LOGINThe silence in the room became so loud that I could practically track the frantic calculations running through William’s mind. His jaw locked with such immense pressure that I genuinely wondered how his teeth had not shattered from the sheer force of his bite.
"That…is not a fair trade," William said, his voice flat and dangerously quiet.
Rowena did not blink. "Nothing in life is fair, William, you know this. A bond for a bond. You must g
After what felt like forever, I was finally back in the office. Refusing to think of what happened between William and I.I was horny, I thought to myself. It was the only reasonable explanation to why I did that and besides It had been a while, but now with my head clear, it wasn't going to happen again.I was just about to focus on work when my office door slammed against the wall, jarring the frames on the partition.And Julien walked into my office like he owned the place, he adjusted his cuffs, smirking down at me before sliding into the leather chair opposite me without an invitation, leaving me wondering what I even paid Sarah for.If she was going to allow just anyone to walk in here, she might as well not be there.The wide smile on his face told me something was terribly wrong. “What are you doing here?”“It's been a lo
The afternoon sun beat down on the gravel driveway, the heat baking against my cold skin. I walked out the front entrance of the main pack house, the doors closing behind me.Unlike last night, the entire grounds were filled with activity and it looked like they were making preparations for an event.I walked down the stone steps, my boots crunching on the gravel as I passed various shirtless men. As I neared them, a few stopped what they were doing and bowed their heads toward me. A few others simply stared with hard, tight expressions, refusing to acknowledge my presence entirely.I ignored all of them, kept my eyes fixed ahead, my face a mask of complete indifference. None was worth a second of my time. I didn't care about their submission, and I cared even less about their hostility.I needed to get away from William and his sudden attentiveness towards me. I veered off the ma
The next time my eyelids forced themselves open, the heavy thumping of a heartbeat vibrated against my cheek. I blinked several times, clearing the thick blur from my vision until it came into focus.I was in William’s arms.My body rested on his broad chest, my face pressed into the crook of his neck. The last memory buried in my brain was that of Allaston. I think I passed out long before William even got to me. I tried to twist my neck to look around, when suddenly, the ground vanished beneath us. William launched off the dirt, his powerful legs propelling us straight into the air. He hit the branch of a massive tree, stabilized his weight for a second, and leaped again. He began to hop from tree to tree, clearing the distances with every bound while holding me so tightly against his chest.My throat felt dry, but I forced my mouth open, drawing in a deep breath of cold air. After a few failed, silent attempts, I finally managed to whisper his name. "William."He stopped abruptly
I woke up with a heavy, dragging sensation throughout my limbs, realizing immediately that my wrists and ankles had been chained to the floor.A dull ache throbbed behind my eyes, and when I tried to push my senses outward, I hit a wall; the room was specifically equipped with technology designed to completely dampen my abilities. My eyes locked onto Allaston, who was standing directly on the opposite side of a thick glass wall that separated my cell from the rest of the room. A wide, permanent smile was plastered across his face. His unmoving expression thoroughly unsettled me. Does he ever stop smiling? I thought to myself, keeping my face blank to hide my growing unease.Allaston stepped closer to the transparent barrier, and spoke through an intercom system, his voice clear and smug. "My noble prize," he also purred."The perfect weapon for me to use against William."I frowned deeply at him, did he really think William would give up his position for me? Thqis man couldn't be as d
I forced myself to hold William's stare. Tilting my chin upward, and directing my full focus into our shared link. I thought of all the ways I could have killed him. I visualized every single detailed step, running through the thought of tearing through his arteries and draining him.William’s small smile vanished instantly. His fingers shot out, wrapping tightly around my neck as he yanked my body upward until my toes barely brushed the floor, pulling my face inches from his.His dark green irises flared into a bright gold, still I held my ground, keeping my eyes locked on him as I replayed one particular scene over and over in my mind: a clear, vivid fantasy of decapitating him in the most shameful, public manner possible.The grip around my throat grew tighter, threatening to cut off my breathing entirely. But just before either of us could say a word or push each other further, a loud, piercing alarm shattered the quiet night air.Both our heads snapped in the direction of the s
I woke with a gasp, my chest heaving and cold sweat running down my back. I blinked a few times as my vision slowly came into focus, revealing the high ceilings and familiar layout of William’s master bedroom at his pack house. I was back in his bed.Instinctively, I lifted my right hand to my mouth, running the pads of my fingers over the sharp points of my fangs. A long, shaky breath escaped my lips when I found them still fully intact.Unlike the final moments I remembered of Rowena’s cabin, the agonizing, starvation pain no longer consumed my body. I was still hungry, but the intense burning in my stomach had diminished into a dull, manageable ache deep within my bones.The alarm clock on the nightstand read 3:40 AM, and William was sleeping shirtless beside me.My eyebrows drew together in a frown as I stared at his relaxed features. "What the fuck did you do?" I whispered to m
The ringing of my phone woke me in the early hours of the next morning. I groaned, my arm swinging blindly toward my nightstand. My fingers collided with a crystal water carafe, sending it skidding across the surface with a loud rattle before I finally clamped my hand over the ringing device.I sq
Eight hours. It has been eight hours since I burdened Yui with the task of finding William, and we still have nothing.Not a clue of where this man lived. I lay sprawled on the sofa in my office, my arm draped over my eyes.On the coffee table before me, three empty blood bags lay crumpled up. By t
I held my breath, my thumb hovering a fraction of an inch above the scanner. I could feel the cold static of the device, ready to strip my life down to its chemical components and scream my secret to the world.But the very moment my thumb made contact with the glass on the surface, everything went
The scalding water on my skin was nothing compared to the fire burning within me. I scrubbed my skin until it was raw, trying to wash away the scent of him off me along with my own humiliation.No one and I mean no one has even spoken to me with such disrespect and lived.This was one of the sole re







