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2025-04-29 04:48:55
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ALPHA PRINCE’S FORBIDDEN DESIRE 84| ELIJAH
Lenora had nightmares.Really bad ones from the state she’d been in when her screams and sobs had sent me running upstairs. I’d reduced it to just shaking and sobbing when I spoke to her, but she was full-on thrashing, sobbing, and murmuring semi-incoherent words in her sleep.I’d only caught the words ‘mother’ and ‘please… let me leave’ before I wrapped my arms around her. I honestly didn’t know what prompted me to do that, but I had no regrets. The way she’d almost instantly quieted had sent a rush of relief and softness through me.I looked up from the breakfast I was preparing to see Lenora ambling down the stairs, dressed in a white, long-sleeve shirt and black slacks. Both of those clothes were mine, and I felt my wolf twist with satisfaction at the sight. She looked good dressed in my things, smelling like me, looking like—Mine.Those words came from my wolf, not me, and that was when I realized how hard I was gripping the counter. I released it and shoved my wolf back into th
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-29ALPHA PRINCE’S FORBIDDEN DESIRE 1| ELIJAH
The ball blurred in my vision, bouncing erratically, almost as if it had a mind of its own. My hands felt disconnected from my body, slippery and uncooperative. My heart pounded, not with adrenaline but with a frantic, disjointed rhythm that made my chest tight and my breathing shallow. The stadium air felt stifling behind my helmet, the lights glaring down like a spotlight on my every mistake. My legs were heavy, like they were sinking into the polished wood floor. My head swam, the edges of my vision darkening as I struggled to focus. “Move, Elijah!” Lukas’s voice cut through the haze, sharp and commanding, but it sounded distant, as though he were shouting from underwater. Move. Move, I told myself. We were a few seconds away from winning or losing and with one right move, I could change the odds. I always did that, it was something that I was good at. But not right now, not in this state. I forced my feet to respond, to push forward, to do something. But my body betray
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-16ALPHA PRINCE’S FORBIDDEN DESIRE 2| ELIJAH
“Who the hell plays football high?” Lukas’s voice boomed through the locker room, ricocheting off the metal walls. He was pacing like a caged animal, his eyes blazing with frustration. I rubbed my temples, the remnants of the game still pounding in my head. I certainly wouldn’t have played football high, but there was a meeting with my father the day before and I needed something to numb the emotions. “Keep your voice down, man.” “Don’t ‘man’ me,” Lukas snapped, spinning to face me. “Do you even know how bad you looked out there? You cost us the championship, Elijah! You put the whole team at risk! What if you’d gotten tested before the match?! What do you think your father would have done? What the hell were you thinking?” “I don’t need the lecture,” I muttered, slumping onto the bench, I rolled my shoulders back, the weight of Luka’s stare digging into my back. “And I’m not high.” “Are you fucking kidding me? You’re actually trying to lie to me?” He took a threatening ste
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-16ALPHA PRINCE’S FORBIDDEN DESIRE 3| LENORA
“What’s a beautiful woman like you doing alone in a place like this?” The man’s voice was smooth, low and confident. I rolled my eyes and turned, ready to shoot down another hopeful suitor when my words got thoroughly stuck in my throat. He was younger than me—barely in his mid-twenties, I guessed—wavy black hair that fell over his forehead and just nearly brushing over his eyelids, his face was beautifully sculpted, high cheekbones, sharp jaw, slender nose all joined together to create a masculine and yet somewhat feminine look. Beneath his oversized hoodie, I could tell he was well built and even with the multicoloured lights bouncing about the walls of the bar, his gold eyes managed to shine even though it was faintly. But it wasn’t his good looks that got to me, it was him, as a person. Something within me stirred at his presence, I wanted to get closer to him, I wanted to know everything about him, my body seemed to burn from him and there was this movement under my skin
