As Alexa sat on the side of Puternic's lap, his left hand embraced her abs, soothing her tummies with his thumb. His muscular biceps and triceps were covering nearly half of her chest, as if he wanted to convey the feeling of protection to the girl. As an unintended effect over Alexa, his scents were simply surrounding her entire being, leaving her little room for her self will to prevail in the last instance.<br/><br/>As Kelly entered the room, Puternic got distracted by the scent coming from Kelly for a while. He inhaled a lot of air at first and sniffed the air repeatedly as if his nostrils were a far more developed sense than his sight or hearing, not exactly the truth. In reality, his animalesque instincts were speaking louder. The unpleasant scent of melted chilly was not enough to hide what the fox woman was hiding. Obviously, Puternic had already met that woman: she had been in his pack. How did she dare and follow him regardless of his orders? It did not take long for his dominant gaze to turn to Kelly and inquiry her.<br/><br/>"Why didn't you comply with my commands, Kelly? I ordered you to stay in Bucharest with the pack", Puternic spoke, almost growling with an unusual aggressiveness. His heart beats raced as if he were ready to attack. He was pissed off, since Kelly had been properly imprinted and should not be so rebellious as Alexa, a would-be member of his pack. By then, the vampiress must have felt his grip closing stronger on her belly. "You seem do not trust your Master, Kelly", he continued. "I told you I will bring your brother back and make him a member of my pack", his words were spoken firmly, so that Kelly could understand his reprimand. Even so, one could see that there was a sense of protection, a sense that Puternic considered the search to be too dangerous for Kelly.<br/><br/>And Puternic's instincts were not wrong at all. Just a couple of seconds with his guard lowered were more than enough for the deceptive Lugoj to make inroads towards his Alexa. Hadn't the tiny Darkling seen Alexa was on the werewolf's lap? How did he dare? First, he inflicted pain to Alexa; then, he engaged in a chitchat. Nevertheless, Looking at Lugoj's physical complexion only reassured Puternic's self-confidence. Shorter, weaker and more sinister, Lugoj was not the kind of companion a woman would look for, let alone Alexa who seemed to be taller than he in her high heels. The women needed strong grip to make them safe, they needed a man willing to protect them, they needed a high-quality sperm to fecund their eggs. They needed Puternic.<br/><br/>These thoughts made Puternic snort in disdain for Lugoj as he insisted on flirting with Alexa. Particularly amusing to his eyes was the proposal during the ball. Alexa's sarcasm was evident to the eyes of Puternic - probably, the vampiress saw Lugoj just as Nicusur, just as another meal. Puternic did not miss the chance to jump into the conversation.<br/><br/>"If you want to dance, you should take the best", Puternic spoke confidently, pressing her body and laying his chin on her right collarbone. "Of course, the best is holding you right now", he whispered, before licking her neck. Feeling the aggression to his girl from Lugoj, Puternic came in defense of his girl.<br/><br/>"Korono may be wearing whatever she wants, but Alexa has the best content inside. This is the real quality", Puternic said, nibbling Alexa's neck. Suddenly, without warning, Puternic stomped one of the gremlins, making its bones break and bleed to death. "I am sure you are better than this gremlin, Alexa", he grinned and gazed Lugoj challengingly.