Novels by The Sugaredpen

ChapterSeventy-six: How dareyou?! Killian jnr "Killian‚ your eyes are black. Your eyes are completely black. Whatever you're thinking right now you need to stop and—" I moved closer. She scrambled but there was nowhere to go. I caught her ankle and pulled her down the bed toward me in one swift

Chapter Seventy-five: I'm a nobody Killian jnr "Zoey—" "I'm a nobody!" Her voice cracked. "I'm a low-status Omega with no family and no bloodline! Your father is going to walk in here and see exactly what Serena saw and decide Liam deserves better and he has the authority to make that happen!" "

Chapter Seventy-four: The text Killian Wolfe She fell asleep on my chest a few minutes after it ended. One second she was trying to mumble something about checking on Liam and the next her body went completely limp against mine‚ her breathing evening out into something slow and deep while her fin

Chapter Seventy-three: I’m your Queen! Zoey White I couldn't. My thighs were trembling and my body was still adjusting to the sheer size of him splitting me open and every nerve ending between my legs was screaming. He lifted my hips for me. Pulled me up slowly along his length until only the tip

Chapter Seventy-two: Oh my… Killian Zoey White He sucked hard and my fingers tangled in his hair and pulled and the groan that vibrated from his throat against my breast sent shockwaves straight down between my thighs. "Killian..." It came out as a whimper. I hated how it sounded. I hated how nee

Chapter Seventy-One: Burn Zoey White His mouth found my neck and I lost my mind. One second I was pinned against the headboard with tears on my face and fury in my chest and the next his lips dragged across my pulse point and my entire body betrayed me. My back arched into him before I could stop

Chapter 100 Celeste POV The wedding was nothing like the first one. The first one had been massive. Three hundred guests‚ most of whom I didn't know. A ceremony dictated by tradition and politics where I stood in a dress someone else chose and said vows someone else wrote and married a man who barely looked at me. I remembered feeling like a prop in someone else's production‚ moved around a stage for the benefit of an audience that didn't care whether I was happy. This one was small. Forty people in the garden behind the estate on a Saturday afternoon. "Mommy‚ you look so pretty!" Aurora was bouncing beside me in her white dress‚ holding a basket of flower petals that she had been instructed to scatter down the aisle but would probably throw in one aggressive handful instead. She had declared herself the little bride weeks ago and no one had the heart to correct her. "Thank you‚ baby." "I look pretty too‚ right?" "The prettiest." "Prettier than you?" "Much prettier

Chapter 99Darius POVI had been planning this for weeks.Every spare hour when Celeste was painting in her studio or playing with the kids or having coffee with Lena‚ I was on the phone with Rylan coordinating details. Every lunch meeting that I told her was pack business was actually me driving to the cemetery to check on construction progress. Every late night in my office that I blamed on paperwork was me reviewing designs with artisans I hired from three territories away.Rylan thought I was losing my mind."You called me at midnight to discuss flower species‚" he said during our last call. "Midnight‚ Darius.""Jasmine or wisteria. Which one climbs better in partial shade?""I'm your Beta‚ not a botanist.""Then find me a botanist.""It's midnight.""Rylan."He sighed. "Jasmine. It's hardier and it smells better. Can I go to sleep now?""One more thing. The marble wolf. The sculptor sent two options for the positioning. Lying on its side or curled up with its head on its paws.""

Chapter 98CELESTE'S POVI straddled him‚ pulling my shorts and underwear to one side while I positioned myself above him. The head of his cock pressed against my entrance‚ hot and blunt‚ and I sank down onto him in one slow motion that made us both groan.The stretch was intense in this position. He was deep‚ so deep I could feel him against my cervix‚ filling me completely while my thighs trembled on either side of his hips. I braced my hands on his shoulders and tried to breathe."Move‚" he said through gritted teeth. His hands were on my hips‚ gripping hard enough to leave marks. "Ride me‚ Celeste."I rolled my hips forward. The friction was devastating‚ his cock dragging against my front wall with every movement while the angle kept him buried to the hilt. I ground against him in slow circles‚ using his shoulders for leverage‚ and the sounds he was making beneath me were wrecked and desperate in a way that made me feel powerful."Faster." His fingers dug into my hips. "We're runn