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The room was dark, the soft hum of a distant city filling the silence. I stirred slowly, my body aching with a dull, persistent ache. My head throbbed as my memories began to surface—vivid, haunting, and unmistakable. The bar. The music. The dance. Him. The weight of it all pressed down on me, suffocating and relentless. I opened my eyes, my breath catching as they settled on the man next to me. His golden eyes were closed, his dark hair tousled, his expression soft in sleep. He looked peaceful. Elijah. A jolt of panic ran through me. What had I done? What had we done? I sat up quickly, the blanket slipping from my shoulders. My heart pounded in my chest, my breath uneven. I grabbed the edge of the blanket, clutching it tightly around me as though it could protect me from the memory, from him. My memories of last night were vivid, but it felt like I was watching someone else do all those things. The conversation, the dance, the desperation I felt, the need, the sex, the way
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-16ALPHA PRINCE’S FORBIDDEN DESIRE 5| ELIJAH
I woke up to an empty bed and an even emptier feeling in my chest. Ignoring the pounding headache hammering against my skull, I sat up and scanned the room, searching for any sign of the woman I’d spent the night with—Lenora. Flashes of her came rushing back: long, curly black hair, hazy green eyes, soft lips, and breathless moans. I groaned, dragging my hands down my face. I wasn’t surprised she’d left before I woke up. Hell, I half-expected it. But the disappointment that settled in my chest was deeper than it should’ve been. This wasn’t just post-hookup blues. It was… something else. Something I couldn’t make sense of. Lenora. I didn’t even know her last name. No idea where she worked or lived within the pack. Just a beautiful mystery who’d crashed into my life and left before I could begin to understand why she’d felt so important. Her scent still lingered faintly on the sheets—a mix of citrus and wildflowers. It teased me, fading by the second. My wolf stirred, claw
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-07ALPHA PRINCE’S FORBIDDEN DESIRE 6| ELIJAH
“Elijah?” Luka’s voice cut through the haze clouding my mind at Lenora’s presence. It took effort to tear my gaze away from her, but I managed. “Hm?” “What was that?” Luka asked, brow furrowed as he glanced back at Lenora shuffling through her papers, jaw tight. “Do you know her? The professor.” I opened my mouth to answer but stopped short. Slowly, I closed it again and shook my head. It wasn’t that I didn’t trust Luka—or even Neil, who was now leaning forward to scrutinize me. But how could I explain something I didn’t fully understand myself? Whatever lingered between Lenora and me—if it even existed—felt fragile, like a thread stretched taut, ready to snap under scrutiny. This wasn’t just a night to laugh off. Something deeper simmered beneath the surface, a restless energy under my skin whenever she crossed my thoughts. It was unsettling, and the last thing I wanted was to expose it before I could untangle its meaning. And then there was her. Poised at the front
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-07ALPHA PRINCE’S FORBIDDEN DESIRE 7| LENORA
“And that marks the end of our first class together,” I said, forcing a tight smile as I glanced out at the room. My gaze deliberately skipped over the seat I was painfully aware he was sitting in. Elijah. His name echoed through my mind, bringing with it an intoxicating rush of awareness. I could feel his gaze on me, heavy and unrelenting, and it made me both self-conscious and emboldened. His words from last night drifted through my thoughts like a whisper I couldn’t ignore. “You seem competent. I think you’ll do great at your job.” If only either of us had known that my job would involve tutoring him until he graduated. Fuck. The word had been a constant refrain in my head since I walked into the lecture hall. It was the only thing that adequately captured how I felt. Perfectly and utterly fucked. Not just because of last night—but because of now. Because of the inexplicable pull I felt toward him. A pull that made me want to keep stealing glances his way, just to see
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-08
Bab terbaru
ALPHA PRINCE’S FORBIDDEN DESIRE 84| ELIJAH
