The Lycan King novel Chapter 8

"You are free now, my Ava. You can go wherever you want. I just want you to inform me and take Andrei, who is now your personal bodyguard, or some other guard I assign you, at all times." Master said quietly, his fingers digging in my waist.

He was angry, not at me but at the ones who did this to me. I felt like I knew him. More importantly, I understood him.

"Yes Master, thank you Master." I tried to calm myself. I didn't want to taint this beauty with my past.

"Remove your shoes Ava." He said kneeling to remove his own. I removed mine quickly.

"Feel the sand beneath your toes."

I did as he said it was a weird, squishy feeling. I loved it.

"Let's go in the water." Master said taking a hold of my hand and walking beside me in the water. I jumped a bit when a cold wave washed over my feet. It was so cold!

"It's just water, Love." He chuckled at my reaction.

His laugh, his smile was so beautiful, his eyes creased around the ends and eyes twinkled. If my Master wished, I would bear the cold water. We walked a bit ahead until the water came to my mid stomach. It was still so cold but it didn't feel as chilly as the first time, I felt almost numb to the cold by now.

"Ava, when we are together, only then you will come this far or as far as I say in the water, otherwise only till it touches your knees. Understood?" He asked seriously as he looked at the setting sun.

"Yes Master." I nodded happily. He cared for me and worried about me. That was enough for me.

"Good girl. It is for your own safety, people flow away in the water during high tides, you have to be careful." He then turned to look at me.

"Fuck, Ava, you should have told me you were cold!" He snapped and picked me up and walked back to the shore before placing me down again. My eyes widened, how did he know? I even controlled my shivering!

"You have to tell me these things! I shouldn't have brought you in the water when the winter is close." He was angry again, trailing his hands through his hair. I never wanted to make him mad.

"I'm sorry Master." I said looking down. He was always trying to protect me or do good things for me and I messed everything up.

"You will tell me how you really feel Ava, not what you think will make me happy." He said softly now, taking a hold of my hand and taking me to the house again, both our footwear in his hand. My Master touched my shoes! Oh no!

"Please let me hold our shoes Master." I pleaded, my hand extending to hold both our shoes. It was so wrong of me to even let him touch my- his slave's shoes, let alone carry them, I should be the one to do it for both of us.

"Just keep walking." He gritted and moved fast to the house. I had to run behind him to keep up with his long strides.

"Go to the washroom and take a hot shower to warm up quickly." He ordered and entered the house, dropping our shoes out of the big window that opened up to the backyard.

My gaze went back to them but his glare sent me running to my room. Sofiya had told me to stay in his room, but I requested the closest room to Master's bedroom. I didn't want to assume that Master would want to share his bedroom with me. Masters and slaves don't stay together or sleep on the same bed. Yesterday night was different, probably because there was only one bed in the hotel room and he was kind enough to allow me to sleep on it. I quickly stripped and started taking a hot bath, just as instructed.

I heard some shouting outside.

"Where the fuck is she?" Master's voice! I immediately turned off the water and ran out to find him.