Chapter 97CELESTE'S POVAround three in the afternoon‚ Aurora was starting to flag. Her steps were slower and she was leaning against Darius's leg while we stood near the food court deciding what to do next."I wanna ride the carousel again‚" Aurora said‚ yawning. "The one with the horses that go up and down.""I'll take her‚" Lena offered immediately. She had Ash balanced on one hip and reached for Aurora's hand with the other. "We'll do the carousel and then the little train ride. That should keep them busy for a while."She gave me a look. It was subtle but unmistakable. The kind of look that said go spend time with your husband‚ I've got the kids. Lena had been doing that all day‚ quietly steering the children away at strategic moments so Darius and I could have five minutes alone. I hadn't acknowledged it and neither had she but the understanding was there."You sure?" I asked. "Ash is getting heavy.""Please. This child weighs nothing." She bounced Ash to prove her point and he

Chapter 96Celeste POVDays blurred into weeks.Life without a crisis felt foreign to me‚ like wearing clothes that were too comfortable after years of armor. I woke up every morning without the immediate spike of fear that used to hit me before my eyes even opened. No one was drawing my blood. No one was taking my children. No one was scheming in the next room or plotting my downfall over breakfast.It was disorienting at first. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop‚ for someone to knock on the door with bad news‚ for the fragile peace to shatter the way it always had before. But the days kept passing and nothing terrible happened and slowly‚ gradually‚ my body started to believe what my mind already knew.Miranda was dead. It was over.Richard had come to see me the day after. He stood in my living room with his hands in his pockets and his shoulders curved inward and he said he was sorry. Not the performative kind of sorry that people offered when they wanted absolution. The k

Chapter 95Darius POVI was in my office that evening when Rylan walked in without knocking.That alone told me something was wrong. Rylan always knocked. It was one of those small courtesies he maintained regardless of how urgent the situation was‚ a habit from years of military training that he never dropped. So when the door swung open without warning and he stepped inside with that particular tension in his shoulders‚ I set down my pen and gave him my full attention."What happened?"Rylan closed the door behind him and stood there for a moment as if organizing the words in his head before speaking them. His face was carefully neutral but I had known this man for fifteen years and I could see the strain beneath the surface."I told Miranda‚" he said. "About Elena. Like you asked.""And?""She didn't react the way I expected." He moved further into the room but didn't sit. "When I told her Elena was gone‚ she just... stared at me‚ and I thought maybe she was in shock so I called fo

Chapter 158Skye's POVI felt it happen‚ the slow wave of attention that moved through the room as people noticed me‚ their conversations pausing mid-sentence as their eyes tracked the gold dress and the woman inside it‚ and I kept my chin up and my shoulders back even though my heart was hammering so hard I was sure everyone could hear it.Evelyn squeezed my arm. "You look incredible‚ stop panicking.""I'm not panicking.""Your hand is shaking.""That's adrenaline‚ it's different.""It's really not."I scanned the room for Thorne but couldn't find him in the crowd‚ which was both a relief and a disappointment that I didn't want to examine too closely. Evelyn spotted someone she knew from the marketing team and squeezed my arm one more time before drifting off‚ leaving me alone in a sea of expensive perfume and quiet power.I was reaching for a glass of champagne from a passing tray when I felt it.Someone behind me. Close. Too close. The kind of closeness that wasn't accidental‚ that

Chapter 157Skye'sPOV"He's unbelievable‚" I said‚ staring at the card while my heart did something complicated in my chest that was half anger and half longing. "He doesn't ask‚ he doesn't invite‚ he just sends a dress and a command and expects me to show up.""Skye‚ shut up for one second and let me open mine‚" Evelyn said‚ already tearing into her box with the kind of urgency usually reserved for Christmas morning‚ and when she lifted the lid and pushed aside the tissue paper she made a sound that I had never heard come out of a human being before‚ somewhere between a gasp and a scream and a prayer.It was a deep emerald green dress‚ stunning and elegant with a neckline that would sit perfectly against her collarbones‚ and even from where I was sitting I could tell it was expensive in the way that things are expensive when money isn't a consideration."Skye‚" Evelyn whispered‚ lifting the dress out of the box with both hands as if she was afraid it might dissolve. "Skye‚ feel this