Lenora had nightmares.Really bad ones from the state she’d been in when her screams and sobs had sent me running upstairs. I’d reduced it to just shaking and sobbing when I spoke to her, but she was full-on thrashing, sobbing, and murmuring semi-incoherent words in her sleep.I’d only caught the words ‘mother’ and ‘please… let me leave’ before I wrapped my arms around her. I honestly didn’t know what prompted me to do that, but I had no regrets. The way she’d almost instantly quieted had sent a rush of relief and softness through me.I looked up from the breakfast I was preparing to see Lenora ambling down the stairs, dressed in a white, long-sleeve shirt and black slacks. Both of those clothes were mine, and I felt my wolf twist with satisfaction at the sight. She looked good dressed in my things, smelling like me, looking like—Mine.Those words came from my wolf, not me, and that was when I realized how hard I was gripping the counter. I released it and shoved my wolf back into th
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I guess being completely drained meant horrifying nightmares, because the moment my eyes drifted closed, I was once again dragged into the dredges of another memory-nightmare.I was in my parents’ parlour. Their room was beautiful, tastefully decorated to suit their new status as the mother and father of not only the one blessed by the goddess, but the parents of the Luna. It was a far cry from the humble bungalow I’d grown up in—and an even further cry from the humility of the temple I’d spent most of my life in.I looked around. Our bungalow might have been small and not as elaborate, but it had felt like home. This place… it didn’t feel real.“Well *~*?” my mother spoke, eyebrows raised slightly. “What is it you want, exactly?”The use of my real name was, for whatever reason, unfocused, muffled. I blinked.“I…” I stuttered, the way I always stuttered when met with my mother’s unfeeling stare. “I want to leave.”“What?” That was my father’s voice.I turned and met the eyes of the m
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I pressed a trembling hand to my forehead, trying to will myself to think, to remember something more.But all I could feel was the fear—the helpless, suffocating fear—lingering like a ghost just out of reach. And then came the blinding fatigue before everything went black.Someone had to have carted off my body while I was unconscious. I would have guessed Victor, but somehow, I doubted he would be generous enough to tuck me into a bed. He would have been just as willing to toss my body out into the catacombs somewhere. Besides, this room didn’t look like it belonged in his home.I reached for the edge of the blanket, ready to yank it off me and bolt for the door, but before I could, the door creaked softly—the sound making me flinch.I dragged my eyes to the entrance, pulse pounding.Someone was coming.I scanned the room desperately for something to defend myself with and settled on the lamp on the bedside table. I grabbed it, lifting it like a weapon just as the door opened to rev
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“It’s been six months! Six months since the two of you mated and still, nothing?!” Marcus’s mother yelled, flinging her glass of wine at me. The glass shattered against me and the shards dug into my skin, drawing blood.I hung my head. “I apologise Luna. I don’t—”“You apologise!” She screeched. “An apology isn’t going to put a baby in your womb! It’s your job as the Luna of the pack to produce a child and you can’t even do that right?!”I didn’t say anything, eyes fixed on the marble floors that were now stained with red wine and covered in glass shards. I would be the one to clean this all up later. I heard Marcus mutter something placating to her, but it wasn’t enough. “I knew we shouldn’t have taken her as the Luna,” she spat, voice dripping venom, “but you all insisted that she’s blessed by the goddess. Ha!” She laughed bitterly, a sound that scraped against my skin. “A blessing? She’s nothing but a cursed wretch dragging this pack down with her filth!”Each word landed like a
ALPHA PRINCE’S FORBIDDEN DESIRE 80| ELIJAH
‘Be on the lookout, something huge will happen today…’Connor’s voice echoed in my mind, low and tense, as the music swelled around me. Those were his only words to me before I left for tonight’s event, I hadn’t wanted to attend but Luka and Sophie were convinced that something would actually happen today and since I was the only one actually invited, it made sense for me to attend. I was supposed to be on the lookout for something, anything that might hint at my father’s current game plans, but I wasn’t…Because all I could think about was her.The dance played over and over behind my eyes. The way Lenora’s body had fit against mine like a secret she didn’t even realize she was telling. Soft curves brushing up against hard muscle, her scent—warm, sweet, laced with something darker underneath—clinging to me like it didn’t want to let go.I didn’t want to let go either.Goddess, it had felt good. Too good.But it had also felt like a betrayal. The high of it was already starting to ro
