Free Web NovelChapter 178: Chapter 178
Alexander closed the door of his dorm room and leaned against it with closed eyes, expelling his breath through his mouth. He almost didn’t want to go to bed because he was a little worried about what the morning would bring.
He wasn’t worried about personally getting into trouble, as the mess had nothing to do with him directly but he would still be responsible nonetheless. He fully intended to throw the five idiots under the carriage, the only thing that would make him feel better would be to hear that they had been deported back to their home country and thrown in prison.
"Alexander?" His roommate’s sleepy voice called his name, the unexpected sound sending electricity streaking down his spine.
Fuck - he had thought that keeping his distance from Henri would spare him from the after-effects of his pheromones but he was unlucky even in that regard.
"What are you doing?"
Alexander reluctantly opened his eyes and pushed off from the door, "Nothing important, go back to sleep." He said shortly, beelining straight for his bathroom. He hoped that his easily irritable roommate would listen to him for once - he had been too hopeful.
He heard sheets rustling to indicate that not only was Valentin not listening to him, but he was also getting out of bed. "I woke up to find you gone and now you come back with Henri’s scent all over you, what were you doing?"
Alexander didn’t need to turn around to know that Valentin’s eyes were narrowed suspiciously as he hurried over. Maybe he could duck into his bathroom before the other Alpha got to him, although knowing the other, he would just proceed to bang on the door and possibly pick his lock.
Running away would also mean he was guilty and if he did that Valentin would never let him live it down, so he turned around instead to face the other. "Some helpful students came to inform me that Henri had wandered to Marble Park and fallen asleep there, I had to go deal with that." He said tonelessly, yeah Valentin wasn’t buying any of that.
Valentin propped a hand on his waist, "You’re not even trying to hide it anymore." His hair was wild, nightshirt slipping down a shoulder.
Alexander leaned forward slightly, gaze dark. "Hide what? I have nothing to hide." He pushed his hair back from his face. "Claude is with Henri, if you don’t believe me you can go check his dorm room for yourself." He said shortly, already done with the conversation. "Although I’ll advice you not to." He added, turning around to continue his journey.
Valentin didn’t let this slide, he hurried forward to step in Alexander’s path, righteous anger on his face. "Stop righ-" The rest of his words were cut off when Alexander just sidestepped him and continued walking.
Valentin probably shouldn’t have done it but he was upset with Alexander for not giving him enough ammunition to hate him. Why did he always have to be so tolerant? It made him feel embarrassingly melodramatic.
He caught Alexander by his collar and yanked him back, pulling so hard that it ripped, his buttons popping off. The look in Alexander’s eyes made him realize that he had taken it too far this time, and to make it worse the other Alpha had never lied to him before.
Valentin withdrew his hand shakily and took a tentative step back, "I’m sorry abou-" He started to apologize only to trail off when Alexander started in his direction.
He quickly took several steps back, his eyes wide in apprehension. Was it treason for a commoner to attempt to attack a Prince? He wasn’t going to get thrown in jail, was he?
"I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean- I didn’t..." He stumbled over his words, getting driven to a wall. He stopped retreating when his back came in contact with the wall, dread slowly building in his middle.
Alexander was always mildly considerate no matter what Valentin did or said to him so this was a side of his roommate he had never had to deal with before. He dragged his gaze from Alexander’s bare torso up to his inscrutable expression and dark eyes.
"I’ll sew your buttons back." He said in a rush, shrinking back. He wasn’t that terrible with a needle and it was the least he could do to remedy his hasty actions.
Alexander finally paused at this, a look of contemplation in his eyes. "Fine." He said shortly.
Valentin leaned against the wall with a heavy sigh at that, his head leaning back against the wall. He thought he was a goner for sure there.
Alexander had been about to turn away to continue his journey to the bathroom when Valentin rested against the wall and leaned back his head, exposing his neck. Alexander didn’t remember moving, one moment he was planning to go take that damned cold shower, and the next, he was in his roommate’s personal space.
Valentin gasped audibly when Alexander swooped down on him, a hand possessively holding his waist as he pressed closer, his other hand digging into his hair to tug his head further to the side to expose more of his neck.
Valentin was stunned speechless, his hands up against Alexander’s shoulders but it wasn’t to push him away. Not that he didn’t want to but his brain was currently flatlining, he simply couldn’t think that far.
He quickly clapped a hand over his mouth, muffling the cry that nearly left him when Alexander scraped his teeth down his neck. What... What was he doing?
Valentin didn’t like how weak that left his knees, he had to rely on Alexander pressing him against the wall to keep him upright. He squeezed his eyes tightly shut when Alexander settled on a spot at the curve of his neck to suck on, tears filling his eyes from the electricity that rushed down his spine, making his toes curl.
He whimpered on a shudder when the other Alpha bit him right on the same spot just as deliberately as everything else that he had done, his hand that wasn’t doing a terrible job of keeping his sounds in, clutching at Alexander’s shoulder.
This seemed to snap the other out of whatever had gotten into him because he stepped back, making Valentin slowly open his eyes to stare up at him, leaning heavily against the wall. freёwebnovel.com
Alexander cursed under his breath, making no effort to look away from Valentin whose sleep-rumpled hair was made even wilder by his hands in those dark blond locks, a glassy sinful look in his eyes... Yeah, he should take that shower now before he made things even worse.
Valentin still had a hand over his mouth, silently watching Alexander hotfoot his way to the bathroom. He waited till the bathroom door clicked shut before letting himself slowly descend to the ground, his legs no longer willing to hold his weight up.
What just happened?
