Alpha Talia's POV

His heartbeat was so loud that I could hear it through the door. I turned my head to look in his direction, but he looked away as if he were reluctant to return my gaze. In an attempt to prevent a smile from showing, I lightly bit my lips.

"May I come in?" He asked and I nodded. Despite my worries for the upcoming days, I realized that my body reacted to his presence instantly. He cleared his throat as I watched him carefully walk to the bed and run his fingers through his hair.

"I just wanted to apologize" He began speaking but I had other plans.

"Show me" I whispered, spreading my legs. "Show me how sorry you are". I looked into his eyes as I trailed my fingertips along my belly button to my nipples. He gulped, his expression fixed on me. Most full moons, I would capture betas and keep them as prisoners in the dungeon until the fifth day, when I would use them to finish the ritual. I was relieved that, as a hybrid, I had the power to regulate my heat for at least the first four days. However, the first day I was with him, I was unable to restrain myself.

"Show me, Little Claws" I whispered again, with lust filled eyes.

He squatted down at the edge of the bed without hesitating. I moaned relaxing my back on the bed as e gently brushed his hands along the inside of my thighs. He took a deep breath and knelt down between my knees before uttering.

"I'm . ." He began saying while leaving trails of kisses in my inner thighs. "Sorry".

My spine started to tingle as a result. As his kisses grew softer, it seemed as though his lips barely touched my skin but nevertheless deeply affected every cell in my body. Nipples hardening and moisture gathering between my legs left me wanting him more.

I tried to grasp his hair and drag him to my warm cave out of impatience, but he gently swatted it away. He quickly buried his lips in my pussy after I growled irritably. He behaved as if he had known my body for ages, even though he had only known me for 36 hours. He licked every nook and cranny of my womanhood, and it drove me crazy.

"Mmm" He hummed as I witnessed his face eating me out like I was candy. His tongue swirled inside my pussy, I couldn't help but moan to my heart's content.

"I'm so sorry" His muffled apology made me grin.

He moved his face away and got up in front of me. His raising bulge was apparent and It didn't take him long to strip off the remainder of his garments. He met my gaze but this time it wasn't filled with fear, it was filled with lust.

"Permission to fuck your mouth, Alpha?" He asked, which caught me off guard.

I took his member into my hands and enveloped his length in my lips as I leaned against the bed. He didn't take it slow; instead, he rammed it all the way down into my throat before fucking my mouth. I had forgotten what it was like to let a man have his way with me because I had been having my way with him all this time.

I enjoyed it. The rougher he was getting, I was letting him.

"Fuck fuck, I'm close, baby" He muttered, and I gave him a quick glance. He unloaded his seed into my mouth while looking at me with astonishment.

"I'm sorry" He whispered.

I wasn't sure if he was still apologizing for dinner or for calling me baby.

"It's okay I've been called worse" I replied with a smirk.

"Let me eat you out" He replied instantly. "Again" His smirk made me feel giddy.

I allowed him to lie down on the bed, and as I placed my legs in place, he cupped my ass with his hands while keeping them close to his mouth. He desired to devour my bottom. A rim job initially made me hesitant, but as time passed, I began to embrace the sensation.

I moaned louder and shifted my hips as his fingers penetrated my pussy. "I'm getting close" I managed to whisper trying to catch my breath.

"Come for me" His words drove me towards to the edge.

"Cominnngg" I cried out.

"Can I fuck you now?" He asked desperately.

"Yes Little Claws, fuck me" I sat down on his lap and slowly moved myself along his length. When he realized that he was halfway in my ass, his eyes lit up.

"Fuuuck, that feels so good" He whispered, wrapping his arms around my body, and softly caressing my breasts with one hand.

I was certain that the entire mansion could hear me as I moaned so loud. He was special in some way. I froze in front of his face, wanting to say so much yet holding back. He fixed his eyes on me, and for several minutes, so did I. There was an unspoken emotion hiding behind his eyes. A sense of longing. And for the most part, I felt the same. Maybe it was because we both knew this was the last time we would see each other.

If Frieda was able to convince him to escape like I had instructed her to, by tomorrow noon, he would no longer be in this mansion. I would no longer be able to enjoy the sexual pleasures this man had to offer. I would no longer watch him die on this bed for not being my mate.

Out of the 22 Beta's over the course of two years that had perished during the fifth day mating ritual, I didn't want Hugo to make it to the list. Ryan was the first of the many victims that followed.

Mother thought she was doing me a favour by granting me five lives, but I wished I had died for real during the full moon that followed after Ryan's death. I was in no mood to look for potential mates, but I also knew at some point I couldn't take the extra lives I had for granted. So after four full moons of not having a beta by my side during the ritual, I died and resurrected. I knew I had only one life bar left.

Call it an impulse or pure panic, but I realized that if I wanted to survive the fifth day wave, I needed a beta by my side for the ritual. But if I did have a beta at my side, and if they aren't deemed to be my mate, they end up dying instead. If only they knew I had no choice because it was either them or me.

After doing some background research on Hugo, I realized I didn't want him to suffer this destiny. He had no pack, was betrayed by his family, and I could relate to that. I was aware that letting him go would be the equivalent of getting sentenced to death during the following full moon.

I still had a month remaining after using up all my five lives, so perhaps it was time for me to finally rest in peace. Let the hex be broken by me, and let my mother triumph in my inability to break her hex.

All I knew was, the urge to survive this full moon has been lost on me, because I valued his life more than my own. The off chance that he was my mate, was a gamble I didn't want to take. 36 hours of knowing him, was enough. I knew this was goodbye.

"Come here" He whispered. He leaned over to my face and pressed his lips firmly on mine. He swirled his tongue into mine and whispered "I'm sorry". And I finally understood why he was apologizing so much.

"You're forgiven" I whispered back, trying to hold back tears.