink into Alpha Kai’s head, and I knew exactly when it finally happened because then he drew in a deep breath, his gleaming red eyes widening as he regarded me with interest.

"You and I know that I won’t be able to control myself if I do. You’re my mate, you know..." he trailed off, suddenly shaking his head. "Don’t mind me."

But I did mind him. And I wanted to tell him that I wouldn’t mind if he kissed me one more time.

However, I didn’t do that and simply nodded in feigned understanding as I dropped my head, because godforsakenArtemis! If I looked into those eyes one more time, I’ll be the one jumping his bones!

I could hear every ragged breath that left his lips, could feel the rise and fall of his chest as he stared down at me. A maniacal kind of darkness swirled in his eyes when he gazed down at me, and I froze, surprised at the weird amount of desire I could feel oozing off of him like waves in the ocean.

His desire was palpable, I could taste it, see it, feel it. We were so close to each other, it was almost like we were breathing the same air, feeling the same emotions.

All it took for his mouth to come crashing down on mine was one wrong- or right- move; But he didn’t take it. Instead, he played with the tips of my hair, his chest rising and falling as he tried to catch his breath.

Just when I thought he would make the move, he closed his eyes and took a slow step backwards. The sudden distance he put between us hit me square in the centre of my chest and I squeezed my eyes closed, refusing to let him see the extent to which his actions affected me.

"Just so you know, I wasn’t angry when you went for a walk earlier..." he began to say again, snapping me out of my trance, and like someone in a daze, I looked up at him— at his gleaming eyes and smiled.

"I know now."

"I was worried. I know I shouldn’t apologize for this but I am really really sorry. I’m sorry for making you feel caged. I don’t know how life at Shadowfang must’ve been for you, but I’m sorry for making you ever think you are going to re-experience something just as bad as what you must’ve gone through there..."

"Are you practically apologising for worrying about me?" I cocked my eyebrows at him, scoffing jokingly when he smirked.

"Maybe."

I playfully smacked his arm then, a free laugh escaping my lips as I shook my head at him. "That’s outrageous."

"You know I can be anything for you... even outrageous." He retorted, making the blush spreading across my cheek to burn even hotter.

"Eww!" I groaned, facepalming myself.

Gosh, I didn’t even wait to hear what else he had to say as I rushed into the house and up to my room, and as I went, I didn’t miss the way he chuckled richly behind me, his deep laughter following behind me like a large shadow.

I didn’t stop smiling as I made my way into the house, but as soon as I arrived at my room and shut the door behind me, my smile dropped, my heart fell to my stomach and every ounce of excitement I once felt drained out of me like a spoiled sewage system.

My eyes darted around the room skeptically then fell on Amara who stood at the centre with tears streaming down her now blotchy face. She cried; "Mommy, where were you?!" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

For some reason, my heart raced in my chest, even my hands shook with emotions barely contained and fear like no other gnawed at my bones.

At first, I wanted to shake off her behavior as her usual weird attitude whenever Alpha Kai and I were in close proximity, but right now, I couldn’t. I knew deep down that something was wrong.

So with this thought, I slowly crouched in front of her and carefully began to pull her closer to my body. I had feared that she wouldn’t want me to touch her in this state but I was wrong, for as soon as I opened my arms, she rushed into them, burying her face into the crook of my neck as she sobbed uncontrollably, her chest heaving as her sobs wracked through her tiny frame.

I gently ran my hands along her hair, whispering sweet nonsenses into her ear. It took a long time for her to finally calm down, and when she did, I pulled away carefully, draping both of my arms on her tiny shoulders as I said;

"I went for a walk because I had a bad dream, can’t. I never left you, you know I never would."

Amara nodded her head quickly in understanding but I didn’t miss the way she still trembled slightly. I also didn’t miss the weird coldness in her hands and the small tear on her dress’ hem.

"What happened?"

Somehow, I had half expected her to tell me about how she’d gone to look for me, or perhaps how she’d woken up to find me missing. However, none of these prepared me for what she said next, and I found myself freezing in shock and more shock as more words slipped out of her mouth.

She said; "I didn’t see you when I woke up so I went to look for you."

"Okay?"

"You remember that room we went to hide that day? That one we found that woman sleeping in?" She asked and slowly, I nodded as I felt the beginnings of dread seep into my veins.

"Yes?"

"I went there."

I froze. "Were you caught? Did Alpha Kai punish you for it?" I asked quickly, but as soon as I did, she instantly shook her head, and I couldn’t help but feel my chest tighten even more as more tears slipped down her cheeks.

"No one caught me. I touched the woman... but mommy it wasn’t my fault. I didn’t mean to. I thought you went there so I did too. And when I entered, I don’t know why but—"

"Amara, stop beating around the bush and talk to me!" I yelled in frustration, shaking her slightly. "What exactly happened afterwards?"

I felt bad when she flinched in fear, felt worse when she cried even more. But do you know what killed me the most?

When I felt the tremor run up her spine.

Something happened... I could feel it. And it is my fault! If I hadn’t left the house then all of this wouldn’t have happened.

"S-she opened her eyes." She whispered, and as soon as she did, a weird kind of chill spread throughout my body.

Nonono! That cannot be true. It cannot be real. "She did what?" I asked, my heart racing especially as Amara cried harder.

"S-he o-opened her eyes." Amara said again, hiccuping, and my heart dropped.

What the actual heck—?