Chapter 58: THE ULTIMATUM

ASHER

Reed and I got to the location where all the students once gathered and I was glad everyone had gone away and someone was kind enough to neatly fold both our clothes.

Reed was quiet all through and I watched as he morphed back to his human form, I could see the marks of my fingers on his back, a reminder of what we had both done a few minutes ago, and the awkward silence that followed after.

I quickly morphed back to my human form and the sight of my body totally wrecked me. My skin was covered in marks, my body was still sore and I could still feel Reed inside me even though he’d pulled away hours ago.

Reed stood a few feet away, pulling on his jeans, his back still turned to me. Muscles shifting under skin that was covered in scratches from my nails, clear evidence of what we’d done, evidence of what he’d made me do. My face burned with shame at the memory. The way I’d submitted, the way my body had responded and the way I’d—

I couldn’t even finish the thought when Reed’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts.

“We need to talk,” Reed said without turning around. I nodded, pulling my knees to my chest and stayed silent. Reed finally turned to face me, his expression was unreadable. “Like I said earlier on before things escalated between us, you know by now that the other wolves know there’s an Omega at this Academy now. They smelled you, some of them saw your wolf form and they saw you up close.”

My stomach dropped. “I know but it was inevitable and you know that.”

“I do, and that’s on you. That’s for lying even when I knew you were an omega.” Reed’s jaw clenched. “But that aside, I know by the time we get back to campus, the entire Academy will be talking about it. Everyone will be trying to figure out which student is the Omega and they will surround me to find out who is the omega I had claimed as mine..”

“They don’t know it’s me,” I said quietly. “They couldn’t have seen my face in wolf form. I shifted away from the crowd—”

“They’ll figure it out eventually.” Reed’s voice was flat. “Someone will put the pieces together. Notice you were missing during the run. Notice the timing. Notice that I fought someone for you and they would notice the marks on you, and the bond mark—”

“Then I’ll leave.” The words came out before I could stop them. “I’ll pack my things and leave before anyone figures it out.”

“No.” Reed said, the command in Reed’s voice made me flinch. “You’re not leaving,” Reed continued, his eyes were hard and cold. “You’re staying right here at this Academy and you are staying with me where I can keep an eye on you.”

“Why?” I demanded. “Why do you care if I stay or go? You got what you wanted. You claimed me. You made me—” I stopped and swallowed hard against the bile rising in my throat.

Reed took a step closer. “You’re mine now, Asher. The mate bond formed the second I knotted you and bit you. You felt it and don’t pretend you didn’t. I am tired of all your pretence and lies.”

I had felt it. A connection snapping into place. Something primal and terrifying and overwhelming. Something I wanted to deny with every fiber of my being.

“That doesn’t mean anything,” I said.

“It means everything.” Reed crouched down in front of me. “You’re my mate, my Omega, and I’m not letting you run away.”

“Then what do you want from me?” I asked him and Reed’s expression shifted. Something calculating entered his eyes.

“I’ll keep your secret.” Reed said and I went very still. “The other students don’t know it’s you,” Reed continued. “And I won’t tell them. Your secret is safe with me.”

Hope flickered in my chest. “You’ll keep it secret?”

“Yes but on one condition.” Reed said and the hope died. The hope of thinking that for once Reed would finally be able to do something for me and would change towards me but I am always wrong.

Reed’s hand came to my chin, and forced me to look at him. “You completely belong to me now and you’re going to prove it.”

“What the fuck does that mean?” I asked, my curiosity piqued.

“It means you’ll be my plaything.” Reed’s voice was soft and dangerous. “Whenever I want you, wherever I want you, however I want you, you’ll submit. No questions, no arguments and no fighting.”

My whole body went cold. “You can’t be serious.”

“I’m completely serious.” Reed’s thumb brushed across my lower lip. “You’ll attend to my needs whenever I demand it. In private, in public if I want. You’ll submit to me and show everyone at that Academy that you’re mine.”

“That’s—you’re asking me to be your—”

“My what?” Reed’s eyes were hard. “My property? My toy? My obedient little Omega who spreads his legs whenever I snap my fingers?”

Tears burned in my eyes. “I won’t do it.”

“Yes, you will.” Reed released my chin and stood up. “Because if you don’t, I’ll tell everyone what you are. I’ll expose you in front of the entire Academy. Every student, every professor, the Dean and then everyone will know that Asher Graham is an Omega who’s been lying about his designation since day one.”

“You wouldn’t—”

“Try me.” Reed’s expression was cold and empty. “Fight me, and I’ll tell everyone what you are. Refuse me, and I’ll make sure your secret is broadcast across campus by lunch. Defy me in any way, and I’ll destroy everything you’ve worked for.”

I stared up at him. At this Alpha who’d just claimed me. Who’d made me submit in ways that made my stomach turn. Who was now blackmailing me into becoming his personal sex slave.

“Why?” My voice broke. “Why are you doing this to me?”

“Because I can.” Reed pulled on his shirt. “Because you’re mine, because I’m tired of you fighting me and because—” He stopped and his jaw clenched.

“Because what?” I whispered.

Reed looked at me for a long moment. Something flickered in his eyes. Something that looked almost like conflict then it was gone.

“Because you need to learn your place,” Reed said coldly. “You’re an Omega. My Omega and it’s time you started acting like it.”

He turned and started walking back toward campus.

“We head back in ten minutes,” Reed called over his shoulder. “Get dressed. Fix yourself up and remember—you’re mine now. Fight me, and I’ll tell everyone what you are.”

Then he disappeared into the trees. I sat there in the clearing, my body aching, my mind reeling, tears streaming down my face.

Reed was blackmailing me, using my secret against me. Forcing me into submission and I had no choice but to obey because if I didn’t, I’d lose everything, my scholarship, my future and my life. I was trapped with an Alpha who’d just turned me into his personal plaything.

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