Chapter 156Skye's POVThat evening‚ around seven‚ three sharp knocks hit Evelyn's front door and before I could even set my mug down Evelyn was already off the couch and halfway across the apartment‚ moving so fast she nearly tripped over the blanket that was still tangled around her ankles."Ev‚ slow down‚ you're going to break your neck‚" I called after her‚ but she was already at the door‚ smoothing her hair with one hand while pulling it open with the other‚ and the way her face lit up when she saw Reed standing there told me everything I needed to know about how many times she had looked at that card since he left it with her this afternoon."Reed‚ hi‚" she said‚ and her voice was doing that thing again where it got softer and slightly breathless even though she would absolutely deny it later."Good evening‚ Evelyn‚" Reed said‚ and there it was again‚ that barely perceptible shift in his tone when he said her name‚ as if the word itself required a different register from everyth

Chapter 155SKYE'S POV"A pleasure to meet you‚ Evelyn‚" Reed said‚ his voice slightly rougher than it had been a moment ago‚ as if something in his throat had tightened without his permission."Wait‚ hold on‚" Evelyn said‚ finally finding more than one syllable as her head tilted to the side and her eyes narrowed with an expression that was equal parts suspicious and fascinated. "Did you just call him Alpha Thorne?"Reed didn't blink. "That is correct.""Alpha? Like‚ that's what you call the boss? Alpha?""It is a title within our organization's internal structure."Evelyn looked at me. I shrugged as casually as I could manage while my stomach did a small flip. "It's a security team thing‚ Ev‚ they're very intense about hierarchy.""Clearly‚" Evelyn said‚ turning back to Reed with her eyebrows raised. "So do you have like‚ ranks and code names and stuff too?""I'm not at liberty to discuss internal protocols‚" Reed said‚ and I could have sworn there was the faintest ghost of somethin

Chapter 154Skye's pov"I know‚ I know it's a mess‚ and I wouldn't ask you to do this if it wasn't an emergency‚ but I really need to get out of here before he finishes that meeting‚ please‚ Ev‚ I can't be in this place anymore—""Okay." She didn't even let me finish my sentence‚ she just looked at my face and decided right then and there that my safety mattered more than her job. She grabbed her phone from the desk‚ shoved her feet back into her heels while keeping one hand on my arm as if she was afraid I would disappear if she let go‚ and pulled her purse from under the desk. "Let me just walk over and tell my manager I'm taking a half day because of a family emergency‚ just stay right here and do not move‚ okay?"She was back before I could count to a hundred. She took my arm and walked me toward the elevators‚ the regular ones‚ the ones that went to the lobby like every normal elevator in every normal building.We didn't talk on the way down. She just kept her hand on my arm‚ sol

Chapter 153Skye's POVI stood in the penthouse bathroom with the door locked‚ staring at myself in the mirror while the shower ran behind me filling the room with steam.My lips were swollen. My hair was wrecked. There were bruises forming on both hips‚ five purple fingerprints on each side‚ perfectly spaced‚ as if he had signed his name on my body. My legs were still shaky. My thighs were sore. The mark on my neck was throbbing with a dull warm pulse because he had bitten down on it during and now it was flushed and angry and very obviously not just a hickey.I pulled the hoodie collar up higher and looked at myself.What was I doing?Twenty minutes ago I had been screaming at him about cages and control and freedom. I had meant every word. The anger was real and justified and I stood behind it completely.Then he kissed me and I folded.Not just folded. I had completely surrendered. Let him have me right there on his desk while every unresolved argument between us sat in the corner

Chapter 20Kael’s POVThe Alpha Gala was held at the Grand Hall in the South Territory's neutral zone‚ the massive estate that sat on the border between all four packs and served as common ground for events exactly like this one. It was the kind of place that was designed to impress‚ all vaulted ceilings and crystal chandeliers and marble floors and enough security at every entrance to remind you that this wasn't just a party‚ it was politics.Every year‚ the four packs of the South Territory came together for this gala. The Blackridge Pack. The Silvercrest Pack. The Ashworth Pack. The Greyton Pack. Four Alphas‚ four territories‚ all crammed into one room with champagne and forced smiles and enough underlying tension to choke on. It was supposed to be about unity. About tradition. About reminding the packs that we were stronger together than apart.It was actually about power. It was always about power.And this year‚ the power meant more than it ever had‚ because this year was the ye

