DAY WITH HIM

I awoke to the sun shining in on my face, I turned on my side to see Tristian’s side of the bed empty. I frowned and ran my hands through my hair sighing. Tristian walked into the room carrying a tray of food, he placed it on my lap as I eyed him suspiciously.

"What's all of this?" I looked at the food.

"It's your breakfast so eat up," he chuckled.

I picked up a piece of toast starting to eat slowly, He smiled and made his way over to the window. He glanced off into the distance, it was quiet for a while before I turned my attention back to him.

"Why did you choose me as your queen? I have no idea how to rule."

He sighed, "It's not your job to rule. It’s my job to make sure that my people get what they need. It is your responsibility to provide me with a child."

“We have to work as a team. You can’t expect me to be seen and not heard.”

He smiled shaking his head, "you can, and you will. Don’t make me angry, Eden."

I finished my breakfast and got out of bed. “I’m done, thank you.”

He walked towards me pulling me into his arms. “You have to eat more if you’re going to carry my child. You’re too thin.”

I pushed him away from me, “if you have all these concerns about me, why choose me? You can be with someone else, Tristian.”

“That’s Alpha or King to you. Just because you’re my soon-to-be wife doesn’t mean that you stop respecting me.”

I rolled my eyes, “yes alpha.”

He grabbed my chin forcing me to look at him, "spend the day with me."

“I was going to spend today with Elizabeth.”

He growled, “that wasn’t a request. It was an order, and you will spend the day with me. I told you, if you make this hard for me, I will do the same to you.”

“So, I have to follow all these orders but what do I get in return?” I was growing frustrated with his attitude already.

"I won’t touch you until our wedding night. That’s only unless you ask me to. Now, be ready in an hour and meet me downstairs," he left the room without another word.

I ran my hands through my hair and walked towards the bathroom to shower. Walking into the bathroom I turned on the shower, running the water half hot and half cold. I tested the water with my hand before stripping and stepping in, I sighed in relief at how wonderful the water felt on my skin. I leaned against the shower wall and closed my eyes, I thought about the wedding in a few days. It was all so much to take in, but I told myself once again it was something I had to do. I knew that I had to either marry Harry or Tristian and I didn’t want to marry a man who was twice my age. I should be happy because this is what my mother wanted. She wanted me to be with the king and she was going to get her wish. I knew that she was going to receive the news soon and then Tristian would move them here. I was happy to know that my sister would have a better life. There were plenty of children her age and she would never go hungry. She would have everything she needed here, and I should be grateful for that.

I grabbed my shampoo and started to wash my hair. If being with the alpha meant sacrificing for my family, I would. I sighed, washing the shampoo out of my hair. I realized I wasn’t being grateful by giving him a hard time. I grabbed my body wash and started to wash my body. I was doing the right thing for us to survive, and I should know the feeling because my mother had to do it for us. I stayed in the shower for a while longer before stepping out and wrapping a towel around myself. I walked into the bedroom and rummaged through the drawer to find something to wear. I came across a mid-thigh sundress and decided that it would be perfect for today. I pulled the dress over my head and grabbed the lotion off the dresser to lotion up. I was happy to know that my things were brought here from my bedroom. There were also new clothes that were very nice. These were dresses and shoes that I dreamed of owning. I sat on the bed and rubbed lotion on my legs and arms, I looked at the clock I had fifteen more minutes before I had to meet Tristian. I grabbed my red sandals and slipped them on, as I walked over to the mirror to do my makeup. I never wore makeup until I came here. Elizabeth shared some with me and I appreciated it. I grabbed my eyeliner and lined my bottom lid; I applied some mascara and red lipstick to my lips. I checked my face in the mirror and ran my hands through my wet hair. I checked the clock and headed out the room and down the stairs to see Tristian sitting on the couch. Just as I reached the last step his head snapped up and our eyes met, I licked my lips and looked away as he walked towards me.

"You look nice,” he smirked offering me his hand.

I smiled and looked over his attire, he was dressed in jeans and a white t-shirt. I suddenly felt overly dressed, I looked down in embarrassment. I heard him chuckle before we headed out of the house. I didn’t know where we were going because he didn’t tell me.

As we made our way into the village, we walked in silence until Tristian cleared his throat.

"Your family will be here in two days, and they already have a nice house."

I nodded my head and looked at the footprints my sandals left on the dirt trail.

We continued to walk in silence until we came across the most beautiful flower field I had ever seen. There were flowers of every color and a gazebo with flowers tied around it. Stepping closer to the gazebo I smiled, this was such a beautiful peaceful place.

"It's so beautiful here," I whispered staring at the beautiful colored flowers that grew around us.

“It’s only like this during the spring but it’s pretty during Autumn too.”

Taking my hand, he led me to the gazebo, the weather was nice and warm. It was around two in the afternoon; my heart was pounding realizing that the day was passing by so quickly. He pulled me against his body and slowly started to dance with me, I looked down at my feet embarrassed. I was always a bad dancer, ever since I was a little girl.

“I don’t want to make things hard for you. I’m nervous and I have no idea what I’m doing. This is a big change for me and it’s not what I was expecting. But I want what’s best for my family and I know that you can offer that to me.”

