Chapter 18. Warm Welcome

Gael stood still. He didn't know how to explain, in a way that Cybele would understand, that he couldn't do that. He couldn't kiss her because he knew that the moment he touched her for that, it wouldn't be just a kiss and Cybele wouldn't put up any resistance. There was something he needed to be sure of first, before he went to bed with her. He couldn't go down a path of no return without being sure that she would fulfill her role of staying by his side, and if he did go to bed with her, he would be capable of atrocities to force her to remain his. He couldn't forget that she had met a possible Alpha, and that she loved him. He raised a question in his heart that wouldn't leave him. Did Cybele love himself, or was it just the influence? If she could choose between the two, who would she choose?

"No Cybele. I can't." He said at last and saw her eyes sadden.

Cybele drank the rest of the champagne and placed the glass