Chapter 19Kael's POVI forced my face to remain an expressionless mask.That was the only thing I had left. The carefully constructed exterior of a man who didn't care‚ who wasn't affected‚ who could stand in his own foyer and watch a twenty-two-year-old Silvercrest boy put his hand on the small of his stepdaughter's back and feel absolutely nothing.But inside‚ my wolf was losing its mind‚ clawing at my chest with everything it had‚ snarling so loud inside my skull that I could barely hear Diane's voice chattering away next to me about warrior families and pack unity and whatever else she was saying that I couldn't process because every single cell in my body was focused on one thing and one thing only.His hand. On her back. On my girl's back.Jace Thornton. Of course it was Jace Thornton.I'd been watching this kid circle Aria for weeks. Every single class‚ every single lecture‚ he'd find a way to sit next to her‚ lean toward her‚ whisper something that made her smile or roll her

Chapter 18Aria's POV"I said I think I found the one."It was a deep navy dress‚ fitted through the bodice with thin straps and a slit up the left thigh that stopped just high enough to be interesting without being scandalous. It was simple and elegant and it made my waist look tiny and my legs look endless and when I stepped out of the dressing room Silvia put her hand over her mouth."Aria.""Is that a good reaction or a bad reaction?""Jace Thornton is going to lose his entire mind."I looked at myself in the three-way mirror and tried to feel something other than the dull ache that had been sitting in my chest since Tuesday morning. I looked good. I knew I looked good. But the girl staring back at me still had the ghost of mascara under her eyes and the phantom sting of a word she couldn't unhear and the quiet‚ sickening knowledge that she was only going to this gala because the man she actually wanted had made her feel so small she'd said yes to the first person who made her fee

Chapter 17Aria's POVBy lunchtime I was sitting in the campus courtyard with Silvia‚ picking at a sandwich I didn't want‚ when Jace Thornton dropped into the chair across from us like he'd been invited."Ladies‚" he said‚ grinning that easy golden-boy grin of his as he stretched his long legs out under the table and leaned back in his chair like he owned the whole courtyard. "You both look way too serious for a Tuesday.""Maybe because it is a Tuesday‚" Silvia said."Exactly. Hump day. You're supposed to be happy. It's all downhill from here."Silvia rolled her eyes at me but she was smiling. Everyone smiled around Jace. It was annoying and also kind of the point of him. He was tall and broad-shouldered with dark hair that always looked like he'd just run his hands through it and warm brown eyes and this lazy‚ confident energy that made you feel like nothing in the world was that serious. He was the kind of guy who'd crack a joke at a funeral and somehow make it appropriate."You loo

Chapter 16Aria's POVI stopped breathing.The words just sat there between us‚ ugly and deliberate and designed to do exactly what they did‚ which was rip through every wall I had and hit the softest part of me with surgical precision. He knew what that word would do. He chose it on purpose. He looked me in the eyes and called me a whore because he knew it was the one thing that would make me stop talking‚ and it worked.My face went hot. Then cold. Then completely numb.I opened my mouth but nothing came out. My throat had closed up and my eyes were burning and I turned my face toward the window because I would rather throw myself out of this moving car than let him see me cry.A tear slid down my cheek anyway. He saw it. I know he saw it because I heard him exhale through his nose like something had punched him in the chest. But he didn't say anything. He didn't apologize. He didn't take it back. He just put the car in drive and pulled back onto the road and we didn't speak for th

Chapter 15Aria's POVThe inside of Kael's car smelled like him and I was painfully aware of every inch of space between us as he pulled out of the driveway and turned onto the main road without a word.I sat there for a while‚ watching the houses blur past my window‚ listening to the hum of the engine and the soft click of his turn signal and absolutely nothing else. The silence was suffocating. It pressed against my skin and filled my lungs and made the fifteen-minute drive feel like it was going to last the rest of my life.I broke the silence first. Of course I did."So‚" I said‚ keeping my voice light. "Did you sleep at all?"Nothing. His eyes stayed on the road‚ his hands steady on the wheel‚ his face completely blank like I hadn't made a sound."Mom's really committing to the whole perfect wife thing‚ huh?" I tried again. "The flowers were a nice touch. Very Pinterest."Nothing."I have your class second period today. Just so you know. In case you wanted to mentally prepare fo