A Luna for Alpha Kieran-Chapter 132: Touch

[ Skarthheim Territories ]

Autumn’s paws pounded the ground once...twice...and then faltered mid stride.

Her limbs twisted. Bones snapped and rearranged. The rhythm of the shift was familiar... like her usual transformations but it was unwelcome. Autumn most definitely did not initiate the shift.

A sharp cry escaped her lips as she changed back to her human form...not by choice, not by someone else’s command. It was like her body had been pulled back. Hijacked.

She collapsed to her knees, naked again, skin flushed, hair wild and damp from sweat. Her chest heaved as her human form settled in. The dusty earth and dried twigs clung to her calves. The bark of the tree behind her bit into her spine.

"What the hell!!!" she whispered looking around...almost surprised.

The moment she looked up... there he was... the strange savior... the enemy of her enemy... smirking down at her.

He was still standing on the same spot.

But impossibly closer now.

It kind of felt like the forest bent around his steps. Like space itself retracted for him. Shadows slithered along the bark near his boots, and the leaves didn’t so much rustle...but shivered because of his presence.

Autumn scrambled to her feet, rage prickling beneath her skin. She turned to run... But his hand caught her wrist.A bit rough, a little too firm.

Then he yanked her gently...almost reverently...until her back slammed into the tree trunk.

The bark dug into her spine. He was right in front of her again. Caging her without touching her. One palm beside her head. The other was still loosely holding her wrist.

Autumn’s breasts rose and fell between them,as her breathing became slowly heavy.

She couldn’t even look at his face anymore. Her body was burning as if electrocuted with live wire.

His eyes travelled across her collar bones, stopping a bit too long over her hardened baby pink nipples and then sweeping down her carves around the hip, only to take a dip down the navel.

Autumn was breathing so loud, she herself was literally annoyed with the sound of it. But he was surprisingly calm. Like he didn’t breathe at all.

He traced her bikini line with his eyes as Autumn crossed her legs and clenched too tight, only to stop herself from feeling that phantom pleasure... the simulation of a touch that was not.

She could feel the goosebumps stand up on her arms, thighs and back... but there was nothing she could do about it. She couldn’t even scream or shout. Because he wasn’t actually doing anything... it was her... it was all in her head.

Or so she thought.

She felt that slithering sensation as his eyes crawled back up the same route that it had descended... only to skid to a halt when he reached her tiny mole... The one just above her lips, left... very very small... but if anybody was paying good attention, it looked remarkable.

Then his head moved. He leaned forward, his stance became a little tilted as he positioned his head at an angle.

He closed the gap with agonising slowness.

Autumn shut her eyes tight...too tight...squeezed them...but then...Nothing.

He did not kiss her.

But his face hovered there... breath mingling with hers... lips close enough to feel the ghost of heat... eyes hooded, mouth parted. Just a breath away. The air between them thickened...sweet...like molasses.

It even seemed like the air hummed.

He could have most certainly kissed her... there was nothing between them to stop that from happening... even though Autumn would hate to admit.

And fuck!!!Heavens help her...she felt like a part of her wanted him to.

She slowly opened her eyes, the haze still lingered for a few seconds when suddenly she thought she saw his face... Kieran’s... instead of the strange man’s.

She immediately shoved him hard.

He stumbled back half a step...or pretended to...but that infuriating smirk never wavered.

"Don’t you fucking dare....Stop messing with my head, " she hissed, fire back in her eyes, voice laced with venom. "Don’t you dare try to drag me into your sick games. Manipulate me. Tempt me. Touch me...I hate your breed...STAY THE FUCK AWAY!!!All men are the fucking same. "

She stepped forward now, fury bristling through her words.

"If you ever try to trap me between your arms again, I swear by the Moon Goddess, I will have your head on a fucking pike. I will find the best way to behead you myself. Slowly. Without silver...and play football with it when I am done...Got that?!"

He didn’t flinch.Didn’t blink.

If anything,his silver eyes glinted in amusement as he tilted his head. A smirk curled along his lips...but not mockery this time.

She growled, but this time didn’t waste her breath on words. She spun on her heels and ran.

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Past the trees.

Past the dry river bend.

Back through the same way... back to the pack house...

Deeper into the woods... the wind was loud in her ears again.

Her chest rose and fell as she sprinted for a while.

But then...Leaves rustled behind her.

Autumn turned around, sharp, ready to really rip his head off for following her back... but almost instantly she realised her mistake.

No teasing steps.

This was... something else.

Autumn slowed.

The hair on her nape rose...not with excitement this time...with warning. Her nostrils flared, and her heart thumped once...then twice, then harder.

She skidded to a halt by a stone formation in the woods and whipped around, teeth bared.

Her mouth opened, ready to scream...

It lingered just beyond the veil of the trees. A darkness that didn’t belong. Moving between trunks that should have been too narrow to pass. A shuddering breath vibrated through the silence...

Autumn narrowed her eyes, chest rising and falling as the primal part of her kicked in.Instinct.

"What the fuck..."

Her voice came out hoarse.

She stepped forward, fully bare, no weapons, no claws extended.

Whatever was following her...It stalked her like a predator.She couldn’t see... just feel its presence.

But she was done running.

Autumn let her breath calm. The air had grown heavy. The silence had grown loud. Her gaze flicked towards the shadows again.

"Alright then," she muttered under her breath, cracking her knuckles...

Her hands curled into fists.

"If you want to play too...Come the fuck out."*

And the forest held its breath.

Then something stepped forward.

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