Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! The moon Goddess' gift of matchmaking becomes a curse when Artemis discovers that her mate is the one who has sentenced her to death! King Xavier Vincenzo Steel, ruthless king of vampires who has sworn revenge over werewolves. But just as she intends to use every means possible to bring her mate to his knees, he wants the one thing in her hand. The lycan throne. But the Moon Goddess has other plans for them.
View MoreOf all the most arrogant and infuriating bastards... How dared he startle me by using his vampiric abilities to swiftly stand behind me? And in the name of all that was the very most unholy, his breath was tickling my ears, his potent strength and cologne making to destroy my resolve. But because I had a mission against this man, and had the awareness that he had done this to get a reaction from me, I forced a smile, taking a step away from him. "Yes, your highness." It was his turn to express surprise, and I held my chin as I gauged his reaction, my blood boiling with adrenaline, heart pounding, and wolf leaping. Sometimes I wished to put my wolf to a long sleep so she wouldn't ruin my plan. And finally, Xavier cocked his infuriating magnificent head to the side, "Well, come in then." But added as soon as Beta William made to follow me, his guards suddenly putting a distance between me and my beta. "No, only she goes in." I saw fury flash through the beta's eyes and shook m
"But grandfather...""It does not matter whether you were infuriated by his words, you went through royal school for four years to learn how to control your emotions! You think I don't want to rip the bastard's head off his body and feed him to our rogues in jail? You should have controlled your emotions better! That's why you're not some commoner, Artemis. But a lycan!"I stood before my grandfather, everything capable of having feelings in me inducing emotions of anger and resentment.I wanted to kill the fucking bastard.I sucked in a deep breath, palms clasped together as I stood with my noble chin raised upwards. It wasn't enough to console me, but at least my grandfather had waited till evening after his office hours before calling me to his courtroom. "He is a royal guest, Artemis, and as much as even I hate to have him, the laws dictate that based on how he penetrated his way into our territory, we are to be hospitable towards him. Besides, I do not need any war with vampire
Goddess, I was almost ready to give it up had he not spoken again, this time, amusement clouding his features."Now if I had seen this palm before, I wouldn't have mistaken you for the stable help. This is the hand of a princess who doesn't know anything about survival of course. Privileged pampered, princess"My eyes widened and narrowed of their volition. I hadn't expected him to bring that up in front of... Everyone.Nor had I expected such vile accusations from him.Now he saw me as an over privileged princess who knew nothing about the suffering of the common wolves?He had no fucking idea.My grandfather cleared his throat and I blinked, regaining myself and slowly releasing my palm from his hold although I just wanted to smack it against his cheeks.It was becoming overused even to me, but how dared he? Did he know half of what I had been through before spewing that shit from his lips?I took a deep breath of my own and forced myself to genuflect before going to take my seat be
What the fuck? My lips hung open, my eyes blinking like a pair of blinding lights had been flashed into them. But goddess knew that was exactly how I felt. I swallowed hard, hating that smirk in the corner of his lips as he walked past me and...laid his hand on the horse I'd nurtured for years like my own child. The proud selective horse who had thrown every other person off its back except me. But was currently neighing in a somewhat excited manner when he fucking mounted her. How many of what belonged to me did this bastard want to take? Then he turned to me and motioned towards the doors. "Open the door and take good care of this babe for me while I'm here, and perhaps I could pitch in a word to your King. Say, you can work at the castle then." And the idiot who had taken me for a stable girl fucking winked, and motioned for the door with a crook of his finger as though I were his slave. What the hell? Why was I standing there in the middle of the stall seething in si
I didn't calculate properly, how difficult it would be to stay in the same roof with your mate who had once declared your death and in fact believed that he had killed you. But no amount of calculation or pep talk could ever prepare me for the kind of pain that hit me sometime in the night after I tried many times but failed to fall asleep. It gripped me so fucking hard I popped painkillers and gulped down glasses of water, massaging my chest and mourning my inability to reach into my heart and simply rip it out. Because dying was better than that pain. It hurt like a bitch and I hated that I recognised its source so much and now knew properly, what it meant. Xavier, my mate, was fucking someone else. I couldn't stop imagining one of those human girls he had brought with him, nor could I stop myself from conjuring images of him drinking from them while they blew him off or went as deep as having his dick in their holes. Those cheap disgusting bitches. I hated them all and
