Chapter 14: Chapter 14: It's a Trap

Alaric POV

She’s been avoiding me for two days. Who am I kidding? I have been avoiding her too. I regret how cruel I was to her, but I don’t regret pushing her away. I can’t fall into the same trap my father did and I know if I do we both will get hurt in the end. Emotionally for sure, and maybe something even worse. She called me out for the coward I am and it hit home. I know I should apologize but it’s probably better if she hates me.

If she knew how she made me feel when I saw her respond when I spanked her. If she only knew how I felt in that moment. I felt the mate pull towards her from the very beginning, but that experience cemented in my mind that no other woman would ever satisfy me again. No other woman would come close to comparing to her.