Free Web NovelChapter 66: She’s Asking Questions
Nicholas was in his office when Agnes knocked on his door at midday.
The office was austere in a way that reflected its owner....dark wood paneling, leather furniture, a massive desk organized with military precision. The only personal touch was a landscape painting on one wall, a scene of mountains and a distant fortress that suggested someone who appreciated power and sovereignty.
"Enter," Nicholas commanded.
Agnes stepped inside and closed the door quietly behind her. She moved with the respect of someone who understood hierarchy and deference.
"Report," Nicholas said without preamble.
"She woke this morning," Agnes began. She stood with her hands folded in front of her, her posture impeccable. "Naturally. Without disturbance. She was coherent and aware. More present than in the previous days."
Nicholas leaned back in his chair and listened.
"She ate a full breakfast," Agnes continued. "Her appetite has returned. The dissociation is fading noticeably. Her body is healing well....the bruising is beginning to fade, her movement is less restricted, she reports less pain."
"And her mental state?" Nicholas asked.
"She’s asking questions," Agnes said. "She wants to know what happened. I told her the Alphas would explain when she was stronger. She accepted that, though she wasn’t pleased with the answer."
Nicholas felt Kael stir inside him at the mention of her asking questions. The wolf wanted to go to her immediately. Wanted to answer those questions with his body instead of his words. Wanted to claim her and bind her and make it so she could never question their ownership again.
Nicholas pushed the wolf down.
"She’s not ready for answers yet," he said flatly. "When she’s stronger, when she can have a clear conversation without her body interfering with her mind....we’ll explain. Until then, tell her to rest. Tell her to recover. Tell her nothing."
"Yes, Alpha," Agnes said. "Will there be anything else?"
"Continue monitoring her," Nicholas commanded. "Report any changes. And Agnes....make sure she has everything she needs. Food, comfort, anything that supports her recovery."
"Of course, Alpha."
Agnes bowed slightly and left the office, closing the door with barely a whisper of sound.
The moment he were alone, Nicholas felt the weight of the day pressing down on him.
He’d been awake since before dawn. Hadn’t slept properly in days, every time he closed his eyes, he saw her face. Saw her fear. Saw the moment he’d realized he’d broken something in her that might not be fixable. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
His cock had been hard since sunrise.
It wasn’t going away.
He’d taken a cold shower before dawn, so cold it had felt like his skin might freeze. The shock of it had given him momentary relief, for maybe thirty seconds his body had functioned normally. And then the blood had rushed back, and his cock had hardened again, more painfully than before.
The need was building inside him like pressure behind a dam.
Kael was pacing, restless and demanding. The wolf wanted her. Wanted her with an intensity that went far beyond normal sexual arousal. Wanted her in a way that suggested something deeper, something more fundamental than just lust.
Nicholas tried to focus on his work....estate business, strategic planning, documents that required his attention. But the words on the page swam in front of his eyes. His mind kept wandering to her room. To the knowledge that she was down the hallway, recovering, getting stronger, becoming more present with each passing hour.
He couldn’t work.
He couldn’t think.
He couldn’t do anything except feel the constant ache of his cock and the pressure building inside him that no amount of cold water or logical reasoning could relieve.
Thirty minutes after Agnes left, Nicholas couldn’t take it anymore.
He stood from his desk and locked the office door.
Then he sat back down in his chair and freed his cock from his trousers. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
It sprang free, already leaking precome, already so hard it was painful. The head was flushed dark red, practically purple with need. Just the air on it made him groan.
Nicholas wrapped his hand around himself and stroked.
The sensation was intense, almost too much after hours of restraint. His hand moved slowly at first, letting his body adjust to the stimulation. But within moments, the pace increased. His jaw clenched. His free hand gripped the arm of the chair hard enough that his knuckles went white.
He thought about her.
About the way she’d looked at him that first day. About the fear in her eyes mixed with something else, something that had suggested her body recognized his, recognized the connection between them, even as her mind tried to process what was happening.
About the weight of her breasts in his hands. About the way her pussy had gripped him when he was inside her. About the sounds she’d made....sounds that were part pain, part pleasure, part something he didn’t have a name for.
His stroking became faster, more desperate.
Precome was leaking from him now, mixing with the moisture from his palm, making the friction easier and wetter. His breathing was becoming ragged. His muscles were tensing with the approach of release.
But even as he stroked, even as the pleasure built toward something that might be satisfying, he knew it wouldn’t be enough.
Cold showers hadn’t worked. His hand wouldn’t work. Nothing would work except being inside her.
The thought made him stroke harder.
Faster.
His cock was demanding release with an insistence that bordered on painful. His balls were tight, aching with the weight of days of unrelieved pressure. His body was screaming at him to go to her room. To break through that door. To take what was his and make it so she could never leave him.
Nicholas gritted his teeth against the wolf’s demands and continued stroking.
The pleasure was building toward something....not satisfaction, but momentary relief. A brief respite from the constant ache. He chased it with increasing desperation, his hand moving in a blur, his breathing harsh in the quiet office.
"Fuck," he breathed.
