Sold To The Demon Alpha
Chapter 48

Roma’s POV

I hadn’t thought it was possible but somehow I had succeeded in testing the theory and it was true.

The Beast liked Aria. Like was a very strong word, considering that I had only gotten this theory from the incident in the forbidden forest.

Well, it was well before that. The demon had not hurt her when she had appeared in my room. It had not touched her in the forest and had seemed to go to sleep instead.

I had not slept next to a woman in ages, horrified that the beast would spring up on me and I would wake up in b***d but I had not only slept beside her the night she was drunk but had zero nightmares.

And now on the night of a full moon where it was impossible for me to not shift, she had sang me to sleep.

I wanted to believe that I was reaching or grasping at straws but there was a pattern and I was certain that It had everything to do with the mating bond between us.

What was the goddess planning? And why?

Then again, I wasn’t exactly making things hard for whatever plans she might have with the way I could not keep myself away from Aria Ajello.

It had gotten worse than before. My need for her. And I knew where all the strong walls that I had created to keep her away from me had come crumbling down.

It had been that night when we had asked me to stay with her and we had kissed.

I had known the next morning when I woke up and looked at her adorable face, the freckles dusting her nose and under her eyes and that mouth and understood that Scian was right.

I was deceiving myself by claiming that I was only keeping her here until the end of her father’s debt.

What would happen when she was done paying? Would I be able to let her go?

Would I even be able to send her off knowing that she would replace a nice young human man who would marry and take care of her? A man that would be able to give her everything that I knew I was not going to be able to give her.

So what if the Beast was not as lethal around her, what was the point if marking her would mean her death?

What was the point of the small mercy that I would not be able to harm my mate if I could never have her the way I wanted her?

“You have not said anything, Roma. Do we go ahead with the deal or not? This is very important in ensuring our business expands to other parts of the state.”

I looked away from the window that I had been staring at, lost in my thoughts and remembered that I was in the routine meeting with the leaders of the pack.

I looked at Raphael who had spoken to see that his brows were raised as he waited for my response and I nodded.

“What do you all think?” I asked, throwing it to the three other people in the room.

Two of them were in favour of Raphael’s idea while one was skeptical and wanted us to do more research before we entered into any partnership with anyone.

My eyes moved to Carlos’s seat and saw that it was empty.

After wrapping up the expansion conversation, we moved to the next topic and Raphael was speaking when the door opened and Carlos walked in.

“Sorry, I’m late” He said dramatically, looking not one bit sorry for his tardiness.

“Where have you been and do not say the pack because we are a very small community. You did not sleep in last night.” Gaia asked him.

“And that is why women should not be in places of leadership” He said and rolled his eyes when she snarled.

“Sit down or leave us, Carlos.” I said and his face paled as he swallowed whatever he had been planning to say to Gaia before he sat down, refusing to look at me.

Just then the door opened and two servants came in, holding trays of snacks. But my eyes were on one person.

I didn’t understand why she was not walking around with a halo on her head because anytime she entered the room, she somehow seemed to take up all of the attention even though she had no idea that she was doing it.

Aria Ajello was going to be the death of me.

Her eyes met mine and she smiled, her smile bright and filled with joy from just seeing me. It made me wonder what exactly made me attractive to her. I wanted to know so that I would never stop. So that she would never replace out about the monster beneath.

She dropped the tray and bowed and the same time that the other girl did and was about to leave when Carlos grabbed her arm.

My eyes widened and I didn’t realize that I had growled until everyone looked at me, including Aria in surprise.

“What did I tell you about the maids, Carlos?” I whispered and he released her immediately, laughing nervously.

“I wanted to ask her if she could make me some hangover soup.” He said noncommittally and it only seemed to incite my anger further.

“Then you use your mouth. You use your f*****g mouth.”

“Aria, Grace, leave us.” Gaia said to the maids and they nodded, Aria throwing me a brief worried look before she closed the door after her.

I knew that I was probably overreacting but at this point, I knew that I was in no mood to stop whatever influence the mating bond had on me.

“Roma.” Raphael whispered as I glared at Carlos and when I turned to look at him, he shook his head, gesturing for me to calm down.

I frowned but knew that he was right. Even the others were looking worried.

“I apologize for that. I have been very stressed lately and Carlos seems to have forgotten that.” When I smiled, it was full of fang and Carlos feigned a smile.

“Forgive me, brother. It must still be the alcohol from last night.”

“That’s why you should not drink so much and focus on doing something else.” Gaia said and the tension in the air reduced.

By the time the meeting was over and everyone else had left the hall except for Raphael, I was restless.

Aria had looked surprised and even afraid of me. Why did it make me shocked when this was what I had wanted her to be in the beginning?

“You need to tone it down, Roma.” My best friend warned and when I looked up, he pointed to the can of beer in my hand and I saw that I had squeezed it until it was irreparable.

“It’s becoming worse everyday, Rafa. It’s like there is this thread pulling me to her and I can’t seem to stop it.”.

“Then you should hide it better, my friend. Nothing good can come out of you unintentionally putting a target on her back by being overly nice and sweet to her and getting really mad on her behalf.”