"Holy shit! He's so hot it's difficult to hate him." I almost felt my heart jump out of my body, colour flooding my cheeks in embarrassment at being caught drooling over the vampire King. But apparently I wasn't the only one who found him attractive since Leila who had just whispered in my ears and even Jane were unable to keep their eyes off him. The thought of their eyes feasting on him had emotions of anger crawling inside me. Only we had the right to gush over him that way. I curtailed myself and tilted my head more upward than required, returning Leila's words with a whisper of my own. "You've found your mate, young lady." And the good princess cousin of mine winked at me. "Which is the only reason I'm not pouncing on him right now." Now that didn't seat well by us. Well, luckily my grandfather whose pride was being wounded by Xavier for the umpeetenth time stepped in at that moment, halting the shenanigans of drooling over the vampire whom I just noticed was surroun
Awkward silence reigned over breakfast, wolves' fury spreading an aura of discomfort in the air. An unlucky Royal chef made the mistake of opening the glass plate a little too noisy and received a deep glare from the Luna. It was one of the rare times I had seen her angry. Hell even Dominic lost his playful mood and didn't whisper a joke to me about the chicken breasts. My appetite was gone, mixed emotions playing with my heart in a way that I didn't like at all. I needed to let out my wolf and embark on a really long run.After that sham of a breakfast, the Alphas entered the courtroom again, hearts heavy with the insolence bestowed on them. I didn't converse with the lycans as I always did, but we all left for our various quarters, silence and tension reigning over the royal pack house. Despite our restlessness, we somehow felt it in us that Xavier was in the territory, which drove me to pick up my phone and text Leila.She replied after a minute.'Just spoke to the Luna. App
Between the Monday we had that dreadful breakfast meeting and the next week, I did extra laps in the morning, hunted smaller animals and rode for hours. I spent so much time at the shooting range it left blisters in my palms for days and released more arrows at the field. Then I did some more extra laps, prancing through the forests to clear my mind even as howls tore from my throat. It wasn't any consolation, but I wasn't the only one on edge. Grandfather cussed more and stayed in the court room with the Alphas while the Luna held endless meetings with the staff. Within those few days, the East wing of the Royal Pack House was wiped clean and redecorated, and Delta Sarina, the Royal chief of staff walked around in flats firing orders at the staff. On Sunday evening, the royal kitchen was bustling with activities and more warriors were dispatched in different borders of the cities and parts of the castle. As for us lycans, we had the duty of looking and acting hospitable towar
Four Years LaterArchery, pack hunting, shooting, martial arts, pack training.Today, I added another record to the ones I already broke over the years; beating Dominic at horse riding for the third time this week."And that cousin, is how it's done. Want some consolation prize so you don't go crying to your mummy?"My cockiness wasn't lost even to my own self, but if I couldn't mock my sweet sweet cousin for losing to me yet again, at a skill he had perfected years before I started training, then what was the fun?Loser cousin dearest of mine was panting for breath as he dismounted the healthy brown horse which had been undergoing more stress over the past week as a result of its owner trying hard to defeat me,And of course, failing.He pulled off his helmet to reveal damp hair stuck to his forehead, his skin flushed from the effort he had put into today's training."Were you not beautiful Artemis, you would have just been an ass. Now you get to be a pretty one."I gave him the midd
Artemis' P.O.V."Grilled chicken salad, and you for dessert perhaps, handsome?" That flirty smile which sat prettily on beautiful pair of lips could get the woman in front of me any male she wanted.Except that I wasn't a boy.But I had stopped being offended at being mistaken for a male; thick bangs and washed grey hoodie didn't exactly scream that I was female.It was in fact actually a surprise that I hadn't been seen as homeless charity yet; working different jobs to put myself through high school had made my skin pale, and my eyes sunken with dark circles.But regardless of my problems, I forced a smile at the customer; my true emotions weren't going to get me any dime of tip.And my empty account knew how much I needed them."Thanks but, I'm not on the menu." She laughed in that high pitched squeaky voice, brushing her fingers over mine as I handed her order over to her. Good thing she wasn't offended, so I put up with the physical contact although it's one of the things I fe
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