Breed Me, Daddy Alpha-Chapter 271

Lyra

I knew I had messed up the second the words slipped out of my mouth. Or what. Do you have any idea how stupid that sounded, how reckless, how suicidal?

Because Damon stopped dead in his tracks the very moment I said it. His entire body stiffened beneath me, every muscle locking tight, like a predator that had just scented weakness in its prey.

He turned his head just enough for me to catch the sharp outline of his jaw and the way his lips parted like he was on the verge of snapping.

"You really want to test me, kitten?"

"You want to know what I will do if you keep running that filthy little mouth of yours?"

My wolf inside me screamed at me to back down, to swallow my pride, but I could not. I was trembling, tears still streaking my cheeks, but I could not stop myself.

My heart was hammering against my ribs and my body felt like it was on fire, and the worst part is that I did not even know if it was from fear or need.

I hated myself for it, hated the way my skin lit up under his voice, hated the way I was wet just from the way he growled at me.

I swear I had never hated a man the way I hated Damon in that moment, because he did not care that I was screaming at the top of my lungs, he did not care that I was pounding on his back like I was trying to knock him over, he did not care that I was kicking my legs so wildly my shoes nearly flew off.

He just kept walking, his arm ironclad around my thighs, his other hand steady, carrying me like I weighed nothing, like my tantrum meant absolutely nothing.

And the worst part was that the more he ignored me, the louder I got, because I could not stop myself.

"Damon, I swear this is the most humiliating thing that has ever happened to me in my entire life! Do you even realize what you’re doing?

"Do you realize I am upside down right now, and my hair is all over the place, and I probably look insane? I mean, who even carries their girlfriend like this, Damon? What are you trying to prove?

"That you’re strong? That you’re Alpha? Congratulations, we all already knew that, you don’t have to throw me over your shoulder like I’m some prize you won at a carnival! Put me down! Do you hear me? Put me down right now!"

And then it happened.

We heard a woman’s voice.

"Damon," she said, and the way she said it was enough for me to know. "Son, you are home. But who is this you brought with you on your shoulders?"

I froze. I actually stopped breathing. I could not move, could not even blink, because oh my Goddess, that was his mother.

His actual mother. I was dangling upside down like some captured criminal and his mother was standing there, watching, probably judging me, probably hating me already. My face burned so hot I was sure steam was about to come out of my ears.

"Oh my God!" I shrieked, thrashing harder. "Damon, put me down right now, I am not meeting your mother like this! This is insane! Do you even have a brain? Do you even understand how humiliating this is for me? 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"She probably thinks I am some random girl you dragged off the street. Do you know what she is going to think? She is going to think I am some slut you picked up in a bar, or worse, that I begged you to carry me like this, which I did not!

"For the record, Mrs. Damon’s-Mother, I did not ask for this! He is insane, your son is insane, and I am so sorry you have to see me like this because I promise you I am not normally upside down when I meet people!"

I tried to push up on his back so I could at least see her face, but Damon’s hand pressed down harder on my thighs, pinning me. "Not now, Mum. We can discuss this tomorrow."

Tomorrow? Tomorrow? Was he joking?

"Tomorrow?!" I yelled, pounding his back so hard my palms stung. "Are you insane? Tell her now, Damon! Tell her who I am! Do not just walk past your mother like this while I am literally dangling upside down like a sack of potatoes!

"This is not normal! This is not okay! She deserves to know who I am, I deserve to be introduced properly, like a normal person, not like this! You are ruining my life, Damon, you are absolutely ruining my life!"

I could feel his grip tightening, his muscles hardening, and his voice dropped lower, more dangerous. "Kitten, not another word."

But I could not stop. I could not shut up. My wolf inside me was screaming at me to be silent, but I was too humiliated, too panicked, too caught up in the heat of the moment.

"Do not tell me not to speak! Do not silence me in front of your mother! Do you even hear yourself? I am a human being, Damon, I have a mouth, I have words, and I am going to use them because this is not fair!