He smirked, “yeah. I can give you whatever you want. But you have to return the favor, Eden.”

“So, does this mean that you love me, or am I just a breeder to you?”

“I don’t love. Romance is something that I don’t do. I want a breeder and unfortunately, I have to have a mate for that. Don’t get too caught up in that though. You’ll be too busy for it anyway.”

I stepped away from him slowly, “why are you trying to destroy my life? I don’t understand you at all.”

“Are we going over this again?”

“You never answered the first time I asked,” I crossed my arms over my chest. “Look, I understand that you want a breeder, but this is not what.”

“Didn’t you say that you would sell your virginity if you had to, to provide for your family?” He asked cutting me off.

“Yes, but I.”

“But nothing, Eden. You are doing just that. You are giving me something in exchange for your family to be taken care of. I highly doubt you want to continue to let your sister suffer, right? Were you telling the truth or were you just saying that to sound tough?”

“I meant what I said.”

“Well, act like it,” he smirked leaning against the gazebo.

“Stop crying about becoming my mate and deal with it. Stand on what you said and be a big girl. Unless you only care about yourself. If you don’t care about your sister walk away now. You can leave and I won’t stop you, but this will prove that your words hold no honesty or power. You are not devoted or loyal to your family like you say.”

I hated to admit it but what he was saying was true. All I was doing was complaining and trying to escape my duty. I would die for my sister and that was true. I was devoted to my family but every time I denied him, I was showing that I wasn’t.

“It’s up to you, Eden. You can marry a man who is twice your age. You can become his breeder and be forced to fulfill his desires.” He smirked, “or you can fulfill mine. I have more money than he has, and I can ensure your family’s survival. I can ensure that your sister is married off to someone of your choosing but you can’t do that. It is your decision to make so make it now. Because once you choose, I don’t want to hear you deny what’s going on anymore.”

“I’ll marry you but that doesn’t make me happy about it.”

He smirked, “you don’t have to be happy. Give me what I want and stay out of my way.”

The day was relaxing, and I enjoyed being outside seeing the village. We made our way up to bed silently, just the thought of sharing a bed with a man made me nervous. I walked up the stairs to the bedroom as he followed closely behind me. I walked into the bedroom and over to the dresser to get something to sleep in, grabbing some pajamas I walked into the bathroom to put them on. Tristian walked into the closet to change clothes. I stared at myself in the mirror trying to relax.

“It's just a man Eden, it's just a man.”

I closed my eyes and sighed taking my clothes off and pulling my pajama shirt over my head. I pulled my pajama pants up, taking one last look in the mirror before opening the door to the bathroom. I looked at Tristian and gulped, he was shirtless in bed with his pajama pants hanging low on his hips. My eyes traced every inch of his chest, every single muscle I could lay my eyes on.

He looked at me, "you see something you like?"

I looked down at my feet avoiding eye contact with him as I climbed into bed. “Good night,” I mumbled turning away from him.

He grabbed my hips pulling me closer to his body as he nibbled on my ear, kissing from my ear to my neck and back up.

“You said that you wouldn’t touch me without my permission.”

He groaned, “I haven’t had a woman in my bed in a while and you want to ruin the fun.”

“What fun, you can’t take my virginity?”

He smiled climbing on top of me kissing my lips, trailing kisses to my jawline down to my neck. My mind was racing, it felt so good, but we couldn’t. He settled in between my legs as he started to make slow thrusts, that matched the rhythm of his kisses. I bit my lip to silence the moans that threatened to escape my lips. Who knew that it could feel this good with clothes on?

He groaned and sucked on my bottom lip, "I don’t care about rules, Eden. I will fuck you tonight and you will love every bit of it.”

I gasped when I felt him grab my breast. “Tristian, stop. I don’t want to.”

He looked up at me and his eyes were green. He growled loudly pinning my hands above my head. “You can’t keep denying me. Four days, Eden. In four days, I can fuck you whether you want me to or not.”

I closed my eyes tight and whispered for him to stop again. He climbed off me and I opened my eyes to see him walking into the bathroom. He slammed the door closed and I grabbed the blanket yanking it towards my chest. How could I take another four days of this?

TRISTIAN

I stepped into the shower and let the cold water run on my body. I knew that my wolf was trying to take control and I couldn’t let him. I couldn’t take her tonight because it was against the law. I had to mark her first and I couldn’t do that without everyone seeing. I had never been like this before with any girl. Why was I losing control?

“She’s tempting.”

I growled, “shut up, Knox. You can’t mate with her yet and you know that.”

“You humans and your rules. I always found it disgusting and a waste of my time. Besides, you want her just as badly as I do. If you can’t bring yourself to do it, allow me.”

“Why? You’ll kill her and you know it.”

“You’re the one that chose a virgin,” he chuckled.

“You wanted her too,” I sighed leaning against the wall.

I heard him chuckle before he vanished from my mind. I was relieved that he was gone because I needed time to fix my issue. I stared down at my erection that was painfully standing at attention and leaking pre-cum. I cursed under my breath and gripped myself stroking slowly. When did I have to succumb to self-pleasure?