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The scent hit first—mildew, rot, blood. Copper and fear.I hesitated at the first stone step, blinking into the heavy dark, then slowly descended, one hand pressed to the wall to steady myself.With every step, the temperature dropped. The kind of cold that didn’t just settle on your skin—it slithered into your bones. Into your marrow. It was unnatural. Stale. Wrong.And then I saw it.Not a catacomb.A lab.No—a prison.Rows of metallic beds bolted to the floor. Chains looped through iron rings, blood crusted into their links. Bodies—some conscious, others still—lay draped across the beds. Wounded. Bandaged. Bent in positions no body should bend. A woman sat in a corner, her throat stitched into silence. Her eyes met mine, wide and broken, as a child beside her whimpered through a metal muzzle.Buzzing fluorescent lights cast pale yellow shadows on the grey stone walls, flickering occasionally like the space itself couldn’t bear to see what lived in it. IV bags swayed gently, their t
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The dress clung to me like a second skin—dark green, satin, soft beneath my fingers as I smoothed it down for what had to be the fiftieth time. It matched my eyes a little too well.My hair was swept up into an elaborate twist that had taken me thirty minutes and a pair of aching biceps to perfect. My makeup was done exactly how I liked it—how Jessie had taught me to do it. The dress covered the crook of my neck, at the same time, covering the mark there, and the back was high enough to keep my scars covered.I looked… pretty. Really pretty, actually. The kind of pretty that once might’ve made me feel powerful.But all I felt was dread.It had draped itself over my shoulders all day, this slow, smothering dread. I’d spent the hours pacing my apartment, waiting for something—anything—to shatter the quiet. For a hand to twist the doorknob, for a shadow to pass across the window, for someone to finally come and slit my throat.Maybe I should’ve taken Morgan up on her offer and stayed at
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The library was quiet, dim with late-afternoon light filtering through the stained glass windows. I made my way to the back shelves, searching for a specific book I’d used earlier in the semester. My fingers skimmed across spines until I found it—too high on the shelf to reach. I stood on my toes, stretched as far as I could, fingertips just brushing the edge of the spine— A body moved behind me. Close. Too close. Before I could react, an arm reached over my head and plucked the book from the shelf like it weighed nothing. “Here you go.” I froze. My breath hitched, heart leaping into my throat. My body tensed, instinct screaming danger. For a split second, I imagined a hand clamping over my mouth, dragging me away—no sound, no struggle, just vanishing. But then I caught the scent. Apples. Spice. Earthy undertones. Elijah. A tremor ran through me, and I let out a slow, shuddering breath, slumping slightly against the shelf. “Lenora?” His voice was soft, concerned. “Are you ok
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“We didn’t notice anyone unfamiliar coming into the apartment building at all,” Gerald said. He lifted his shoulders a little higher and addressed the Pack enforcer before him. “I always make sure to confirm every unfamiliar person’s identity before they even come in.” “I see,” the enforcer replied, scribbling something into the tiny notepad he’d been carrying around all day. Gerald shot me a pitying look. “I’m so sorry, dear. This kind of thing has never happened around here before.” I gave him a tight smile. “It’s fine. It’s not your fault.” No, it was mine—for waving away the past few instances where I’d felt like someone had been in my home as nothing more than paranoia. The enforcer stepped aside to take what seemed like a phone call, leaving me to assure Gerald that I didn’t blame him or the building’s management for the break-in. When the enforcer returned, the other one—who’d been questioning my neighbors—came with him. One look at his face told me everything. They’d fou
